@ATL4L, let’s not boo a player even if we do want him to leave and have another QB. That’s just not respectful and no matter how he plays, as a person he deserves respect because he’s a young man of character and he’s a genuinely good guy. I don’t think anyone in his position would want to be treated like that. Especially not from his own fans at Neyland. I agree he should go and Bailey should play but there’s no place for hating players. JG got death threats last year, which is over the line and again there’s no place for that. Hopefully Bailey will keep playing these Sunday scrimmages and Pruitt will choose him and JG comes off the bench the rest of the season #GoVols #GBO
@@bneiman55 He isnt a practice player. Neither was Dobbs. I like every Tennessee fan would rather lose with a True Freshman and build for the future than deal with 10th year bum senior Jersey Shore
& don't forget, it's a free year of eligibility. Of course Bailey should play. Throw him to the wolves. I don't care if he sucks, it'll be a learning experience and get us ready for next year when college football is back to normalcy. Play all the freshman this year. Our season is over. It doesn't count. Get them experience. Especially those freshman WR's also!
I am a diehard UT Vol fan, it is depressing watching them play this bad this year. They have totally regressed, and I believe that Pruitt is holding some players hostage. JG has reached his ceiling and he will never become elite; it is time to move on and give someone else a chance.
Well said and I agree...I would suspect that Harrison Bailey gets the start at Arkansas, if not then I don't know what Jerry Pruitt is thinking. We've seen enough to know.
Bruh! Pruitt doesn't want to play any of the younger talent. He coaches like a high-school coach, all seniors start or get to play no matter how unproductive they are.
I'm surprised everyone isn't calling this coaching staff out on this. I've seen better play calling in small town highschool programs compared to the vols.
I say this all the time. Pruitt gives JG countless chances but gives everyone else a “one-and-done” chance on the field. I don’t care if every other QB is worse than JG, you know what you get when JG is on the field. I’m sure he’s a good guy off the field, but he is not a starting SEC caliber QB and Pruitt needs to stop treating him as one.
To be honest it really did it for me when he tried the QB sneak against Alabama that totally lost that game. I don't know what he was thinking there...QB sneak and sticking the ball in the air??
As "nice" of a kid as JG is, even the Tennessee faithful, like myself are ready to see him go. The final straw with me was the loss to Kentucky, which JG personally lost for us. Pruitt also earned his first strike with most VOL fans (meaning 3 strikes and you're out) by NOT taking JG out during that game (Kentucky) after his catastrophic play. After 2 years of consistent wins over SC, KY, and Vandy, I felt like we were starting to own those games and (as you said in your video) start making strides toward competing for the east once again, but Pruitt's loss to Kentucky caused him to take a step backwards as far as a lot of FANS are concerned. At this point Pruitt would have to win out, including a home win against the Gators to redeem his poor decision making this year, but since (as you also said) he is so "set" on JG being "the guy" the VOLS will most likely not even having a winning this year. IT SUCKS SO BAD TO BE A TENNESSEE FAN, but hey the Titans are doing pretty good I'll just focus on them, till next season, lol.
@@Lunzie then go away! why you even here then? do you watch a lot of videos on teams you hate?!?! or do you secretly love the vols and Titans? I think you do.. :)
Tim Inman They lost to Arkansas, who got blown out by a great Florida team, Auburn is a Jekyll and Hyde team, they got two questionable wins, and destroyed a bad LSU team, Vanderbilt is an easy win( but they've still got some fight), and Florida and Texas A&M, are waaaaaay too good.
@@codiebranch5501 sorry to bust your bubble bro.But after 4 coaches in a decade this program can’t pull in them because 1 we turn on anyone that doesn’t fit who the fans want and 2 coaches only last 4 years in this program and I hate to say it but this program has sooo many stepping stones.People are gonna have to understand that our program is no longer a top 5 winning powerhouse.Has not been since Fulmer last went to the SEC.For us to get where we want it starts with consistent.And I’ve chose this as a throw away year anyways.Firing coach after 3 years every time is never gonna get this program right ever again.Pruitt needs to look in the mirror and continue to work through things to get this program right.
@@foxtown7662 I'm not saying fire Pruitt but his decision to keep JG in a game when he hasn't earned the right to be under center by throwing picks and giving the ball away is a very big problem, he hasn't shown the ability to make a change this season when things aren't working out plus this coaching staff doesn't have trust in a 5th year senior to pick up 3rd and 8 through the air and calling a game so conservative we can't pick up more than 4 first downs against a bad defense is a problem he is making the same mistakes kirby smart has made so far but he hasn't realized it yet and until he does then we won't take a step towards where we need to be.
@@codiebranch5501 I certainly agree 100% JG has us actually more dissapointed than most of the players because we looked at him like you’re returning for your last year and thought he was gonna have his signature on this team!Like this is my team and what happend he went back to the same ole vanilla qb we’ve had problems with.And the Kentucky ints?Once we got behind they just never recovered.I was very mad about him.Its like he threw the whole game away lol
I kinda hope Tennessee lands Arch Manning. Ole Miss already had Archie and Eli, so Tennessee might as well have Peyton and Arch. Arch is just the kind of QB they need to turn that program around; especially after fans have had to suffer through Guarantano. I’m not even a Tennessee fan, but I admire how dedicated their fans are. 9 out of every 10 people will be wearing Vols gear when I go on vacation to Tennessee
Unfortunately, it doesn't look like we're on his consideration list of where he'd like to go :( I'm not sure if we extended an offer, but I'd be shocked if we didn't try: 247sports.com/Player/Arch-Manning-46080533/. I think if Harrison is what he was in high school and that translates to the SEC, he's definitely our elite QB who we just need to play. #VFL #GBO
@SWFan, ah. We’re towards the bottom of that list of offers lol. I hope we can get him but I’m not holding my breath on hypotheticals right now. We got Bailey and if he lives up to his hype as one of the elite QB’s in his class, we’ll go really far with him. PLEASE! #GoVols #GBO
Terrance Mahoney yeah, I’m not holding my breath for another Manning to come this way. It would be amazing, but yeah, probably not. True what you’re saying about Pruitt not being as much of an offensive-minded coach. Though I hope he soon comes to realize we need elite play from the QB position and for performing on game day! JG may practice well, but he chokes in big moments, love the kid, but he’s just not going to get much better for consistency. It would be a miracle if that somehow turns around. We can only pray 🙏
Keep up your Tennessee videos. Clay Travis wrote Dixieland Delight and became famous because of Tennessee. Your work reminds me of him. This is good content, and we need your help.
I agree I have a soft spot for the Vols too and I don’t think it’s completely JG’s fault cause Tennessee is not that talented overall but there’s no point to keeping him as the starter. I would give Bailey a start or two to see if he’s ready cause JG has consistently been unremarkable and looked awful at some points
I agree, Ethan. The problem is not solely on JG. The coaching is a problem as well. From Pruitt’s obsession with JG to the staff’s inability to develop players, we do not - and have not - have competent coaches. Alvin Kamara was not great at UTK but is a stud in the NFL. JG has made some progress since he first became a starter but not much. I don’t see it happening, but I hope we move on from JG for the rest of the season.
@White Stallion a good recruiting class only means so much. It doesn’t matter how good they are at recruiting if the players are not either performing on the field or are being properly utilized.
@HeyltsEvan, agreed. We have to develop players and I’m baffled why QB’s haven’t progressed, especially Shrout. It’s either they just aren’t that talented and just aren’t progressing that well, or we’re just not coaching them very well to get them developed. A #2 QB should be plug and play at this point. Maurer had an entire year. I know he got injured. But the entire offense should be able to run through him and Shrout. Now you got Bailey, I hope they’re very serious about making sure he’s up to speed on the entire playbook ASAP. Looking at highlights of his high school career, he was ridiculous. Have a hard time believing he wouldn’t be able to learn the offense in a short amount of time with how high a level he played previously. Put him in coach!
