buckaroo
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We have not lost 5 games in a row by double digits in a 129 yrs, until last night, let that sink inside
I think Pruitt is done
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I think COVID saves a lot of coached this. James Franklin went 0-5 yesterday at Penn State. Can't imagine what their message boards are saying.
Vols are pitiful. They give up as soon as they get down.
Vols are pitiful. They give up as soon as they get down.
buckaroo
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JG has thrown 7 tds to the Vols and 5 to the other team and Pruitt still says he's the best we have, if it is then its on the coaches, with a team loaded with talent and this is what we have. Gray was averaging over 8 yds a carry and then dumb qb play, I can see how the team gives up
I'll be ok if he is let go tomorrow. But I suspect it will be sometime next year. And I'll be the first one to admit I was all in on the hire at the time. Writing is on the wall whether it's now or later
He was supposed to be y'all's saving grace. By this time y'all suspected to be at 8 win seasons. When will they figure out it's the upper management and not the coach. I feel sorry for Pruitt because he can't win on or off the field
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buckaroo
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Playing JG and being stubborn as a bull has little to do with upper management
Lol nice try kid. Now ask momma to fix you a bowl of cereal
Come on now you were drinking the koolaid too
PillsburyDoughboy
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Till they fire Fat Phil and clean house in upper management things won't change .
Let's get those chant's fired up . Maybe if you say it three times he suddenly appears ?
Gruden Gruden Gruden
PillsburyDoughboy
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Honestly what big name coach would want the job ? They had a hard time talking Pruitt into the job and he was something like 19th they begged to take the job . Everyone else turned it down like a hot potato
This. TN is not the job TN fans think it is.
Jim Harbaugh is probably available.
I also hear Steve Sarkasian makes a pretty good Offensive Coordinator.
I also hear Steve Sarkasian makes a pretty good Offensive Coordinator.
buckaroo
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Tennessee is a top 10 job, whether you like it or not. We have just sucked hiring the lead guy which is not always predictable, bama was just so so till Saban came along, actually Vols beat them 6 or so years in a row before saban, Tennessee actually has beaten bama more than any team so , yeah we just need a coach
PillsburyDoughboy
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vols will have some buy out money getting freed up come February so who knows what's in store for CJP.
IMHO it takes 5 years of recruiting efforts to build the team you want . vols will be just trading down at this point for 3 years lost and probably wind up with a -500 coach when it's all said and done . I would invest at least another season and see what CJP can do with another recruiting class .
IMHO it takes 5 years of recruiting efforts to build the team you want . vols will be just trading down at this point for 3 years lost and probably wind up with a -500 coach when it's all said and done . I would invest at least another season and see what CJP can do with another recruiting class .
Its been 5,146 days since Tennessee beat Alabama.
buckaroo
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I don't count the days of once a year game, I have more to think about, maybe you should move out of your parents basement?
JG is a program destroyer! Period! You cannot win with a head case for a QB.
Displaced_Vol
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Not time to get rid of him.
For a couple of reasons. The financials, not only cost of his buyout and the staff but that high price tag is even higher this year with revenues gashed from covid. Speaking of covid, that gives him a bit of a pass. Not a total pass but some leeway. And while yes covid has been nationwide, it has not affected every conference or program the same.
Lastly because I think he's an old school football guy who's figuring out how to be a head coach. Butch was an egomaniac. He wanted to come across as a football guy but he was more concerned with optics than doing what was necessary in recruiting and coaching. This was told to me by people from Cincinnati when he was there. CJP is a guy who has a ton of football knowledge. That's not a guarantee he's a great head football coach, but I'm willing to give him more time.
We can't keep cycling through these coaches. If this continues next season, then it is absolutely time to have the conversation. I'm not there yet.
UT is not a top 10 job. It's still a good job, but not a top 10 job. I agree wholly with the issues in the administration. I hope Fulmer will make a good AD. The ones we've had in that job recently have been horrible as well as other high up staff like chancellor.
For a couple of reasons. The financials, not only cost of his buyout and the staff but that high price tag is even higher this year with revenues gashed from covid. Speaking of covid, that gives him a bit of a pass. Not a total pass but some leeway. And while yes covid has been nationwide, it has not affected every conference or program the same.
Lastly because I think he's an old school football guy who's figuring out how to be a head coach. Butch was an egomaniac. He wanted to come across as a football guy but he was more concerned with optics than doing what was necessary in recruiting and coaching. This was told to me by people from Cincinnati when he was there. CJP is a guy who has a ton of football knowledge. That's not a guarantee he's a great head football coach, but I'm willing to give him more time.
We can't keep cycling through these coaches. If this continues next season, then it is absolutely time to have the conversation. I'm not there yet.
UT is not a top 10 job. It's still a good job, but not a top 10 job. I agree wholly with the issues in the administration. I hope Fulmer will make a good AD. The ones we've had in that job recently have been horrible as well as other high up staff like chancellor.
Fulmer has always been the problem. Biggest mistake they ever made was letting him coach for too long and then making him ad.
Displaced_Vol
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I'm curious why y'all think this? Not being a Smart A I am genuinely asking. I was middle & high school age for the end of his tenure as HC so I wasn't as keyed in on that kind of stuff back then. He was our coach so I liked him I guess-
This reminded me I do not want Gruden. No thank you. I don't know why so many UT fans were clamoring for him.
If JG is a program destroyer but the HC is still putting him in, who really is the program destroyer?
Name 1 successful big name coach that has been hired other than Saban or Meyer? They tried to hire Mullen for more money than he's getting at UF but he already had ties with Florida. It's not always about money.
Chaney didn't want Bailey. Weak arm and not mobile. He wanted Haynes King. Shrout was brought in by Helton. Helton didn't want Penix. Maurer was always a project, to be a body in the qb room.
I think they should talk to Adrian Martinez about a transfer.
PillsburyDoughboy
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Pruitt is going to make a great analyst at ALABAMA. We will Welcome him back home 
All I know is I have watched TN football for over 30 years and geranamo is the absolute worst quarterback I have ever seen play for them.
PillsburyDoughboy
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What about 2005 with Rick Clausen. That has to be a painful memory you have blocked ?
Well there are younger more inexperienced QB's on that team....... if a QB or even an employee is making the same mistakes after 5 years it's time for them to go!!!
