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re: Kevin Steele is our next Defensive Coordinator
Posted on 1/29/23 at 1:16 pm to PBD4BAMA
Posted on 1/29/23 at 1:16 pm to PBD4BAMA
That’s what I’m thinking. I will wait patiently for Pruitt. Seems like if all
Of our eggs weren’t in that basket schuman or Leonard would be here. Maybe I’m being too optimistic, but I don’t see Pruitt not being here in some capacity come September. Likely DC.
Of our eggs weren’t in that basket schuman or Leonard would be here. Maybe I’m being too optimistic, but I don’t see Pruitt not being here in some capacity come September. Likely DC.
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Posted on 1/29/23 at 2:27 pm to footstepsfalco
Based on what is out there, I'm not ruling out that Pruitt is on the staff in some capacity. Just seems like extremely unlikely he will be the DC. Since I'm assuming we will want someone here for spring ball
Posted on 1/29/23 at 3:18 pm to footstepsfalco
Have heard things have taken a turn over the past 24 hours or so. I don’t think we’ll see Pruitt at Alabama in any capacity this fall.
Posted on 1/29/23 at 3:49 pm to bigpapamac
If that happens it will be a shock to Jeremy too
Posted on 1/29/23 at 4:00 pm to PBD4BAMA
Lot's of insiders are doubtful that Pruitt will be DC, analyst is more likely
Posted on 1/29/23 at 4:10 pm to bigbammer
Ok…if you’ve heard Pruitt won’t be at Alabama in any capacity, then who will?
This post was edited on 1/29/23 at 4:18 pm
Posted on 1/29/23 at 5:01 pm to Alfie Solomons
I'm still hopeful on Pruitt but Rodney Orr and Chris Low have both said its unlikely that Pruitt is the DC. There is still a lot of talk that he will be an analyst
Posted on 1/29/23 at 5:06 pm to footstepsfalco
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So, I’m trying to keep up and apparently missed something. Last week we were sure it was Pruitt. What happened to make everyone think it isn’t?
According to some the NCAA might not hand out it's official ruling against Pruitt until this spring.
Rodney over on TI (who I personally trust more than anyone on the different message boards) said that he believes that is the case on a radio show. He even posted Friday on TI that he believes it is highly unlikely JP is going to be the DC unless things change dramatically from what he's told. He also said that whether or not he is hired in some other capacity at some point in the future remains to be seen.
Now would it be possibly that the NCAA could give us a heads up on how bad it could be before they hand out their ruling in the spring, sure. But even then the NCAA may be vaguer than we like as to not tip off his incoming punishment (or may not answer us at all). Saban most likely won't wait until after spring ball has started (or longer) before hiring a DC if we don't get a clear indication that he's not getting hit with a show cause. So some are speculating that Saban will hire someone else as DC, and if we want to bring Pruitt in unofficially until his ruling comes down, and then hire him as an analyst, then that makes more sense.
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Posted on 1/29/23 at 5:23 pm to Bamatab
Why is Jimmy Lake not being mentioned? If I recall correctly he was always one of the names Saban had interest in previously. I know he ran into some issues at Washington, but not sure how serious they are.
Posted on 1/29/23 at 5:34 pm to Alfie Solomons
I honestly don't think anyone knows Saban's plan or who he's considering
Posted on 1/29/23 at 5:40 pm to Alfie Solomons
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Why is Jimmy Lake not being mentioned? If I recall correctly he was always one of the names Saban had interest in previously. I know he ran into some issues at Washington, but not sure how serious they are.
He slapped a walk-on across the helmet and shoved him during a game that was caught on camera (which I didn't think looked that bad), and also supposedly threw a WR into the lockers at halftime of another game. Here is a link to an article about it: LINK
But I don't know if that would preclude Lake from still being an option for Saban. I don't think anyone truly knows who Saban actually is targeting for DC right now. Just a guess on my part, but I think most of the Pruitt being DC rumors have been coming from Pruitt himself and not Saban or anyone in our AD. Apparently Pruitt likes to talk a lot.
Posted on 1/29/23 at 6:04 pm to Bamatab
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He slapped a walk-on across the helmet and shoved him during a game that was caught on camera (which I didn't think looked that bad), and also supposedly threw a WR into the lockers at halftime of another game. Here is a link to an article about it: LINK
But I don't know if that would preclude Lake from still being an option for Saban. I don't think anyone truly knows who Saban actually is targeting for DC right now. Just a guess on my part, but I think most of the Pruitt being DC rumors have been coming from Pruitt himself and not Saban or anyone in our AD. Apparently Pruitt likes to talk a lot.
Jimmy Lake would be ideal. He's learned. But, I think he may still be receiving checks from UW. So, that may be why he's low profile and not working at this time.
Dude, Pruitt is a Sexton client who was seen on Bama's campus recently. So, I don't think it's Pruitt behind these rumors.
Posted on 1/29/23 at 6:26 pm to Shaft Williams
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Dude, Pruitt is a Sexton client who was seen on Bama's campus recently. So, I don't think it's Pruitt behind these rumors.