First I will say that I absolutely love JG!!! He's a great kid, who has represented Tennessee as well as he could be asked to do. He's a young man that you can tell has been raised the right way, and so he does the right things. He has graduated, and chose to come back to Tennessee when he didn't have to. And he is definitely tough. He has proven that many times over. BUT IT IS TIME TO MOVE ON FROM HIM AS THE STARTING QUARTERBACK! He has cost Tennessee football 42 points directly over the last 3 games just off of turnovers alone. He still has issues with pocket awareness, and decision making. And he is not bad all of the time. But when he makes a mistake, he makes it big! He miscues are always at the worst times and points of a game. Its actually really weird, but his timing could not be worse. And what is so frustrating is that he has the tools to be great. He has a cannon for an arm. He's very accurate particularly with the long ball. He has decent mobility that can get him out of trouble, and get some yards upfield. And he's a smart guy who graduated in under four years. And I truly believe that he is performing well in practice. But for some reason, he has a knack for screwing up spectacularly in critical game situations. He's been here for five years, this is not going to change. It's time to focus on Harrison Bailey, and let JG be the mentor to him. JG can be the backup, while preparing Bailey for the future. Tennessee should be getting JG ready to become a grad assistant if he wants to go into coaching, or getting him ready to compete for a spot in the Canadian Football League. He's got a slim to none chance of making an NFL roster. And let's be real. We were not going to beat Bama. They look unstoppable right now. But we definitely were in it with Georgia until JG basically gave them 21 points. And we had no business losing to Kentucky, but did so because JG spotted them 21 points and the momentum of that game. There is no reason why Tennessee shouldn't be a one loss team right now. But a Football quarterback is the most important position in any team sport by far. If you have bad quarterback play, you have a bad team. Harrison Bailey needs to be in there cutting his teeth this year. It is basically a free year. Why not take advantage of it with Bailey. He's a 5 star recruit, who was one of the best in the country at his position. He could not do any worse than JG! And who knows, maybe he would grow comfortable quickly, and actually produce on the field. He wouldn't be the first freshman quarterback to do so. He is the future of Tennessee football.
WOULD TENNESSEE FANS UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WILL BE GROWING PAINS W/ BAILEY THE STARTER AS A FRESHMAN OR WILL THEY BE READY TO THROW HIM OFF THE BRIDGE TO IF THEY ARE NOT WINNING!? 🤔
He's a head case. He played well off the bench last year. I knew we were screwed against Kentucky when he started. He was still carrying his failure against UGA. When he comes off the bench he just throws the ball so much better and isn't as timid. At this point the season is a wash and it's time for Harrison to start. We could have him for 4 years!
Tennessee is regressing and Pruitt is the reason. He continues to play a subpar QB. Now he is starting to use COVID, like every other team didn’t have the same challenge. Firing the d-line coach was an excuse, leaving the defense on the field for 2/3 of every game is the issue. 3 and out every series is the problem. At this point it’s time to play all the QBs and see who shines. One each of the next three games, this way you get a good look for the future and evaluate the pros and cons. At best we are looking at 3-4 wins this year, so you should at least evaluate your talent in gameday scenarios so that you understand exactly what you have for the future. I am a vol fan, but very hard to stand by a team where the coach puts them in regression by his decision making.
you nailed it buddy I'm in the it's the fact we cant develop certain positions especially quarterback I hope you do more videos about football in general.go vols it's hard to say go big orange because theres nothing big except disappointment
Totally agree, they cannot go to next level with JG, way too inconsistent and undisciplined. As for Pruitt, all I can say is there is nothing common about common sense.
Remember when Payton would not have played as a freshman if not for an injury to .Helton. What im saying is Tennessee might have another star QB sitting on the bench.
@@robjohnson8861 i was talking about Harrison Bailey on the bench. He should have started the year. Certinally needs to finish it. Personally i don't think Pruitt is head coach material. Maybe great defense coach
@@rustygreen6771 I believe Fulmer hired Pruitt to get back the the Univ for being fired. And then to give him an extension, for what and at the beginning of the year. To buy him out now would be 21 million.
Just cause Harrison is a 5 star recruit out of highschool doesn't mean he has this division 1 offense mastered. With that said this coaching staff should anticipate these things and build the playbooks to compliment they're capabilities and style. Pruitt has done nothing to convince me that he is capable of taking this program to the next level. But Fulmer extended his contract before the season started, so far he's just a repackaged Butch Jones. The play calling actually seems worse, almost highschool caliber on both sides of the ball.
Have had JG back and love the kid since b4 he came here. He was an Elite 11 QB . But we have 2 other E11 on the roster, B. Maurer & H. Bailey, who need to start gaining valuable game time snaps. Practice snaps don't compare. Just as the most recent legend J. Dobbs, His coaches claimed that Justin Worley and Peterman were ahead of him 2 years in a row and we all know how that turned out. But at least Dobbs got the valuable reps in his first few yrs. Maurer got some last year but the coaches acted like he didn't exist until a few minutes left vs Bama.
Push JG to transfer, and start Bailey. Believe me we’re going to loose the rest of the way anyway. He can’t hurt us. If not JG will destroy this season and next season.
Tennessee is in a similar spot as Kentucky. Both have pretty solid defenses but sputtering offenses with inconsistent QBs. And both teams have major talents as a backup but won't make the switch because of loyalty to the incumbent who had success in the past.
The fact that Harrison Bailey got zero snaps down by 30 against Bama is laughable. Pruitt is going to lose his job because of his shortsighted decision making. Also, why did it take 5 games for Pruitt to get Jalin Hyatt meaningful snaps. His talent was obvious.
I see a lot of parallels between Guarantano and Devin Gardener. Both a couple of 5-star QBs, lots of hype. Gardener never lived up to the hype at UM, but I never questioned his heart. He almost beat OSU with a broken leg- that dude was a warrior. Unfortunately, people will only remember the bad, and how Michigan pretty much went back to where they were before Hoke got there. I feel for Guarantano- nothing hurts more than when you put your heart and soul into something and it doesn’t work out. Hopefully he doesn’t quit and finds something he can excel at.
I think we need several different coaches replaced ! The defensive secondary has been awful for years. Quarterback coach hasn’t shown that his quarterbacks are doing any better. I don’t see the fire 🔥 in the players that should be there. The only time I see any fire is when one of the players make some stupid infraction like a personal foul ! There is definitely a disconnect in this program. Makes me wonder who is holding the cards ? Could it be someone higher ?
Just subbed so I’m not sure who you’ve done vids on but one thing is how the last few years Alabama has made multiple first round WRS So maybe like the back ups that are the future . My favorite guy last season was metchie and now he is really good but I wonder what ho is next
I've been wanting JG benched since his RS Sophomore year. Chryst was the better QB that year and Pruitt still played him. If JG comes back next year and starts, it may cost Pruitt is job.
