LOOK: Fans react to Jeremy Pruitt kicking a whiteboard on Tennessee's sideline
To say things didn’t go well for the Tennessee Volunteers last night would be an understatement.
In new coach Jeremy Pruitt’s first SEC game in Knoxville, the Vols were blown out by the Florida Gators, 47-21.
That led to a moment of frustration where Pruitt kicked a whiteboard on the sideline, as you can see in the video below:
Love the coach drawing on the whiteboard being completely unphased by Jeremy Pruitt kicking it…..business as usual on Rocky Top. pic.twitter.com/58uA64ulAO
— Jack McGuire (@JackMacCFB) September 23, 2018
Naturally, fans had great reactions to that on Twitter, including one fan starting a Twitter account for the whiteboard.
Check out some of the best reactions below:
Pruitt wanted none of that whiteboard. half hearted kick…like his team's effort so far.
— KB (@numbr1draftpick) September 23, 2018
So maybe I’ll just go back to watching Netflix.. I can’t handle Florida scoring 50 points on us. I’d kick the whiteboard too if I were Pruitt #Vols
— Michelle Adkisson (@madkisson11) September 23, 2018
Jeremy Pruitt kicking a whiteboard is the most offense UT has shown tonight.
— Sean Quinn (@sdquinn) September 23, 2018
Coach Pruitt and I are soooooo different. I would not have left that whiteboard in one piece.
— Colton Gunn (@TheHeadWeasel) September 23, 2018
Ouch
— Pruitt’s Whiteboard (@UTWhiteboard) September 23, 2018
My owner wasn’t this mean when he had 11 NFL players on his defense at Alabama every year. Treated me with respect. @CoachJPruitt
— Pruitt’s Whiteboard (@UTWhiteboard) September 23, 2018
https://twitter.com/Dawgsfan34/status/1043825578242187264
With a game against Georgia next weekend, Tennessee’s whiteboards could be in for another rough week.
The team leadership is non-existent.
Players refusing to play.
Coach kicking whiteboard out from under other coach.
UT Football players have trouble handling……a football.
If perception is reality, UT Football program is kaput.
They called Pruitt for targeting but the white board said fuggetaboutit.
If a player refused to go in, kick him off the team, I don’t care who he is. This season is just step one in the rebuild process. UT is worse off than I anticipated. Probably a combination of poor recruiting, worse development, and new coaches/system. It is going to be a long season. I think Pruitt’s biggest challenge will to keep the team together and playing hard.
Said it last week when Pruitt couldn’t control himself and took all his uncontrollable rage out on a player…this guy is not a leader of men. Unfortunately, Tennessee could not be doing much better with any other coach…talent and heart is not there.
he is a leader of men… we just need some men on our team…
Good leaders turn boys to men (*insert pop culture joke).
But seriously, the mark of great leaders is ability to create leaders and cultivate “men”. I don’t think he has it unless he changes his application.
Arkansas or Tennessee? Who is worse?
That’s a tough one. Hell of a pillow fight, for sure.
Pruitt is a good guy, but he’s in way over his head…. let’s be honest…. there is a reason he was the 13th choice
Time will tell, I think most fans didn’t think it was going this much of a rebuild (me included). After watching the game these players just aren’t on the same level. Its the same problem we’ve seen before with the coaching turnover. The development of the future class of players hasn’t been up to par. They still look like they did when they walked on campus. That can’t change in 6 months. Our previous 4 strength coaches were glorified gym teachers. Not too long ago TN used to be a top 5 in producing NFL talent and now we are close to the bottom of the SEC. The Conditioning program is where I think it will take massive improvements before we see any results on the field. It will be the middle of next year before we start to see any advancement and getting tough in one on one match-ups
The truth is Pruitt was the least experienced person in the coaching search. With our program at an all time low, Fulmer hires the person who has never been a HC and has the least experience of all the coaches looked at. This is Pruitt’s team. Jones has been gone for months. Mullen took over a team in the same shape, with players he didn’t recruit and installed a new system. Potato Head Pruitt is in way over his head. He doesn’t have the skills. So here we go again for 3-5 years with Potato Head…
VFLTRUTH… Copy and paste much
VFL has a point. It is super risky to bring in a first-time head coach during an obvious rebuild. Who knows how Pruitt will perform? I think Fulmer made a mistake that could cost UT 3-5 more years of mediocrity.
volzdeep22 Got you to read the truth about Potato Head Pruitt. Fulmer hired a “yes man” who wouldn’t challenge his leadership or possibly eventually overshadow him. Now we’re mired in this for 2, maybe 3 more years. People seem to forget why Fulmer was fired. Now he’s back doing the same thing from the front office.