Auburn Postgame Thread

#76
#76
Thunder Good-Oil said:
Pearl was hammered by the NCAA because of Lane Kiffin. That guy (CLK) was totally out of control and the NCAA was going to nail TN on something. If it was just Bruce doing his sleazy business without Kiffin also thumbing his nose at them, TN could have pinched their nose from Pearl's stench and weathered the punishment.
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This is a remarkably ignorant comment
 
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CAVPUT said:
Seems we tend to have those when there's something of significance on the line more often than not. This was the one we had to have for any shot at the NCAAT, and we just came out and laid the proverbial egg at home and on senior day. Of course, we had a few games this year that we could have and should have wont that really nuked the season, but it's still an outcome that many older UT fans are somewhat accustomed to. I call it Tenn Cup for a reason.

Having said that I think this team is where I thought they'd be considering the losses from the roster and the talent level of those who remained. Figured them to be a 16-18 win/NIT type team. They are who I thought they were. Hope they get a shot at the NIT, but I'm ready to turn the page on the season and look to next year.
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I agree. I thought they would get 18 wins or so and play right at .500 in the conference. I suppose that with all the injuries and roster adjustments this year along with the roster exodus of so many players, we probably ended up overachieving a bit. This season could have completely tanked, but the season was decent, all things considered.
 
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1985Vols said:
Pearl has completely revamped the AU bb program And has them exactly where WE want to be. Gotta give credit where credit is due
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I don’t follow their lineup, but didn’t they start 4 seniors and a potential 1 and done freshman? Guess we’ll see what they roll out next year as they may take a huge step back to the pack.
 
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Thunder Good-Oil said:
Currently, far cleaner than most. Plus I think that he's doing a great job with the roster considering he's unwilling to compromise team chemistry in favor of filling it up with recruits with questionable characters.
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No basketball program is clean..... Coach k is a fraud, Roy is a fraud, Self is a fraud, Barnes is a fraud, Pearl major fraud, Cal fraud, Penny is a down right crook along with Will Wade.
 
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Thunder Good-Oil said:
Pearl was hammered by the NCAA because of Lane Kiffin. That guy (CLK) was totally out of control and the NCAA was going to nail TN on something. If it was just Bruce doing his sleazy business without Kiffin also thumbing his nose at them, TN could have pinched their nose from Pearl's stench and weathered the punishment.
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Kiffin was gone at that point and Tennessee was cleared. Bruce got axed because the Haslams wanted him gone and Hamilton was the hitman.
 
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Volsfaninva917 said:
Kiffin was gone at that point and Tennessee was cleared. Bruce got axed because the Haslams wanted him gone and Hamilton was the hitman.
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Bruce got axed because he lied right through his teeth to the NCAA and the University. After being told not to make some specific phone calls, he made them anyway. The Haslams had nothing to do with Pearl getting fired
 
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i2amavol said:
I sort of agree with you, but which is it? #1 and #2, or is it #3? I want to believe it is simply #3. We have trouble with their athleticism at every position.

Pearl obviously found a way to have his team up for this game. You have to give him props for that.

We won 2 out of the last 3, and they were all against good teams. Now, we have an extra day or two to rest and prepare. I think we need to win 3 to have a chance, and win the tourney to guarantee it (duh).
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Pearl nearly always has his team up or finds the way during the game. Give him equal players to his opponent and more times than not he will beat you. It's one of his greatest abilities. Getting his team AND fan base up------ ( I think this is one reason few people dislike him, unlike Cal) Another thing I feel about Brucey, is he genuinely likes ALL the players, his own go without saying but, but ALL the players the coaches against and they feel his respect for them.
 
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Volsfaninva917 said:
Kiffin was gone at that point and Tennessee was cleared. Bruce got axed because the Haslams wanted him gone and Hamilton was the hitman.
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Pearl's BBQ (Sept 2008) was 2 months before Kiffin was hired. Kiffin brought the scrutiny of the NCAA to the UTAD. Kiffin's tenure was concurrent with the NCAA's investigations of UT.
 
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kell7517 said:
Yves Pons is a freakish athlete but on defense he freelances around ALOT. He gets his blocks here and there but leaves his man wide open a lot.
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People overrate his D because he blocks a lot of shots. People say he should be a candidate for defensive player of the year but he’s not even the best defender on our team
 
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Thunder Good-Oil said:
Pearl's BBQ (Sept 2008) was 2 months before Kiffin was hired. Kiffin brought the scrutiny of the NCAA to the UTAD. Kiffin's tenure was concurrent with the NCAA's investigations of UT.
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The NCAA used to punish people for lying to them. See Jim Tressel. Now you have people like Will Wade and those at LSU who openly flaunt them and don’t get punished at all. Universities should be demanding fairness from the NCAA but it doesn’t appear anyone much cares.
 
