Recruiting Forum Football Talk II

[headhunter15]

I am convince Pruitt was behind the horrible play calling

I wondered that the year Tyson Helton was OC.

 

[VolGee4]

That is sad. And it is a verdict on the state of UT football.

We are officially judged by what we do against Arkansas. Bama is an afterthought.

Bama is an afterthought against 90% of the SEC.

 

[BruinVol]

I wondered that the year Tyson Helton was OC.

100%
Spot on

 

[Batman1948]

85% of the fan base doesn’t have social media. Twitter and Facebook are a fraction of any population.

Not sure about Twitter but Facebook has 2.5 Billion users. They account for 45% of all social media.

 

[rjd970]

Then don’t worry showing up on gamedays. Why even bother being a fan?

Because until the day I die I will be a fan. Doesn’t mean I can’t be pissed, no?

The sum total of our game in the national media is Waddle’s injury. It’s ****ing sad. We are an afterthought, and quite honestly, you can take your mightier than though fandom and shove it. It means more to me.

 

[VolGee4]

We are Bama’s most lopsided win this season and they have played Ole Miss with a first year coach.

Let that sink in.

Let’s go hire Lane Kiffin. Have we done that before?

 

[rjd970]

Bama is an afterthought against 90% of the SEC.

KY. 34-7.

It’s more than Bama and you can GTFO with the excuses.

 

[snowvols]

Liberty Qb stat line vs Southern Miss today

 

[Girth Brooks]

Butler just said this out loud, and he’s not wrong.

 

[IhateGA]

This really pisses me off. You can get away with this at Alabama, Georgia, Clemson, but not at a place that is starving for talent you refuse to play them because they haven’t earned it? Basically admitted our best players aren’t playing.

This should do wonders for recruiting.

 

[rjd970]

Let’s go hire Lane Kiffin. Have we done that before?

I would bet the mortgage he puts up a better game. Hell, he did his first year with OLE MISS.

Let that sink in for a minute before you respond.

 

[volatil]

They aint firing Pruitt. He could lose the rest and he gets next year. Fulmer just announced all AD staff were taking pay cuts. They're hurting for money.

Also, UT always waits at least one year too long to fire it's coaches. They want to make sure the program is burnt to the ground before they make a change to make sure no coach worth his weight in salt will take the job because there's literally nothing left to salvage. That means Pruitt's here at least two more seasons.

So accurately sad

 

[Memphisvol87]

You say that like we didn’t do exactly this last year

we just got smashed by a terrible Kentucky team. So I don’t like our chances against Florida, Texas am, or Auburn. Vandy is even worse than us and Arkansas is still hot trash but playing inspired. Something we should take a lesson from.

 

[titansvolsfaninga]

This really pisses me off. You can get away with this at Alabama, Georgia, Clemson, but not at a place that is starving for talent you refuse to play them because they haven’t earned it? Basically admitted our best players aren’t playing.

I'm not the smartest person, but why can't the bigger, stronger, faster guys get practice time? Isn't he the head coach? Doesn't he decide who practices and plays?

 

[Tennessee Golfer]

Clemson was never a rival of bama before the playoffs

Not a good comparison

Tenn fans will never give a bama the same patience they would give another coach.
They just won’t

Bill Battle and David Cutcliffe say hello. Pat Dye at Auburn. Spurrier at South Carolina.

 

[VolGee4]

Because until the day I die I will be a fan. Doesn’t mean I can’t be pissed, no?

The sum total of our game in the national media is Waddle’s injury. It’s ****ing sad. We are an afterthought, and quite honestly, you can take your mightier than though fandom and shove it. It means more to me.

Lol. Good for you. This isn’t a game that fires a coach.

This site never fails.

 

[InVOLuntary]

I am convince Pruitt was behind the horrible play calling

No way Chaney was that conservative. Pruitt called out Chaney last week. He's got his hands all over this offense. It's obvious to me he had no intention of trying to win the game. He his goal was to minimize the loss, that he had already conceded.

Problem is that players know this. They are asking the same questions we fans are.

 

[rjd970]

Literally, any kind of post saying “well it’s Bama” is indefensible right now.

GTFO with that nonsense.

 

[MemphisVol3]

That doesn’t sound good.

