BRAJ - I haven't done this in a while, but let's do an end of season Hot Seat.
1. Do you put the chances of Helton being the offensive coordinator in game 1 of next year over or under 50% in your opinion?
2. What is the relationship like between CJP and Helton? Does Helton like Knoxville and Pruitt?
* if a change were to be made, would the timing be more likely to be after the Dec. Signing Day?
3. Do you think there may be changes in the coaching staff at other positions?
4. While the Vols did get 2 wins over top 20 teams, they also lost 6 games by 25 or more points. What is your overall grade for Pruitt's first year?
5. Have you heard any input from Fulmer on his opinion of CJP's performance? Does PF ever "help out" with the offensive line?
6. Everyone keeps blaming THIS team's performance on Butch Jones. Was Butch so bad that his coaching messed the team up for future coaches?
7. I keep hearing that we don't have the Jimmie and Joe's, but Rivals rankings would give us huge advantages over Charlotte, Mizzu, and Vandy. We were not even competitive with Mizzu and Vandy - where does the blame go?
8. I was amazed at the lack of Vol fans in Neyland for the Kentucky and Mizzu games. How badly does the blow out losses to Mizzu and Vandy hurt the attendance next year? How concerned is Fulmer?
9. Any recruiting updates? Do the late season losses hurt us badly with Wright, Watson, Pappoe, etc?
10. I keep reading about "purging the roster," but considering that we can only take 25 with or without players leaving, is the reported purge just to remove bad apples and attitudes and replace them with no one or walk-ons?
11. What would you point to for those of us needing a bit of hope - to be optimistic about for next year?
12. Please predict in your opinion a range for Tennessee's recruiting class - ie top 10 to 20?
Thanks as always!
1. Do you put the chances of Helton being the offensive coordinator in game 1 of next year over or under 50% in your opinion?
2. What is the relationship like between CJP and Helton? Does Helton like Knoxville and Pruitt?
* if a change were to be made, would the timing be more likely to be after the Dec. Signing Day?
3. Do you think there may be changes in the coaching staff at other positions?
4. While the Vols did get 2 wins over top 20 teams, they also lost 6 games by 25 or more points. What is your overall grade for Pruitt's first year?
5. Have you heard any input from Fulmer on his opinion of CJP's performance? Does PF ever "help out" with the offensive line?
6. Everyone keeps blaming THIS team's performance on Butch Jones. Was Butch so bad that his coaching messed the team up for future coaches?
7. I keep hearing that we don't have the Jimmie and Joe's, but Rivals rankings would give us huge advantages over Charlotte, Mizzu, and Vandy. We were not even competitive with Mizzu and Vandy - where does the blame go?
8. I was amazed at the lack of Vol fans in Neyland for the Kentucky and Mizzu games. How badly does the blow out losses to Mizzu and Vandy hurt the attendance next year? How concerned is Fulmer?
9. Any recruiting updates? Do the late season losses hurt us badly with Wright, Watson, Pappoe, etc?
10. I keep reading about "purging the roster," but considering that we can only take 25 with or without players leaving, is the reported purge just to remove bad apples and attitudes and replace them with no one or walk-ons?
11. What would you point to for those of us needing a bit of hope - to be optimistic about for next year?
12. Please predict in your opinion a range for Tennessee's recruiting class - ie top 10 to 20?
Thanks as always!
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