Arguments for not keeping Jeremy Pruitt played in Tennessee’s five-game loss streak. The Vols (2-5) recoiled in Pruitt’s third season as UT coach.
He has a 15-17 year career history. Tennessee’s losing streak is the longest since the Flight began the 1988 season 0-6. Tennessee showed no signs of becoming a quarterback under Pruitt’s supervision.
But there are also reasons for Pruitt in 2021.
In this “The Volunteer State” thing, Blake Toppmeyer and John Adams of News Sentinel advocate for a fourth season at Pruitt.
For starters, of course, is the charge of Pruitt’s firing in a year in which the sports branch is preparing for a $40 million loss of revenue. He would be responsible for a $12. 88 million repurchase if he were fired, say, in December. 1. For the assembly of this december 1 date, a general staff review would charge Tennessee approximately $19. 2 million in severance pay, before any imaginable mitigation of damage through laid-off workers gets a new job (unlike its staff, Pruitt would be entitled to his full purchase even if he discovers a new job , as it has no legal responsibility to mitigate the damage).
And there are arguments to keep Pruitt beyond redemption money.
Adams, for example, says Tennessee can opt for continuity and focus on leadership consistency as a more important long-term game than starting over with a new coach.
Toppmeyer is convinced of this way of thinking, but says that recruitment may be just an argument in Pruitt’s favor.
Tennessee’s 2021 recruiting elegance ranks 11th at the 247Sports Composite, although this rating would possibly slip a little between now and the early signing period, which begins on December 16, replacing the coach can now also damage elegance.
Toppmeyer points out that the most productive plot to remain Pruitt, or fire him, is what Tennessee looks like in its best games of the season. Do the Vols end in repetition or come out with a groan?
Blake Toppmeyer covers University of Tennessee football. Email him at blake. toppmeyer@knoxnews. com and stay with him on Twitter @ btoppmeyer. If you enjoy Blake coverage, a virtual subscription that will give you access to all of this. Current subscribers can click here to sign up for The Blake Subscribers Text Group which provides Football Flight updates and analysis.