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It's entirely possible Pruitt could have done a great job through 5 years and we still wouldn't have won the East. Just because we haven't won the East I wouldn't consider that a failure. UGA is currently # 1 in recruiting on the composite, which if that held up would give them recruiting classes for 2020 of #3 (SR class); #1 (JR CLASS); #2 (SO CLASS); and #1 (FR CLASS). That's ridiculous and they haven't ever stacked classes like that before, at least not in modern times since recruiting became the industry it is. We took a necessary step this year of beating the traditional also rans. Let's do it again in 2020, maybe knock off someone we aren't supposed to, that's progress.
Exactly! This isn’t the same SEC today that i grew up watching as a kid in the 80’s and 90’s in which we won 5 SEC titles from 1985 to 1998 and haven’t won one sinceI’ve tempered my expectations. This isn’t your grand daddy’s SEC or even the SEC that I grew up watching. Money has changed things so much.
Two less than good things have happened so far with regard to UGA: 1) they fired Coley; 2) they got a reasonably competent transfer QB. If they hadn't have fired Coley and were depending on Carson Beck, I'd think they were vulnerable. I don't see it for 2020 now though. Anything can happen though of course. I sure do wish we were getting them in Neyland.That SR and JR class are gone for the most part.
By the end of Pruitt’s 5th season at UT would you expect him to have a win against Georgia , Florida and Bama by then? And would it be considered disappointing if he still hasn’t won the East in 5 seasons?
Disappointed if he can't win the east in 5 seasons? No, disgusted would be a better description.
If he hasn't won the east by the end of year 5 he isn't going to.
UT is not a school that is like UGA where a Richt can horse around ten years or more getting close to being relevant for NCs during that time. If CJP can win the east or somehow gets close and loses by a fluke of some sort, then yes, he needs to stay. But winning the east is not what UT is all about, we want SECCs and NCs, CJP knows the deal. That's the level where he has to have the program at in 5 years, in that conversation for SECCs minimum.
We are currently recruiting at a level to be a perennial 7-5 to 9-3 team. If this doesnt change, starting with the 2021 class I dont expect us to win the East in year 5.By the end of Pruitt’s 5th season at UT would you expect him to have a win against Georgia , Florida and Bama by then? And would it be considered disappointing if he still hasn’t won the East in 5 seasons?
this is ridiculous. Fulmer inherited a program in much better shape and he still didn’t win the East in his first 5 years. (But won a national championship two years later)Disappointed if he can't win the east in 5 seasons? No, disgusted would be a better description.
If he hasn't won the east by the end of year 5 he isn't going to.