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re: Serious question: why is Pruitt looked at as a good DC?
Posted on 1/14/14 at 3:08 pm to dawgfan24348
Posted on 1/14/14 at 3:08 pm to dawgfan24348
We could have hired Pat Narduzzi and Auburn fans would be pointing out that we only got some chump who stopped terrible Big Ten offenses
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Posted on 1/14/14 at 3:09 pm to BowlJackson
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Most coaches could do pretty well working with Timmy Jernigan, Christian Jones, Lamarcaus Joyner and co.
What a load of crap. UGA had a talented D in 2012 and it was very disappointing.
Posted on 1/14/14 at 3:10 pm to BowlJackson
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It's still a whole different animal trying to defend against SEC offenses than in the ACC.
And yet, he was able to do enough to stop the prolific Gus Bus.
Posted on 1/14/14 at 3:10 pm to BowlJackson
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It's still a whole different animal trying to defend against SEC offenses than in the ACC. Clemson and Duke were the best 2 offenses he faced this year.
He has SEC experience. Just stop please.... you're embarrassing yourself.
Posted on 1/14/14 at 3:10 pm to BarberitosDawg
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And there's not a god damn thing the gus bus can do about it.
auburn's offense scored more points and had more yards against FSU than it did against Mississippi State, Ole Miss, Wazzou, LSU, Bama...
Posted on 1/14/14 at 3:13 pm to FlatwoodsForester
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And yet, he was able to do enough to stop the arena league Gus Bus
FIFY there is nothing pro about anything in Gus's offense.
Posted on 1/14/14 at 3:13 pm to lowspark12
And that was all on the defense, right? Not on the stagnant FSU offense for 3 quarters...
Eh, idk why we waste our time. Anyone we hired was gonna be seen as a mistake. Y'all aint gonna ruin my fappin' parade
Eh, idk why we waste our time. Anyone we hired was gonna be seen as a mistake. Y'all aint gonna ruin my fappin' parade
Posted on 1/14/14 at 3:13 pm to lowspark12
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lowspark12
Yeah let's see when you guys played them
All before the Off got hot in mid Oct. except Bama
This post was edited on 1/14/14 at 3:14 pm
Posted on 1/14/14 at 3:14 pm to lowspark12
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auburn's offense scored more points and had more yards against FSU than it did against Mississippi State, Ole Miss, Wazzou, LSU, Bama
I don't think this statement is true.
EDIT: Sorry, I guess you had some special team points in those games. I'll take your word for it.
This post was edited on 1/14/14 at 3:17 pm
Posted on 1/14/14 at 3:15 pm to FlatwoodsForester
Pruitt's defense gave up the returned FG, duh
Posted on 1/14/14 at 3:16 pm to BowlJackson
Even if I conceded that FSU had more talent upon his arrival, which I don't believe, then you'd have to concede that we have more experience.
As for ACC offenses...well, Grantham gave up 38 to Clemson while Pruitt gave up 14. As for AU, Grantham gave up 43 and Pruitt gave up 31. He shut down Duke completely...yet an SEC defense (albeit, a terrible one), gave up almost half a hundred to them. He gave up 7 to UF, while Grantham gave up 20. It's a weak arse argument. You want to say he played ACC offenses and I simply point to how completely dominant he was, just as he should have been.
There's no way you can spin this to be a bad hire or even a questionable hire. The only thing you can point to is his lack of experience at the level he is being hired for and that he was recently coaching in the high school ranks. The same things could be said about Malzahn hiring, which seemed to work out fine.
As for ACC offenses...well, Grantham gave up 38 to Clemson while Pruitt gave up 14. As for AU, Grantham gave up 43 and Pruitt gave up 31. He shut down Duke completely...yet an SEC defense (albeit, a terrible one), gave up almost half a hundred to them. He gave up 7 to UF, while Grantham gave up 20. It's a weak arse argument. You want to say he played ACC offenses and I simply point to how completely dominant he was, just as he should have been.
There's no way you can spin this to be a bad hire or even a questionable hire. The only thing you can point to is his lack of experience at the level he is being hired for and that he was recently coaching in the high school ranks. The same things could be said about Malzahn hiring, which seemed to work out fine.
Posted on 1/14/14 at 3:21 pm to MenloDawg
Great points. I feel like even Georgia fans are forgetting to argue that we are seriously ecstatic to have anyone other than Todd fricking Grantham, the only guy who could look worse than Willie Martinez. This year if we had only had a marginally better defense we have a better year than 8-5. National title or whatever, nah, but I mean the defense was a complete and total liability.
We don't need Saban-incarnate to improve this thing. The fact that we have an incredible recruiter, who is easily better than Grantham, a guy who studied under Saban recently and the coach of the #1 unit in the nation is more than enough to be excited.
We don't need Saban-incarnate to improve this thing. The fact that we have an incredible recruiter, who is easily better than Grantham, a guy who studied under Saban recently and the coach of the #1 unit in the nation is more than enough to be excited.
