Bruce Pearl case calls for a suspension

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LawVol13 said:
They hate him because he's not there. You're kidding yourself if you don't think they'd take him back.
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No they wouldn't. Right or wrong Memphis fans feel like they had a pretty good program before he got there and that they will be fine without him. There was also a vocal minority of Memphis fans who knew Cal was crooked and would get them in trouble again. On the other hand they absolutely love Josh Pastner.
 
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Chick is about the least intelligent sportswriter I've ever seen/heard/read speak... I think we have a Darwin Award candidate here folks...
 
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I never realized assinine NCAA rules should be treated as gospel. He had a few recruits in his home. Somehting that shouldnt even be a violation. And how dare he lie to NCAA investigators!!!!!!! OMG
 
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BigOrangePassion1 said:
I never realized assinine NCAA rules should be treated as gospel. He had a few recruits in his home. Somehting that shouldnt even be a violation. And how dare he lie to NCAA investigators!!!!!!! OMG
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Yea, no one expects that the rules exist for any reason than to be completely ignored. Every coach should lie when questioned by the NCAA investigators. Is there really any other way to respond? Pearl should have been given a salary increase for his lie, rather than having salary reduced. Perhaps, his going back and telling the truth is the real reason for his salary reduction. Having unethical coaches makes all supporters of UT athletics extremely proud.
 
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BasketvolsFan said:
Yea, no one expects that the rules exist for any reason than to be completely ignored. Every coach should lie when questioned by the NCAA investigators. Is there really any other way to respond? Pearl should have been given a salary increase for his lie, rather than having salary reduced. Perhaps, his going back and telling the truth is the real reason for his salary reduction. Having unethical coaches makes all supporters of UT athletics extremely proud.
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The rule is unethical. A coach should, and shoould be allowed to have recruits in his home. There is absolutely nothing wrong with it. I dont blame him for breaking the rule and dont blame him for lieing about it. Because its a stupid rule.
 
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BigOrangePassion1 said:
The rule is unethical. A coach should, and shoould be allowed to have recruits in his home. There is absolutely nothing wrong with it. I dont blame him for breaking the rule and dont blame him for lieing about it. Because its a stupid rule.
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really? You're arguing for a coach to be able to pick and choose which rules to follow based upon whether he thinks they're stupid. That's awesome.

What on earth makes the rule unethical? Is it because someone was lieing (sic)?
 
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BigOrangePassion1 said:
The rule is unethical. A coach should, and shoould be allowed to have recruits in his home. There is absolutely nothing wrong with it. I dont blame him for breaking the rule and dont blame him for lieing about it. Because its a stupid rule.
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I'm sure you'd take the same approach to this if a coach other than your hero had done the exact same thing.
 
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If Pearl gets suspended, then I will understand. The guy broke a rule, and then flat out lied to the NCAA about it. IMO, the only reason his concience made him eventually tell the truth is because he knew that he was busted. I am the biggest Vol fan in every sport, so I am not trolling or trying to bash the program. However, I don't really understand the outrage of some of these ESPN columnists. John Calipari has gotten 2 programs in trouble after he left. Where is the outrage there? Marcus Camby took several thousand dollars from a couple of boosters at UMASS. Derrick Rose had a guy take an ACT (or SAT?) for him. Shouldn't a guy like Coach Cal be suspended? I think it is crazy for coaches like Calipari, K. Sampson, Tarktanian, Jim Harick, ect. to keep getting jobs, while their former programs are left holding the bag. Once again, I think that Pearl should be suspended (1 year= Tony Jones as interim), but I don't understand how Cal isn't being criticized. He (Cal) has eligibility issues with at least 1 of his current freshmen. The Bledsoe situation is still being investigated. I don't like the double standard.
 
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There is no double standard when it comes to having lied to the NCAA. Cal may have many issues, but he has never been charged with unethical conduct because of having lied to the NCAA--major difference between him and Pearl.
 
