Nobody Talking About Pruitt???

[BamaFanInACCLand]

Alright...you people who are insiders...what does this mean? Who are we going after for the replacement? We all know CNS keeps a short list for when this happens every year.

[pmull]

Tidesports article:

University of Alabama defensive backs coach Jeremy Pruitt has agreed to become the defensive coordinator at Florida State, multiple sources told Tidesports.com.

Pruitt is expected to continue coaching the Crimson Tide through the BCS National Championship Game against Notre Dame on Jan. 7.

Pruitt replaces Mark Stoops, who left FSU to take the head coaching position at Kentucky. Although Pruitt and Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher have not worked together before, Fisher is a former assistant under UA coach Nick Saban.

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[Bandit]

I know some will disagree, but I'd like to see Coach Sal back. Not sure if the circumstances allow that, but just my thoughts. I'm sure CNS has his list, but I too would like to here the insiders short list.

[pmull]

He is going to stay and coach in the BCS game so that is not a problem. He coaches defensive backs which is CNS strength. He should be able to replace him as a coach without much trouble. However, he is a very good recruiter. He works the Mobile area and Florida panhandle. He has brought us some very good players such as TJ Yeldon.

CNS has lost some good assistants and recruiters since he has been at Alabama and we never seem to miss a beat. I assume this will result in a smooth transition as well.

[BamaFanInACCLand]

I personally would love to see him go after another "Pruitt-like" coach that is a good coach with connections who has a fire in his belly. That seems to have worked out well...with the exception of maybe Applewhite...

[pmull]

FSU article on the Jeremy Pruitt hire. The article questions if it is a good hire from a coaching stand point. They say his strength is recruiting.

Pruitt, 37, has been Alabama's defensive backs coach for the last two years -- his only two at the D1 level.

The hire is high risk, high reward.

Pruitt is a tremendous recruiter. He is young, connects well with kids, and owns lower Alabama and the Florida panhandle for the Crimson Tide. His track record as a recruiter is impeccable.

His track record as a coach, however, is another matter.

Pruitt played defensive back for Middle Tennessee and Alabama, and was a very good high school player. Most of his coaching experience is at the high school level, which he did for almost a decade until he was hired at Alabama in 2007.

Alabama picked him up as "director of player development," which isn't exactly a coaching position, but a position on staff that has some coaching-like duties. He was then promoted in 2010 to be Alabama's defensive back coach.

There are a couple of ways one can view the promotion.

One is that Saban has to trust Pruitt well enough to let him coach defensive backs.

Another view is that Saban is still very hands-on with the defensive backs, which are his specialty, as is Alabama defensive coordinator Kirby Smart, and that Pruitt might be on Alabama's staff to be a recruiter more than anything.

The truth is probably somewhere in the middle. Alabama's defenses have been great while Pruitt has been there, but also great before he arrived. And there is almost no way to separate the play of Alabama's defensive backs and attribute certain things to Pruitt and not Saban.

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