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re: Finebaum: Jeremy Pruitt's a high-school football coach when it comes to public relations
Posted on 11/23/20 at 11:26 am to Bjorn Cyborg
Posted on 11/23/20 at 11:26 am to Bjorn Cyborg
quote:I've seen it suggested this young man has had serious mental health concerns this year. Telling him he played amazing in practice this week but not good enough to play and not better than Jarrett Guarantano can't help.
Jeremy Pruitt said he texted Brian Maurer, who didn't make the trip, before the game and said if they won tonight it would be because of the look he gave the defense on scout team this week. Said he was "phenomenal" in practice.
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Posted on 11/23/20 at 11:33 am to GurleyGirl
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Some people simply don't have the personality it takes to engage the public which is an important aspect of being a HC.
This was Barry Odom's problem.
He wasn't an a-hole but had the warmth and personality of a pet rock. zzzzzz
Posted on 11/23/20 at 11:36 am to bunkerhill
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he had the media eating out of his hand, win or lose.
but the key is that for a very long time there was very little of the later. That is the key. Saban can be a dick but he wins, that is all that matters.
Posted on 11/23/20 at 1:03 pm to r2d2
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Being the most charismatic, warm funny guy won't make up for losing games in this conference.
Hell, you don't even have to lose that many....just lose to certain teams and you're gone!
Posted on 11/23/20 at 1:15 pm to GurleyGirl
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Some people simply don't have the personality it takes to engage the public which is an important aspect of being a HC. Pruitt might be better off taking another job as a DC; he's a good one.
Once these guys get a HC position their ego's won't let them go back to being an assistant.
Posted on 11/23/20 at 4:04 pm to LouisvilleKat
It can certainly paint an alarming pattern from Pruitt.
Go back to the Kentucky game and the firing of the Brumbaugh.
Then look at his post game comments on in game decisions and quotes from the article below and they are all but interchangeable.
Nashville Post
Go back to the Kentucky game and the firing of the Brumbaugh.
Then look at his post game comments on in game decisions and quotes from the article below and they are all but interchangeable.
Nashville Post
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“Yesterday I decided to make a change at the D-line position,” Pruitt said on Monday. “Coach Brumbaugh has done a really nice job for us, he worked his tail off. Sometimes from a philosophical standpoint, things are just not a fit, and it just didn’t work out for us, so I decided to [dismiss him].
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…This is no knock on Jimmy as a coach, whatsoever. He’s one of the most knowledgeable coaches I’ve been around and he’ll do a good job wherever he goes. Just something I felt like we needed to do, and we did it.”
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“If it’s not working out, it’s better just to do it right now,” Pruitt said. “Me and Jimmy had a really good conversation. Unfortunately, probably because of the COVID circumstance, when you’re a new coach and you’re not able to be around your players in March, April, May, and limited in June, it puts you at a disadvantage.”
Posted on 11/23/20 at 4:12 pm to Bench McElroy
He grew up a po white hillbilly in northeast Alabama who didn’t know what asparagus was.
Posted on 11/23/20 at 4:17 pm to Bench McElroy
Pawl is wrong. HS coaches in my town are far better at speaking English.
Posted on 11/23/20 at 4:18 pm to Lemonpuppy
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Tennessee has no excuse to be where they are right now. I could coach that talent to 8 wins
This.
Posted on 11/23/20 at 4:21 pm to GurleyGirl
quote:You a correct. He'd be an excellent Mickey Andrews for Saban or his successor.
Some people simply don't have the personality it takes to engage the public which is an important aspect of being a HC. Pruitt might be better off taking another job as a DC; he's a good one.
Posted on 11/23/20 at 4:21 pm to Prof
Tennessee's talent isn't THAT good. Their defense is devoid of playmakers. They don't have a good option at QB. They have some raw young talent at WR and Palmer, but it's an average group. Their young 5-star OL have definitely been underachievers so far.
And their schedule includes Bama, Florida, A&M and UGA, not to mention a trip to Auburn. Expecting that roster to go 8-2 against that schedule is preposterous.
Losing to Arkansas and Kentucky, though? That's unacceptable.
And their schedule includes Bama, Florida, A&M and UGA, not to mention a trip to Auburn. Expecting that roster to go 8-2 against that schedule is preposterous.
Losing to Arkansas and Kentucky, though? That's unacceptable.
This post was edited on 11/23/20 at 4:23 pm
Posted on 11/23/20 at 4:24 pm to SummerOfGeorge
Puhleeze George. Pruitt is a moron. That defense was less talented last year and still outranked BAMA. Fulmer shelled out good money to paper over Pruitt's idiocy with very good assistants and now that they're gone to the NFL it's showing.
This post was edited on 11/23/20 at 4:27 pm
Posted on 11/23/20 at 4:26 pm to Prof
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Puhleeze George. Pruitt is a moron. That defense was less talented last year and outranked BAMA. He lost his assistants to the NFL and the wheels came off.
You think this Tennessee team should win 8 games???????
Pruitt has been awful, but "I could coach this team to 8 wins" is silliness. 4 of the 10 games are against Top 6 teams.
Losing to Arkansas and Kentucky is pathetic, though. Especially the ways they lost.
This post was edited on 11/23/20 at 4:27 pm
Posted on 11/23/20 at 4:28 pm to SummerOfGeorge
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You think this Tennessee team should win 8 games???????
Should? frick no. Pruitt has coached them to be drooling balless dumbasses that resemble him and gimped them even more by playing JG. Had we started or even played HB earlier in the Auburn game (or the UK or...) we're having a different conversation.
And don't act like the notion of 8 wins is based on a COVID shortened schedule.
This post was edited on 11/23/20 at 4:29 pm
Posted on 11/23/20 at 4:30 pm to Prof
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And don't act like the notion of 8 wins is based on a COVID shortened schedule.
Oh, I was under the impression we were talking this year with this schedule.
Yea, normal 12 game schedule with 3 cupcakes this roster should definitely win 8 games.
Chaney is maddening.
This post was edited on 11/23/20 at 4:31 pm
Posted on 11/23/20 at 4:31 pm to SummerOfGeorge
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Yea, normal 12 game schedule with 3 cupcakes this roster should definitely win 8 games.
We had 8 last year and lost to the cupcakes. You're not good at this.
Posted on 11/23/20 at 4:32 pm to bunkerhill
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Bobby Bowden was one of the best when it came to the media that I have ever seen. I don't know what he said when the doors were closed but he had the media eating out of his hand, win or lose.
He had a smart good ole boy approach and kept
humor in the foreground as his greatest weapon
with the media. The world could use more Bobby
Bowdens.
Posted on 11/23/20 at 4:36 pm to Prof
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We had 8 last year and lost to the cupcakes. You're not good at this.
Haha I don't think we're on the same wavelength here. My only point was winning 8 games vs the current schedule would have been coach of the year stuff.
Pruitt's done an awful job. The "improvement" at the end of last year clearly was just playing a bunch of bad teams.
This post was edited on 11/23/20 at 4:36 pm
Posted on 11/23/20 at 4:40 pm to SummerOfGeorge
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Pruitt's done an awful job. The "improvement" at the end of last year clearly was just playing a bunch of bad teams.
It was JG coming off the bench and playing mediocre but JG isn't capable of doing that regularly and Pruitt has steadfastly refused to see it. Pruitt will start JG against Vandy. His stubbornness has cost his team and will rightly cost him his job.
Posted on 11/23/20 at 4:55 pm to Prof
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