But I thought we were going to get a better coach?

[NEO]

Pearl made mistakes, kinda like Tressel.

We'll see if Tressel is fired because Pearl did more for UT basketball than Tressel ever did for OSU football. OSU was already a household name.

 

[gorockytop101]

Because Pearl was nothing special and we had the money and the new facilities and we were a great basketball program before Pearl got here.

I mean, Pearl was garbage. Trash. He only got us to the number one spot, back to back sweet sixteens, and the Elite 8 for the very first time in our basketball history.

Aren't we all glad that piece of trash is gone now?

Is everyone on that long list of Pearl haters happy now?

Is this the great coach you expected to walk through the doors?

Because it isn't. The great coach left. He was just fired.

Pearl raised the profile of the Tennessee job in 5 of his 6 years.

In his last year, Pearl ruined himself and trashed the progress the university had made on a national stage.

Do you not understand that?

 

[NEO]

Could you give an example of some colleges that have "dealt with the situation and moved on?"

Buckeyes are doing it right now as we speak.

It's called spin control.

Top AD's can do it. Our moron in charge just falls on the sword.

 

[orange4life8]

You people seriously amaze me. He turned a horrible team around in only his second year and continued that success this year. Quit whining and get behind your coach or get a new team because your negative attitudes are not what Tennessee needs right now. BTW this is the coach whose team came within one foul call of beating Tennessee in the NIT season tipoff when we were playing good basketball.

 

[Vercingetorix]

Any time a poster references that two-day #1 ranking as a reason for keeping Pearl, I know immediately that he's a bandwaggoner who doesn't know a damn thing about basketball.

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[CaliVol2009]

who cares, dude? We were #1 in the country for 36 hours back in 2008.

this

 

[tvolsfan]

Buckeyes are doing it right now as we speak.

It's called spin control.

Top AD's can do it. Our moron in charge just falls on the sword.

Tressel is screwed.

 

[gorockytop101]

Buckeyes are doing it right now as we speak.

It's called spin control.

Top AD's can do it. Our moron in charge just falls on the sword.

Let's see. There was a press conference. Ohio State assessed penalties. The NCAA hasn't finished its investigation, and there hasn't been a ruling. I fail to see where the situations differ.

 

[Volstylexx]

A better man and better coach is now on board.

wow. candidate for dumbest post of the year

 

[IPorange]

Buckeyes are doing it right now as we speak.

It's called spin control.

Top AD's can do it. Our moron in charge just falls on the sword.

So the only example you have is a program that is where we were in September, exactly?

 

[NEO]

this

Elite 8.

Back to back sweet 16's.

Number one.

You forget the other two that never happened under ANY coach before and won't happen again.

We're back to being a football school.

Plain and simple.

Sorry you people can't realize that.

 

[leeroyphi136]

any time a poster references that two-day #1 ranking as a reason for keeping pearl, i know immediately that he's a bandwaggoner who doesn't know a damn thing about basketball.

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+10000

 

[gorockytop101]

Elite 8.

Back to back sweet 16's.

Number one.

You forget the other two that never happened under ANY coach before and won't happen again.

We're back to being a football school.

Plain and simple.

Sorry you people can't realize that.

He also turned also turned all that success into a f***ing dumpster fire.

 

[IPorange]

Elite 8.

Back to back sweet 16's.

Number one.

You forget the other two that never happened under ANY coach before and won't happen again.

We're back to being a football school.

Plain and simple.

Sorry you people can't realize that.

1. Want to make a bet about Elite 8's or number ones never happening again?

2. We were never not a football school.

 

[NEO]

Tressel is screwed.

BS.

This will be handled and moved on.

You have to hit a player running down the sidelines or lose to Michigan to get fired there.

He hasn't done either.

They also actually have a real AD and not an idiot like ours.

 

[trevols81]

Because Pearl was nothing special and we had the money and the new facilities and we were a great basketball program before Pearl got here.

I mean, Pearl was garbage. Trash. He only got us to the number one spot, back to back sweet sixteens, and the Elite 8 for the very first time in our basketball history.

Aren't we all glad that piece of trash is gone now?

Is everyone on that long list of Pearl haters happy now?

Is this the great coach you expected to walk through the doors?

Because it isn't. The great coach left. He was just fired.

Cracker.

 

[hatvol96]

wow. candidate for dumbest post of the year

Why? Do you have evidence that Martin is a lying adulterer who fails to pay his debts?

 

[gorockytop101]

Pearl wouldn't have been able to coach for TWO SEASONS. Do you not understand this little fact?

 

[Vercingetorix]

BS.

This will be handled and moved on.

You have to hit a player running down the sidelines or lose to Michigan to get fired there.

He hasn't done either.

They also actually have a real AD and not an idiot like ours.

OSU went from a two-game suspension to almost half a season almost immediately without the NCAA saying boo. They are scared shatless.

 

[NEO]

1. Want to make a bet about Elite 8's or number ones never happening again?

2. We were never not a football school.

What you wanna bet?

I bet we don't go back to back sweet 16's and an Elite 8 within the same time period it took Pearl and I'll even give you an extra year because I want you to have some chance. I also wont throw in the number 1 either.

Call the bet.

 

[PoochPunt3rdDown]

Look, Neo. As the guy who gave you your screen name, let me break this down for you.

A. Most of us loved Bruce.

2. Then he lied.

c. We were ready to forgive him and move on.

d. He violated the "bump" rule, tried to cover up a failed drug test by one of his players, and gave too many free tickets to a player making said player pay the money back.

5. We all said, "what the hell? Is he out of his ever-loving mind?"

6. He got fired for just cause.

I was one of Pearl's biggest fans. Remember everyone? I even called myself a Pearl Slurper after hatvol named me that. I was totally on board with Pearl getting fired. Anyone not on board with that must be morally bankrupt or in the insurance business.

11. Neocon, you're fired.

 

[tvolsfan]

BS.

This will be handled and moved on.

You have to hit a player running down the sidelines or lose to Michigan to get fired there.

He hasn't done either.

They also actually have a real AD and not an idiot like ours.

Tressel is absolutely screwed.

 

[treedogvol]

Because Pearl was nothing special and we had the money and the new facilities and we were a great basketball program before Pearl got here.

I mean, Pearl was garbage. Trash. He only got us to the number one spot, back to back sweet sixteens, and the Elite 8 for the very first time in our basketball history.

Aren't we all glad that piece of trash is gone now?

Is everyone on that long list of Pearl haters happy now?

Is this the great coach you expected to walk through the doors?

Because it isn't. The great coach left. He was just fired.

yeaepper::banghead2:me toopcorn:

 

[shyster]

2. We were never not a football school.

That's a shocker.

 

[OrangeInKy]

Are some of the posters in this thread going to follow Pearl (provided he gets another job) to his new locale?

They will go back to ignoring UT bball until Cuonzo wins 20 next year
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