Bruce Pearl on PTI

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emainvol said:
He's been the coach for four damn years, that is nowhere near enough time to name him the greatest anything.
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And four damn years isn't enough time to compare him against the coaches that you have named. All four years, he has competed for an SEC title, he has been at or near the top of the SEC for as long as he's been here. Not to mention, that he currently has the longest active NCAA tournament streak in the SEC.

I like the guy, but I'm not a Pearl lover. I'm just telling the facts.
 
#77
#77
Mears was here 32 years ago. So, can we at least agree that Pearl is the best coach UT has had in the last 32 years?
 
#78
#78
Until Pearl got here, I was content doing my honey do list until it was warm enough to play golf. Now, I try to watch every UT game that comes on (which is a lot more than it used to be).
 
#79
#79
His teams have always finished 1st or 2nd in conference play. He has continued that winning tradition here. I realize that the SEC stunk this year, but if we always finish in the Top 2 in the SEC, then we will always be competitive nationally.
 
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ukvols said:
One year ago, most of VN was highly concerned that Pearl would leave us for someone like Indiana. We have also spent a lot of time discussing the possibility of him going to BC. Most of us were highly relieved when he decided to stay here instead of going to Iowa.

Now, after one season of ups and downs that was at times painful but resulted in our 3rd East title in four years, 4th consecutive finish above UK in the standings, and first trip to the SECT Final since '91, we are debating whether or not we would be better off without him.

Ridiculous. He gave us those expectations.
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It is ridiculous what some people expect out of this program. Pearl has hinted at it himself quite a few times during the season.
 
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Sudeepvol said:
And four damn years isn't enough time to compare him against the coaches that you have named. All four years, he has competed for an SEC title, he has been at or near the top of the SEC for as long as he's been here. Not to mention, that he currently has the longest active NCAA tournament streak in the SEC.

I like the guy, but I'm not a Pearl lover. I'm just telling the facts.
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All those coaches I named were in response to the question "what coach could do a better job with this exact team than Pearl has?"
 
#82
#82
No kidding. Look around the conference. At least we made the NCAAs. I don't want to always be in an 8-9 game, but I'll take this over an NIT any day. Going to the NIT after successive NCAA trips is really bad for a program's momentum. I think missing the NCAAs last year hurt Florida's confidence when they ended up in the same position on the bubble late in this season.
 
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ukvols said:
No kidding. Look around the conference. At least we made the NCAAs. I don't want to always be in an 8-9 game, but I'll take this over an NIT any day. Going to the NIT after successive NCAA trips is really bad for a program's momentum. I think missing the NCAAs last year hurt Florida's confidence when they ended up in the same position on the bubble late in this season.
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Agreed.
 
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emainvol said:
Ray Mears had the same winning percentage at Tennessee than Bruce Pearl does and a better career winning percentage. He also has three SEC championships. Pearl has the opportunity to match that, but until he does you don't have an argument.
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Pearl has a better winning percentage at Tennessee.
 
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#86
emainvol said:
Ray Mears had the same career winning percentage at Tennessee than Bruce Pearl does. He also has three SEC championships. Pearl has the opportunity to match that, but until he does you don't have an argument.
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By a whole .1% for his career (less than Pearl at TN). Two of his SECC's were shared (which means he has the same amount of REAL championships that Pearl does). Mears made the NCAA tournament a whole 3 times, compiling an astounding record of 0-4.
 
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emainvol said:
All those coaches I named were in response to the question "what coach could do a better job with this exact team than Pearl has?"
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You can't really answer that question. Just because there are better coaches out there does not mean they fit what the program needs at that time. When Pearl first got to Tennessee, we needed someone who could energize and market this program. Not everyone on that list could do that. Plus, let's take into consideration that Tennessee isn't exactly the premier coaching job in college basketball. The likes of Roy Williams and Bill Self are not attainable.
 
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dickens821 said:
By a whole .1% for his career (less than Pearl at TN). Two of his SECC's were shared (which means he has the same amount of REAL championships that Pearl does). Mears made the NCAA tournament a whole 3 times, compiling an astounding record of 0-4.
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Great. When Pearl is at Tennessee for 16 years and picks up two more shared SEC championship, you'll have an argument. He still won't be near as important to the program.
 
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Sudeepvol said:
You can't really answer that question. Just because there are better coaches out there does not mean they fit what the program needs at that time. When Pearl first got to Tennessee, we needed someone who could energize and market this program. Not everyone on that list could do that. Plus, let's take into consideration that Tennessee isn't exactly the premier coaching job in college basketball. The likes of Roy Williams and Bill Self are not attainable.
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Getting Bill Self after ORU would have been very possible. But he would have eventually left for somewhere like Kansas, anyway.
 
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emainvol said:
Great. When Pearl is at Tennessee for 16 years and picks up two shared SEC championships, you'll have an argument
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Jerry Green had a shared SEC championship. That tells you all you need to know about how important those are.
 
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dickens821 said:
Jerry Green had a shared SEC championship. That tells you all you need to know about how important those are.
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Jerry Green's career at Tennessee was pretty similar to Bruce's. If you want to make the comparison, you should be fair.
 
#94
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emainvol said:
Jerry Green's career at Tennessee was pretty similar to Bruce's. If you want to make the comparison, you should be fair.
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Jerry Green's talent was vastly better than any talent Pearl has had so far. I also seem to have forgotten any years JG won 30 games, or any years where he won an outright SECC
 
#95
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emainvol said:
It wouldn't matter if Bruce Pearl had won 80% of his games, he doesn't have as many SEC Championships as Ray Mears.
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In the amount of time Pearl has been at Tennessee, he's won the SEC 25% of the time...Mears, if you include shared championships, 20%.

Again, if we're going to have this argument, you can't just say Mears has 3 championships and Pearl has 1. The length of time obviously matters and the best way to settle that is though efficiency ratings.
 
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Sudeepvol said:
In the amount of time Pearl has been at Tennessee, he's won the SEC 25% of the time...Mears, if you include shared championships, 20%.

Again, if we're going to have this argument, you can't just say Mears has 3 championships and Pearl has 1. The length of time obviously matters and the best way to settle that is though efficiency ratings.
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I addressed this in another post.
 
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dickens821 said:
Jerry Green's talent was vastly better than any talent Pearl has had so far. I also seem to have forgotten any years JG won 30 games, or any years where he won an outright SECC
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So you are telling me the only thing separating Jerry Green from Bruce Pearl is a 30 win season and an SECC?
 
#98
#98
Also, there is absolutely no one on this board that watched Tennessee basketball in the 2000-2001 season that can honestly say that this season didn't invoke those memories.
 
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