Coach of the Year

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I may just have my orange goggles on but I think Pearl is a lock for SEC coach of the year. My question is, does anyone think he has a good shot at national coach of the year. If we keep this up then I think it could be between him and Roy Williams considering the Tarheels are going to make the tournament despite losing their top seven scorers from last year, starting three freshmen, and having a freshman sixth man. What do you all think?
 
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I think BP is a lock for SEC coach of the year....

National, it'll be tough....but he's on the short list for sure.
 
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Heck, there's now way in Hates that anyone other than Pearl recieves SEC Coach of the Year honors.

A good SEC/NCAA Tourney showing easily puts him within consideration for National Coach of the Year.
 
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yeah, we get to the sweet 16 or beyond, it's going to be tough not to give it to him...
 
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I think he has a shot, but he won't get coach of the year...i am sure it will go to some east coast team. Great job having a great season with 5 All americans on the floor each night. Must have been tough.
 
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(thunder5 @ Feb 16 said:
I may just have my orange goggles on but I think Pearl is a lock for SEC coach of the year. My question is, does anyone think he has a good shot at national coach of the year. If we keep this up then I think it could be between him and Roy Williams considering the Tarheels are going to make the tournament despite losing their top seven scorers from last year, starting three freshmen, and having a freshman sixth man. What do you all think?
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I Love North Carolina Basketball & I Love Tennessee In All Their Sports, So As Long As Pearl Or Williams Gets It Ill Be Happy
 
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Seth Davis of CNN/SI named Dane Bradshaw to his "All-Glue" Team...which I thinks refers to players who lack outstanding ability but make up for it in heart and detrmination. Here's what Davis had to say -

Dane Bradshaw, 6'4" junior guard/forward, Tennessee
When Bradshaw finished his sophomore year, he was the Vols' backup point guard. Then Bruce Pearl galloped into town and told Bradshaw he could start but would have to play power forward. Bradshaw's reply: Put me in, Coach! Bradshaw has started all 21 games this season while averaging 6.4 rebounds. Bradshaw still leads the team in assists with 4.3 per game, and he has a moxie that well suits his fiery new coach. Before Tennessee's game at Memphis on Jan. 18, Bradshaw, a Memphis native, made an unfortunate remark referring to all the "gangbangers" who live in the city. That caused quite a stir on game night, but Bradshaw went out and scored a career-high 21 points to go along with 10 rebounds, four assists and five steals in the Vols' nine-point loss.

He also gave his top 10 coach of the year candidates a few weeks ago-

10. Karl Hobbs, George Washington
9. Thad Matta, Ohio State
8. Ben Howland, UCLA
7. Greg McDermott, Northern Iowa
6. John Beilein, West Vir
5. Jay Wright, Villanova
4. Billy Donovan, Florida
3. Bruce Weber, Illinois
2. Bruce Pearl, Tennessee. It's hard to recall an instance where a coach came into a moribund program and did a better job applying the defibrillator. The pressing, running style Pearl coaches used to define the SEC, but now it stands out as creative and anomalous. Even more impressive is the way Pearl has sparked the fans to fill up UT's massive arena, even before the Vols rose to 13th in the rankings.
1. John Calipari, Memphis
 
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(jakez4ut @ Feb 16 said:
I think BP is a lock for SEC coach of the year....

National, it'll be tough....but he's on the short list for sure.
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If it keeps going, I think he's got the inside for national, too. Who's done better?
 
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I think Roy Williams will get a serious look when you take in to account what they lost and how young they are....Coach K is in there....the guy at GW.....the guy at Nova.....

I think BP has done a whale of a job and should get it....if for no other reason, this is HIS coaching that is making the difference. Not HIS players....expectations vs. results, no one has done better.....but i think it will take a deep run in the NCAA....he's top 5 easy right now...

Plus, people will look at the SEC as having a down year....that may be a knock....when you consider what RW has done at UNC in the ACC or the guy at Nova in the Big East etc....

not saying he doesn't deserve it, but just saying, there are others out there too that will get, and should get, a serious look.....
 
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(jakez4ut @ Feb 16 said:
I think BP has done a whale of a job and should get it....if for no other reason, this is HIS coaching that is making the difference. Not HIS players....
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Not only that, but doing it with the players that didn't even make the NIT last year and are missing two of their better players in Crump and Scooter.

Coach K and Williams have a lot of talent to work with, young or not. I'm not saying our guys aren't talented, just not as talented.

Should be Pearl who wins it...
 
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pearl deserves it much more then roy williams.

last year they were national champions, and yes they lost a lot, but they have a lot of talent that in a year or two may be champions. they would need a better record for roy to win imo.

pearl took 14-17 to right now 19-3.
 
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I agree...but UNC and RW will get a serious look 'cause it's UNC...and they did lose all that talent...that's all i'm saying....

I think BP should get it...no one has done more of a turnaround job in bball this year....but if we have a 1 and done in the SEC, and a 1 and done in the NCAA's, well, let's just say there's a lot of bball left....
 
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(crazyguy @ Feb 16 said:
when do they vote on coach of the year? that would factor into this i would guess...
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Most of them are voted on at the end of the regular season. Pearl, Calipari, Wright, and Howland have done jobs worthy of NCOTY. Guys like Tom Crean, John Thompson 3, Tim Floyd, and Andy Kennedy have also done admirable jobs.
 
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You think if Pearl wins coach of the year it will get him more money at Iowa? :blink: :p
 
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I'd have to give it to Pearl over Williams...Roy will be a Hall of Famer coach and has done a great job with all the young talent this yr..but most didn't expect this from UT.
 
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(vol_freak @ Feb 16 said:
You think if Pearl wins coach of the year it will get him more money at Iowa? :blink: :p
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Freak... :disappointed:
 
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