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#52
#52
VolFan_N_NC said:
maybe coaching from his couch.. but you won't see him on the sidelines coaching again.. He tried to get out of town last year and move back to PA to be with his family. He just stuck around and gave it another shot in Charlotte as a favor to MJ, which is the only reason he came to Charlotte in the first place.

Listen to ANY of his post-game interviews over the past 2-3 years.. The man has lost his intensity and desire to coach.... He's DONE
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Larry Brown was tired of coaching a bad team in a jerkwater NBA outpost. If Pat Riley called him tomorrow he's walk to Miami to take over the Heat. He's done now in the same way he was done when he left New York.
 
#53
#53
patrick said:
Nice quip.... I guess that's your best come back.....
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The NCAA never saw fit to suspend or place any restrictions on Larry Brown's employment by its membership. Bruce Pearl, on the other hand, is about to get hammered on the level with Todd Bozeman and Kelvin Sampson. That's the difference. It's not a tough concept.
 
#55
#55
oh yeah.... all the NCAA did was to vacate tourney wins (UCLA) and NCAA tourney ban (Kansas).... I would venture to say that there were no suspensions because after each incident or combo of incidents Brown went to NBA. Not to mention the fact that the NCAA was not the jugernaut then that it is now coupled with the 24 hour media scrutiny which now exists.
 
#60
#60
hatvol96 said:
The NCAA never saw fit to suspend or place any restrictions on Larry Brown's employment by its membership. Bruce Pearl, on the other hand, is about to get hammered on the level with Todd Bozeman and Kelvin Sampson. That's the difference. It's not a tough concept.
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Hmm that was only 30+ years ago, I'm sure the NCAA is comprised of the same exact people, in fact they haven't aged- come on that's not a fair comparison
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#61
#61
ellunitiko said:
Hmm that was only 30+ years ago, I'm sure the NCAA is comprised of the same exact people, in fact they haven't aged- come on that's not a fair comparison
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Yeah, the NCAA never hammered anyone in the late '80s. Just ask SMU, Kentucky, and Cleveland State.
 
#62
#62
I Said last night bring back DeVoe as a stopgap till Bruce can return but if you can get Larry Brown. Boom goes the dynamite!
 
#63
#63
hatvol96 said:
If, as becomes increasingly obvious, Pearl is suspended for at least a season and has to ultimately be terminated, the perfect coach to handle his absence/departure became available today. Larry Brown. How do you sell it to him? Simple. You tell him that Pearl is only being kept around out of loyalty and to ensure he is employable when his suspension ends. I raise that issure because if UT immediately fires him, there could be questions as to whether his suspension can be served while he's unemployed. That lets Brown, who has 3 or 4 good years left, settle in with the knowledge he's an interim coach in name only. It also gives you an extended window in which to seek out the long term answer. It's a win for everyone. Brown gets a big check without dealing with NBA egos, Pearl gets the issues resulting from his ethical lapse behind him, and UT keeps its basketball train on the tracks.
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I want what your smoking/drinking. I guess there is a reason why you practice law and breakdown and analyze the game and others hire head basketball coaches.

No doubt you would have selected Cutcliff to be a perfect solution for our head football coach because he is a very good OC and knows his x's and o's. There is way more to it than being a good coach on the court which I would argue Brown probably is, but you have to recruit like a banchee ( sp ) and keep the fan base on fire and I don't see someone who is 70 years old or older doing either. He is significantly older than Fulmer and I think Fulmer is too old. (And apparently so does everyone else.)

Report back when you have a real solution - and when there is an definitive departure of the present regime --and I would appreciate not being attacked by your minions and lapdogs because you are dead wrong.
 
#65
#65
Fullfillmer said:
I want what your smoking/drinking. I guess there is a reason why you practice law and breakdown and analyze the game and others hire head basketball coaches.

No doubt you would have selected Cutcliff to be a perfect solution for our head football coach because he is a very good OC and knows his x's and o's. There is way more to it than being a good coach on the court which I would argue Brown probably is, but you have to recruit like a banchee ( sp ) and keep the fan base on fire and I don't see someone who is 70 years old or older doing either. He is significantly older than Fulmer and I think Fulmer is too old. (And apparently so does everyone else.)

Report back when you have a real solution - and when there is an definitive departure of the present regime --and I would appreciate not being attacked by your minions and lapdogs because you are dead wrong.
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prepare to get worked... :hi:
 
#67
#67
Fullfillmer said:
I want what your smoking/drinking. I guess there is a reason why you practice law and breakdown and analyze the game and others hire head basketball coaches.

No doubt you would have selected Cutcliff to be a perfect solution for our head football coach because he is a very good OC and knows his x's and o's. There is way more to it than being a good coach on the court which I would argue Brown probably is, but you have to recruit like a banchee ( sp ) and keep the fan base on fire and I don't see someone who is 70 years old or older doing either. He is significantly older than Fulmer and I think Fulmer is too old. (And apparently so does everyone else.)

Report back when you have a real solution - and when there is an definitive departure of the present regime --and I would appreciate not being attacked by your minions and lapdogs because you are dead wrong.
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A sound counterargument . . . but the lapdog/minion stuff is a little goofy.
 
#72
#72
1) Just heard on sportscenter that Brown wants to coach again.

2) I honestly don't think anyone will hire him in the NBA. Great mind? No doubt. But he's 70, and most owners/GM's want young up and coming coaches. And Larry isn't exactly popular in NBA circles with players.

3) While I think Brown could be successful at UT (his name/resume would get him elite players), there is no way in God's green earth that Larry Brown would succumb himself to coach at Tennessee. The man has an huge ego. Everyone knows that.

4) Larry Brown doesn't have a pretty history with the NCAA. Has he been punished for his actions? No. And I don't know anything about the situations to know whether or not he did anything wrong. But I don't think the NCAA would smile upon us hiring him.

5) Larry Brown would be a stop-gap. UT doesn't need a stop gap anymore. We can get a great coach like Mike Anderson, Gregg Marshall or even Lawerence Frank. I just don't think Larry could lead us to Final Fours, SEC titles, etc. Would he continue Bruce's success? Yes. I think that'd be it though. And why take a risk of having him 2-3 years when you can get great coaches now?
 
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