Judge grants Pruitt injunction

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unfrozencvmanvol said:
I was thinking it was DeKalb County, GA. Some guy was walking down the sidewalk down there about 10 years ago and was on his phone not paying attention and clotheslined himself on a painter's ladder hanging out the back of his truck. Got awarded like $ 200,000 by a jury down there. The place is completely f-ed.
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LOL. I used to live in VaHi. I was technically in Fulton but about 80 yards from the Dekalb line. That place is the Wild West.
 
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sonofUT62 said:
So you're the man that tells other men when they should and shouldn't try to provide for their families and what the financial threshold is? I'm sure that works out well for you.
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Fair point that the number is different for everybody.

Still skeptical that this lawsuit is about much more than Jeremy Pruitt’s ego.
 
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LittleVol said:
Keepin it 💯.

The dude was only guilty of not winning ball games. He was doing everything he could to try and get Tennessee to compete. He just sucked as a HC and the university needed to fire him, but they didn’t want to pay either.

They used him as a scapegoat.
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How was he both a scapegoat and deserved being fired?

Whether he committed violations or not, he was responsible for everyone on the coaching staff so any wrongdoing by anyone falls back to him.

I just don't get the desire to make him into a victim.
 
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dobre_shunka said:
How was he both a scapegoat and deserved being fired?

Whether he committed violations or not, he was responsible for everyone on the coaching staff so any wrongdoing by anyone falls back to him.

I just don't get the desire to make him into a victim.
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Agree. Pruitt wasn’t a scapegoat and he certainly isn’t a victim. He knew exactly what was going on. His wife was involved in the scheme. Pruitt got exactly what he deserved. Managed to find some rube judge that gave him a temporary reprieve. It won’t hold up.
 
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UT threw him under the bus to save the $12 mil buy out. The cash he handed out is quaint by today’s standards…. and frankly it was probably quaint 5 years ago too. Let the dude earn a paycheck.
 
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Frivolous said:
UT threw him under the bus to save the $12 mil buy out. The cash he handed out is quaint by today’s standards…. and frankly it was probably quaint 5 years ago too. Let the dude earn a paycheck.
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You know the old saying- By any means necessary. Good business decision as far as I’m concerned. Pruitt has nobody to blame but Pruitt. He can earn a paycheck as a PE teacher at Arab High School.
 
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LittleVol said:
Keepin it 💯.

The dude was only guilty of not winning ball games. He was doing everything he could to try and get Tennessee to compete. He just sucked as a HC and the university needed to fire him, but they didn’t want to pay either.

They used him as a scapegoat.
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Exactly. Pruitt didn’t do anything different from what he had done at Bama, Georgia or Florida State. I’ll go further. If Pruitt had been a Haslam hire he would’ve been fired and everything would’ve been swept under the rug.
 
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LittleVol said:
Keepin it 💯.

The dude was only guilty of not winning ball games. He was doing everything he could to try and get Tennessee to compete. He just sucked as a HC and the university needed to fire him, but they didn’t want to pay either.

They used him as a scapegoat.
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True. There was a lot of money on the table. I thought Pruitt was treated shabbily, but he and a few before him already made millions of dollars for underperforming.
 
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sonofUT62 said:
So you're the man that tells other men when they should and shouldn't try to provide for their families and what the financial threshold is? I'm sure that works out well for you.
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No, I said that he should have no trouble providing for his family as he's already a millionaire. No need to put words in my mouth. And I also said that if he does want to work, he can still work for a high school, the pros, or semi-pros. But he shouldn't ask for "special treatment" to get out of his punishment early from the NCAA because he "has to work and provide for his family." He has more money than most of us on here, for one. So, I don't feel too sorry for him. For two, I didn't say he shouldn't be able to work and make more money to provide for his family. But he has other options other than a head coaching or assistant's job in the NCAA. Look at Bruce Pearl. He had to serve his whole punishment dished out by the NCAA before he was able to land another head coaching job.
 
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sambronkowitz said:
No, I said that he should have no trouble providing for his family as he's already a millionaire. No need to put words in my mouth. And I also said that if he does want to work, he can still work for a high school, the pros, or semi-pros. But he shouldn't ask for "special treatment" to get out of his punishment early from the NCAA because he "has to work and provide for his family." He has more money than most of us on here, for one. So, I don't feel too sorry for him. For two, I didn't say he shouldn't be able to work and make more money to provide for his family. But he has other options other than a head coaching or assistant's job in the NCAA. Look at Bruce Pearl. He had to serve his whole punishment dished out by the NCAA before he was able to land another head coaching job
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I don’t agree with your argument but it’s reasonable and well thought out and I appreciate it.
 
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I don't get the knee jerk reaction to Pruitt coaching at Bama. DeBoer is not going to give Pruitt the time of day.

He'll have to latch on to a staff with someone like Bobby Petrino or Hugh Freeze. Someone with worse baggage, or comparable. A staff that is a real step down for a year or two of image rehab.

The scummy coaches are getting cleared out themselves. Hard to see where Pruitt gets a toehold in the present CFB, except at a lower level program.
Pruitt's history of being difficult is going to make this a heavy lift. Challenging Mark Richt to a lumberjack match and other dumb actions will make him risky. Someone will make him an analyst for a season, then he coaches DBs. He'll really improve somebody's defense when he gets his chance.

On the plus side, any athletic director knows Pruitt's wife is down for some covert ops. That could come in handy. They might set her up at some future opponents' stadium with lots of video equipment.
 
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SpookyAction said:
I don't get the knee jerk reaction to Pruitt coaching at Bama. DeBoer is not going to give Pruitt the time of day.

He'll have to latch on to a staff with someone like Bobby Petrino or Hugh Freeze. Someone with worse baggage, or comparable. A staff that is a real step down for a year or two of image rehab.

The scummy coaches are getting cleared out themselves. Hard to see where Pruitt gets a toehold in the present CFB, except at a lower level program.
Pruitt's history of being difficult is going to make this a heavy lift. Challenging Mark Richt to a lumberjack match and other dumb actions will make him risky. Someone will make him an analyst for a season, then he coaches DBs. He'll really improve somebody's defense when he gets his chance.

On the plus side, any athletic director knows Pruitt's wife is down for some covert ops. That could come in handy. They might set her up at some future opponents' stadium with lots of video equipment.
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He was a garbage head coach…. But his record as a DC is pretty stellar. Someone is going to hire him. And win with him
 
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This isn't going to be a popular opinion...
First, Pruitt didn't do anything more than what is actually legal to do now, other than make a direct payment to an athlete...now we just do it through NIL.
Second, if I'm looking around for a Defensive coach, you better believe I'm calling Jeremy Pruitt.

Guy was just in over his head as a head coach and program runner, but as a Defensive coach he's very, very good.
 
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sonofUT62 said:
LOL. I used to live in VaHi. I was technically in Fulton but about 80 yards from the Dekalb line. That place is the Wild West.
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When I was living in Midtown for a few years after I escaped GT, I simply did not go to DeKalb lol. When heading out Ponce-Moreland was about the end of the line for me.

Only exceptions I ever made were when I was in my early years at GT and we used to go to Agnes Scott to meet ladies all of the time ha ha .

Hell, we had to change to DeKalb officers for our after hours security as the APD officers wanted a raise and the Dekalb guys would do it for $10/hr cheaper.
 
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