And so, after a couple of weeks of tripping over footstools and bumping into things in the dark trying to find the light switch, the University of Tennessee has a new football coach.
His name is Jeremy Pruitt, and he's the defensive coordinator at Alabama. Tennessee also interviewed guys from Auburn and Georgia, which means they hit all the Who's Hot In The SEC Right Now venues while being turned down by just about everyone outside the SEC.
If nothing else, Pruitt's a safe hire, touching all the requisite safe-hire bases. He's 43 years old. He's one of the top DCs in college football. He's apparently a crackerjack recruiter. And, of course, apparently the fan base is OK with him, given that it was allowed to nix Greg Schiano, Tennessee's first choice.
Just once, though, don't you wish one of these schools with nothing to lose (and let's face it, Tennessee has nothing to lose it hasn't already lost at this point) would do something daring instead of staying in the same timid, boring lane?
I mean, I hear this guy's available.
Now THAT would be daring.
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