The team was clearly much better motivated against BYU and gave much better effort. Pruitt figured it out. So why did it take a loss to Georgia State to inspire him to do such a basic thing?
What irritates me is that since I live in bammer, I am constantly subjected to Saban on TV pretty much 24x7. Saban can't comment on an upcoming game without...and I mean
constantly, building them up, and saying his team should not take them for granted. Most recently he was praising NM State's passing offense and saying his players needed to be ready.
How, the HELL, did Pruitt work with Saban so long and not have some of that rub off on him? Unreal. We sucked mightily against Charleston last year also, and I think there is a trend that Pruitt doesn't take the lighter opponents all that seriously. But he should, if he learned anything from Saban. I'm not exaggerating with Saban to say that about half his pregame remarks are on how his team needs to take the next opponent seriously and be ready for them. Pruitt apparently wasn't listening much in his time in bammer-land.
Having said that, maybe he learned his lesson and the team will be motivated from now on.
It's something I will look for Saturday...how hard will this team play against Chattanooga. If they don't come out really pissed off and administer an ass whooping, then I may join the crowd that has already given up on Pruitt.