Paul Finebaum called it an “empty argument” when asked on WJOX about the Alabama coordinator searches taking an extended period of time.

Finebaum spoke on “McElroy and Cubelic In the morning” and explained that Nick Saban knows what he’s doing and one of those things is wrapping up the current recruiting cycle.

“The coordinator search is not affecting recruiting at all based on what everyone knows,” Finebaum said. “He’s either being very deliberate for a reason and maybe there’s a specific reason. Maybe someone’s not available. Maybe it’s taking longer to go through a process. But I think that’s a natural uneasiness of fans. When it comes to making personnel choices, I would be the last person in America to criticize Nick Saban. He knows how to conduct a coaching search. No one has conducted more, or better, than he has.”

Finebaum then pointed to the hurdles about possibly bringing Jeremy Pruitt back to the defensive staff. He said Alabama is making sure of the circumstances involving an active case with the NCAA involving Pruitt from his time as Tennessee’s head coach.

“At this point I’m not really sure exactly who to believe, but the case is nearing its conclusion, so it’s possible that Alabama was simply waiting for an answer and the answer would be from the NCAA to Tennessee,” he said. “I think way too many people point at the commissioner as the hold up. I’m pretty sure the commissioner has not held up any of these hires in the past.”

Finebaum then added that he’s heard a different answer about Pruitt every day of the week from people who claim to know.