Don’t know if I commented before but I remembered this and came back to give it another look. Your right on this....I just wish there could have been a different way for the story to end for JG. Love the kids heart and he’s got the thickest skin I’ve ever seen....I would have been screaming back at the haters “think you could do better come on!” 😁 There’s no doubt in my mind circumstances and negligence by the many coaches he had made the story of Jarrett at UT. Yeah some of the failures he had were on him but ultimately it goes back to the “coaches” especially the “head” of the program. Their failure to be developing good SEC ready QBs at UT started what turned into the dumpster fire of 2020. JG at a different program with a somewhat stable offensive line with the capability to play pass protection.....he would have succeeded in that scenario. He needs that half a second more to shine. So I don’t put it all on him.....these overpaid coaches that are so smart at the game of college football......well, what position has the most impact potential in football? The ding dang QB!!!! They know this and it makes me question the powers that be at UT! It’s SEC football.... and the top teams are at the top and stay there because of the gunslingers they recruit at QB. Tennessee will only be the Tennessee of old winning 8 games or more per year when they start developing QBs again....no it won’t guarantee SEC titles or championships but honestly what would Butch Jones’s overall record have been if it were not for that superhero Josh Dobbs? Can’t tell you how many 3rd and goal from the 20 and Dobbs would extend the play then it was a race to the pylon....TD, Josh Dobbs! so you either need a TRUE dual threat QB to keep the linebackers on their heels or you got to develop young talent to play like Mac Jones, Trask, etc. of course special teams, o-line, d-line, secondary, backs, receivers, kickers: it takes all of them to be a team.....but to be in the top 10 you have to have solid QB play. Impossible to win consistently without a “man” in that position. Just my unimportant two cents.😏 Liked the video
After back-to-back loses to Texas A&M and Alabama after starting 5-0 in 2016, I still said that Tennessee would win the SEC East. But after the 2016 loss to South Carolina, I knew that not only was Tennessee not winning the division but I also knew that Butch Jones wasn't going to remain as Tennessee's head coach for long. What happened over the next 3 years after the loss to South Carolina? Tennessee did not win the SEC East, they lost to Vanderbilt three consecutive times, they played in the 2016 Music City Bowl vs Nebraska, they went on to lose to South Carolina in 2017 and 2018 (another 3 consecutive year lose), in 2017 they finished 4-8 (0-8 in conference play) marking the first time in program history Tennessee finished a season with 8 losses. By the time they lost to Missouri in 2017, it lead to perhaps the most embarrassing problems of this time period from 2016 to 2019 for Tennessee. After the 2017 loss to Mizzou, Butch Jones was fired with two games left, (as mentioned) Tennessee finished the season 4-8 (first 8 loss season for Tennessee), the Greg Schiano fiasco where, just as he was about to be hired, Tennessee fans didn't want him as the coach because they thought he knew about what Sandusky did at Penn State (even though Schiano was vetted and clearly had no knowledge about it), the Athletic Director (who wasn't even on the job for a full year) ends up fired, and once 2017 was over Tennessee had a losing streak against the other 13 SEC Teams. The situation at Tennessee was so bad that when they were looking for a new head coach, no one wanted to go near the program. Mike Leach, Dan Mullen, and other head coaches didn't want to be the coach. Those coaches eventually went somewhere else. 2018 seemed to be a signal of a better day for Tennessee with a win at Auburn making it the first time in nearly two years Tennessee won a conference game (as well as Tennessee's first win over an SEC West Opponent since 2010) but they still lost to both South Carolina (by that point 0-7 vs Will Muschamp) and Vanderbilt (making them 2-5 vs the 'Dores since the 2012 meeting and 8-6 vs the 'Dores since the 2005 meeting) for a third consecutive year. 2019 started off as the continuation of what had been going on since the 2016 South Carolina game. They started off 0-2 with back-to-back home loses against Georgia State and BYU, then became 1-4 by October 5th. But the next week on October 12th, they defeated Mississippi State (making it the first time since 2008 they defeated Mississippi State, their first win vs an SEC West foe in Neyland since 2010, and the first time since 1992-2008 Tennessee defeated SEC West opponents in consecutive seasons). After the October 5th loss to Georgia, they won 6 of their last 7 finishing 2019 with a 7-5 record, plus a Gator Bowl victory over Indiana making them 8-5 (5-3 in SEC Play). This gave the Tennessee Volunteers their first Winning season in three years. It's been a struggle for Tennessee following the 2016 South Carolina loss. I do believe that a lot of Tennessee's problems are fixable, they just need to brainstorm ideas on what needs to be done to actually resurrect this program.
Agree with the video. I appriciate Guarantano hes tough and resilient. That being said its time to move on. We can point blame all day but still need to get Bailey some real reps and get ready for the future. A Kentucky loss is bad but 34- 7 is rediculous
I agree, it’s time to have Bailey come in and play the rest of the year. JG is nothing like what he should’ve been coming into this season. He was the #1 Dual Threat QB in the country coming out of HS (even ranked higher than Jalen Hurts) but has completely regressed in his Jr and Sr year. He’s constantly over/under throwing receivers, can’t feel pressure in the pocket and is still making terrible reads. Don’t get me started on his “dual threat” aspect of his game. These are mistakes that he should not be making as a redshirt SR. It’s time to move on, he’s not going to get any better
Sorry bro, I know you're a fan, but it runs much deeper than that. It's not just QB play that accounts for Tennessee's deterioration as an overall program for the past 20 years. It's actually because of it's geography. No, seriously. It is. Allow me to explain... What do all of college football's former historically great programs have in common? What common trait do all the faded powers share? By "faded powers", I'm referring to programs like Tennessee, Nebraska, Notre Dame, and Michigan. We know they all have illustrious histories, but why do they struggle so much in the present day? Easy. It's location. Each of those programs reside in states with insufficient high school talent recruiting yields. The states of Tennessee, Michigan, Indiana, and Nebraska routinely fall somewhere in the middle, or even the back, of the line when it comes to high school talent production annually. If you don't have a home state powerbase capable of sustaining your program year after year- even during lean times -you're not going to remain a consistent winner. The only exception to this rule is Oklahoma- the Sooners have been so well entrenched into the Texas recruiting pipeline for so many decades by now that they've essentially become another in-state Texas team. You're a Tennessee fan, right? Go back and look at the rosters of some of those last championship contending teams you had under Phil Fulmer in the late 90s-early 2000s. Virtually all the top stars on those Volunteers teams were from outside the state of Tennessee. Fulmer was one of the first SEC coaches to realize in the early 90s that TV had leveled the playing field in recruiting. Now you could go into other states and sign top recruits anywhere, whether that be the west coast, north Texas, or south Florida. The greatest QB in UT history (Peyton Manning) is from south Louisiana, hundreds of miles away from Knoxville. But that didn't matter as much anymore by the late 80s and early 90s. If you were on national and regional television each week, your program could be inside every potential recruit's living room to make them more familiar with you. Here's the flaw in that apparatus though- as soon as your team begins to underachieve or diminish, you lose your appeal as a destination program. But that's only one half of the equation. The other is the fact that for so long the states that have remained the top talent producers also had mediocre and underachieving programs as home state schools, which facilitated outside schools to come in and raid your state's top prospects. Sooner or later those programs will have just enough success to make players want to play for their in-state schools. This is how programs like Miami, Florida, Florida State, LSU, Georgia, and Clemson suddenly became perennial football powers when their history that preceded them shows they were mostly dismal. Nationwide recruiting is unsustainable for programs, even if they are one of the traditional "blueblood programs". You have to always have a strong power base of high school recruited talent in your state if you wish to remain a perennial power. These are the states with the most talent production on average for the last 25 years: 1. Florida 2. Texas 3. California 4. Alabama 5. Georgia 6. Louisiana 7. Ohio 8. Mississippi 9. South Carolina 10. Pennsylvania With the exception of Mississippi, each of those states are home to schools who've won conference titles, and either won or competed for national championships in that timeframe. It's why schools like Alabama, USC, Ohio State, Texas, and Oklahoma will always be royalty. It's why Nebraska, Tennessee, Notre Dame, and Michigan have fallen by the wayside.
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Seeing everything in Knoxville, I disagree with you. Yes ,Tennessee does not have a hotbed of recruits in their own state, but look how many of those states you listed border Tennessee. There are hotbeds of recruiting just over the state line in the Carolinas, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi. Tennessee has attracted many recruits due to their proximity of other Southern high schools (but not developed explained later) and having a brand that has helped many (even in bad years) make it to the NFL. I do not see most top tier D1 kids being concerned with staying in state if it hurts their chances to get tape and make it to the NFL. Also I would not say that Notre Dame or Michigan have "faded" in any equivalent way to UT. I think most UT fans (even some of the delusional JG ones) if given the choice would trade places with the body of work either of those schools have produced in the past two decades over UT. I believe the problem within UT is two fold. 1). Constant turnover of coaching and athletic department staff (AD) and 2). Believing that we are still a good program because of anything before 2000. There has to be a realization from the top of the athletic department that the football program has not been good for a very long time and they need to bring in top leaders that have their own legacy who challenge the players to do the same. Enough of these filler hires that do no good for anyone. Kiffin, Dooley, Jones, Pruitt. None had consistent success as a head coach before UT. There needs to be clear expectations set from a steady AD, and they need coaches to DEVELOP players not just recruit! We get coaches that have barely, if ever, had to assemble whole staffs. The people we have brought in are over their heads and are unable to evaluate and develop talent right. This is because they themselves are still in the early stages of learning as a coach. Just my opinion on the matter, and I enjoy the back and forth sports talk. As a positive, I went to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to finish my undergrad and I have had a great time becoming a Tar Heels football fan over the last two years. Program is on the come up for real.
