Recruiting Forum Football Talk [RIP 9.3.2019]

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LA Vol said:
Still think Richmond is our best option at RT. He just needs to play better. Steeper learning curve for the younger guys and Tatum needs to put on good weight. They'll be managing Hall's snaps all year, so he'll probably be a rotational player.
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It just doesn't look like Tatum has transformed his body at all in his time here. He looked like a tight end when he got here, he looks like a tight end now. He's out there getting tossed around.
 
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Chief Vol 13 said:
I kinda feel for Bob when he's interviewing Pruitt. He keeps digging and digging for some sort of response worth anything and Pruitt gives him nothing lol.
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Pruitt seems so far to be for real relentless in his focus and vision.

The Jeremy Pruitt show is filmed on game night after all the post-game activities. Bob Kesling hasn’t yet recalibrated for the new staff. He seems oblivious to the fact that for more than a decade our football team has mostly been a bottom dweller among the 65 Power 5 football programs. In the face of persistent mediocrity Bob tries to find the nuggets he can spin to make us feel better. It's almost as if to some extent we have been conditioned to find satisfaction in an occasional moment while the big picture remains unchanged.

If I was Bob, I’d try a different tact.

“Coach, in the first quarter, your defense held the Bucs to 2.92 yards per play on 13 plays. In the second quarter, it was 2.38 yards per play on 21 plays. The third quarter your guys gave up 5.76 yards per play on 17 plays and in the fourth quarter you held them to 1.14 yards per play on 7 plays. Talk a little about how much that third quarter pissed you off.”

Shy Tuttle almost intercepts a pass after it is tipped by Kyle Phillips. Coach Pruitt, “Shy needs to catch that.” Bryce Thompson breaks up a pass while tripping over the receiver and falling down, “Bryce should have had that.” Marquez Callaway makes a desperate catch on a 50-yard throw. Callaway is stumbling after contact with the receiver but stays focused enough to make the catch. “Marquez needs to high point that ball.”

Over and over what has in the past been looked upon as a good play or an almost good play is no longer good enough. If you block a punt then scoop and score. Pruitt let that one slide as a good play. Kirkland’s pick six was good. Josh Palmer’s bomb should have been high pointed and he needed to get into the endzone. The TD pass to Murphy was a good play. The best play by a running back isn’t the one that gets the most yards or even the one that scores a touchdown; it’s the one where the running back hits the correct hole even if he has to make the hole himself and then runs with vision and toughness.

Aaron Murray said he didn’t think Pruitt had the persona to be a head coach. I have no idea what qualifications Murray has in order to make such a statement but I do recognize there probably are some people around our program and perhaps in our fanbase that may share that assessment. I’m not one of them. I think there’s a difference between talking about getting 1% better every day and actually saying and doing the things that indicate anything less is in fact genuinely unacceptable. Our harsh reality is that it has been quite some time since we did and sustained anything for which we deserved a gratuitous self-applied pat on our back. Jmo.
 
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Regarding the weather delay...

I see the Carolinas are going to take a hit from the Hurricane next weekend. Watch that cause delays in a knoxville too. El oh el.
 
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Ashevolle said:
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Cool. Then it's safe to assume it wouldn't bother you if the NFL likewise chose not to televise the anthem.
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Does the NFL still televise? I didn’t see it on tv for any of the games so far today. I think they do for the night games but considering I haven’t heard an uproar about it I don’t think it has bothered anyone.
 
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Tatum was injured last year, which affected his development. He's probably about a year away from having the size and strength we need. But he'll have to play and so will some other guys that could use more seasoning. The coaches specifically recruited Kennedy to fill a big need, so we don't have a great backup center. Hopefully, Johnson can make good progress in two weeks.
 
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engineerVOL said:
Regarding the weather delay...

I see the Carolinas are going to take a hit from the Hurricane next weekend. Watch that cause delays in a knoxville too. El oh el.
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Some forecasts are parking the storm over western Carolina and East Tennessee Friday and Saturday.
 
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nicksjuzunk said:
Man is struggling to be a Vol

Lord, help
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What the hell is he supposed to say?! "Well...it was so awesome that, if I could have, I would've cartwheeled and backflipped through it."

Then, if he would have said that, some of you would have come on here calling him a pus*y because he likes to cartwheel and backflip.
 
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