The question is, "
if there were a coach draft, who would you pick?" Would you honestly pick 23 of those coaches above him?
Mullen, Saban, Dabo, Jimbo are more proven than Pruitt. They deserve to be ranked over him.
How do you rank Barry Odom over him, though? Or Dave Doeren? Or Addazio?
If you pick Dave Doeren over Pruitt, then fine. You can say Pruitt deserves to be #24. But I'm not picking Doeren over Pruitt. We don't know how good Pruitt is yet, but just based on his work as a DC and his 1 year as coach, I'd take Pruitt over Dave Doeren in a heartbeat.
If you really think he's #24, then you would pick 23 of the others above him to be our head coach. I'd probably take maybe 8 - 10 of them above him today. And there are a few others who might end up being better than him that we don't really know yet (e.g. Joe Moorhead). No way am I picking 23 of those coaches over him, though. I'd probably even take Pruitt over Muschamp (who he beaten us like 7 times in a row, but still has a pretty mediocre track record as coach).
If that's true, then you shouldn't think he's the 24th best coach on that list
I want to fire the 24th best coach on that list. I don't know if he's the next Dabo or Saban, but right now, I'd easily put him above about half the names on that list.
Has he proven it yet? No. But that's a totally different question.