WNML reported on Pruitt/Richt situation

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05_never_again said:
That particular anecdote sounds like BS, but it has been pretty well-documented that Pruitt and Richt did not get along, to put it mildly. That isn't fresh news.

This whole thing is a combo of truth, exaggeration, and Georgia fans looking to stir something up because they might not have liked how Pruitt dealt with their head coach at the time (even though they wanted Richt fired too).
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1% truth, 99% fiction. Thank goodness it's almost football time.
 
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How many years ago did this happen and how does it even have any relevance to the here and now? This just in....coworker hates other coworker. The dude wants to win, he made that obvious literally within seconds of his initial speech and people are surprised??? This is on par with wanting to know what the Kardashians are up to. Who cares?...seriously.
 
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etcolton said:
Pruitt insisted that UGA needed an indoor practice facility. Something that the athletic department had discussed but never gave a formal yes. Despite the uncertainty of UGA getting a indoor practice field, Pruitt grabbed the mic at a closed practice and told everyone that there will be a new indoor practice field, which at the time was false.
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Uh, does anyone remember Georgia's indoor practice facility, c. 2014? It was this awful half-field thing. It was the target of much humor on Volnation. Pruitt was right to demand a new one. It's nice to have a coach who will do what it takes to win.
 
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etcolton said:
Haven’t seen this posted anywhere but if it’s already been said I apologize. Heard this story on WNML today by will west. Basically here’s the run down on the Pruitt and Richt fiasco.

When Pruitt left Florida state for the Georgia job, Pruitt was given much power by the Athletic Director after only one year.
For example, Pruitt made coaching hires on the other side of the ball such as the offensive line coach. Hires that Mark Richt did not agree with.

Furthermore If Pruitt did not have it his way, Pruitt was known to go behind Richts back and talk to the athletic director about whatever he wanted.

Pruitt insisted that UGA needed an indoor practice facility. Something that the athletic department had discussed but never gave a formal yes. Despite the uncertainty of UGA getting a indoor practice field, Pruitt grabbed the mic at a closed practice and told everyone that there will be a new indoor practice field, which at the time was false.

Don’t get me wrong, I love Pruitt. Just wanted to share what I heard today on WNML.

I don’t believe some of these situations are Pruitt’s fault, what athletic director allows the defensive coordinator to hire an offensive line coach?
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This is pretty much spot on.

It's also why I'm not concerned. The whole "conflict" was based around Pruitt being given control by the AD and Richt getting mad over it and pushing back. He's in charge here.
 
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Volunteer_Kirby said:
Sounds like a load of BS. There's no way Pruitt made hires on the offensive side of the ball.
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Indeed he did, here are links and excerpts from stories:

Pruitt is best known at Georgia for his tirade at the end of the 2014 season about the Bulldogs’ desperate need for an indoor practice facility. Unbeknown to any one at the school, namely Richt, he told reporters after another rained out practice how ridiculous it was that they didn’t have one and how he was here to tell folks that they were going to get one and he happened to know one was going to be built and ready for the next season.

As we’re all well aware, UGA know has its coveted Indoor Athletic Facility, though Pruitt’s timeline was off by a year. To this day, us beat guys joke that they should call it the “Pruitt Practice Facility.”

I joke because the machinations to have it built were already underway behind the scenes. But, by golly, Pruitt had seen enough and he wanted Georgia’s recruits to know right then and there this was about to be done, protocol be damned.
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Former Georgia D-coordinator Jeremy Pruitt a high-risk hire for Tennessee

That collective experience led him to Georgia, where his pay went to $850,000 from $500,000 at Florida State. He got a raise after Year 1 to $1.3 million. His defensive staff also includes linebacker coach Kevin Sherrer, Alabama's director of player development from 2010-12 who also worked with Pruitt and Propst at Hoover. The Alabama influence on Georgia's program is apparent as offensive line coach Rob Sale and strength coach Mark Hocke spent time in Tuscaloosa. Pruitt even sounds like Saban.
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How Jeremy Pruitt went from Rush Propst's doorstep to million-dollar SEC coordinator | AL.com

Pruitt was hired at Georgia in 2014 after helping Florida State win a national title as its DC in 2013. Prior to that, Pruitt had worked his way up through Nick Saban’s organization at Alabama. When Pruitt was hired at Georgia, he also got input on other hires. That included strength coach Mark Hocke, who was hired prior to the 2015 season after working under Scott Cochran at Alabama. The idea was that Pruitt would help bring the Saban mentality to Georgia, and if a coach gets that kind of input on something as big as a strength coach hire, he’s probably going to believe he has a mandate to influence how the program is managed.
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Georgia football: What happened with Jeremy Pruitt, Mark Richt? | SI.com

Georgia defensive coordinator Jeremy Pruitt, who was at Alabama from 2007-2012, was likely instrumental in recommending Hocke, who has been in Tuscaloosa for the past six years. Hocke served under nationally-respected strength coach Scott Cochran. Alabama's strength and conditioning program has been credited by head coach Nick Saban often for aiding in the team's three SEC championships and three national championships.
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Georgia goes to Alabama for new strength coach | The State

After one season as Georgia’s defensive coordinator, Jeremy Pruitt’s presence has been felt.