 

[Batman1948]

I think Clemson would have played him at RB which is where he should be, imo.

I read an article about Crouch and he said his preference was to play RB coming into college. Pruitt and others close to him convinced him that his future in football was at the LB position. That's why he's on that side of the ball at UT. He may turn out to be a great LB but we've gotta quit changing LB coaches every year.

 

[rjd970]

Lol. Good for you. This isn’t a game that fires a coach.

This site never fails.

You are right about that, at least. This site never fails. You included.

 

[volatil]

Be careful what you wish for. Thi administration is not going to hire anyone that you've heard of. It would be another Coach McGoogle.

It's really a broken record.

Fire the coach.
Hire a new up-and-coming coach.
Fans get excited, spend money
Coach last 4,5 years and fails
Fans lose interests quit spending money
Becomes less expensive to fire him than keep him
UT fires coach
UT hires new up-and-coming coach

Wash, rinse, repeat

When does some mathematician realize we can make more money when there’s excitement surrounding the program? Or you’re not paying 2 fired coaches to be on someone else’s staff?

 

[BruinVol]

Bill Battle and David Cutcliffe say hello. Pat Dye at Auburn. Spurrier at South Carolina.

We sent a moving van to battles house for goodness sakes lol

Spurrier was a national Title winning head coach heading to South Carolina of course they wanted him. Bama Jeremy ain’t for that resume sorry

pat dye is as close to a success story as you got there. Cut was never a HC here

 

[tnhunter 10]

No way Chaney was that conservative. Pruitt called out Chaney last week. He's got his hands all over this offense. It's obvious to me he had no intention of trying to win the game. He his goal was to minimize the loss, that he had already conceded.

Problem is that players know this. They are asking the same questions wed fans are.

A successful HC allows their coordinators to do their jobs.

 

[MrWiz]

So let’s see here..

If Tennessee fires Pruitt here’s what’ll happen:

Almost immediately (like that week) we see decommitments from everyone in our recruiting class that’s worth a damn with somewhere else to go. Dylan Brooks ends up at Auburn or Alabama, Terrence Lewis stays in Miami, Aaron Willis and Katron Evans MIGHT stick around, Kaidon Salter stays in state because he won’t be able to get to know the new OC. Cody Brown goes to Auburn, Kaemen Marley goes to UNC.. you get the point.

Jeremy Pruitt is almost IMMEDIATELY hired by Alabama as the DC.

False Grumors fire up again, half the fan base says anyone less than Urban Meyer is unacceptable. We don’t have the money to offer him. Fan base goes into a frenzy.

PJ Fleck opts to stay in Minnesota for less money, Matt Campbell does the same at Iowa State, and Bronco Mendenhall at UVA

False report that Scott Satterfield from Louisville is hired picks up steam but is proven false

Hugh Freeze chooses to take the Auburn job over here after Gus Mahlzan is fired

Billy Napier is hired as the new head coach but only on the condition that he takes his entire UL-Lafayette staff with him.. and it falls through.

After all that, Tennessee finally hires Texas A&M defensive coordinator Mike Elko as the new HC.

A slew of transfers happen after Derrick Ansley and Brian Neidermeyer are not retained. Including Henry To’oto’o, Quavaris Crouch, Darnell Wright, Brian Maurer, Dominic Bailey, Doneiko Slaughter, and about 5 or 6 other Pruitt guys that are ONLY here because of that coaching staff. This would likely include Harrison Bailey. Jarrett Guarantano opts to stay for year 6 after the depth chart thins.

Tennessee finishes at 22 in the nation for recruiting after having to replace all of their big departures with low 3 stars that weren’t being recruited by other SEC schools

Cade Mays and Bryce Thompson declare for the NFL draft

Tennessee finishes 4-8 in 2021, and finishes barely top 15 in recruiting with Ty Simpson at Clemson and Walter Nolen at LSU.

Or, this season we finish 5-5 or 6-4. Salvage the class, sign 2 more guys we need and get ready for 2021 with Harrison Bailey as the guy and a potential 9-10 win season on the horizon, and a shot at a top 5 class in 2022.

Think about this before you just want to fire the HC.

You know a scenario similar to the first part of your post is exactly what what would happen if Pruitt was canned.