Wasn't sure about Pruitt until I watched this

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ajvol01 said:
You prefer "individual", "resiliency", "eye discipline" and "snap and clear"?
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That is a interesting question because when I listened to Pru for just a few minutes, I said to myself, oh snap, wonder if this coach talking bammer will have me missing Old Butch. I am not trying to be cute or mean, I am just saying that it could happen.
 
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DonDiego said:
Huh?? Doing what again? If Saban and Malzahn are so freaking smart, why not hire away the guy who 'learned it' from them? Worked ok for Georgia>
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Smart walked into a team loaded with talent. Pruitt would not have that advantage. Also, Kirby is going to recruit at an insane level every year he is at Georgia. I mean he is a lock for a top 10 class every year.

At Tennessee, we can hope for a top 10 class, but could just as easily sign a class ranked 25th. Huge differences here.
 
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BigOrangeTrain said:
I think some are making some huge erroneous assumptions. We are not getting Saban and Gus. Just their coordinators. If this happens, Alabamas defense will be fine next year. So will Auburns offense. Meanwhile, we will continue to suck.
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I think it's the nature of things...I'm a fan, be supportive...It's not the sandwich I ordered but it's the one I have, so I might as well eat it, enjoy it best I can.

Some are going to say we brought it on ourselves and it's not true.

Every single person on this board wants to enjoy UT Football and we deserve to as well, but at the end of the day, unfortunately, they know we'll find a way to like the sandwich they served up...Yum.

I really mean it.
 
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TNHopeful505 said:
After reading his biography, I truly do think he will go back to the NFL. I could provide reasons, but I think he is gonna win another championship and then go to the NFL before he retires.
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I disagree, I don’t see him leaving Bama. He is legitimately the king of CFB right now. I don’t see why he’d walk away from that to take a risk in the NFL and lose that power he has now
 
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BigOrangeTrain said:
Smart walked into a team loaded with talent. Pruitt would not have that advantage. Also, Kirby is going to recruit at an insane level every year he is at Georgia. I mean he is a lock for a top 10 class every year.

At Tennessee, we can hope for a top 10 class, but could just as easily sign a class ranked 25th. Huge differences here.
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Good thing Pruitt is an ace recruiter
 
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Nerwen Aldarion said:
I disagree, I don’t see him leaving Bama. He is legitimately the king of CFB right now. I don’t see why he’d walk away from that to take a risk in the NFL and lose that power he has now
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Here's my reasoning.

In his biography, you have to understand how he was raised. His father was incredibly hard on him. His father owned a service station. Nick washed cars. If he missed a spot, no matter how tiny on a car, his father would make him redo the entire car.

Many people who know Nick believe that the NFL is viewed as a "spot on the car."

It was a task he left unfinished, and a goal he never really accomplished.

I am not saying he would leave for the NFL.

But if he looks at the NFL and success there as something that he left undone, I would 100% expect him to go back there.

When Saban went to the NFL the first time, his biggest issue was that he couldn't command respect from these highly paid multi-million dollar players. He hated that he didn't have the control he wanted.

BUT....see his good friend Bill Belichick. Belichick does just about whatever he wants, and has the full control there in NE just about.

I could see Saban going back to the NFL IF he had the ability to choose who was drafted, who was picked up, dropped, etc. If he was boss.

But that's why I think that. Just the idea of a task left unfinished.

I could see Nick winning 2 more championships and then moving to the NFL. That would put him at 7, which would be most of all time. But he may settle on tying Bear at 6. Not sure.

Just my opinions on all of it. He is the king of CFB, but I'm not sure that means as much to him as going back and fixing a "Failure" that he had in the NFL.
 
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I guess the thing people need to realize is that if we get Pruitt, we will switch to the 3-4 and have to recruit more LBs and less DTs. The transition year can be particularly trying too. Just ask Sunsuri who failed in trying to convert us. Before him Wilcox kept the 4-3 probably because he knew the athletes at that time weren't a good fit for the scheme.

Not sure about what scheme the other DCs under consideration run.

With that said, I think he would be a great coach.
 
