re: Rumors of a growing rift between Pruitt and Donut Phil

Jeremy has a good football mind but he's in a bad situation. Fulmer was the type guy that would DO ANYTHING to win and not in a good way. He orchestrated a palace coup against John Majors, his mentor, to get him out. He cut a deal with the NCAA on the Albert Means case when they had bid on him as well, to save his arse and hang Alabama (along with some assistance from SEC Commish Roy Kramer).

The biggest issue is gonna be with Fulmer putting himself in a Jerry Jones situation. He's very involved in the inner workings of the program and that can never happen. I once asked a Georgia fan what was the problem when Ray Goff was coaching. He said Ray isn't the problem, It's Dooley. The Head Coach has to have autonomy with the program. he has to have the final say. He has to set the tone and he has to lay out the direction of the program without interference from anybody. You can't have Fulmer calling recruits that Jeremy may not want or have him barging into jeremy's office giving him a list of plays he'd like to see or what he thinks the gameplan should be. Fulmer is a strong personality but the problem is Jeremy does too.

Jeremy made a mistake. This will be a short time deal. Jeremy will tell fulmer to get fricked and that won't go over well with the "Knoxville Mafia" as we called them during Phil's days.