Even with SEC Media Days carrying on in Atlanta, former Georgia quarterback Aaron Murray created waves of his own Tuesday by coming out strong against Tennessee coach and former Bulldogs assistant Jeremy Pruitt in a radio interview.

Murray, now a CBS Sports Network analyst, questioned whether Pruitt’s “personality is fit to be a head coach” when speaking to 102.5 The Game. Murray, who played for the Bulldogs from 2010-13, went on to discuss how he thought Pruitt, a defensive coordinator for Georgia from 2014-15, treated former Georgia coach Mark Richt poorly.

“I don’t know if his personality is fit to be a head coach. I don’t,” Murray told 102.5 The Game via the Knoxville News Sentinel’s Blake Toppmeyer. “As a head coach, there’s so many things that go into it. It’s not just going out there and coaching. You have to deal with front office. You’ve got to go talk with the president of the university. You have to deal with boosters. You have to deal with the offense, the defense. It’s not just going in there and dealing with the kids and scheming up. There’s a lot that goes into it.

“When he was at Georgia, the way he acted, the way he treated Coach Richt I thought was poor. He wasn’t as respectful as I thought a defensive coordinator should be to a head coach.”

Pruitt was named Tennessee’s coach in December after a dramatic coaching search in Knoxville following Butch Jones’ firing in November. Pruitt enters his situation with the Volunteers as a first-time head coach, and many expect him to face a significant rebuilding project with Tennessee. The Volunteers went 4-8 last season and faced numerous controversies on and off the field during the 2017 campaign.

Murray’s statement is strong, and the reaction from Georgia fans should be interesting to follow. This situation should add spice to the Georgia-Tennessee rivalry as long as Pruitt remains in Knoxville.