And thus why Pruitt wasn’t a DC candidate for Alabama
I think people who know people have some sorta connections heard that he passed the UA compliance protocols (which really means nothing other than the university is okay with hiring him) and just took it as a sign that he was going to be hired as DC. From what I heard is that pretty early on they basically got a hint of a stiff punishment was coming on him and Saban was told to bail on him.
It’s why when Dennis Dodd, Josh Pate, and a few screwballs on Twitter kept saying “sources” were pointing to Saban wanting Pruitt I’m like “you are just regurgitating month old news of a situation that has drastically changed since then”. It’s why I don’t really put much stock in guys who constantly say”my sources”. Because they rarely will tell you how wrong their sources could be but love to tell you how right they are when they hit it.
The only reason I was confident that it wasn’t going to be Pruitt is because who was actually saying it wasn’t. The only question surrounding Pruitt is “will he be on staff in some capacity”. I really think it’s unlikely at this point unless a resolution is more clear fast.
But more to the point… No Pruitt was not a true option most of this process. Probably initially he was a thought but after the season was officially over he wasn’t.
