Who actually called the plays?

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I thought Helton originally called the plays, but did Pruitt take over in mid-season? Or was that the defense?
 
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Helton called the plays, Pruitt had veto power. The issue wasn't who called the plays, it was that only certain plays were allowed from what I've both heard on the radio and read. Helton was limited in what he was allowed to install/run in the offense. What he was allowed wasn't his system, it was Pruitt's system (Fulmer's system of run heavy 80s/90s prostyle).
 
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VolArmy74 said:
Helton called the plays, Pruitt had veto power. The issue wasn't who called the plays, it was that only certain plays were allowed from what I've both heard on the radio and read. Helton was limited in what he was allowed to install/run in the offense. What he was allowed wasn't his system, it was Pruitt's system (Fulmer's system of run heavy 80s/90s prostyle).
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VolArmy74 said:
Helton called the plays, Pruitt had veto power. The issue wasn't who called the plays, it was that only certain plays were allowed from what I've both heard on the radio and read. Helton was limited in what he was allowed to install/run in the offense. What he was allowed wasn't his system, it was Pruitt's system (Fulmer's system of run heavy 80s/90s prostyle).
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This makes me feel uneasy. Why would someone who’s more Defensive minded be close minded on offense?
 
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Dougie_D said:
This makes me feel uneasy. Why would someone who’s more Defensive minded be close minded on offense?
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While if true I'd agree, but I've never heard Pruitt, nor anyone on the coaching staff, say this. It may be, but I have zero faith in the talking heads, or what they say happened.
 
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Dougie_D said:
This makes me feel uneasy. Why would someone who’s more Defensive minded be close minded on offense?
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Coaches are notorious for being stubborn. Seems Pruitt is no exception. It’s needed in a high pressure high scrutiny job though.
 
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Dougie_D said:
This makes me feel uneasy. Why would someone who’s more Defensive minded be close minded on offense?
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Eric Ainge explained it pretty well a week or two ago. He said in his experience new coaches tended to meddle a whole lot more in what their assistants did than veteran head coaches. That it usually took a few years before they would give up the reins and let coordinators do their thing. Basically Pruitt is on the job training and it will take him a while to trust someone to fully run things. Dabo did it at Clemson. They didn't explode until he stepped back and let Chad Morris do his thing.
 
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VolArmy74 said:
Helton called the plays, Pruitt had veto power. The issue wasn't who called the plays, it was that only certain plays were allowed from what I've both heard on the radio and read. Helton was limited in what he was allowed to install/run in the offense. What he was allowed wasn't his system, it was Pruitt's system (Fulmer's system of run heavy 80s/90s prostyle).
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Except Pruitt has stated that Helton didn’t listen to him and ran what he wanted, one such instance resulted in a TD for us and Pruitt literally said he was glad Helton didn’t listen to him.

So I don’t think he was as involved as everyone is making it out to be.
 
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zydane47 said:
Except Pruitt has stated that Helton didn’t listen to him and ran what he wanted, one such instance resulted in a TD for us and Pruitt literally said he was glad Helton didn’t listen to him.

So I don’t think he was as involved as everyone is making it out to be.
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It has not been stated that Helton didn't listen to him and ran what he wanted. You're referring to one documented play and it was only documented because Pruitt mentioned it. I'm sure there were a few others, but that was the exception, not the rule.
 
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musolfmj said:
It has not been stated that Helton didn't listen to him and ran what he wanted. You're referring to one documented play and it was only documented because Pruitt mentioned it. I'm sure there were a few others, but that was the exception, not the rule.
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You can prove this though? Cause if you were on those headsets hearing the coaches talk then please let us all know what really went down.
 
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VolArmy74 said:
Helton called the plays, Pruitt had veto power. The issue wasn't who called the plays, it was that only certain plays were allowed from what I've both heard on the radio and read. Helton was limited in what he was allowed to install/run in the offense. What he was allowed wasn't his system, it was Pruitt's system (Fulmer's system of run heavy 80s/90s prostyle).
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That’s not completely true regarding the system the Vols ran some RPO’s and read option, those didn’t exist when Fulmer was a head coach in the 90’s.

The Vols were very multiple on offense last season, so much that they didn’t have an offensive identity.
 
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