CBS Sports Network analyst Aaron Murray doesn't think Jeremy Pruitt is cut out to be a head coach
Texas A&M coach Jimbo Fisher and Georgia coach Kirby Smart have each offered high praise of new Tennessee coach Jeremy Pruitt at SEC Media Days, but former UGA quarterback and current CBS Sports Network analyst Aaron Murray isn’t sold on the new head Vol.
Murray, who also appears on Sirius XM, made his comments to ESPN Radio The Game in Nashville.
“I don’t know if his personality is fit to be a head coach,” Murray said. “As a head coach, there’s so many things that go into it. It’s not just going out there and coaching. You have to deal with front office. You’ve got to go talk with the president of the university. You have to deal with boosters. You have to deal with the offense, the defense. It’s not just going in there and dealing with the kids and scheming up. There’s a lot that goes into it. I don’t think he’s the right guy to kind of be the CEO of a corporation. He’s really good managing just a defense and being a defensive coordinator. He needs to prove to me that he can handle the whole ship. For right now, I don’t think he can. We’ll see what happens this year. I don’t think it helps that he doesn’t have a lot of talent at Tennessee.”
For those wondering, Murray and Pruitt’s time at Georgia do not overlap. Murray arrived at UGA in 2009 and played through the 2013 season. The following year, Pruitt left Florida State to become the Bulldogs defensive coordinator for the 2014 season.
If that idiot Coach O can do it, anybody can.
Murray seems pretty full of himself. No one has to prove anything to him.
I don’t like Tennessee but Murray is wrong here. Pruitt didn’t get along with our staff because he had a winning mentality. Coach Richt was great to UGA and for UGA but he didn’t have the fire needed to demand greatness. I don’t know if Pruitt will be a good head coach but he’s a hell of a coach and one of the best recruiters we had.
Murray just being a sports/news personality – throw a bunch of crap on the wall and see what sticks.
As a UGA fan I appreciated what Pruitt brought to the job – immediately improved defense, toughness, rules/order and a winning attitude. Pruitt was also a great recruiter while at UGA. There were rumors of Pruitt being an ahole but given the state of affairs when he arrived – being an ahole was a positive trait.
Thanks Guys… everyone of you are right…
Pruitt doesn’t put up with nonsense and he”s very demanding. As long as he doesn’t lose control I think he will be find. Keep your fingers crossed Vol Fans.
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I think Pruitt will work out as a HC. There will be a learning curve.
If I was a Vols fan I would be more concerned with Fulmer’s influence.
I base that on the way that Fulmer lost control of player discipline.
That was his downfall. He let his players get away with it, and they took full advantage.
They don’t call it the Fulmer cup for nothing.
Pruitt may not be cut out for an SEC head coaching job but he’s more than qualified to be Fulmer’s puppet. It’s fine. It’s totally fine.
Are you going to listen to Aaron about coaching qualities or Saban, Smart, and Fisher?
So let me see if I’ve got this straight. The kid who wasn’t cut out to be an NFL quarterback is going to tell me why Jeremy Pruitt isn’t cut out to be a head coach?
I’ll say this, Pruitt has been a part of more championships than Murray has.