Tennessee Fires DL coach coach

[CB4]

Just had a buddy up that way (Knoxville) saying Pruitt will coach the D line the rest of the season.

Well okey dokie then......

 

[Tiderollin32]

Just had a buddy up that way (Knoxville) saying Pruitt will coach the D line the rest of the season.

Well okey dokie then......

That’s interesting. I wonder which position group he was assisting with before. I wonder if that will hurt another groups performance if he stops coaching them to move over to the D-line.

 

[Go Bama]

what phillip wants, pruitt delivers. should have fired the qb coach instead.

There's no coaching up Guarantano. The guy just hasn't got the talent to deliver the goods.

Tennessee sucks on offense, defense, and special teams. Now they have to play Bama. Damn, when will these poor Vols ever catch a break?

 

[B1GTide]

That’s interesting. I wonder which position group he was assisting with before. I wonder if that will hurt another groups performance if he stops coaching them to move over to the D-line.

He is not a DL coach, and has never been a DL coach. He has not coached a position while at TN.

He has primarily been a DB coach, but like other DCs at Alabama he coached ILBs when he was last there.

 

[Saban4Ever]

I just saw an article on AL.com that compares Bama and TN stats. It shows that Bama is of course much better on offense, but also that TN is better on defense on most stats. We have 2 common opponents so far: Mizzou and UGA.

Will be interesting how TN DLine performs the remainder of the year. Bama will win Saturday, but I hope it is not a sloppy win being an away game after the excitement of beating UGA. I hope the weather will be nice there.

 

[Evil Crimson Dragon]

I just saw an article on AL.com that compares Bama and TN stats. It shows that Bama is of course much better on offense, but also that TN is better on defense on most stats. We have 2 common opponents so far: Mizzou and UGA.

Will be interesting how TN DLine performs the remainder of the year. Bama will win Saturday, but I hope it is not a sloppy win being an away game after the excitement of beating UGA. I hope the weather will be nice there.

Don’t think Saban will allow them to get overconfident

 

[crimsonaudio]

I suspect that it was about more than the performance. Mid-season firings at coaching positions are usually about other issues.

And this was his first year at tennessee - dude coached FOUR GAMES and got fired.

This wasn't about on the field performance, unless Pruitt is basically admitting he made a terrible hire.

 

[Evil Crimson Dragon]

And this was his first year at tennessee - dude coached FOUR GAMES and got fired.

This wasn't about on the field performance, unless Pruitt is basically admitting he made a terrible hire.

I think there may be much more going wrong

 

[crimsonaudio]

I think there may be much more going wrong

You hate to see it.

 

[Evil Crimson Dragon]

You hate to see it.

Yeah, you do.......

 

[crimsonaudio]

And they just released the depth chart for Bama - they're really locked in at QB, where they've been so solid...

 

[deliveryman35]

what phillip wants, pruitt delivers. should have fired the qb coach instead.

I too wondered if Philip Fulmer might be the invisible hand at work in this decision.

 

[BearFoot]

I too wondered if Philip Fulmer might be the invisible hand at work in this decision.

Ummmmm...there’s absolutely nothing invisible about him...nothing at all

 

[CB4]

He is not a DL coach, and has never been a DL coach. He has not coached a position while at TN.

He has primarily been a DB coach, but like other DCs at Alabama he coached ILBs when he was last there.

That’s the reason I was wondering if they had an analyst on staff with D Line coaching experience. You know Pruitt is involved with Ansley & DB’s. Now he doing that, plus head coach, plus d-line? Is Pruitt also going to paint the end zones for the game Saturday?

Like others, I smell a doughnut muncher in the background.

 

[GrayTide]

There's no coaching up Guarantano. The guy just hasn't got the talent to deliver the goods.

Tennessee sucks on offense, defense, and special teams. Now they have to play Bama. Damn, when will these poor Vols ever catch a break?

Bingo. He has never been an SEC caliber QB. Anyone who knows football should have seen this two years ago.

 

[TideEngineer08]

I take it as a bit weird as well ... its definitely a gamble. UGA already owns the head to head win against them so they would have to win out PLUS hope that UGA loses to 2 East division teams. Anything is possible but err the window for error is pretty slim.

So I wonder, historically how many teams actually improve after an inter season firing? I wouldn't think it would be a lot.

No chance whatsoever of them winning the East. It would have been one thing for them to have lost to say, Florida, last week. But losing, badly, to Kentucky, is never a harbinger of good things to come. The pain has only just begun for Tennessee.

 

[Cruiser]

On the other hand, this probably meas that Pruitt will be coaching the DL group this week, so they will play better/be more motivated when they see you on Saturday.

A motivated loser is still....a loser

 

[CajunCrimson]

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[CB4]

Not a good look for head coach looking to bring a program back to respectability.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1318047652953640960

 

[CB4]

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