Once we are on two years of scholarship reductions and no post season play and Pearl is suspended by the NCAA, then U.T. will fire Pearl, who will want to coach us with that mess looming over our program?
It is quiet easy to figure out what is happening. (1) Hamilton does NOT support Pearl.
If Hamilton fired Pearl when Pearl was under contract, then Pearl would get money for being fired. Hamlton is waiting until the NCAA announces the punishments and then Pearl will be fired for "Just Cause" then U.T. won't owe him any money.
The NCAA MUST MUST come down hard on Pearl!!! The other 119 college coaches are watching to see what the standard is if a coach lies to the NCAA.
On a scale of 1 to 10, I predict that the NCAA will do a 9 1/2 to U.T. (1) Pearl suspended for a year (2) We lose one scholarship for 2012 & 2013 recruiting season (3)
No Post season play for 2012 or 2113 (4) No t.v. for 2012...
No coach will want to coach U.T. when we have those sanctions. Once we are off of the sanction, we will need to hire one helluva coach to re-build the program and that will take several years.
I expect this to be our last post-season play for 7 or 8 years. Enjoy this season because it will be 2020 before we enjoy any tournament success again.
If anyone feels that the NCAA will accept these 8 SEC game suspensions, salary reduction and recruiting restrictions as the punishment for lying to the NCAA, you are fooling yourself.