If Georgia does indeed win on Saturday, the irony shouldn’t be lost on us that, at least in part, it can be chalked up to the program emulating much of what Alabama’s done to build itself into college football’s best program over the past eight years. And credit for some – okay, much – of that approach has to go to Jeremy Pruitt, who obviously absorbed a lot during his time in Tuscaloosa.
Take this quote, for example.
“I think one that we’d like to do is create the standard and the expectations here, do it over and over and hold everyone accountable that don’t do it the way that we want them to do it,” Pruitt said. “That’s what you have to do in any organization if you want to have success. You have to define the roles for the individuals in the organization, and if they do it right, pat them on the back. If they don’t, you have to correct them.”
I mean, close your eyes and listen there. All that’s missing is an “aight?” for it to sound just like his former boss.
Let’s just hope the results on the field match the talk.
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Pruitt speaks the truth. They ought to get him to teach a course in the Business School.
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The other attitude I noticed from Pruitt which is definitely Saban-esque, to paraphrase, is: rather than focusing on the opponent focus on you. Focus on what you can control. If you do it the way we tell you then it doesn’t matter who you are playing.
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I’m not sure how long we can hold on to Pruitt as DC, or what his future ambitions are, but I’m thankful that he either opened Richt’s eyes about how assbackwards some of what he was doing was, or helped him find his balls and stand up to McGarity.
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Nailed it.
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I’d like to think he came here to: 1) do big things and 2) do them the right way. His quote about richt when came over as a hs coach says that at least. I’d like to think that means he steps in when CMR steps down. We’ll see. Whatever happens Saturday Alabama is about to go through the head coach ringer again and momma may call him home at some point.
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It is certainly clear that one year of the shitstorm around Jimbo was enough. Between Jamis and coaches wives being a little to close to personal trainers, he realized Tally will always be full of drama.
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While I’m happy Pruitt is here and agree that he’s had a great impact on the team, I seriously doubt he would have left a national championship team to play for a coach that was bassackwards and had no balls.
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+1 It says a lot about CMR that Pruitt has respect for him…and vise versa.
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I think our new President Jere Moorhead has had a lot to do with it
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+1
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^Agreed
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Eh…he’s 41 and this is only his 6th year as an actual college coach. I think he realizes he has a lot to learn. Think about how long Richt and Bobo has been assistants before their number was called and they felt ready. He has also never, ever been a head coach at any level, including high school.
I think Pruitt is more content than most realize, and I think he wants to see the kind of sustained success at UGA that Saban/Kirby brought to T-town. He’s paid well and doesn’t have to talk to the media a lot. His day will come, but 41 is still awfully young with guys like Saban, Spurrier, and Miles in their 60s and 70s still rocking it.
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Shaq Wiggins and Trigga Trey laugh at this….
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Two thoughts:
First, I think Saban is in a similar situation as Spurrier at UF. He came in, created a new way of looking at how college football is played. He was all about the “process” not the opponent. His theory is very sound. If you play the game the way you are supposed to; it will be almost impossible for the other team to win. Focus on doing your job as perfectly as possible and you will not get beat. Now, his opponents are adopting his system.
Spurrier brought a new concept in offense to the SEC, the receiver mismatch. Before Spurrier, the SEC was a slobber knocker league that lined up and plowed into each other until a big running back broke a long run. Passing was what you had to do on third and long or to try and catch up late in the game. Spurrier put 4 wides in the game and forced linebackers and safeties, who were generally slower than corners, to cover some of them. The mismatch led to many 10-15 yard completions that went for big yardage. For a while, the rest of the SEC had no answer. After a few years, linebackers were recruited for speed and the other offenses began copying Spurrier. The same thing is happening with Saban.
Second, I don’t know how long Pruitt will be in Athens but I don’t see him leaving real soon. As pointed out above, he only has about 6 years of college coaching experience. I think he would want to establish a reputation at one school for a while before he looked for a head coach job. He’s not underpaid so I don’t see a lateral move to another DC position.
I’m glad we have him and I hope he’s around for a long time. If he and Schotty can win a couple SEC championships in the next 4 years or so, I think he’ll start getting some looks as a head coach.
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As I have said before, my low point with CMR came after the 2013 season, when he gave CTG a vote of confidence and said he did not anticipate any staff changes. Next thing we know, CTG is gone and CJP is replacing him. I think that change may be just what CMR needed to get UGA back on track, and I salute him for letting CJP have a major say in running our program since his hire. It also looks like CMR made a great hire in CBS. For a change, I feel like we have great coaches on both sides of the ball, and we should win a championship or two if we can keep this staff intact.
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