Alabama Football: Pruitt to the Tide Just Makes Sense

Just like Kirby Smart to Georgia is a homecoming fitting for a lifetime film, Jeremy Pruitt returning to Alabama is a fairy tale homecoming.

Despite the countless rumors about how Georgia’s former defensive coordinator Jeremy Pruitt could not get along with anyone on the Georgia coaching staff, he was immediately a hot name when The University of Georgia decided not to renew him.

After serving the last two seasons as the Bulldog’s defensive coordinator, the Alabama Crimson Tide have announced that they have hired Jeremy Pruitt to be Alabama’s new defensive coordinator. Current Georgia head coach and Alabama defensive coordinator Kirby Smart has agreed to coach Alabama through the College Football Playoff in pursuit of another national championship.

Whether Pruitt would be named coordinator before or after Alabama’s season had concluded was interesting to watch once it became apparent that Pruitt was to be the new defensive coordinator. One had to assume that the announcement would come sooner rather than later,though, with the potential impact on recruiting.

Pruitt has spent the last two seasons as the defensive coordinator at Georgia, leading the Bulldogs to the 8^th and 17^th overall defensive rankings in his two seasons between the hedges. While his ability to get along with others on a coaching staff has come under fire, his ability to coach a top-25 defense has never been in doubt.

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