05_never_again
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You're putting words in my mouth. I didn't say a lot of the things you said I said. I never said Pruitt is a greater risk than any of those people. Of all the coaches you mentioned there, Pruitt is less risky than some, more risky than others. IMO, Pruitt is very obviously more prepared than any of our 3 previous hires to coach this team.There are about 5 sure bets in college football and none of them are coaching/have a desire to ever coach at UT. To suggest that CJP is a risk is doing nothing more than stating the obvious, almost every head coach is a risk. The reason he is a greater risk as stated by yourself and many like you is because he is very hands on or abrasive to the media? He is a risk so is every other coordinator who was ever hired as a head coach at a major university but what you seem to ignore is most head coaches at major universities were previously coordinators not head coaches: Helton, Smart, Sarkesian, Fulmer at UT, Muschamp at Florida, Jimbo Fisher, Charlie Strong at Louisville, Bob Stoops, Lincoln Riley, and Dabo Sweeney just to name a few at varying degrees of success. Were they any less prepared than Dooley, Jones, Kiffin, Strong at Texas, McElwain at UF, Muscamp at SC, Orgeron at LSU, Freeze, or Malzahn? I would argue no they were not and had similar if not greater success at major universities
He's more prepared (prepared simply meaning experienced) than a guy like Lincoln Riley was, but Riley also inherited a loaded team with a Heisman contender (eventual winner) at QB. You also have to factor the situation the coach is inheriting as well. An unprepared coach can inherit a loaded team, which widens the learning curve. He's probably just as prepared as Orgeron at LSU, Freeze, or Malzahn. He isn't as prepared as guys like McElwain at UF, Muschamp at SC, or Strong at Texas. His relative preparedness or unpreparedness to those coaches isn't some guarantee of his success or failure though.
All I said is that the offensive side of the ball is his wild card, and will likely determine whether or not he wins here. Most if not all of those other coaches you mentioned had wild cards too.