Bruce Pearl costed us this game

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Janie, welcome aboard.

Come tournament time Pearl will have to find more creative ways to keep Lofton involved with the offense.

One thing that I will give Tubby Smith credit for is that the same player rarely beats him twice. He knows how to coach defense.

Our Vols look like they just need a little rest. I really agree with Lawgator on that one. A first round bye in the SEC tourney is just what the doctor ordered.
 
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(janie @ Mar 2 said:
Thanks. I'm glad I finally posted something. Wow, I'm suddenly scared to end any word in "ed"!
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Welcomed Aboard!
 
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(janie @ Mar 2 said:
I've been lurking on this board for quite a while, but I simply had to jump in here.

I'm a born Kentucky fan; Vol fan due to having lived in Knoxville for 6 years. Although I'm back in Lexington, I've really fallen in love with this group of UT kids. I was going to UT basketball games when nobody was even turning up for SEC games. The fan showing was pathetic. I'm absolutely thrilled for these guys, and it is 100% due to Bruce Pearl and his sytem of play.

I was as stricken by this loss as anyone else, however, I'm able to see this from both sides. Tubby is not a fantastic coach. He's not the best recruiter, and the title "McDonald's All-American" does not guarantee a great college career for a player. However, I am willing to bet that UK's showing in the NBA would be much more impressive if Tubby's players were the product of a more upbeat, highlight-reel-worthy style of play. Also, all those 10 loss seasons aren't exactly impressing the pants off the scouts. Tubbyball is bad for the players, bad for the school, the fans, and the SEC as a whole. Kentucky needs to do well. They're the flagship SEC program. Like it or not, Kentucky buys the SEC a lot of media attention and national TV audiences that the conference may not otherwise have. I'm 100% behind getting rid of Tubby. He's just not the great coach the hype would have you believe.

As for the loss last night, I honestly believe that it was the product of both offensive and defensive execution problems on the part of the Vols. UK isn't a great shooting team. They were simply going unopposed. The fact that the Cats only won by 2 is a real testament to what a fantastic coaching job Pearl did last night. It could have been much uglier. I would much rather deal with last night's loss and have them learn something than go into the SEC tourament making the same mistakes in executing their system. I think the kids really learned something last night, and we'll see an exclamation point on the end of this season next weekend. The kids really need a good showing in Nashville to pump them up for the Big Dance. The team we see in the SEC tournament is the team that's going to show up when it really counts.

My basketball motto has always been It Doesn't Count 'til March!

GO Vols (and cats, too. but not 'til we get rid of Tubby, mmmkay?)!
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Given that he had the Hawks and Sixers jobs for the taking, the NBA GMs are obviously pretty impressed with how Tubby develops and coaches his personnel.
 
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Just imagine how tired your legs would feel after having to go through this season. Heavy I guess. Also you can go to the adrenalin well just so many times and quench that thirst. Like I said at the beginning of the season...Its a long way til March and we have oh so few players. Here is hoping we can make it the rest of the way. Need a little breath of fresh air, something to get the players going again.
 
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(janie @ Mar 2 said:
Tubbyball is bad for the players, bad for the school, the fans, and the SEC as a whole. Kentucky needs to do well. They're the flagship SEC program. Like it or not, Kentucky buys the SEC a lot of media attention and national TV audiences that the conference may not otherwise have. I'm 100% behind getting rid of Tubby. He's just not the great coach the hype would have you believe.
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Janie..first off welcome aboard...

Second, you're as bad as the fire Fulmer crowd. Tubby is great for the SEC and I could list numerous stats to support this. One bad season and suddenly he cant coach? I'm not buying this and most would tell you he's a top 7 or so Elite Coach.
 
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(Orangewhiteblood @ Mar 1 said:
Costed?
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LOL the grammar ruined the credibility of that post as much as the subject. LMAO

Ahm wunnerin if'n tha dood e'en saw da game. Orta be n one dem ar Aingleesh claisses.
 
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(BHAMVOLFAN @ Mar 3 said:
Ahm wunnerin if'n tha dood e'en saw da game. Orta be n one dem ar Aingleesh claisses.
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The saddest thing is that I understood every bit of that. :blink:
 
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(Orangewhiteblood @ Mar 1 said:
The way I see it, we should be thanking our lucky stars for Bruce Pearl.

We have 20 wins with a tough RPI.

We broke the top 10 twice this season with a team that didn't even make it to the NIT last year.

We won the SEC East.

Our guys are ALL heart and they leave everything on the court.

We're going to the tournament.

We've swept UF, SC and UGA this season with a possible Vandy sweep.

We won AT Kentucky and Florida and Texas.

Pearl has been nothing but a publicity machine for the Vols and is doing a great job at getting the tradition back.

He's up for coach of the year.

Every player on the team has improved their game.

We have a top 10 recruiting class next year with some solid players..

I'm sure that there was a reason that Pearl didn't call that timeout. He's not an idiot. Kentucky just played a great game in the second half and that's the way the ball rolls sometimes.
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I think this post is a perfect way to end this thread....nice post OWB.... :post-20645-1119625378:
 
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(VolBeef88 @ Mar 1 said:
He is right. We need to fire CBP just like we need to fire CPF. Fans like this make me so proud!
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Your carzy about Coach Pearl. He is the best coach we have had in years. Now Phillip on the other hand is a different story. Its about his time to go.
 
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Your carzy about Coach Pearl. He is the best coach we have had in years. Now Phillip on the other hand is a different story. Its about his time to go.
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dang it i swore this was a Bruce Pearl thread. Not another one of the millions of the fulmer bashing threads.


NO THREAD IS SAFE FROM THE FULMER BASHERS
 
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