With the early signing day in the rear view mirror, attention now refocuses on Tennessee’s search for an offensive coordinator.
After more than a week of literally nothing going on, it remains that way as we head into Christmas. Head coach Jeremy Pruitt made it clear on Wednesday that the OC search had not been his priority lately.
“In a lot of aspects, the offensive coordinator is overrated,” Pruitt said in his Wednesday press conference.
“Look at some of these teams out here, it is mostly based on talent or lack thereof. The most important thing right now is recruiting, and we’ll worry about that later.”
Later is now though, as Pruitt will not be in any prospects’ homes until the the second week of January. The question is where does Pruitt turn? In talking to several this week, it doesn’t appear that anything is done with anyone. It also doesn’t appear at this point that Pruitt is seriously considering promoting from within (although, no one is ruling that out with the way the search as gone thus far). Perhaps some candidates will emerge soon enough.