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Thunder Good-Oil said:
Pearl's BBQ (Sept 2008) was 2 months before Kiffin was hired. Kiffin brought the scrutiny of the NCAA to the UTAD. Kiffin's tenure was concurrent with the NCAA's investigations of UT.
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Once again, Lane Kiffin had absolutely nothing to do with Pearl being investigated. Kiffin committed some minor infractions but nothing more than Fulmer had ever done. Pearl was investigated because the Crafts reported the incident

This assertion of yours has no credibility...except that it is what YOU think
 
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Thunder Good-Oil said:
Pearl was hammered by the NCAA because of Lane Kiffin. That guy (CLK) was totally out of control and the NCAA was going to nail TN on something. If it was just Bruce doing his sleazy business without Kiffin also thumbing his nose at them, TN could have pinched their nose from Pearl's stench and weathered the punishment.
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False. Bruce’s players got into robberies and other issues off the court and he tried to bend the rules and then straight lied to an investigator. His show cause was because of that
 
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golfballs said:
The NCAA used to punish people for lying to them. See Jim Tressel. Now you have people like Will Wade and those at LSU who openly flaunt them and don’t get punished at all. Universities should be demanding fairness from the NCAA but it doesn’t appear anyone much cares.
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The universities share the wealth. Conflicted on whether they should demand justice for the Duke's, UNC's, Kansas's, and KY's or keep cashing the larger shared royaly checks while those schools create the higher ratings. Money wins. Arizona, LSU, and Auburn and others are guilty as heck as well... but as another poster called it, it's the post-enforcement era of the NCAA.
 
#92
#92
Thunder Good-Oil said:
I just hate that the high dollar coaches get away with manipulating the part-time refs. Just once I'd like to see every actual foul get called. Auburn strategy, like many of our other SEC opponents is to keep pushing, hacking, and hitting after the fouls pile up and dare the refs to keep blowing their whistles. Auburn was called for 9 fouls to 3 on TN. Pearl then screamed at the refs relentlessly to call the game equally at both ends while pointing out the discrepancy in called fouls. Refs were afraid to continue whistling Barn and make the difference even more one-sided which gave Barn a free pass to hack, push, chop, and grab even more. A few games need to be called with 50 versus 15 foul totals without repercussions to correct this.

CRB's strategy is to limit fouls and to keep the opponent off of the foul line until as late in the half as possible. Pearl is fine with that as it skews the perceived lack of fair treatment by the refs and staying off of the foul line isn't as big of a problem when you're a poor foul shooting team.

When the foul total is 3 to 9 in your opponent's favor and you've been getting the refs to hear your complaints, then you can start sending your best free throw shooting guards into the paint and expect the refs are now looking to call fouls to even up the foul totals. Refs need to be trained to tune out guys like Pearl demanding that they even up the called fouls. TN teaches their players to NOT foul. Pearl teaches his players to gain an advantage by disrupting dribblers and pushing smaller post players away from the basket. Only calling entire games by the rules and allowing huge foul total discrepancies will end this type of garbage basketball. It's amazing that by playing high disciplined, low fouling defenses puts that team at a disadvantage.

Refs and the SEC administration need to fix this but they probably won't touch it as long as the offices are in Birmingham. Physical basketball is always the style of play that the very best Alabama teams have embraced.
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Basketball is not a non contact sport. Sorry, I didn't see any of this. I saw a more aggressive team playing the passing lanes, taking advantage of lazy passes, and taking the ball away from players that are not strong with the ball. I also saw a team that could get any shot they wanted and get the offensive rebound almost every time. It was a complete man handling. I will say it again. If blaming the refs makes you feel better then more power to you.
 
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USAFgolferVol said:
Once again, Lane Kiffin had absolutely nothing to do with Pearl being investigated. Kiffin committed some minor infractions but nothing more than Fulmer had ever done. Pearl was investigated because the Crafts reported the incident

This assertion of yours has no credibility...except that it is what YOU think
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Your opinion. It's a fact that the NCAA ramped up the inquiries in all things UT as Kiffin's rogue tenure was putting on more steam.
 
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#94
It still amazes me how some UT fans hate Bruce now, with no appreciation for what he accomplished here.

Has he made mistakes? Yes
Did he bend rules? Yes
Guess what, just about all coaches bend the rules. Of coarse, most are minor compared to Will Wade or Sean Miller

Do I want him back? No. And I believe most of us who appreciate him realize that probably wouldn't work again.

He wins everywhere he goes, and like it or not haters, he is the best coach in the SEC
 
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Thunder Good-Oil said:
Your opinion. It's a fact that the NCAA ramped up the inquiries in all things UT as Kiffin's rogue tenure was putting on more steam.
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As I said, Kiffin wasn't doing anything worse than Fulmer had ever done. Nothing is fact about your claim. It's a false narrative created by the clueless
 
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ColinS said:
Basketball is not a non contact sport. Sorry, I didn't see any of this. I saw a more aggressive team playing the passing lanes, taking advantage of lazy passes, and taking the ball away from players that are not strong with the ball. I also saw a team that could get any shot they wanted and get the offensive rebound almost every time. It was a complete man handling. I will say it again. If blaming the refs makes you feel better then more power to you.
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And if you'd read the earlier posts you'd see my comment that shooting and rebounding was a bigger reason for losing yesterday. I also noted that it's a trend and was worse in previous games. If it makes you feel better to skip over some of the comments before making your snarky comments, more power to you.
 
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