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re: Is Pruitt an option for Bama DC if changes are made.
Posted on 11/9/22 at 2:18 pm to SemperFiDawg
Posted on 11/9/22 at 2:18 pm to SemperFiDawg
Pruitt to Alabama. Its in the bag. 
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Posted on 11/9/22 at 2:26 pm to NickSwisher
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I'm sure Nick Saban would love to bring him back. But, what about the SEC? They still have problems with anyone wanting to bring in Freeze. I don't think Pruitt's case is settled as of yet.
I think whatever black mark is on Freeze is a different kind of thing. Pruitt has NCAA troubles but I don't think he's blackballed. He's more like Bruce Pearl in the sense that he could wind up with a show cause but hired back to the conference later. Whatever reluctance there is on Freeze, it's different.
Posted on 11/9/22 at 2:27 pm to meansonny
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But Tennessee isn't self reporting with a 12 win coach.
I agree with you on this. It’s all about winning
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The "found" violations were convenient. Pruitt was picked by Fulmer. Yet Fulmer was asked to retire.
Fulmer should have been fired instead of asked to stepped down. I don’t care if he is a UT legend. He has done as much harm to the program as anyone has the last 10 years. No one wanted Pruitt as a HC. Hell Hoover High didn’t even want him as a HC.
Posted on 11/9/22 at 2:29 pm to meansonny
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But Tennessee isn't self reporting with a 12 win coach. You can agree to disagree if you want.
That's why Bruce Pearl is still our basketball coach. Oh wait....
Posted on 11/9/22 at 2:38 pm to SemperFiDawg
Pruitt was hired away from Bama by fullmer to frick over Bama and Saban.
Posted on 11/9/22 at 3:26 pm to mckibaj
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I keep seeing Demeco Ryans as a possible DC to Alabama
There is no way this happens. He'll be an NFL head coach either this year or next.
Posted on 11/9/22 at 3:36 pm to mckibaj
Check the flight trackers. That’s only a pipe dream.
Posted on 11/9/22 at 3:57 pm to VolNavy98
Pruitt is not walking the sidelines anytime soon
Posted on 11/9/22 at 4:05 pm to meansonny
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Pruitt was 3-7 in 2020.
Pruitt effed up and deserved to he fired for the violations.
But Tennessee isn't self reporting with a 12 win coach. You can agree to disagree if you want.
The "found" violations were convenient.
I can agree with this, for the most part. I would say that losing/forfeiting 32 players to the portal because of impermissible benefits was not and is not convenient.
But in retrospect, it is a small price to pay to get rid of shitty coach without having to add another buyout to the tab.
Posted on 11/9/22 at 4:08 pm to Herman Frisco
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Pruitt was hired away from Bama by fullmer to frick over Bama and Saban.
4D Space Chess, brah
Posted on 11/9/22 at 4:27 pm to VolNavy98
This I didn't know. Thanks. Also if I'm A&M I've got a team in Knoxville taking notes and paying consultants.
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Posted on 11/9/22 at 4:59 pm to mckibaj
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I keep seeing Demeco Ryans as a possible DC to Alabama.
He's going to be a HC in the NFL soon. Speaking of the NFL, Dennis Allen would do great things at Bama. They should back up the Brinks truck for him.
Posted on 11/9/22 at 5:49 pm to Prof
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But Tennessee isn't self reporting with a 12 win coach. You can agree to disagree if you want.
That's why Bruce Pearl is still our basketball coach. Oh wait....
Per ESPN (Chris Lowe), Tennessee didn't self report pearl and did everything they could to retain him.
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Tennessee wanted to stick with the coach who led the Volunteers program to its greatest achievements. In the end, the university fired Bruce Pearl for too many transgressions away from the court.
Tennessee athletic director Mike Hamilton said in a statement released late Monday that school officials decided to dismiss Pearl, who has been charged by the NCAA with unethical conduct, after learning of additional violations committed on Sept. 14, 2010, and in March 2011.
Tennessee has agreed to pay Pearl $948,728 worth of salary and benefits as part of his dismissal agreement.
"Upon receipt of our NCAA Letter of Inquiry in September, we made the difficult decision to forgo common national opinion and forge ahead with Bruce and his staff pending any further major infractions or issues that would preclude our basketball program from representing the University of Tennessee in the right manner," Hamilton said. "The cumulative effect of the evolution of the investigation combined with a number of more recent non-NCAA-related incidents have led to a belief that this staff cannot be viable at Tennessee in the future."
The non-NCAA related incident, multiple sources told ESPN.com's Andy Katz and Chris Low, was a violation of the Tennessee athletic department substance abuse policy by UT senior forward Brian Williams. Williams missed the last two regular-season games at South Carolina and at home against Kentucky due to what team officials said was a bad back.
Sources told Low that it was ultimately UT-Knoxville chancellor Jimmy Cheek's call to fire Pearl. It's also expected that Cheek will be heavily involved in the search for Tennessee's next coach and will play a leading role on the search committee.
"I care about Coach Pearl and his family. I appreciate the job that he has done at Tennessee," Cheek said in the statement. "From the University's perspective, this decision is an institutional decision, with counsel and input from many who know and love this university."
Posted on 11/9/22 at 5:53 pm to SemperFiDawg
He’s looking at a multi year show cause. Likely Saban is retired before he’s back in college coaching.
Posted on 11/9/22 at 5:55 pm to SemperFiDawg
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Is Pruitt an option for Bama DC if changes are made.
I don’t think Pruitt is an option for anyone in college football until the NCAA resolves their case
Posted on 11/9/22 at 6:30 pm to LouisvilleKat
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Pruitt to Alabama. It's in the bag
Pruitt to Bama is in the Trick Bag.
Posted on 11/9/22 at 9:43 pm to Prof
Frick I hope you're right.
Posted on 11/9/22 at 9:59 pm to meansonny
You are correct. But it’s also probably fair to say that Pruitt was only unique in that he was sloppy
Posted on 11/9/22 at 10:03 pm to GreatPumpkin
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But it’s also probably fair to say that Pruitt was only unique in that he was sloppy
Sloppy in going 3-7.
If he went to the SECCG in 2020 and had a decent year in 2021, he would still be coaching and there wouldn't be any self reporting violations.
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