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

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Cobb Dawg

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Intelligent people know that you have to work to get along, at least with your superiors.

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I would change that to "wise" people, but I guess I'm splitting hairs. But intelligent or wise people also know that you have to hold people's feet to the fire regarding important issues and to insist on core matters.

In this case, we do not know either the seriousness of the supposed "rift" or what it is about.

Keep in mind that according to Saban and Fisher he was never a problem. Saban was adamant about it. Even Richt has personally never said anything. I don't doubt that JP caused ripples at UGA. Some needed, some out of bounds. But passionate, focused people are almost always going to cause ripples, especially in a bad culture.

Finally, I'm not saying that Pruitt is without fault. E.g., I thought he was somewhat ungrateful towards Saban and Bama when he went to FSU - but he has grown tremendously since then. That was just 5 years ago. But the charge that he is stupid because he is unpolished is preposterous because he is very smart, easily the smartest DC in Saban's tenure. As you imply, smarts and intelligence/wisdom are two different things. We'll see. Saban is still somewhat abrasive and was much worse when younger. But he is and always has been respectful of authority.