*****Multiple sources confirm Jeremy Pruitt is next Tennessee Head Coach

[andydukey]

I agree, he may fail, or he could be successful.

So what you're saying is it's 50/50?

 

[LLcoolDave]

Hope he can tap into that Hoover Bucs pipeline some. Sherrer , Chip Lindsey, and find a spot for Rush Probst, etc, etc....I feel Rush is going to be a big asset for Pruitt

 

[andydukey]

The only comparison is that they are both from Alabama. Bill was not a great coach, just a brilliant businessman and the innovative genius that introduced the use of computers in football planning and analysis.

Gonna need some context clues

 

[Type Orange+]

John Brice
@JohnDBrice1
Per two sources who just spoke to me via phone, @Vol_Football “full focus is on Jeremy Pruitt. I don’t think the playoff is going to be an issue.”
9:50 PM - Dec 6, 2017
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The deal is reportedly worth between $4.1-4.2 million over six years, according to The Read Optional’s Trey Wallace.

Tennessee is finalizing their #1 target Jeremy Pruitt tonight. 6 years making around $4.1-4.2 Million.

— Trey Wallace (@TreyW_Radio) December 7, 2017

Vols reportedly “finalizing deal” with Jeremy Pruitt to become next HC | Fanbuzz


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[OH-Vol]

Great hire

 

[tennesseeduke]

Vols reportedly “finalizing deal” with Jeremy Pruitt to become next HC | Fanbuzz


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Ummm your late. Presser at 1pm tomorrow.

:loco:

 

[ba51vol]

I like it.

 

[jakez4ut]

Sorry, no actually not, I'm taking a knee on the NFL--permanently.

lol...take a stand!

 

[Bubbs]

Awesome Hire. Pruitt came up through the ranks. Very well respected. Hot name. We have top tier facilities and a ton of resources. Going to be a great draw for coaches and recruits alike. Tell you boys to jump on the bandwagon now.

 

[Brillovol]

Took Georgia from what was the 100th ranked scoring defense to 16th then to 8th. He good.

 

[OLEVOLFAN]

Guy on FB saying this is revenge from Haslam and the Pruitt thing is all Fake News that Haslam is leaking to Media. Are people really that dam! Stupid? I'd bet Haslam has ZERO to do with this hire. Fulmer wouldn't have it.

 

[Tman44]

If you had to pick

A) Tucker
B) Steele
C) Pruitt
D) Death

What do you choose?

Is Johnboy and Billy STILL ON?

 

[BallinVol]

See everyone in 4 years! Love this game we keep playing.

Or maybe you do us a favor and you leave VN? I mean if he wins at least then you don't have to eat crow and look like a moron...no?

 

[Tman44]

Seriously Y'all. I'm in Augusta Georgia. When the Dawgs hired Kirby, all the Dawg fans were sick cause Pruitt was gonna leave. Lots of the ones with brains (both of them) said "why not just promote Pruitt? He's better". TIFWIW

 

[Special Ed]

Pruitt is in his second season as Alabama's defensive coordinator after two years in the same position at Georgia. His first year as a defensive coordinator was in 2013 at Florida State.
The Seminoles led the nation in scoring defense that season en route to a national championship. He was a finalist that year for the Broyles Award, given to the nation's top assistant.

During Pruitt's five seasons as a defensive coordinator, he's never presided over a defense that ranked lower than 16th nationally in scoring defense.
Alabama has ranked first nationally in scoring defense the past two seasons.

Nick Saban tapped Pruitt to be his coordinator after Georgia hired Kirby Smart off Saban's staff in December 2015.

"There was no doubt who I was going to hire," Saban said of Pruitt then, according to Al.com. "Didn't interview anybody. Didn't talk to anybody. Just hired the guy."

"It was a no-brainer for me to bring Jeremy back," Saban added. "He also did a great job of recruiting while he was here."

 

[OLEVOLFAN]

I really think it's funny myself that someone would be crazy enough to even think this!

 

[BigOrangeLoyalist]

Maybe I'm bias, but my original doubts about Pruitt are slowly being replaced with optimism.

Then again, the same thing happened when we hired Botch.

 

[gemlek]

Not overly exciting but miles better than Schiano and Miles.

 

[BigOrangeLoyalist]

Nb4 Gruden announced tomorrow at 1 with Pruitt his DC.

/blue

 

[tbones0711]

My prediction now....we allow him to coach through the playoffs in exchange for Tee as OC.

I want the coach to choose his coordinators. You got Haslam blood in your veins? Cruel huh? Tired of the backstabber, control freaks at UT. It's why we spin our wheels.

 

[252arch]

Could someone please promise me that by next week no one will have dug up and old photo of him in a band uniform? Please?

 

[tbones0711]

I like this hire better than Mullen, all we need now is a killer OC

Kiffin ..... the best out there.....ask nick.

 

[ksgovols]

A first time head coach. What could possibly go wrong? Ugh.

Cuz our last couple of experienced coaches have been so stellar? Might be me, but I'm ready for a young coordinator with his own ideas to take charge instead of a guy we overpay for or his old school didn't try that hard to keep him there.

 

[SweetDaddy]

Watch some Jeremy Pruitt on youtube.

The grandson of a Southern Baptist preacher and son of a high school football coach.

Wanted to be a football coach since he was a little kid and the Southern draw of Conway Twitty.

He'll win the press conference.

 

[Wezcoast]

You were one of those Gruden or bust guys weren't you?

It's discouraging to have so many Eeyores running amuck . Our achilles' heel for years has been defense. This guy knows defense. This is a good thing.