(Not always, and, at times, with a new coach and players) Let the team start the season by playing a very good and high-ranked team on the road. Tennessee may not always be so very good and high-ranked and not always winning division titles and national titles and such, but, for the most part, can be a team you "don't wanna mess around with"!!
Great job Scott,and I'm glad you see it as well. Since Fulmer coached they've put up with mediocrity. Truth is every year under Fulmer except the one that cost him his job, Tennessee never had fewer than eight wins period. It's time for some no nonsense and not settling for anything other than playing Tennessee football steeped in tradition and winning! Thanks. Scott
No problem man! I want to see Tennessee be good again. Not sure why i love them so much, but CFB is better when they are good. JG has never been good and it's time for the Bailey/Salter era's
-Pruitt's on his way out : Unranked Kentucky, 3 years in, 34-7 at home - this is NOT ACCEPTABLE (let's not even mention Georgia State). People sayin' JG's not the guy. Let me tell ya' somethin' - PRUITT'S not the guy.
We need Payton to come in to be the QB’s coach ( at the least ) and drop JG right damn now it’s hard being a vols fan when I was 1 year old the last time we won a national championship lord help us all
I totally agree with you I think Harrison Bailey is the best choice give him an experience this season and he'll be a lot better quarterback for you next season there is no way that we're going to win the Easter this year give him all the experiences you can give him and let him go out and be the quarterback that Tennessee needs go Vols
I totally agree. Jerk JG out and give others a chance. We haven’t even won a dozen good games in his 4 years. We need to begin training one of our other QB’s because JG’s career is over now anyway.
TN is an overall competitive football team. The problem is the QB. Every time something special happens that seems to put a little life in the team, JG comes in and let's the air out. JG is pretty much a buzz kill for the Vols. Think of how you feel watching the game and there's a big defensive stop or turnover or the offense makes a great gain. Then JG turns it over or runs 20 yards in the wrong direction only to take a sack. It sucks the life out of the fans so imagine how the players feel. They're watching their potential careers go down the drain. JG needs a minimum of 5 - 8 seconds of no pressure or he's going to panic and make bad decisions.
JG is a good guy, I think. But far too in his own head. My complaint is not with him, but rather with the coaching staff that either/both continues to prop him out there to fail and/or recruit and develop a better QB. You can see how the team doesn’t trust JG. And in both the Georgia and Kentucky games, his fumbles visibly defeated and destroyed the team. That is also a coaching failure. I am off the JG train, sure. But I’m primarily off the Pruitt train.
The middle of the field has been banned by the coaches, he can only throw to the outside-short and deep. Nothing goes between the hash marks unless it’s for 6 the other way. Terrible limitations for a 5 year starter.
Great points and it's time to move on. I hope Pruitt knows what he's doing? If he doesn't start Bailey against Arkansas I'm going to be very disappointed. Thanks for your rant!!!
JG is by far the best qb on the roster excluding Bailey because we don’t know what he’s capable of. I’m usually the first to say throw someone to the wolves And see if they sink or swim. But Pruitt has said that with the line play he does not want to risk Bailey‘s future by getting him seriously hurt. Regardless if Peyton Manning was the quarterback we would still be trash because of our playcalling and how bad the offensive line has played. The defense has not done their part either so I change at quarterback It’s not even close to all this team needs to become a winning team.
I ageee 100 , JG seems like a great kid and I’ve hoped nothing but the best for him , he just don’t have what it takes to be an sec QB , believe me I wished I was saying the opposite, it’s past time for a new QB , go vols!!!!!!
I believe it's more quarterback coaching problem. They never get better while there anymore. Most otber teams quarterbacks improve a little after moving from highschool to college. The VOLS qbs dont anymore
If Tennessee loses to Arkansas, then I say play the freshman. If Tennessee beats Arkansas there is hope that the Vols can finish with a winning season and they should stick with JG. The sad thing is that Pruitt says all the other QBs aren't as good as JG. Why did they recruit such crappy QBs? Vol fans need to accept the fact that the 2020 Vols suck and this is a practice season! Go Vols!
If JG never plays another snap and we lose every game under Bailey I’d at least know we tried. Leaving him in til he throws 2 pick 6’s take him out one play for a slap in the wrist then put him right back in was enough for me. Jesus.
JG seems like a nice guy and I wish him the best but the Vols need to move on because if it isn't working by now its not going to work next week or any other time and it might even be better for JG if he went somewhere else with an extra year
I've played and watched the game for 35 years. the head coach we have right now is very discouraging . I believe he is hard headed for some reason bout the QB situation. We really don't know how the back up QB s. R because they haven't got to play a 2 full games to even make a judgment call
I think if I hear or read one more time, "JG is a great guy," or, "he's a great team player" my f'ing head is going to explode. JG is the number one reason Vol's football sucks.
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I go to UT....lol all the students here HATE JG...we booed him in introductions last game. get him out and get my boy Harrison some time
TRUTH. ! ! !
@ATL4L, let’s not boo a player even if we do want him to leave and have another QB. That’s just not respectful and no matter how he plays, as a person he deserves respect because he’s a young man of character and he’s a genuinely good guy. I don’t think anyone in his position would want to be treated like that. Especially not from his own fans at Neyland.
I agree he should go and Bailey should play but there’s no place for hating players. JG got death threats last year, which is over the line and again there’s no place for that. Hopefully Bailey will keep playing these Sunday scrimmages and Pruitt will choose him and JG comes off the bench the rest of the season #GoVols #GBO
From sources affiliated with the team I've heard HB throws 2-3 picks every practice that they scrimmage. Needs more time to develop.
@@bneiman55 He isnt a practice player. Neither was Dobbs.
I like every Tennessee fan would rather lose with a True Freshman and build for the future than deal with 10th year bum senior Jersey Shore
You really shouldn't boo him like that...I think he's trying his best it's just not happening.
I’d rather lose with a True Freshman than a 6th Year Senior. Enough is enough Pruitt.
100
Guarantano is mediocre No Doubt we have two full-backs playing linebacker we can't even stop a simple slant route where is the coaching
Agreed
& don't forget, it's a free year of eligibility. Of course Bailey should play. Throw him to the wolves. I don't care if he sucks, it'll be a learning experience and get us ready for next year when college football is back to normalcy.
Play all the freshman this year. Our season is over. It doesn't count. Get them experience. Especially those freshman WR's also!
Yeah and unfortunately JG has another year of eligibility
The only 2 people on earth who want JG to keep playing are Pruitt and JG.
I am a diehard UT Vol fan, it is depressing watching them play this bad this year. They have totally regressed, and I believe that Pruitt is holding some players hostage. JG has reached his ceiling and he will never become elite; it is time to move on and give someone else a chance.
Sucks bc we want JG to be good so bad... love him as a person, but he’s just not getting it done
Well said and I agree...I would suspect that Harrison Bailey gets the start at Arkansas, if not then I don't know what Jerry Pruitt is thinking. We've seen enough to know.
Agreed 💯
Oh no! Another Butch Jones Champions in life fan lol😂
I feel your pain. We had the same issues with James Blackman
Bruh! Pruitt doesn't want to play any of the younger talent. He coaches like a high-school coach, all seniors start or get to play no matter how unproductive they are.
I'm surprised everyone isn't calling this coaching staff out on this. I've seen better play calling in small town highschool programs compared to the vols.
And y’all didn’t want schiano tyvm
@@rohandesai2061 😖 I can't em trip
I say this all the time. Pruitt gives JG countless chances but gives everyone else a “one-and-done” chance on the field. I don’t care if every other QB is worse than JG, you know what you get when JG is on the field. I’m sure he’s a good guy off the field, but he is not a starting SEC caliber QB and Pruitt needs to stop treating him as one.
