KNOXVILLE – Before he ever boarded the plane home, Jeremy Pruitt drew an overarching conclusion from watching video of Tennessee’s 40-14 season-opening loss to West Virginia on Saturday in Charlotte, North Carolina.
“It’s about execution,” the first-year Volunteers coach said on his Sunday television show. “I told our guys on the plane last night – I’d had a chance to watch the film on the way to the airport – I told them, ‘When you watch the tape, you’ll be sick.'”
If you’re going to be a good football team, Pruitt said, mental errors must be avoided, and even those who shined for the Vols committed some.
“So we can either wallow in it or we can figure out a way to make us better,” Pruitt said. “I think that’s what our guys are going to try and do.”
Case in point for Pruitt’s critical review: running back Tim Jordan.