Tennessee football coach Jeremy Pruitt wasn’t pleased with Shawn Shamburger during a 24-20 win over Missouri on Saturday.
A video is making the rounds on Twitter, and it shows Pruitt on the sideline yanking Shamburger around. According to 247Sports, he was upset about a late hit from the defensive back late in the game.
You can watch the exchange below.
Jeremy Pruitt dragging Shamburger around! pic.twitter.com/jFYxmL323G
— Jordan Dajani (@JordanDajani) November 24, 2019
I have no doubt there are going to be plenty of people who are upset with Pruitt’s actions. I won’t be one of them, but I’m sure the complaining will be over the top. (RELATED: David Hookstead Is The True King In The North When It Comes To College Football)
Well, I have a newsflash for all of you. Sometimes there needs to be a little bit of tough love. That’s what Pruitt was doing here with one of his Tennessee players.
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He wasn’t abusing Shamburger. He was pulling him by the jersey to get his attention after a stupid play.
There’s nothing wrong with a coach sometimes getting in a player’s face. Now, I’m not saying a coach should ever get physical with a player in a bad way.
That’s never excusable, but there’s a huge gap between what goes too far and grabbing a young man’s jersey.
Pruitt didn’t cross the line at all. Now, if he was being extremely physical or putting a player in danger, then it’d be a different conversation.
Grabbing a player’s jersey is hardly crossing the line.
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