The defense improved over the course of the 2014 season and has high expectations entering year two. A few hires with ties to Pruitt were made following his own addition -- including inside linebackers coach Kevin Sherrer and strength and conditioning coordinator Mark Hocke -- would signal some additional influence he’s allowed to have on this program.

When asked about it, however, Pruitt said he hasn’t been handed any more control than a defensive coordinator may typically have.
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Jeremy Pruitt's presence felt, but says Georgia has 'one boss around here' | The Telegraph
 
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DeerPark12 said:
This is pretty much spot on.

It's also why I'm not concerned. The whole "conflict" was based around Pruitt being given control by the AD and Richt getting mad over it and pushing back. He's in charge here.
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What was the reaction to the changes Pruitt made to the doctors treating the players?
 
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esarmstrong said:
I remember the grumblings among Georgia fans about Pruitt when he was there. That being said, I would say that this was a situation created by an AD who gave too much authority an assistant coach. Who ever heard of an assistant coach with hiring and firing power commensurate with a head coach? The power Pruitt was given almost encouraged a potential atmosphere for insubordination and for Pruitt go over Richt's head, which he may have on occasion.

Makes me wonder if Georgia was doing this in an effort to undermine Mark Richt and possibly force him to resign eventually.
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Pales in comparison to incompetence of our previous AD brass.
 
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CoaxialOrange said:
What was the reaction to the changes Pruitt made to the doctors treating the players?
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No players have sustained an injury that needed an orthopedist since changes were made, so there's been no effect.

The actual team physicians, Dr. Klinck and Dr. Luhn are still in place and not going anywhere. The change was in the Ortho doctors from KOC.
 
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DeerPark12 said:
No players have sustained an injury that needed an orthopedist since changes were made, so there's been no effect.

The actual team physicians, Dr. Klinck and Dr. Luhn are still in place and not going anywhere. The change was in the Ortho doctors from KOC.
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Were those changes made because of the injuries the past 2-3 years
 
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CoaxialOrange said:
Were those changes made because of the injuries the past 2-3 years
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Yes, but the doctors had basically zero to do with the problems we had. It's change for the sake of change, and the reason why Fulmer pushed back on it.

The Orthopedists that were "pushed out" are actually still working with UT athletes, they just won't be the ones that travel with the team and have regular hours in the training room.
 
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etcolton said:
For example, Pruitt made coaching hires on the other side of the ball such as the offensive line coach. Hires that Mark Richt did not agree with.
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This is complete BS. He may have given Richt suggestions, but there’s no way Pruitt hired an O-Line coach. No way in h3ll.
 
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All I see here is, whatever Pruitt did was for the good of Georgia Football...I hope that he can do the same for the Vols...Go Orange!
 
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DeerPark12 said:
See the Andy Staples article I linked above.
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Here's the entire article. I don't see anything about Pruitt hiring offensive coaches? Just input on a strength and conditioning coach.

By ANDY STAPLES July 18, 2018
We have our first blazing take of Talking Season, and you have questions...

From @HistoryOfMatt: What happened during Mark Richt's final two, Jeremy Pruitt-filled seasons at Georgia? The hints and innuendo are driving #DawgNation insane. This has to be the greatest book about college football no one's yet written, right?

Matt is referring to former Georgia quarterback Aaron Murray unloading on current Tennessee coach and one-time Georgia defensive coordinator Jeremy Pruitt during an interview Tuesday at SEC Media Days with Nashville radio station 102.5 The Game.

"I don’t know if his personality is fit to be a head coach. I don’t," Murray told the station. "As a head coach, there’s so many things that go into it. It’s not just going out there and coaching. You have to deal with front office. You’ve got to go talk with the president of the university. You have to deal with boosters. You have to deal with the offense, the defense. It’s not just going in there and dealing with the kids and scheming up. There’s a lot that goes into it.

