I try to stay away from these kind of threads and debates. But the undertone of this one kind of bothers me. The presupposition that because someone doesn't hold a certain academic degree or isn't articulate in his speech is somehow a sign of lower intelligence is just false. I think history shows us examples of that with people like Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, Richard Branson, Earnest Hemmingway, etc, etc. Even Larry Bird was known as a "dumb country boy". I don't have a problem with judging Pruitt's coaching ability. But no need to attach his character. I realize that being the coach puts him under the microscope. I realized that he represents the university. But a lot of fans have done this with our past coaches, and it irks me. I personally don't care how he speaks, if he smiles during the Sunday show, if he wears the UT moo moo, whatever. As long as he coaches up our team and gets us back to where we all want the program to be.
I will now step off my soap box. Sorry.