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HuntlandVolinColo said:
I guess the thing people need to realize is that if we get Pruitt, we will switch to the 3-4 and have to recruit more LBs and less DTs. The transition year can be particularly trying too. Just ask Sunsuri who failed in trying to convert us. Before him Wilcox kept the 4-3 probably because he knew the athletes at that time weren't a good fit for the scheme.

Not sure about what scheme the other DCs under consideration run.
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I’m not naive. I’m not expecting a NC or even an SEC East champ next season. But I think Pruitt can do a lot of good with the right staff. The teams he worked for did extremely well when he was there and wasn’t he named Top Recruiter twice?
 
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Nerwen Aldarion said:
I’m not naive. I’m not expecting a NC or even an SEC East champ next season. But I think Pruitt can do a lot of good with the right staff. The teams he worked for did extremely well when he was there and wasn’t he named Top Recruiter twice?
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He certainly looks promising.
 
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Yeah ill play wait and see with this hire. Pruitt is a reported prick and that attitude won't be tollerated for long if we aren't winning games. Lol oh Rocky Top you'll always be home of the bad hire to me.
 
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HuntlandVolinColo said:
I guess the thing people need to realize is that if we get Pruitt, we will switch to the 3-4 and have to recruit more LBs and less DTs. The transition year can be particularly trying too. Just ask Sunsuri who failed in trying to convert us. Before him Wilcox kept the 4-3 probably because he knew the athletes at that time weren't a good fit for the scheme.

Not sure about what scheme the other DCs under consideration run.

With that said, I think he would be a great coach.
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Players like Darrell Taylor, Austin Smith and Matt Butler would play OLB in a 3-4 scheme and fit much better. Same with Khalil at nose and Tuttle/Phillips at DE. Kongbo is a prototype 3-4 DE and the incoming freshmen Emerson,Litaker and Lawless also fit very well. Playing 3-4 DE re-lands Dorian Gerald imo. The 4-2-5 was garbage! Wasted the athletic ability that Butch landed. We didn't have these level athletes when Sunseri stabbed his stubby finger into the scheme in 2012. Warrior had a special connection to Pruitt and it was all we could do to land him. Maybe a year to fine tune the scheme but we have the players and Pruitt will land more...quickly.
 
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vol66 said:
It is Saban's Defense. DC's have come and gone, risen the ranks and come and gone, and Bama still has a defense.

Gus Malzahn's offense, the OC learns it.

Ugh, we're doing it again, hoping for a different result.
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Saban has had 3 DC's during his run at Bama. That's not very many for a high profile school.
 
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RTYABHSHTM said:
This guy appears to be a full blown bammer. Hard to believe if bama offered some day that he would say no.
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That’s why Tee should be brought in as OC. If Pruitt fails or does well and actually goes to Bama someday then Tee should be ready to be the HC with 2-5 years being OC here.
 
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Best case:
He’s really good here and when Saban retires Bama doesn’t come calling.

Worst case:
He sucks butter and we’re doing this same thing in 3 years.
 
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johne said:
Whether he can coach defense is important but that’s for your coordinators. Recruiting is absolutely the most important factor. Alabama usually has the #1 recruiting and they when a lot. Coincidence? I think not! It’s not about the x’s and the o’s but mostly about the jimmies and the joes...
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We saw firsthand under jones that x’s and o’s are critical. Jones recruited his tail off but couldn’t coach his way out of a wet paper bag. Give me somebody that can do more with less all day, UT damn near recruits itself.
 
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johne said:
Whether he can coach defense is important but that’s for your coordinators. Recruiting is absolutely the most important factor. Alabama usually has the #1 recruiting and they when a lot. Coincidence? I think not! It’s not about the x’s and the o’s but mostly about the jimmies and the joes...
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Uhhhhhhhhhhhh isn't that what butch did. Recruit then couldn't cone up with a game plan
 
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The thing I like is he's a former Dir of player development. If you look at the guys who came thru Bama during that time, it's impressive. Something we've been sorely lacking- the ability to develop our top recruiting classes.
 
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