Bruce Pearl Suspended

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#251
bnhunt said:
Really? Why don't you ask Wade Houston, Kevin O'Neill or Buzz Peterson about that.
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Read an earlier post: With the facilities, fanbase, money, recent success, and recruiting base, we can be successful without Bruce.
 
#252
#252
Lexvol said:
If the school dedicates the resources, it absolutely can have a consistent top 20 program. It is all about what they are willing to pay.
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I really can't fathom that we've sunk all the money we have into the bball program in the last 5 years only to go back to a Wade Houston like coach if Pearl is fired/resigns/dies/taken to heaven in a flaming chariot/swallowed up by the ground.
 
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#254
OaklandTnVol said:
Never said it was a minor slip in judgement. It doesn't mean he is a bad person or a pathological liar and deserves to be burned at the stake either.
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You think cheating on your wife for several months makes you a good person? Interesting. :unsure:
 
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#255
hatvol96 said:
Yeah, we really paid the going rate to hire Houston, Green, and Peterson. I love people acting like paying K Mart wages had nothing to do with our awful basketball hires.
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With the talent we have on our roster and our recent success, there might be a chance some good coaches would be interested in the job. However, NCAA sanctions will play a role in how attractive the job is. Also, like you're saying, Tennessee will have to be willing to pay.
 
#256
#256
hatvol96 said:
Yeah, we really paid the going rate to hire Houston, Green, and Peterson. I love people acting like paying K Mart wages had nothing to do with our awful basketball hires.
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Maybe you should be an adviser to the UT board on all hiring decisions. You obviously are way smarter than everyone here and at UT.
 
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#258
bnhunt said:
Really? Why don't you ask Wade Houston, Kevin O'Neill or Buzz Peterson about that.
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Would that be the Kevin O'Neill who has been a head coach in the Big 10, the NBA, and now the PAC 10 since he left Knoxville? Yeah, flat killed his career.
 
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#259
hatvol96 said:
Yeah, we really paid the going rate to hire Houston, Green, and Peterson. I love people acting like paying K Mart wages had nothing to do with our awful basketball hires.
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So you aren't a fan of blue light specials?
 
#261
#261
JZVOL said:
So the AD that hired (and ran off KO) is still at UT?
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What a novel concept. Someone that hated basketball isn't here anymore. Despite all of Hammy's flaws, the one thing he has done is put money into basketball. He actually cares about its success.
 
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#264
tclowers23 said:
That hire isn't really working out either, huh?
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It's working out great, but to assume that he could hire a good coach is questionable with Mike. People forget that a hire has to be made by an AD, and we have an AD that has missed on Kiffin and the baseball coach.
 
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tvols75 said:
Outside of Pearl, he hasn't made a good hire.
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I thought we were talking about basketball. The investment in the BB program has totally changed since Dickey left.

This is a much better job than it was 5 years ago. Much credit goes to Pearl and some to Hamilton with the facility upgrades.
 
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#268
OaklandTnVol said:
Weird, I didn't see that comment in my post.
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Just sayin. You feel Bruce is still a good person because he told one lie. I'm tellin you, he's told more and has shown very little capacity to spill the whole truth.
 
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#269
JZVOL said:
I thought we were talking about basketball. The investment in the BB program has totally changed since Dickey left.

This is a much better job than it was 5 years ago. Much credit goes to Pearl and some to Hamilton with the facility upgrades.
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But we are still talking about the same AD. He hired Raleigh and Kiffin, enough said.
 
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#270
zjcvols said:
Read an earlier post: With the facilities, fanbase, money, recent success, and recruiting base, we can be successful without Bruce.
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Fanbase and money haven't changed significantly in the last 20+ years. It was always present in Knoxville. As for recent success, we had that when Jerry Green left and it did not translate to Peterson AT ALL. Our "recruiting base" is due to Pearl, so there is absolutely no guarantee we hold on to that perceived base without CBP. I will concede that the facilities have definitely improved.

Don't get me wrong, I don't think CBP is the only coach who can be successful at UT, but it's certainly not a slam dunk (pun intended) that any coach will be successful.
 
#271
#271
Well Hammy. The feather in your cap that kept you as AD is molting. While you're updating your resume, better cross off 'hired Bruce Pearl' and substitute 'had a $4 million surplus'.
 
#272
#272
tvols75 said:
It's working out great, but to assume that he could hire a good coach is questionable with Mike. People forget that a hire has to be made by an AD, and we have an AD that has missed on Kiffin and the baseball coach.
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I don't think people are forgetting that the AD hires coaches.

:ermm:
 
#273
#273
zjcvols said:
Let's say this: The blind loyalty the guy is receiving makes me scratch my head. I don't know if the next guy can. He'll have a great opportunity because, right now, UT is a great place to coach basketball (thanks, in large part, to Bruce Pearl). But like I said, my point is that he really hasn't done anything transcendent, but people are willing to risk a postseason ban to keep him. That, that's just sad.
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He has for us is the problem with your post. Transcendent means better, superior, unequaled or unmatched. Who else took us to the elite eight at UT? I don't have a blind loyalty. I see what is happening. I never said he shouldn't be fired. I just am saying it would be a bigger risk and more costly than keeping him. We have a good coach who, by all indications, wants to be here. And because of the cut in his salary due to what has happened, we actually have him at a better deal.
 
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#274
OaklandTnVol said:
Maybe you should be an adviser to the UT board on all hiring decisions. You obviously are way smarter than everyone here and at UT.
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If the concept that paying competitive wages greaty increases your chances of hiring talented personnel is so revolutionary to you, being smarter than you is no great feat.
 
#275
#275
zjcvols said:
Read an earlier post: With the facilities, fanbase, money, recent success, and recruiting base, we can be successful without Bruce.
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zjc, you are all over the map bro! We had the facilities, the fanbase, the money with ONeill, Green and Buzz....um, how successful were we?

I disagree with the recruiting base and the success, upgrading of the facilities and increased fanbase are all due to Bruce.

I'm not saying that Bruce is the ONLY coach that can be successful, but too many UT fans think the next hire WILL produce instant success that Bruce had. It may happen but history and odds say that it won't.
 
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