"I don’t think he’s the right guy to kind of be the CEO of a corporation. He’s really good managing just a defense and being a defensive coordinator. He needs to prove to me that he can handle the whole ship. For right now, I don’t think he can. We’ll see what happens this year. I don’t think it helps that he doesn’t have a lot of talent at Tennessee.”

These comments didn’t surprise me because Murray said a lot of the same things—albeit in a slightly less forceful manner—when we cohosted a radio show together a few weeks ago on SiriusXM. (Murray, who also is doing work for CBS Sports Network, is going to be great at radio and television, by the way.) And as far as Matt’s book idea, this isn’t really a case of hints and innuendo. The broad strokes of what happened during Pruitt’s two seasons as Georgia’s DC are pretty well known.

Pruitt was hired at Georgia in 2014 after helping Florida State win a national title as its DC in 2013. Prior to that, Pruitt had worked his way up through Nick Saban’s organization at Alabama. When Pruitt was hired at Georgia, he also got input on other hires. That included strength coach Mark Hocke, who was hired prior to the 2015 season after working under Scott Cochran at Alabama. The idea was that Pruitt would help bring the Saban mentality to Georgia, and if a coach gets that kind of input on something as big as a strength coach hire, he’s probably going to believe he has a mandate to influence how the program is managed.

This arrangement was what guy-who-gets-things-done Mike Ehrmantraut called a “half measure” on Breaking Bad. As such, it was doomed to fail.

Pruitt clicked with Jimbo Fisher’s staff at Florida State because Fisher ran his program exactly like former boss Saban did. And Pruitt would have clicked at Georgia had Saban or one of his disciples been the head coach. But Richt was the head coach, and his management style is drastically different from Saban’s. That produced clashes between Pruitt, who thought he was hired to bring Saban’s style to Georgia, and Richt, who had won a lot of games using his preferred style. Murray, being a Richt guy, is understandably going to take Richt’s side.

After Richt was fired following the 2015 season, Georgia opted for the full measure. The Bulldogs hired Alabama defensive coordinator Kirby Smart, a former Georgia safety who was even more schooled in the ways of Saban than Pruitt. “[Smart] needed to educate us,” Georgia thletic director Greg McGarity said, “about what it meant to go big-time.”

Smart brought in an entire staff that preferred Saban-style management. There were no clashes because everyone was on the same page. And in year two, Georgia won the SEC title and played for the national title.

So do Pruitt’s clashes with Richt mean he’ll make a lousy head coach? Not necessarily. Presumably, he stocked his staff with coaches who are accustomed to his blunt management style. The man who hired him, Tennessee athletic director Phillip Fulmer, is a former football coach who had some cutthroat moments during his highly successful career. Pruitt may not be the ideal personality type to gladhand boosters, but Saban and Fisher also are averse to the kind of posterior smooching some schools expect from their football coaches. (And, to be honest, the kind of alpha personalities who make enough money to make huge donations might find more common ground with someone like Saban or Pruitt.)

There are multiple ways to lead effectively. Richt has enjoyed great success doing it his way, and he understandably didn’t appreciate a subordinate trying to change the tone. But the results of the way Saban, Fisher and Smart lead are undeniable, and that’s why Pruitt has a chance to lead a program at Tennessee in spite of what happened at Georgia.
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Only pertinent question is, "Who got fired?" If he did something truly insubordinate or outside the boundaries he was given... he'd have been fired.
 
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etcolton said:
Haven’t seen this posted anywhere but if it’s already been said I apologize. Heard this story on WNML today by will west. Basically here’s the run down on the Pruitt and Richt fiasco.

When Pruitt left Florida state for the Georgia job, Pruitt was given much power by the Athletic Director after only one year.
For example, Pruitt made coaching hires on the other side of the ball such as the offensive line coach. Hires that Mark Richt did not agree with.

Furthermore If Pruitt did not have it his way, Pruitt was known to go behind Richts back and talk to the athletic director about whatever he wanted.

Pruitt insisted that UGA needed an indoor practice facility. Something that the athletic department had discussed but never gave a formal yes. Despite the uncertainty of UGA getting a indoor practice field, Pruitt grabbed the mic at a closed practice and told everyone that there will be a new indoor practice field, which at the time was false.

Don’t get me wrong, I love Pruitt. Just wanted to share what I heard today on WNML.

I don’t believe some of these situations are Pruitt’s fault, what athletic director allows the defensive coordinator to hire an offensive line coach?
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If you heard it from Will West, I have no faith that it is accurate.
 
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I couldn’t care less what goes on at another program. I want everyone over there on that campus to know what their role is and isn’t, stay out of Pruitt’s way and give this guy what we needs to succeed and win a truck load of football games.
 
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