To be honest it really did it for me when he tried the QB sneak against Alabama that totally lost that game. I don't know what he was thinking there...QB sneak and sticking the ball in the air??
As "nice" of a kid as JG is, even the Tennessee faithful, like myself are ready to see him go. The final straw with me was the loss to Kentucky, which JG personally lost for us. Pruitt also earned his first strike with most VOL fans (meaning 3 strikes and you're out) by NOT taking JG out during that game (Kentucky) after his catastrophic play. After 2 years of consistent wins over SC, KY, and Vandy, I felt like we were starting to own those games and (as you said in your video) start making strides toward competing for the east once again, but Pruitt's loss to Kentucky caused him to take a step backwards as far as a lot of FANS are concerned. At this point Pruitt would have to win out, including a home win against the Gators to redeem his poor decision making this year, but since (as you also said) he is so "set" on JG being "the guy" the VOLS will most likely not even having a winning this year. IT SUCKS SO BAD TO BE A TENNESSEE FAN, but hey the Titans are doing pretty good I'll just focus on them, till next season, lol.
Go Pittsburgh Steelers!!! I hate the Titans and TN football!!! Titans are the Houston Oilers!! 🤮
@@Lunzie then go away! why you even here then? do you watch a lot of videos on teams you hate?!?! or do you secretly love the vols and Titans? I think you do.. :)
Tim Inman They lost to Arkansas, who got blown out by a great Florida team, Auburn is a Jekyll and Hyde team, they got two questionable wins, and destroyed a bad LSU team, Vanderbilt is an easy win( but they've still got some fight), and Florida and Texas A&M, are waaaaaay too good.
Why can Tennessee never take the next step? (I want them to so badly)
Idk man. We just can’t catch a break.
It's Coaches making the same mistakes over and over again I'm in the "bring in Urban Myer at any cost" crowd at this point.
@@codiebranch5501 sorry to bust your bubble bro.But after 4 coaches in a decade this program can’t pull in them because 1 we turn on anyone that doesn’t fit who the fans want and 2 coaches only last 4 years in this program and I hate to say it but this program has sooo many stepping stones.People are gonna have to understand that our program is no longer a top 5 winning powerhouse.Has not been since Fulmer last went to the SEC.For us to get where we want it starts with consistent.And I’ve chose this as a throw away year anyways.Firing coach after 3 years every time is never gonna get this program right ever again.Pruitt needs to look in the mirror and continue to work through things to get this program right.
@@foxtown7662 I'm not saying fire Pruitt but his decision to keep JG in a game when he hasn't earned the right to be under center by throwing picks and giving the ball away is a very big problem, he hasn't shown the ability to make a change this season when things aren't working out plus this coaching staff doesn't have trust in a 5th year senior to pick up 3rd and 8 through the air and calling a game so conservative we can't pick up more than 4 first downs against a bad defense is a problem he is making the same mistakes kirby smart has made so far but he hasn't realized it yet and until he does then we won't take a step towards where we need to be.
@@codiebranch5501 I certainly agree 100% JG has us actually more dissapointed than most of the players because we looked at him like you’re returning for your last year and thought he was gonna have his signature on this team!Like this is my team and what happend he went back to the same ole vanilla qb we’ve had problems with.And the Kentucky ints?Once we got behind they just never recovered.I was very mad about him.Its like he threw the whole game away lol
I agree Bailey is a five star they should play him i garante that he'll be better for us than garantano
If they start Bailey next year they’ll be really good
We also need to play our younger receivers
@@Theaveragedinosaurnerd I fit to go see Brian Mauer
He is four star at 247 sports.
@@satanspit4101 I know
Thank you I’m tired of announcers saying garunttano is good. We need josh dobbs back!
You are spot on. Pruitt is losing the fans by sticking with the same script for 3 years.
I kinda hope Tennessee lands Arch Manning. Ole Miss already had Archie and Eli, so Tennessee might as well have Peyton and Arch. Arch is just the kind of QB they need to turn that program around; especially after fans have had to suffer through Guarantano. I’m not even a Tennessee fan, but I admire how dedicated their fans are. 9 out of every 10 people will be wearing Vols gear when I go on vacation to Tennessee
Unfortunately, it doesn't look like we're on his consideration list of where he'd like to go :( I'm not sure if we extended an offer, but I'd be shocked if we didn't try: 247sports.com/Player/Arch-Manning-46080533/. I think if Harrison is what he was in high school and that translates to the SEC, he's definitely our elite QB who we just need to play. #VFL #GBO
@@wutamamama we did offer him, it’s on that list. It’s probably between LSU, Ole Miss, and Tennessee. Can’t see him goin to Bama.
@SWFan, ah. We’re towards the bottom of that list of offers lol.
I hope we can get him but I’m not holding my breath on hypotheticals right now. We got Bailey and if he lives up to his hype as one of the elite QB’s in his class, we’ll go really far with him. PLEASE! #GoVols #GBO
The Ty Simpson kid out of Martin,TN is the next drew brees type qb. We need him in 2022 recruiting class
Terrance Mahoney yeah, I’m not holding my breath for another Manning to come this way. It would be amazing, but yeah, probably not. True what you’re saying about Pruitt not being as much of an offensive-minded coach. Though I hope he soon comes to realize we need elite play from the QB position and for performing on game day! JG may practice well, but he chokes in big moments, love the kid, but he’s just not going to get much better for consistency. It would be a miracle if that somehow turns around. We can only pray 🙏
Keep up your Tennessee videos. Clay Travis wrote Dixieland Delight and became famous because of Tennessee. Your work reminds me of him. This is good content, and we need your help.
Appreciate it man! I love Tennessee football so you can expect a lot of VOls vids. I have one for later this week actually! (Callaway)
Maybe Pruitt and Smart were separated at birtth
You spoke my sentiments exactly. I'm sick of no talent JG
I agree I have a soft spot for the Vols too and I don’t think it’s completely JG’s fault cause Tennessee is not that talented overall but there’s no point to keeping him as the starter. I would give Bailey a start or two to see if he’s ready cause JG has consistently been unremarkable and looked awful at some points
Exactly my philosophy. What do you gain from keeping him in this season?
I agree, Ethan. The problem is not solely on JG. The coaching is a problem as well. From Pruitt’s obsession with JG to the staff’s inability to develop players, we do not - and have not - have competent coaches. Alvin Kamara was not great at UTK but is a stud in the NFL. JG has made some progress since he first became a starter but not much. I don’t see it happening, but I hope we move on from JG for the rest of the season.
We have 4 stars on the bench but we play upper classmen. At some point talent has to supersede upperclassman
@White Stallion a good recruiting class only means so much. It doesn’t matter how good they are at recruiting if the players are not either performing on the field or are being properly utilized.
@HeyltsEvan, agreed. We have to develop players and I’m baffled why QB’s haven’t progressed, especially Shrout. It’s either they just aren’t that talented and just aren’t progressing that well, or we’re just not coaching them very well to get them developed.
A #2 QB should be plug and play at this point. Maurer had an entire year. I know he got injured. But the entire offense should be able to run through him and Shrout.
Now you got Bailey, I hope they’re very serious about making sure he’s up to speed on the entire playbook ASAP. Looking at highlights of his high school career, he was ridiculous. Have a hard time believing he wouldn’t be able to learn the offense in a short amount of time with how high a level he played previously. Put him in coach!
First I will say that I absolutely love JG!!! He's a great kid, who has represented Tennessee as well as he could be asked to do. He's a young man that you can tell has been raised the right way, and so he does the right things. He has graduated, and chose to come back to Tennessee when he didn't have to. And he is definitely tough. He has proven that many times over. BUT IT IS TIME TO MOVE ON FROM HIM AS THE STARTING QUARTERBACK! He has cost Tennessee football 42 points directly over the last 3 games just off of turnovers alone. He still has issues with pocket awareness, and decision making. And he is not bad all of the time. But when he makes a mistake, he makes it big! He miscues are always at the worst times and points of a game. Its actually really weird, but his timing could not be worse. And what is so frustrating is that he has the tools to be great. He has a cannon for an arm.
