Recruiting Forum Football Talk II

[tnktm]

No and no. Playing JG is Pruitts call. Chaney is not going anywhere.

Pruitt is a defensive guy Chaney’s his highly paid OC - why do you say it was Pruitt and not his staff recommendations with JG (besides he’s the one announcing it in a press conference)?

 

[Devo182]

Pruitt is a defensive guy Chaney’s his highly paid OC - why do you say it was Pruitt and not his staff recommendations with JG (besides he’s the one announcing it in a press conference)?

Iirc AV said he was not being pushed by Pruitt.

 

[Glocker_Alum_2005]

I honestly don't hate Chaney as much as others. I think he is being majorly handcuffed by his God awful QB that his HC has forced on him.

I would rather Bailey have a full offseason with Cheney, rather than some new OC. Plus doesn't Cheney have a hefty buyout?

 

[tblakeshow]

Man ......this year just keeps getting worse. Our family dog passed away unexpectedly this evening Not even a year old.

F*** man.

Sorry man. We just got back to Knoxville having spent our last 3 days in different hotels. As we were traveling for Thanksgiving Wednesday to SE GA our pup became sick around 8pm. Closest place that was open was two hours away in Warner Robins so we rushed there. Finally got him admitted around 2am. He was anemic at that point. Thursday morning they said we had to get him to Atlanta for a blood transfusion as it was unlikely he’d make it back to Knoxville. So we did and today he was finally considered stable. Now we are finally home with no answers as to what’s going on. Hopefully the UT Vet internal medicine can help come Monday. They are family. Praying for y’all

 

[Kingston Vol]

Strike gold? Chilling statement.

Well, hasn’t that been the case for the last decade?

This is a good job. But it’s a hard one with an intense microscope.

It used to be top 10, it’s probably top 25 at this point.

The Sabans and the Meyers don’t leave sure things for this job. They just don’t.

It doesn’t mean we can’t be successful. It’s just a different path.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

I would rather Bailey have a full offseason with Cheney, rather than some new OC. Plus doesn't Cheney have a hefty buyout?

Probably he wasn't cheap. But it would be his second year with this playbook. It would be nice if our next QB doesn't have 3 OC's in 3 years

 

[millst987]

Well, hasn’t that been the case for the last decade?

This is a good job. But it’s a hard one with an intense microscope.

It used to be top 10, it’s probably top 25 at this point.

The Sabans and the Meyers don’t leave sure things for this job. They just don’t.

It doesn’t mean we can’t be successful. It’s just a different path.

When you start saying things like this it only lowers expectations imo

 

[Smyrna ATL Vol]

Pruitt is a defensive guy Chaney’s his highly paid OC - why do you say it was Pruitt and not his staff recommendations with JG (besides he’s the one announcing it in a press conference)?

I know someone who talks to the coaches and has been to practice. It is Pruitts call. Kirby and Muschamp syndrome. They don’t know how to evaluate a QB.

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

Pruitt is a defensive guy Chaney’s his highly paid OC - why do you say it was Pruitt and not his staff recommendations with JG (besides he’s the one announcing it in a press conference)?

Pruitt says who plays and who doesn’t.

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

When you start saying things like this it only lowers expectations imo

This is fascinating to me. So what should the realistic expectations be here at TN? I am being serious.

 

[Glocker_Alum_2005]

TJ Finley is bad

 

[snowvols]

I would rather Bailey have a full offseason with Cheney, rather than some new OC. Plus doesn't Cheney have a hefty buyout?

Its like $1.6 million I think. Ansley's is $1 million and Friend's is like 900k

Edit: I'm not sure about Friend. Did he ever sign an extension? If not his expires this year I think. Ansley and Chaney have another year.

 

[Devo182]

I would rather Bailey have a full offseason with Cheney, rather than some new OC. Plus doesn't Cheney have a hefty buyout?

Without weinke? Still a mediocre playcaller, but might at least give em a shot. NONE of our QBs look anything but WORSE this year. Y2 under Chaney/Y3 under Weinke.

 

[pierce60]

Thing is, you have to find someone worth “shooting” for and someone who will answer your call.

We called Chip Kelly last time. We made a dump truck offer to Mike Gundy.

People want us to be Alabama or Florida, but we just aren’t. There’s no version of Meyer or Saban for us. We’re going to have to strike gold.

But I’d argue that Bama did strike gold with Saban. Remember that they wanted (and almost had) Rich Rod until he backed out and they stumbled into Saban.

Florida just went and got Meyer.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

I know someone who talks to the coaches and has been to practice. It is Pruitts call. Kirby and Muschamp syndrome. They don’t know how to evaluate a QB.

Bingo and why I think Pruitt won't be successful. He doesn't evaluate offense very well.

 

[millst987]

They had to literally BEG Saban to come
The dude stalked him
They have been desperate as well

 

[Kingston Vol]

But I’d argue that Bama did strike gold with Saban. Remember that they wanted (and almost had) Rich Rod until he backed out and they stumbled into Saban.

Florida just went and got Meyer.

For sure! And I would bet Rich Rod would have been pretty successful there had he taken the job.

Rich Rod was the #1 can’t miss candidate on the board running a revolutionary offense. It made sense.

Saban was a national championship winner but the idea at the time was that he was stuck in his ways and failing at Miami.

 

[MrVolton]

Well, hasn’t that been the case for the last decade?

This is a good job. But it’s a hard one with an intense microscope.

It used to be top 10, it’s probably top 25 at this point.

The Sabans and the Meyers don’t leave sure things for this job. They just don’t.

It doesn’t mean we can’t be successful. It’s just a different path.

It’s not like Sabans and Meyers grow on trees either.

 

[snowvols]

They had to literally BEG Saban to come
The dude stalked him
They have been desperate as well

Yep, they just had good timing and luck in other things falling through.

 

[Kingston Vol]

When you start saying things like this it only lowers expectations imo

What are the expectations?

We should always be bowl eligible and we should get better, year by year, with a new coaching staff in place.

We can give time - this is a tough job that needs a three year runway before judgement. But you can’t go backwards. Not at this level.

 

[JacketVol]

Fill In The Blank:
CJP runs through quarterbacks like a _____________ through ____________.

Former Ole Miss coach ran. Hookers.

 

[millst987]

I think we can be elite
We’ve just hired horrible coach after horrible coach
We should’ve been more patient
Should’ve used interims until we got the dude we wanted
We’ve wasted so many years on rushed hires that were doomed from the get
We have an answer literally waiting on our call right now, all we have to do is grow a set and go get him

 

[Vols4us]

TJ Finley is bad

JG type decisions and throws. He's got a reasonable excuse as a freshman, unlike Jeremy's guy.

 

[Glocker_Alum_2005]

Man, I didn't know Baylor was 1-5. Aranda struggling in Yr 1. Where's BU Bear?

 

[GuRu]

If the one time transfer rule gets approved for next year
Would you all take Hilinski from South Carolina? Highly rated coming out of high school and played last year as a true freshman. I hope Bailey and Salter are better than him but would add another option so we don’t have a situation like this year.

Also, less likely but what about John Rhys Plumlee from ole miss? He isn’t playing but is from Mississippi