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You don't think that Cal has lied to the NCAA. I would say the difference is that Cal didn't have a photograph that clearly documented his lies. I understand what you are saying though. JMO. LIfe just isn't always fair.
 
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Comment: Whoa, hold your horses Jemele. He admitted, not got caught then fessed up. It's not like he's paying kids to play ball I.e. Calapairi and that dudes still coaching. Why have I nvr seen u harp on any other rule breaking coaches? Seems to me u have a personal vendetta against Pearl, with ur two page dribble that reads like it belongs on a UKY blog site. Way to lose all credibility Jemele. If anything, Pearl is teaching his players a lesson that when u mess up, u fess up and not keep the lies going. Way to get the pot stirring though, maybe Calapairi will give u a job as a propaganda writer for CatzPaw.
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I sent this to that c. Word. Hopefully she gets it, if not I will be forced to burn a matress
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Jake Tate said:
Comment: Whoa, hold your horses Jemele. He admitted, not got caught then fessed up. It's not like he's paying kids to play ball I.e. Calapairi and that dudes still coaching. Why have I nvr seen u harp on any other rule breaking coaches? Seems to me u have a personal vendetta against Pearl, with ur two page dribble that reads like it belongs on a UKY blog site. Way to lose all credibility Jemele. If anything, Pearl is teaching his players a lesson that when u mess up, u fess up and not keep the lies going. Way to get the pot stirring though, maybe Calapairi will give u a job as a propaganda writer for CatzPaw.
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I really like this one. Pearl lied to teach his players a lesson regarding admitting you lied after the fact. To tell a lie in the first place is fine, just be sure you fess up and don't keep the lie going, especially when you know you have been caught in the lie. A remarkable effort in teaching his players a lesson
 
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Jake Tate said:
If anything, Pearl is teaching his players a lesson that when u mess up, u fess up and not keep the lies going. Posted via VolNation Mobile
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BasketvolsFan said:
I really like this one. Pearl lied to teach his players a lesson regarding admitting you lied after the fact. To tell a lie in the first place is fine, just be sure you fess up and don't keep the lie going, especially when you know you have been caught in the lie. A remarkable effort in teaching his players a lesson
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Is that how you read it? Maybe you should take another look. I made sure to re-quote to give you another shot. I said, If anything, he is teaching his kids a lesson, that you dont wait until you get caught to tell the truth, you tell the truth bc it's the right thing to do.

I never said it was ok to lie, however, he obviously didnt think it was ok to lie either, bc he came back and told the truth. Without being caught. He did it bc he knew he had made a mistake. Just like you did when you misinterpreted my statement.

The reason I said it was bc that is something I teach my sons. Lying is never "ok", but if you tell the truth of your own free will without being caught, you will get in less trouble than if you get caught in a lie.

You still will get in trouble bc you lied in the first place, however, the punishment will be less severe than if I had caught you lying.

He conscious got the best of him, not the NCAA investigators.

Next time, try reading a bit more carefully, and not attack bc in your first glance through, you thought you saw something you could attack on.
 
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I guess the picture of recruits at his home had absolutely nothing to do with his sudden attack of a conscious. If he didn't think it is ok to lie, wonder why he lied?
 
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I find it incredible that any one tries to use this argument to justify his actions. Of course he would have had no reason to believe he had been caught in his lie. If he had gone back to them the same day, perhaps these folks could ride this horse a little longer.
 
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In my experience people lie if they think they can get away with it.....somehow he figured out he was going to get caught or why else come clean....I find it hard to believe he suddenly had a change of conscious
 
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Yankee_Vol said:
In my experience people lie if they think they can get away with it.....somehow he figured out he was going to get caught or why else come clean....I find it hard to believe he suddenly had a change of conscious
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Wow! This is groundbreaking stuff! Did you just come up with this or have you been holding out all month so's you could really zap us with your mind rays proper-like when we least expected? Ta-dow! to you, sir!
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