He's very accurate particularly with the long ball. He has decent mobility that can get him out of trouble, and get some yards upfield. And he's a smart guy who graduated in under four years. And I truly believe that he is performing well in practice. But for some reason, he has a knack for screwing up spectacularly in critical game situations. He's been here for five years, this is not going to change. It's time to focus on Harrison Bailey, and let JG be the mentor to him. JG can be the backup, while preparing Bailey for the future. Tennessee should be getting JG ready to become a grad assistant if he wants to go into coaching, or getting him ready to compete for a spot in the Canadian Football League. He's got a slim to none chance of making an NFL roster. And let's be real. We were not going to beat Bama. They look unstoppable right now. But we definitely were in it with Georgia until JG basically gave them 21 points. And we had no business losing to Kentucky, but did so because JG spotted them 21 points and the momentum of that game. There is no reason why Tennessee shouldn't be a one loss team right now. But a Football quarterback is the most important position in any team sport by far. If you have bad quarterback play, you have a bad team. Harrison Bailey needs to be in there cutting his teeth this year. It is basically a free year. Why not take advantage of it with Bailey. He's a 5 star recruit, who was one of the best in the country at his position. He could not do any worse than JG! And who knows, maybe he would grow comfortable quickly, and actually produce on the field. He wouldn't be the first freshman quarterback to do so. He is the future of Tennessee football.
I am a vfl i LOVE THIS I have been saying this for 1 year I sucks seeing him go out there and fail
WOULD TENNESSEE FANS UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WILL BE GROWING PAINS W/ BAILEY THE STARTER AS A FRESHMAN OR WILL THEY BE READY TO THROW HIM OFF THE BRIDGE TO IF THEY ARE NOT WINNING!? 🤔
Yes please move on! Something has to give!
Tennessee needs to part ways with Pruitt and hire Hugh Freeze. I’m not joking.
JG is someone we wished couldve been elite in college
He's a head case. He played well off the bench last year. I knew we were screwed against Kentucky when he started. He was still carrying his failure against UGA. When he comes off the bench he just throws the ball so much better and isn't as timid. At this point the season is a wash and it's time for Harrison to start. We could have him for 4 years!
Tennessee is regressing and Pruitt is the reason. He continues to play a subpar QB. Now he is starting to use COVID, like every other team didn’t have the same challenge. Firing the d-line coach was an excuse, leaving the defense on the field for 2/3 of every game is the issue. 3 and out every series is the problem. At this point it’s time to play all the QBs and see who shines. One each of the next three games, this way you get a good look for the future and evaluate the pros and cons. At best we are looking at 3-4 wins this year, so you should at least evaluate your talent in gameday scenarios so that you understand exactly what you have for the future. I am a vol fan, but very hard to stand by a team where the coach puts them in regression by his decision making.
you nailed it buddy I'm in the it's the fact we cant develop certain positions especially quarterback I hope you do more videos about football in general.go vols it's hard to say go big orange because theres nothing big except disappointment
We have a good enough running attack that against most remaining teams even a game manager would be ok.
If he was the QB anywhere else, he would have been benched a long time ago
Totally agree, they cannot go to next level with JG, way too inconsistent and undisciplined. As for Pruitt, all I can say is there is nothing common about common sense.
Well its been 4 games since you posted and I was right there with you.
Ayyye Scotttt!!!! I love your videos bro🤧Keep up the good work💜
Thanks man! Appreciate it!!!
Jarrett Guarantano is trending on tik tok
JG is the only player where I’ve seen a LowLights video.
Who’s here after hendon got the starter
Remember when Payton would not have played as a freshman if not for an injury to .Helton. What im saying is Tennessee might have another star QB sitting on the bench.
Peyton? That's a poor example. 39 starts and 2 significant wins. OSU and Aub.
@@robjohnson8861 i was talking about Harrison Bailey on the bench. He should have started the year. Certinally needs to finish it. Personally i don't think Pruitt is head coach material. Maybe great defense coach
@@rustygreen6771 I believe Fulmer hired Pruitt to get back the the Univ for being fired. And then to give him an extension, for what and at the beginning of the year. To buy him out now would be 21 million.
Just cause Harrison is a 5 star recruit out of highschool doesn't mean he has this division 1 offense mastered. With that said this coaching staff should anticipate these things and build the playbooks to compliment they're capabilities and style. Pruitt has done nothing to convince me that he is capable of taking this program to the next level. But Fulmer extended his contract before the season started, so far he's just a repackaged Butch Jones. The play calling actually seems worse, almost highschool caliber on both sides of the ball.
Have had JG back and love the kid since b4 he came here. He was an Elite 11 QB . But we have 2 other E11 on the roster, B. Maurer & H. Bailey, who need to start gaining valuable game time snaps. Practice snaps don't compare. Just as the most recent legend J. Dobbs, His coaches claimed that Justin Worley and Peterman were ahead of him 2 years in a row and we all know how that turned out. But at least Dobbs got the valuable reps in his first few yrs. Maurer got some last year but the coaches acted like he didn't exist until a few minutes left vs Bama.
Push JG to transfer, and start Bailey. Believe me we’re going to loose the rest of the way anyway. He can’t hurt us. If not JG will destroy this season and next season.
I’m a true VFL but I have to agree, time to move on. JG is not able to step up to that next level.
Tennessee is in a similar spot as Kentucky. Both have pretty solid defenses but sputtering offenses with inconsistent QBs. And both teams have major talents as a backup but won't make the switch because of loyalty to the incumbent who had success in the past.
We’re in the hotel Guarantaon you can check out all you want but he’s coming back
Well said my fellow Vol Fan!How can we do worse with what we have on the bench?Bailey is the future!
The fact that Harrison Bailey got zero snaps down by 30 against Bama is laughable. Pruitt is going to lose his job because of his shortsighted decision making. Also, why did it take 5 games for Pruitt to get Jalin Hyatt meaningful snaps. His talent was obvious.
I see a lot of parallels between Guarantano and Devin Gardener. Both a couple of 5-star QBs, lots of hype.
Gardener never lived up to the hype at UM, but I never questioned his heart. He almost beat OSU with a broken leg- that dude was a warrior. Unfortunately, people will only remember the bad, and how Michigan pretty much went back to where they were before Hoke got there.
I feel for Guarantano- nothing hurts more than when you put your heart and soul into something and it doesn’t work out. Hopefully he doesn’t quit and finds something he can excel at.
Very good video! I agree 100%!!! Subbed!
I think we need several different coaches replaced ! The defensive secondary has been awful for years. Quarterback coach hasn’t shown that his quarterbacks are doing any better. I don’t see the fire 🔥 in the players that should be there. The only time I see any fire is when one of the players make some stupid infraction like a personal foul ! There is definitely a disconnect in this program. Makes me wonder who is holding the cards ? Could it be someone higher ?
Go Big Blue!!!
(Just found this channel and I love it btw)
Just subbed so I’m not sure who you’ve done vids on but one thing is how the last few years Alabama has made multiple first round WRS So maybe like the back ups that are the future . My favorite guy last season was metchie and now he is really good but I wonder what ho is next
I've been wanting JG benched since his RS Sophomore year. Chryst was the better QB that year and Pruitt still played him.
If JG comes back next year and starts, it may cost Pruitt is job.
Pruitt needs to see this video
100% agree!!!
I afraid Tennessee is in JG hell. He'll be back. The NFL doesn't want him.
We dont either. Wish he would tranfer to Rutgers and get out of our hair
Don’t know if I commented before but I remembered this and came back to give it another look. Your right on this....I just wish there could have been a different way for the story to end for JG. Love the kids heart and he’s got the thickest skin I’ve ever seen....I would have been screaming back at the haters “think you could do better come on!” 😁
There’s no doubt in my mind circumstances and negligence by the many coaches he had made the story of Jarrett at UT.
