by Brendan Paschal
There’s no defending Jeremy Pruitt for the losses to either Georgia State or BYU. There is no denying it, Tennessee is in a bad place right now. After the 2017 debacle Vols fans thought the worst was behind them. Sure, there would be some growing pains with a new coach and athletic director, but Phil Fulmer was a familiar face and he brought back so many happy memories for Tennessee fans. Fulmer seemed to regain control of a struggling program and press reset. After hiring Pruitt Tennessee fans started to regain hope for their team.
In his first season Pruitt showed glimpses of promise. Upsetting (21) Auburn and (12) Kentucky was encouraging. Those wins signified that Tennessee was on the upswing. It was the only thing making those hard losses to Vanderbilt and South Carolina, and finishing last in the SEC bearable.
But now Tennessee has taken a step backward. They were supposed to start out 3-0. Facing Georgia State, BYU, and Chattanooga all at home. These were supposed to be easy victories – an encouraging start for a team that has taken so many punches over the years. That didn’t happen. Many are already turning on Pruitt. They claim he wasn’t ready to be a head coach; this team lacks basic fundamentals; he didn’t know what asparagus was (he didn’t, that’s fair). Dave Hooker at Saturday Down South titled, It’s time to buy out Jeremy Pruitt and turn to a familiar face to resurrect Tennessee football. Understandably Hooker has zero faith in Pruitt’s ability to figure a way out of this situation. But I’m here to say let’s take a step back, take a deep breath, and look at the situation as a whole.
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