BamaFan334
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They all did/do it everywhere.
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They all did/do it everywhere.
50+yeartidefan
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Somehow. I doubt nick put up and was desperate like fatphil n tennessee were...
Kirby didnt wanna keep him at uga....which surprised me....
Bama wasn't desperate on the recruiting circuit.....
OldPlayer
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At Tennessee it was his program. He set the direction. Who monitored the program? At Alabama he wasn’t in charge. He followed the direction of leadership.
You think he was fully clean? Maybe he was but lets face it at the time it would have been a lot easier to recruit to Bama the Viles. They were indeed desperate.
OldPlayer
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It wasn’t his cash he was using. He had to get it from somewhere. That kind of cash doesn’t get handed to an assistant coach.
Correct. We've talked about it on here before on a past Pruitt thread... At Tennessee it was much more blatant and much sloppier... the latter which made it easier for the Vols to cut him loose and sink him, which I firmly believe was the plan if they didn't win.
BamaFan334
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I agree definitely. Was just making the point Pruitt doing what he did will not scare Saban as they all engage in it, so no more egregious of an action than others. Same premise.
Scrape&Search1032
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Who better to make sure he doesn't do dumb shit than Nick Saban? He'd most certainly be all over him if he came to Alabama.
50+yeartidefan
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I would look at ?..Stokley family first......loaded family
Justneedme81
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It worked. And look at Tennessee success from last year. They have Ole miss magic going on right now. This season will determine whether it's sustainable or not.
It is not... They are the Viles. Just like the barn it will collapse. Problem is foundational. Both have a bama problem.
Justneedme81
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You gotta look at it from different perspective.
The Viles will likely not go back to the last 15 years bad. They brought in an outsider that seems to have some knowledge and his own system that he believes in. So did Old Gussy but his system was finally exposed as he was and did not have the ability to adapt. Seeing if the Vile coach can adapt will be the litmus test for sustaining. This is where I think he will falter. He knows the OU system. What happens when the SEC D's catch up with it?
I am certainly hoping he cannot adapt as a Bama fan that hates the Viles more than the Barn.
TerryP
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His last season was a five win campaign in the fall of 2016. In January of '16 the NCAA announced it's investigation/findings into what was going on in Oxford.
Yes, his last season tanked. But, how much of that was the looming NCAA cloud? A LOT in my view. His offense was still producing: 43 against Bama, 45 against UGA (8-5), and 48 against Memphis (8-5.)
By the end of the season the team had fallen apart with losses to two six win teams: Vandy and MSU. I see the team crashing because Hugh was crashing ... I don't see it under the lens of "he wasn't able to adapt his scheme."
If teams had adapted to his offensive scheme and it was no longer a threat, why was Saban trying to hire him for his offensive schemes?
I think @mando was talking about Malzahn, not Freeze.His last season was a five win campaign in the fall of 2016. In January of '16 the NCAA announced it's investigation/findings into what was going on in Oxford.
Yes, his last season tanked. But, how much of that was the looming NCAA cloud? A LOT in my view. His offense was still producing: 43 against Bama, 45 against UGA (8-5), and 48 against Memphis (8-5.)
By the end of the season the team had fallen apart with losses to two six win teams: Vandy and MSU. I see the team crashing because Hugh was crashing ... I don't see it under the lens of "he wasn't able to adapt his scheme."
Is this true?
Jeremy Pruitt carried wads of cash at Alabama, per report, cites George Floyd in investigation
Carrying large amounts of cash has been part of Jeremy Pruitt’s lifestyle going back to his days at Alabama, according to a report from the Knox News.
The report, citing documents obtained through open records requests, revealed - among other things - that Pruitt cited his bank records to show his “cash-driven lifestyle dates back to his time at Alabama.”
It should be noted the report in no way mentions any wrongdoing by Pruitt at Alabama where he served as the Crimson Tide’s defensive coordinator.
However, while the Alabama defensive coordinator from 2016-17, the Pruitts, per the report, made 40 four-figure or five-figure withdrawals. According to records, he earned $1 million in 2016 and $1.3 million in 2017.
In contrast, as the Tennessee coach from 2018-20, Pruitt and his wife made 75 four-figure or five-figure cash withdrawals from their bank account, while earning $3.8 million annually.
