re: Pruitt has told people that he will be the next DC at Alabama.

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The barn has Pearl and Freeze. I wouldn’t care what the SEC thinks about it.

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It isn't about what the SEC or anyone else thinks about it.

His question about a show-cause is valid. If Alabama hires Pruitt and he gets hit with a show cause, Alabama is subject to NCAA sanctions for the mere act of hiring him.

That's where the name of the sanction comes from - the new school has to "show cause" as to why they shouldn't be punished for hiring the person declared off limits. Even if the new employer avoids sanctions, if violations are discovered at the new school the punishments are considered more serious than if they'd been committed by a coach not under sanction. Schools have occasionally kept coaches that got a show cause. Nebraska kept Scott Frost after he got one over the summer.

Getting hired somewhere else is a different story. A basketball assistant named Rob Senderoff who got caught up with Kelvin Sampson is the only example I can find of an assistant getting hired at a new job while under a show cause.

I'll be very surprised if Alabama hires Pruitt before his NCAA case is resolved, but if it happens it will leave no doubt about how highly Saban regards his ability as a DC because it will be a huge risk for even someone with as much clout as Saban.