Yeah some of the failures he had were on him but ultimately it goes back to the “coaches” especially the “head” of the program. Their failure to be developing good SEC ready QBs at UT started what turned into the dumpster fire of 2020. JG at a different program with a somewhat stable offensive line with the capability to play pass protection.....he would have succeeded in that scenario. He needs that half a second more to shine. So I don’t put it all on him.....these overpaid coaches that are so smart at the game of college football......well, what position has the most impact potential in football? The ding dang QB!!!! They know this and it makes me question the powers that be at UT! It’s SEC football.... and the top teams are at the top and stay there because of the gunslingers they recruit at QB. Tennessee will only be the Tennessee of old winning 8 games or more per year when they start developing QBs again....no it won’t guarantee SEC titles or championships but honestly what would Butch Jones’s overall record have been if it were not for that superhero Josh Dobbs? Can’t tell you how many 3rd and goal from the 20 and Dobbs would extend the play then it was a race to the pylon....TD, Josh Dobbs! so you either need a TRUE dual threat QB to keep the linebackers on their heels or you got to develop young talent to play like Mac Jones, Trask, etc. of course special teams, o-line, d-line, secondary, backs, receivers, kickers: it takes all of them to be a team.....but to be in the top 10 you have to have solid QB play. Impossible to win consistently without a “man” in that position.
Just my unimportant two cents.😏
Liked the video
After back-to-back loses to Texas A&M and Alabama after starting 5-0 in 2016, I still said that Tennessee would win the SEC East. But after the 2016 loss to South Carolina, I knew that not only was Tennessee not winning the division but I also knew that Butch Jones wasn't going to remain as Tennessee's head coach for long. What happened over the next 3 years after the loss to South Carolina?
Tennessee did not win the SEC East, they lost to Vanderbilt three consecutive times, they played in the 2016 Music City Bowl vs Nebraska, they went on to lose to South Carolina in 2017 and 2018 (another 3 consecutive year lose), in 2017 they finished 4-8 (0-8 in conference play) marking the first time in program history Tennessee finished a season with 8 losses. By the time they lost to Missouri in 2017, it lead to perhaps the most embarrassing problems of this time period from 2016 to 2019 for Tennessee.
After the 2017 loss to Mizzou, Butch Jones was fired with two games left, (as mentioned) Tennessee finished the season 4-8 (first 8 loss season for Tennessee), the Greg Schiano fiasco where, just as he was about to be hired, Tennessee fans didn't want him as the coach because they thought he knew about what Sandusky did at Penn State (even though Schiano was vetted and clearly had no knowledge about it), the Athletic Director (who wasn't even on the job for a full year) ends up fired, and once 2017 was over Tennessee had a losing streak against the other 13 SEC Teams.
The situation at Tennessee was so bad that when they were looking for a new head coach, no one wanted to go near the program. Mike Leach, Dan Mullen, and other head coaches didn't want to be the coach. Those coaches eventually went somewhere else.
2018 seemed to be a signal of a better day for Tennessee with a win at Auburn making it the first time in nearly two years Tennessee won a conference game (as well as Tennessee's first win over an SEC West Opponent since 2010) but they still lost to both South Carolina (by that point 0-7 vs Will Muschamp) and Vanderbilt (making them 2-5 vs the 'Dores since the 2012 meeting and 8-6 vs the 'Dores since the 2005 meeting) for a third consecutive year.
2019 started off as the continuation of what had been going on since the 2016 South Carolina game. They started off 0-2 with back-to-back home loses against Georgia State and BYU, then became 1-4 by October 5th. But the next week on October 12th, they defeated Mississippi State (making it the first time since 2008 they defeated Mississippi State, their first win vs an SEC West foe in Neyland since 2010, and the first time since 1992-2008 Tennessee defeated SEC West opponents in consecutive seasons).
After the October 5th loss to Georgia, they won 6 of their last 7 finishing 2019 with a 7-5 record, plus a Gator Bowl victory over Indiana making them 8-5 (5-3 in SEC Play). This gave the Tennessee Volunteers their first Winning season in three years. It's been a struggle for Tennessee following the 2016 South Carolina loss.
I do believe that a lot of Tennessee's problems are fixable, they just need to brainstorm ideas on what needs to be done to actually resurrect this program.
Mizzou is third in the SEC East standings.
If they get to play Florida this weekend, I think "laserlak" will light them up.
Great vid man huge van 💪❤️
Thanks bro! You’ve been here since day one!
Love your vids dude!
Tennessee hasn’t had a good QB in 20 years. Once that get a legit QB, they might be back.
Agree with the video. I appriciate Guarantano hes tough and resilient. That being said its time to move on. We can point blame all day but still need to get Bailey some real reps and get ready for the future. A Kentucky loss is bad but
34- 7 is rediculous
Definition of insanity- continue doing the same thing and expecting a different result. If that isn't JG, I don't really understand the statement...
I agree, it’s time to have Bailey come in and play the rest of the year. JG is nothing like what he should’ve been coming into this season. He was the #1 Dual Threat QB in the country coming out of HS (even ranked higher than Jalen Hurts) but has completely regressed in his Jr and Sr year. He’s constantly over/under throwing receivers, can’t feel pressure in the pocket and is still making terrible reads. Don’t get me started on his “dual threat” aspect of his game. These are mistakes that he should not be making as a redshirt SR. It’s time to move on, he’s not going to get any better
Literally I said start Bailey and the first throw he makes is the best throw of all of our quarterbacks
UT upgraded the QB and the coaching staff. It made a huge difference.
Sorry bro, I know you're a fan, but it runs much deeper than that. It's not just QB play that accounts for Tennessee's deterioration as an overall program for the past 20 years. It's actually because of it's geography. No, seriously. It is. Allow me to explain...
What do all of college football's former historically great programs have in common? What common trait do all the faded powers share? By "faded powers", I'm referring to programs like Tennessee, Nebraska, Notre Dame, and Michigan. We know they all have illustrious histories, but why do they struggle so much in the present day?
Easy. It's location. Each of those programs reside in states with insufficient high school talent recruiting yields. The states of Tennessee, Michigan, Indiana, and Nebraska routinely fall somewhere in the middle, or even the back, of the line when it comes to high school talent production annually. If you don't have a home state powerbase capable of sustaining your program year after year- even during lean times -you're not going to remain a consistent winner. The only exception to this rule is Oklahoma- the Sooners have been so well entrenched into the Texas recruiting pipeline for so many decades by now that they've essentially become another in-state Texas team.
You're a Tennessee fan, right? Go back and look at the rosters of some of those last championship contending teams you had under Phil Fulmer in the late 90s-early 2000s. Virtually all the top stars on those Volunteers teams were from outside the state of Tennessee. Fulmer was one of the first SEC coaches to realize in the early 90s that TV had leveled the playing field in recruiting. Now you could go into other states and sign top recruits anywhere, whether that be the west coast, north Texas, or south Florida. The greatest QB in UT history (Peyton Manning) is from south Louisiana, hundreds of miles away from Knoxville. But that didn't matter as much anymore by the late 80s and early 90s. If you were on national and regional television each week, your program could be inside every potential recruit's living room to make them more familiar with you.
Here's the flaw in that apparatus though- as soon as your team begins to underachieve or diminish, you lose your appeal as a destination program. But that's only one half of the equation. The other is the fact that for so long the states that have remained the top talent producers also had mediocre and underachieving programs as home state schools, which facilitated outside schools to come in and raid your state's top prospects. Sooner or later those programs will have just enough success to make players want to play for their in-state schools. This is how programs like Miami, Florida, Florida State, LSU, Georgia, and Clemson suddenly became perennial football powers when their history that preceded them shows they were mostly dismal.
Nationwide recruiting is unsustainable for programs, even if they are one of the traditional "blueblood programs". You have to always have a strong power base of high school recruited talent in your state if you wish to remain a perennial power. These are the states with the most talent production on average for the last 25 years:
1. Florida
2. Texas
3. California
4. Alabama
5. Georgia
6. Louisiana
7. Ohio
8. Mississippi
9. South Carolina
10. Pennsylvania
With the exception of Mississippi, each of those states are home to schools who've won conference titles, and either won or competed for national championships in that timeframe. It's why schools like Alabama, USC, Ohio State, Texas, and Oklahoma will always be royalty.
It's why Nebraska, Tennessee, Notre Dame, and Michigan have fallen by the wayside.