Pruitt admitted to handing out cash and said he self-reported at least two payments at Tennessee.
Last week, the NCAA fined Tennessee more than $8 million and issued a report outlining more than 200 infractions during Pruitt’s three-year tenure. The report said Tennessee committed 18 Level I violations, the most severe, and said most involved recruiting infractions and direct payments to athletes and their families. Those benefits totaled approximately $60,000. The NCAA found most of the violations were related to a paid unofficial visit scheme that was used consistently by the football program over two years.
Bank records showed that Pruitt and assistant coach Brian Niedermeyer made large cash withdrawals on dates surrounding recruiting visits and alleged payments to recruits, players and their families.
Both said, per Knox News, that didn’t mean anything because it’s normal for them to have large amounts of cash on hand.
In addition, Knox News reports that Pruitt said the COVID-19 pandemic, the nation’s reaction to the murder of George Floyd and more were reasons he gave $300 in a Chick-fil-A bag to a Tennessee player’s mom.
“Then you throw in George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, OK, so you sit there as a white man and you see all of this going on and you can see these kids suffering … (It’s) pitiful when you sit in a room and you hear grown men, and I’m talking about our coaches too, when they talk about growing up and the circumstances that they’ve been under, because it’s hard for a white man to understand, right,” Pruitt said, according to the documents obtained by Knox News.
Jeremy Pruitt carried wads of cash at Alabama, per report, cites George Floyd in investigation
Carrying large amounts of cash has been part of Jeremy Pruitt’s lifestyle going back to his days at Alabama, according to a report from the Knox News.
The report, citing documents obtained through open records requests, revealed - among other things - that Pruitt cited his bank records to show his “cash-driven lifestyle dates back to his time at Alabama.”
It should be noted the report in no way mentions any wrongdoing by Pruitt at Alabama where he served as the Crimson Tide’s defensive coordinator.
However, while the Alabama defensive coordinator from 2016-17, the Pruitts, per the report, made 40 four-figure or five-figure withdrawals. According to records, he earned $1 million in 2016 and $1.3 million in 2017.
In contrast, as the Tennessee coach from 2018-20, Pruitt and his wife made 75 four-figure or five-figure cash withdrawals from their bank account, while earning $3.8 million annually.
Pruitt admitted to handing out cash and said he self-reported at least two payments at Tennessee.
Last week, the NCAA fined Tennessee more than $8 million and issued a report outlining more than 200 infractions during Pruitt’s three-year tenure. The report said Tennessee committed 18 Level I violations, the most severe, and said most involved recruiting infractions and direct payments to athletes and their families. Those benefits totaled approximately $60,000. The NCAA found most of the violations were related to a paid unofficial visit scheme that was used consistently by the football program over two years.
Bank records showed that Pruitt and assistant coach Brian Niedermeyer made large cash withdrawals on dates surrounding recruiting visits and alleged payments to recruits, players and their families.
Both said, per Knox News, that didn’t mean anything because it’s normal for them to have large amounts of cash on hand.
In addition, Knox News reports that Pruitt said the COVID-19 pandemic, the nation’s reaction to the murder of George Floyd and more were reasons he gave $300 in a Chick-fil-A bag to a Tennessee player’s mom.
“Then you throw in George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, OK, so you sit there as a white man and you see all of this going on and you can see these kids suffering … (It’s) pitiful when you sit in a room and you hear grown men, and I’m talking about our coaches too, when they talk about growing up and the circumstances that they’ve been under, because it’s hard for a white man to understand, right,” Pruitt said, according to the documents obtained by Knox News.
24and7
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The old, Alabama’s doing it excuse …Maybe we ought to start a rumor that Alabama is jumping off bridges… maybe they will follow
I know several people that carry around large amounts of cash. What’s the big deal. Once upon a time I did too. So if they’re insinuating anything they need to reach a little deeper. Also on my recruiting trips in the 80’s my host would get anywhere from $1000 to $5000 (coach would give it to them in front of recruits) to show us recruits a good time for the weekend. That was legal then, I’m sure it always has been.
OldPlayer
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Pruitt gave up to $3,000 cash to a single recruit. That’s a lot more than a few hundred dollars to have a good time.
