Recruiting Forum Football Talk II

[TN-POSSUM]

No.

And I'm somewhat reformed. I try to play nice now.

Try harder.

*You're the VN Dalai Lama, afterall.

 

[appyvol]

If Pruitt will start Bailey from this point forward, I support him coming back next year. Everywhere else is playing good enough to win.

 

[KB5252]

If Pruitt will start Bailey from this point forward, I support him coming back next year. Everywhere else is playing good enough to win.

I disagree with the last part. I would say they are playing good enough to compete with a couple of exceptions.

 

[TN-POSSUM]

If Pruitt will start Bailey from this point forward, I support him coming back next year. Everywhere else is playing good enough to win.

I'm with this. If Pruitt would stopping pushing JG on the fans, I would be more supportive and patient. I'm sick of being told "Jarrett gives us our best shot to win". We're 2-5, quit telling us that and start Bailey.

 

[Volsfaninva917]

If Pruitt will start Bailey from this point forward, I support him coming back next year. Everywhere else is playing good enough to win.

It's taken him 3 years to realize JG can't play, he's either too dumb or too stubborn and neither of those is a good trait to have if you're running a major college football program

 

[KPT_VFL]

They’re coming after me because I would be excited to give a black VFL a chance.

And before this turns into an affirmative action discussion and we start arguing about political ****, I’m not saying you hire anyone because of the color of their skin.

I’m just saying, in our specific instance, it would be a good story.

I don’t care if our HC is a pink Martian from Neptune. I just want to win some F’n games. I don’t need a good story. I need double digits in the win column. That’s it. That’s all we should care about.

 

[appyvol]

I disagree with the last part. I would say they are playing good enough to compete with a couple of exceptions.

I agree. I was talking very generically. With decent QB play, we beat Auburn and Arkansas.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

Are you claiming to be a prophet? I’ll get my stones ready

I'm claiming you're nuts if you actually think that is going to happen.

 

[appyvol]

It's taken him 3 years to realize JG can't play, he's either too dumb or too stubborn and neither of those is a good trait to have if you're running a major college football program

Neither is changing coaches every 3-4 years.

Edit: misread your post. But changing unproven coaches every 3-4 years isn't productive financially or on the field. We've tried it repeatedly, I'm ready to ride this one out.

 

[Volsfaninva917]

Neither is changing coaches every 3-4 years.

By year 3 you can tell the direction of the program, Pruitt hasn't show anything to suggest he's going to make it here and it would be impossible for him to hire any assistants worth a damn knowing he's going to be gone next year.

 

[HankHill]

If Pruitt will start Bailey from this point forward, I support him coming back next year. Everywhere else is playing good enough to win.

Woof.

 

[KB5252]

I agree. I was talking very generically. With decent QB play, we beat Auburn and Arkansas.

Player evaluation and development across the board has been underwhelming under this staff and in some areas completely atrocious.

 

[appyvol]

By year 3 you can tell the direction of the program, Pruitt hasn't show anything to suggest he's going to make it here and it would be impossible for him to hire any assistants worth a damn knowing he's going to be gone next year.

He had a 9 game winning streak. He can make it here, if he'll let his stubbornness get out of the way.

 

[bignewt]

Play Bailey the rest of the year. Dump Chaney after the season, promote Osovet, let him perfect the RPO with Bailey in the offseason. It is the most realistic path and I fully support it.

 

[Vol423]

It's taken him 3 years to realize JG can't play, he's either too dumb or too stubborn and neither of those is a good trait to have if you're running a major college football program

Wrong. He STILL hasn't realized JG can't play. He'll roll him out as the starter in our next game (whenever that is. It would have been a loss to Vanderbilt this weekend, but we got a temporary reprieve on that).

 

[HankHill]

Pruitt ain't getting fired and Freeze isn't going to coach UT, no matter how much you want it to happen or fantasize about it, and that is not an opinion, it is a foregone conclusion.

Writing this post down for future.

 

[HankHill]

Play Bailey the rest of the year. Dump Chaney after the season, promote Osovet, let him perfect the RPO with Bailey in the offseason. It is the most realistic path and I fully support it.

 

[Volsfaninva917]

He had a 9 game winning streak. He can make it here, if he'll let his stubbornness get out of the way.

He had an 8 game winning streak against a bunch of nobody's and he's getting ready to have an 8 game losing streak not to mention he will be the first coach in UT history to lose 7 games in a row. He keeps ending up in the record books for the wrong reasons

 

[appyvol]

Woof.

Every coaching search we get sold on a big name coach that never comes. I'd love to have freeze, but I've been down this road before. It'll be unproven coach Jimmy Joe and we'll be hoping for 6-6 next year.

 

[HankHill]

Every coaching search we get sold on a big name coach that never comes. I'd love to have freeze, but I've been down this road before. It'll be unproven coach Jimmy Joe and we'll be hoping for 6-6 next year.

Would rather have unknown than proven ass.

 

[engineerVOL]

Play Bailey the rest of the year. Dump Chaney after the season, promote Osovet, let him perfect the RPO with Bailey in the offseason. It is the most realistic path and I fully support it.

That would be Pruitt’s “Larry Scott” or “Sal Sunseri” moment. He needs to promote O to QB coach. Rather have Chaney script the gameplans.

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

Writing this post down for future.

When I say Pruitt ain't getting fired...I meant this year..he will be fired next year..probably..unless he works a miracle.

 

[Volsdeep4]

CJP is an idiot. Y’all are letting him pass if he plays HB from here on out? Y’all keep on excepting mediocrity. He should of played him from GA and never looked back.

 

[Volsdeep4]

That’s how you get another year. Play youth and say we are young but very talented.

 

[TN-POSSUM]

When I say Prutii ain't getting fired...I meant this year..he will be fired next year..probably..unless he works a miracle.

The miracle wears #15

 

[yourstruly23]

Play Bailey the rest of the year. Dump Chaney after the season, promote Osovet, let him perfect the RPO with Bailey in the offseason. It is the most realistic path and I fully support it.

Just a reminder for everyone...
IMO if Pruitt is retained, Osovet is a better fit personality wise as OC... he seems like the type to tell JP where he can stick it..

From a Brooklyn juco to Tennessee's coaching staff