Don Devoe speaks out about Pearl

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"it has certainly marred the image of Tennessee men’s basketball."

And here I was thinking all his successors until Pearl did a pretty good job of marring the image of UT men's basketball. Apparently ol Don forgets Wade, Kevin, Jerry, and Buzz tanked the program.
 
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UT IE 95 said:
"it has certainly marred the image of Tennessee men’s basketball."

And here I was thinking all his successors until Pearl did a pretty good job of marring the image of UT men's basketball. Apparently ol Don forgets Wade, Kevin, Jerry, and Buzz tanked the program.
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Bruce is about to do the same.
 
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UT IE 95 said:
"it has certainly marred the image of Tennessee men’s basketball."

And here I was thinking all his successors until Pearl did a pretty good job of marring the image of UT men's basketball. Apparently ol Don forgets Wade, Kevin, Jerry, and Buzz tanked the program.
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That has nothing to do with what he says, and you know that.
 
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Not slamming Devoe but did he ever knowingly bend or break a rule to gain an advantage in recruiting? I did not keep up with b-ball during his tenure.
 
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UT IE 95 said:
"it has certainly marred the image of Tennessee men’s basketball."

And here I was thinking all his successors until Pearl did a pretty good job of marring the image of UT men's basketball. Apparently ol Don forgets Wade, Kevin, Jerry, and Buzz tanked the program.
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Two different ways of "marring the image of UT men's basketball". I personally think Pearl's problems is worse. I am not a Pearl basher by any means, but this cannot be erased. Winning can make people forget losing, but blatantly cheating is a different story.
 
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fromtheparkinglot said:
Not slamming Devoe but did he ever knowingly bend or break a rule to gain an advantage in recruiting? I did not keep up with b-ball during his tenure.
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I have a hard time believing he did based on the places he coached. Of course I was too young to really pay attention to his whole career
 
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Did Devoe bring in Bernard King? If so, are we suppose to believe we landed him cleanly? That was one of the biggest recruiting coups of that decade if I am not mistaken. This is just purely speculation of course, can someone with more knowledge of that era enlighten this board?
 
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UT IE 95 said:
"it has certainly marred the image of Tennessee men’s basketball."

And here I was thinking all his successors until Pearl did a pretty good job of marring the image of UT men's basketball. Apparently ol Don forgets Wade, Kevin, Jerry, and Buzz tanked the program.
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How did Green tank the program with 4 straight NCAAT appearances?
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volsfan75 said:
Two different ways of "marring the image of UT men's basketball". I personally think Pearl's problems is worse. I am not a Pearl basher by any means, but this cannot be erased. Winning can make people forget losing, but blatantly cheating is a different story.
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Lying got Bruce busted. Not cheating. Very different.

I'd rather have a coach that lies and wins than one that's a saint and a loser.
 
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What he's saying may be true, but it doesn't need to be said. He shouldn't be throwing stones at Pearl after Bruce welcomed him back to the university.
 
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Kingston Vol said:
What he's saying may be true, but it doesn't need to be said. He shouldn't be throwing stones at Pearl after Bruce welcomed him back to the university.
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why doesn't it need to be said? And if Devoe had to be "welcomed back" then that kinda reflects on badly on UT doesn't it?
 
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utvolpj said:
I have a hard time believing he did based on the places he coached. Of course I was too young to really pay attention to his whole career
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I wasn't born until 89. He was pretty successful here. People like Bob Knight respect him, so I doubt he did much cheating.
 
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fromtheparkinglot said:
Did Devoe bring in Bernard King? If so, are we suppose to believe we landed him cleanly? That was one of the biggest recruiting coups of that decade if I am not mistaken. This is just purely speculation of course, can someone with more knowledge of that era enlighten this board?
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King played for Mears
 
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UT IE 95 said:
Lying got Bruce busted. Not cheating. Very different.

I'd rather have a coach that lies and wins than one that's a saint and a loser.
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Yeah, until he gets caught lying and looks like he's about to get serious sanctions.
 
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