Man what a perfect/informative response. I may have to make a video about that some day! Excellent!!!
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Seeing everything in Knoxville, I disagree with you. Yes ,Tennessee does not have a hotbed of recruits in their own state, but look how many of those states you listed border Tennessee. There are hotbeds of recruiting just over the state line in the Carolinas, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi. Tennessee has attracted many recruits due to their proximity of other Southern high schools (but not developed explained later) and having a brand that has helped many (even in bad years) make it to the NFL. I do not see most top tier D1 kids being concerned with staying in state if it hurts their chances to get tape and make it to the NFL.
Also I would not say that Notre Dame or Michigan have "faded" in any equivalent way to UT. I think most UT fans (even some of the delusional JG ones) if given the choice would trade places with the body of work either of those schools have produced in the past two decades over UT.
I believe the problem within UT is two fold. 1). Constant turnover of coaching and athletic department staff (AD) and 2). Believing that we are still a good program because of anything before 2000. There has to be a realization from the top of the athletic department that the football program has not been good for a very long time and they need to bring in top leaders that have their own legacy who challenge the players to do the same. Enough of these filler hires that do no good for anyone. Kiffin, Dooley, Jones, Pruitt. None had consistent success as a head coach before UT. There needs to be clear expectations set from a steady AD, and they need coaches to DEVELOP players not just recruit! We get coaches that have barely, if ever, had to assemble whole staffs. The people we have brought in are over their heads and are unable to evaluate and develop talent right. This is because they themselves are still in the early stages of learning as a coach. Just my opinion on the matter, and I enjoy the back and forth sports talk.
As a positive, I went to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to finish my undergrad and I have had a great time becoming a Tar Heels football fan over the last two years. Program is on the come up for real.
Haven't liked JG since he first started. He's gonna lose you a couple of games there favored in every year.
(Not always, and, at times, with a new coach and players) Let the team start the season by playing a very good and high-ranked team on the road. Tennessee may not always be so very good and high-ranked and not always winning division titles and national titles and such, but, for the most part, can be a team you "don't wanna mess around with"!!
Another banger brotha!!!
JG would not have taken a snap for me for the past 3 years. He isn’t a good QB.
Great job Scott,and I'm glad you see it as well. Since Fulmer coached they've put up with mediocrity. Truth is every year under Fulmer except the one that cost him his job, Tennessee never had fewer than eight wins period. It's time for some no nonsense and not settling for anything other than playing Tennessee football steeped in tradition and winning! Thanks. Scott
No problem man! I want to see Tennessee be good again. Not sure why i love them so much, but CFB is better when they are good. JG has never been good and it's time for the Bailey/Salter era's
@@ScottFisherCFB Amen bro! Thanks
If JG would work day in day out on reading defenses and decision making they wouldn’t have this problem ps I’m an Alabama fan
Couldn’t agree with you more
-Pruitt's on his way out : Unranked Kentucky, 3 years in, 34-7 at home - this is NOT ACCEPTABLE (let's not even mention Georgia State). People sayin' JG's not the guy. Let me tell ya' somethin' - PRUITT'S not the guy.
We need Payton to come in to be the QB’s coach ( at the least ) and drop JG right damn now it’s hard being a vols fan when I was 1 year old the last time we won a national championship lord help us all
“They have no one close?” I’m not a Tennessee fan but damn that hurts to hear.
I totally agree with you I think Harrison Bailey is the best choice give him an experience this season and he'll be a lot better quarterback for you next season there is no way that we're going to win the Easter this year give him all the experiences you can give him and let him go out and be the quarterback that Tennessee needs go Vols
I totally agree. Jerk JG out and give others a chance. We haven’t even won a dozen good games in his 4 years. We need to begin training one of our other QB’s because JG’s career is over now anyway.
TN is an overall competitive football team. The problem is the QB.
Every time something special happens that seems to put a little life in the team, JG comes in and let's the air out.
JG is pretty much a buzz kill for the Vols. Think of how you feel watching the game and there's a big defensive stop or turnover or the offense makes a great gain. Then JG turns it over or runs 20 yards in the wrong direction only to take a sack.
It sucks the life out of the fans so imagine how the players feel. They're watching their potential careers go down the drain.
JG needs a minimum of 5 - 8 seconds of no pressure or he's going to panic and make bad decisions.
JG is a good guy, I think. But far too in his own head. My complaint is not with him, but rather with the coaching staff that either/both continues to prop him out there to fail and/or recruit and develop a better QB. You can see how the team doesn’t trust JG. And in both the Georgia and Kentucky games, his fumbles visibly defeated and destroyed the team. That is also a coaching failure. I am off the JG train, sure. But I’m primarily off the Pruitt train.
It hurts to be a Tennessee fan :(
I’m part of the how the fuck does Gitmo still have a locker crowd
It's time we need to fo what is right for the team
Yes please I’ve been tired of gurantano since his first season. We need Brian mauer
Jeremy Pruitt is 15 -15 as Tennessee Head Coach.
JP should bench JG ASAP or we'll be completely SOL PDQ
Jim Chaney is the best coach they have. If you know football. You know he's a genius.
The middle of the field has been banned by the coaches, he can only throw to the outside-short and deep. Nothing goes between the hash marks unless it’s for 6 the other way. Terrible limitations for a 5 year starter.
He has thrown more touchdown passes for the opposition than he has for tennessee
Great points and it's time to move on. I hope Pruitt knows what he's doing? If he doesn't start Bailey against Arkansas I'm going to be very disappointed. Thanks for your rant!!!
Nice video JG loses confidence too fast Harrison Bailey I hope can show up and take Tennessee back to being a contender.
I’d rather have Admiral Schofield play quarterback
Me too man
JG is by far the best qb on the roster excluding Bailey because we don’t know what he’s capable of. I’m usually the first to say throw someone to the wolves And see if they sink or swim. But Pruitt has said that with the line play he does not want to risk Bailey‘s future by getting him seriously hurt. Regardless if Peyton Manning was the quarterback we would still be trash because of our playcalling and how bad the offensive line has played. The defense has not done their part either so I change at quarterback It’s not even close to all this team needs to become a winning team.
Maybe Pruitt will keep him for a few more years if he can get the rules changed.
I ageee 100 , JG seems like a great kid and I’ve hoped nothing but the best for him , he just don’t have what it takes to be an sec QB , believe me I wished I was saying the opposite, it’s past time for a new QB , go vols!!!!!!
JG’s nickname from me is Just Garbage and that’s what he is. He’s NOT what we need as Vols fans! #GBO🍊
Pruitts the problem he’s the one that’s playing that mediocre quarterback and he’s got Chris developing the quarterback
I believe it's more quarterback coaching problem. They never get better while there anymore. Most otber teams quarterbacks improve a little after moving from highschool to college. The VOLS qbs dont anymore
If Tennessee loses to Arkansas, then I say play the freshman. If Tennessee beats Arkansas there is hope that the Vols can finish with a winning season and they should stick with JG. The sad thing is that Pruitt says all the other QBs aren't as good as JG. Why did they recruit such crappy QBs? Vol fans need to accept the fact that the 2020 Vols suck and this is a practice season! Go Vols!
been saying it this whole time!!! anyone else! a potatoe wouldnt throw as many pics.
Can JG he is not the man we need to get the job done! Wake up coach and do your job!
If JG never plays another snap and we lose every game under Bailey I’d at least know we tried. Leaving him in til he throws 2 pick 6’s take him out one play for a slap in the wrist then put him right back in was enough for me. Jesus.
JG seems like a nice guy and I wish him the best but the Vols need to move on because if it isn't working by now its not going to work next week or any other time and it might even be better for JG if he went somewhere else with an extra year
I've played and watched the game for 35 years. the head coach we have right now is very discouraging . I believe he is hard headed for some reason bout the QB situation. We really don't know how the back up QB s. R because they haven't got to play a 2 full games to even make a judgment call
I think if I hear or read one more time, "JG is a great guy," or, "he's a great team player" my f'ing head is going to explode. JG is the number one reason Vol's football sucks.