Tennessee quarterback Quinten Dormady was at practice yesterday despite a report suggesting that he was considering leaving the team after losing the starting job to Jarrett Guarantano. Today, Butch Jones said that Dormady had one of his better practices yesterday despite being disappointed about the switch:
“Quinten’s a competitor, and obviously he was very, very disappointed, but that’s what you would expect from a competitor,” Jones said. “You know, I thought he had one of his better practices yesterday. He came out and he worked. Again, you’re always one snap away. We go through life and we have setbacks and it’s how you deal with it, and I think he’s dealt with it very, very well.
“Again, he’s been disappointed, but when you’re a competitor, that’s what you would expect.”
Dormady won the starting job in fall camp and played the entire game in the Georgia Tech win and the Florida loss. The coaches then pulled Dormady in favor of Guarantano in both the too-close-for-comfort win over UMass and the blowout loss to Georgia, although Guarantano didn’t really appear that much better in those games. Jones opened the competition in the bye week last week and officially announced Guarantano as the starter today.
