and who can blame him?! But, that said, he never seemed to be as aggressive after that time period. Or maybe I imagine this. In any case, I will never understand the stupidity, for it can go by no other name, that resulted in us carrying far under the allowed scholarship level. Maybe his recruiting was just not as good as we thought it was. Maybe he could not fill all of the slots with bodies capable of competing in the SEC. I do not know but the fire seemed to have dwindled the last 3-5 years of his tenure. And he always seemed to have coaching problems...as in the various coaches were never on the same page and/or they were at each others throats. Pruitt had a very public dislike for many of the coaches...and maybe vice versa. Either way, CMR had little to no control and faltered in recruiting. Our OL always seemed to be underperforming or less talented than others. I cannot imagine what our RB's could have done with a consistently stout, road grading OL to run behind.