Posted on 1/14/14 at 3:21 pm to MenloDawg
I know A&M fans would gladly take him
Posted on 1/14/14 at 3:23 pm to BowlJackson
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Those of us who know Pruitt's history know he is nothing special as a coach
You said you played for him, but I know people who coached with him and know him well personally. They have said that he's the next Kirby, and it was a home run hire for UGA.
So should I believe them or you?
Posted on 1/14/14 at 3:24 pm to WG_Dawg
Gotta go with this guy, he played HS football
Posted on 1/14/14 at 3:24 pm to adammwilson
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Clemson and Duke were the best 2 offenses he faced this year
Did you see what Clemson did to our defense last year? Did you see what clemson did to FSU's defense last year?
Posted on 1/14/14 at 3:25 pm to MenloDawg
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MenloDawg
I don't think anyone is arguing Pruitt isn't a step up from Grantham... people are just pointing out that UGA lacks FSU's talent at almost every position, and he's a pretty inexperienced playcaller.
Posted on 1/14/14 at 3:27 pm to lowspark12
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I don't think anyone is arguing Pruitt isn't a step up from Grantham
Look at the talent we have on D from our last 3 recruiting classes. We're stacked..all it will take is someone to come coach them. This is immediately a big win.
Plus, isn't improvement all you can ask for in a new hire? The whole point was to find someone better than grantham, which everyone can universally agree we did. That alone should make this hire a success. THe fact we got a guy with the credentials we did makes it an absolute home run.
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people are just pointing out that UGA lacks FSU's talent at almost every position
So instead of the #3 overall defense we may only have a top 10 defense? Fine, we'll take it.
This post was edited on 1/14/14 at 3:28 pm
Posted on 1/14/14 at 3:30 pm to lowspark12
Oh the irony. Auburn fans telling us how a coach just few years removed from the high school ranks probably won't make a difference.
Posted on 1/14/14 at 3:34 pm to FlatwoodsForester
Happy Aubrun comments from their "famous Amos" peanut gallery today:
He's the Gene Chizik of DCs.
He's a high school coordinator that leached off Saban to get gifted a crazy talented defense in the ACC.
I was at Hoover HS when Jeremy Pruitt was on the staff there. He was my S&C coach. I thought he was a dumbass. As a 14, 15 yr old I knew I was smarter than him.
Honestly, I think he has just benefited from always being around juggernaut programs.
-At Hoover we always had a great defense because we had better athletes and more kids.
-He was hired at Bama based on his rep from Hoover, his past history with Bama, and more importanly than his coaching, Bama hired him for his recruiting. He has the ability to connect with HS kids and knew the Birmingham area well.
-Once on staff at Bama people began to give him more credit than he deserved for his X's and O's just because he was working with Saban
-That led to his one year as DC at FSU where he had a DL and secondary full of 1st round NFL players to make him look good.
He's a really good recruiter. Top-tier bagman.
He got 'promoted' to UA due to his Josh Chapman association and has leached off of #1 talent ever since.
That's because it looks like a good hire from the outside.
Those of us who know Pruitt's history know he is nothing special as a coach, just as a recruiter. Bama just can't admit it because that means they would have to stop sucking Saban's dick for a minute. That leaves us AU fans to tell you the cold hard truth.
He's been a DC for one year. The fact that you guys are classing a one year DC as an 'amazing' hire by any stretch is just pure cognitive dissonance, something leghumpers are good at.
He's the Gene Chizik of DCs.
He's a high school coordinator that leached off Saban to get gifted a crazy talented defense in the ACC.
I was at Hoover HS when Jeremy Pruitt was on the staff there. He was my S&C coach. I thought he was a dumbass. As a 14, 15 yr old I knew I was smarter than him.
Honestly, I think he has just benefited from always being around juggernaut programs.
-At Hoover we always had a great defense because we had better athletes and more kids.
-He was hired at Bama based on his rep from Hoover, his past history with Bama, and more importanly than his coaching, Bama hired him for his recruiting. He has the ability to connect with HS kids and knew the Birmingham area well.
-Once on staff at Bama people began to give him more credit than he deserved for his X's and O's just because he was working with Saban
-That led to his one year as DC at FSU where he had a DL and secondary full of 1st round NFL players to make him look good.
He's a really good recruiter. Top-tier bagman.
He got 'promoted' to UA due to his Josh Chapman association and has leached off of #1 talent ever since.
That's because it looks like a good hire from the outside.
Those of us who know Pruitt's history know he is nothing special as a coach, just as a recruiter. Bama just can't admit it because that means they would have to stop sucking Saban's dick for a minute. That leaves us AU fans to tell you the cold hard truth.
He's been a DC for one year. The fact that you guys are classing a one year DC as an 'amazing' hire by any stretch is just pure cognitive dissonance, something leghumpers are good at.
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