UT is screwed. Either Pruitt sucks or is good. If he sucks, they’re screwed. If he has a good year, he will Kiffin them and they’re screwed.
jeremy pruitt to UT
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Aside from his character issues, I think it's a great hire.
I don't understand the fascination with a winning coach at a lower division being able to translate that success to a higher division. Witness Charlie Strong, Randy Shannon (maybe not a HC), the Houston coach now at Texas, etc. etc. etc. Why wouldn't qualified O and D coordinators at Top 10 programs be qualified?
Oh, and I wonder if Pruitt will pull a "Mark Richt" and be too busy with his new job and fail to prepare for the NC game. Alabama should let him go immediately. His loyalties lie elsewhere.
I don't understand the fascination with a winning coach at a lower division being able to translate that success to a higher division. Witness Charlie Strong, Randy Shannon (maybe not a HC), the Houston coach now at Texas, etc. etc. etc. Why wouldn't qualified O and D coordinators at Top 10 programs be qualified?
Oh, and I wonder if Pruitt will pull a "Mark Richt" and be too busy with his new job and fail to prepare for the NC game. Alabama should let him go immediately. His loyalties lie elsewhere.
I think it's more the fact that a head coach at even a lower level has run the whole show and not just one side of the ball. In Pruitt's case, he has never been a head coach at any level. Not even high school.
Coaching high school would be a very bad idea for him. Pesky statutory rape laws ... stick to college chicks.
