Pittman gives credit to Kirby Smart, and Saban.

"On Thursday, Pittman talked about how he’s a better head coach after working for Smart.

“ Number one, of the urgency of recruiting in the SEC. And I felt like I recruited hard when I was here before and all that but not like your hair is on fire. So, that’s one. The templates of practice are from Georgia, which were from, I’m assuming, Alabama. Sitting back in four years, you can learn from anybody, but when your team is winning the SEC, they’re winning the Rose Bowl, they’re going to the National Championship, you would assume more than they just have really good players. You would assume that they have a really good system. And so, without Kirby, I can promise you, I’d try my hardest but I wouldn’t be as successful. I don’t know. That makes me sound like we’ve done something. I don’t mean that, but I wouldn’t have the success that we’ve had, had I not gone to Georgia, and that’s 100% real.”