Like Sexton would be beyond throwing out Pruitt's name to get interest in his client. And I don't doubt that he has been on our campus, or that he would be Saban's first choice as DC if it was possible.
But I do doubt that anyone on the Bama AD's side would be saying that Pruitt has been cleared by our AD and/or SEC office as has been rumored, or that he will be our DC, if Pruitt isn't even supposed to hear back from the NCAA until this spring.
Posted on 1/29/23 at 6:32 pm to Bamatab
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Like Sexton would be beyond throwing out Pruitt's name to get interest in his client. And I don't doubt that he has been on our campus, or that he would be Saban's first choice as DC if it was possible.
But I do doubt that anyone on the Bama AD's side would be saying that Pruitt has been cleared by our AD and/or SEC office as has been rumored, or that he will be our DC, if Pruitt isn't even supposed to hear back from the NCAA until this spring.
I mentioned Pruitt being a Sexton client to say that Sexton does use the media to get his client's jobs in the sense that you start hearing a glut of stories about his clients when it's time for them to get a job or a new contract.
And, it is an agent's job to "throw out" his client's name to get interest in his client.
Posted on 1/29/23 at 6:35 pm to Shaft Williams
With Pruitt being a Sexton client it's likely Pruitt will be back as soon as he can be.
Posted on 1/29/23 at 6:53 pm to Shaft Williams
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I mentioned Pruitt being a Sexton client to say that Sexton does use the media to get his client's jobs in the sense that you start hearing a glut of stories about his clients when it's time for them to get a job or a new contract.
And, it is an agent's job to "throw out" his client's name to get interest in his client.
Agreed, and that very well could be the case. But there has also been rumors on message boards of Pruitt talking a lot, especially in regards to recruiting stuff, dating back to his previous stints on our staff.
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With Pruitt being a Sexton client it's likely Pruitt will be back as soon as he can be.
I personally think he'll be on our staff in some compacity also, but I just have a lot less confidence now that he'll be our DC. Hopefully I'm wrong because he is our best option as DC in my opinion. But if he ends up on our staff even has just an analyst, that would still be a pretty big deal now that the NCAA has said that analysts can coach player during practices.
Posted on 1/29/23 at 7:02 pm to Bamatab
If Pruitt comes back as an analyst and the respect that Saban has for him you have to think Pruitt might be DC in waiting or he will be the de facto DC since analysts can coach now. I think any coach that talks back to Saban like Pruitt will from time to time during games has Saban's respect.
The more I think of it I wouldn't be surprised if Pruitt is arguing for some sort of hardship exception to get back into coaching. Pruitt never got his buyout from Tennessee and for all we know he might still be suing to get it. Plus, Pruitt hasn't coached in college ball for two years. It would be cruel to not allow Pruitt back as a coach in light of him being without his buyout and he hasn't worked in college football in more than 2 years now.
The more I think of it I wouldn't be surprised if Pruitt is arguing for some sort of hardship exception to get back into coaching. Pruitt never got his buyout from Tennessee and for all we know he might still be suing to get it. Plus, Pruitt hasn't coached in college ball for two years. It would be cruel to not allow Pruitt back as a coach in light of him being without his buyout and he hasn't worked in college football in more than 2 years now.
Posted on 1/29/23 at 7:08 pm to Shaft Williams
I do think there may be some negotiations between pruitt and the NCAA
Posted on 1/29/23 at 7:15 pm to Shaft Williams
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If Pruitt comes back as an analyst and the respect that Saban has for him you have to think Pruitt might be DC in waiting or he will be the de facto DC since analysts can coach now. I think any coach that talks back to Saban like Pruitt will from time to time during games has Saban's respect.
If Saban ends up promoting from within (say giving Armstrong play calling duties or promoting Grantham (which I do not want) or even bringing in someone like Ansley, then you could very well be right. But if he somehow convinces someone like Schumann or Leonhard to come here then I think he'll just be an analyst or maybe position coach until they get a HC job (which could be in a year or two).
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The more I think of it I wouldn't be surprised if Pruitt is arguing for some sort of hardship exception to get back into coaching. Pruitt never got his buyout from Tennessee and for all we know he might still be suing to get it. Plus, Pruitt hasn't coached in college ball for two years. It would be cruel to not allow Pruitt back as a coach in light of him being without his buyout and he hasn't worked in college football in more than 2 years now.
They should since, like you said, he's losing millions of dollars already, and not able to coach for two years now. But when have you ever heard of the NCAA giving a crap about a coaches situation when they are investigating them?
Posted on 1/30/23 at 9:08 am to Bamatab
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According to some the NCAA might not hand out it's official ruling against Pruitt until this spring.
It would be the most NCAA thing ever for them to allow Feeze to immediately get to coach at Liberty and now Auburn after he was buying hookers for himself(cough, cough recruits) and then put a show cause on Pruitt for giving poor players money so their parents don’t lose their houses and cars.
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