Having Sufficiently Gloated, Some Serious Thoughts.

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#226
have any of you guys been able to shake down hat for any more information on whom UT has contacted?
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#227
#227
Just as long as the next head coach doesn't own an Orange Blazer. I love our orange and white... but Pearl's orange blazer was a bit much.:)
 
#228
#228
We will get a decent hire. That's it....there will be no "Big name." It will be much like hiring Pearl. We will know 3 years from now if it was a good hire or not.
 
#229
#229
tnvols72 said:
ESPNU blasted Hammy and so did Jay Williams.Maybe Tn wont lose the 2 Guards,Ware and Jones but Im still hearing Mcrae is gone.
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Both guards called Hamilton and asked if Pearl would be here to coach them. Hamilton replied that " Pearl Isn't
going anywhere ". He lied to them so both will want out
of their LOI.
 
#233
#233
VolinDawgland said:
Dead on. I see it and hear it in his interviews. His charisma papered over his shortcomings. Now he's just an average coach who sometimes wears a silly orange jacket who looks puffy and sweaty. He's lost his leadership of his team as well.

Thanks for the good times Bruce, best of luck in your new career whatever that might be!
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numbskulls--including many shortsighted UT fans--have been bashing him daily over this incident for, what, 12 months? Congratulations. Let's not complain when they hired a clean coach who can't win. I'm not defending what Pearl did, but everybody knows that you gotta push the envelope some to be competitive in this sport--Cal is a genius at not getting caught and rest assured he's done worse than Pearl. It's a pretty greasy sport. Calhoun got nailed with several major violations--and then got a slap on the wrist--a whopping 2-game suspension plus I think one lost scholly or somesuch.
 
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#235
HendersonVol said:
Perception wise, yes. But to say we are upholding integrity and honor because we are firing a coach is borderline goofy.

Turning a blind eye to it because it's not in the public eye is not upholding the ideas of honor and integrity.
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You hit it dead center again. Kudos
 
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#236
armchair said:
numbskulls--including many shortsighted UT fans--have been bashing him daily over this incident for, what, 12 months? Congratulations. Let's not complain when they hired a clean coach who can't win. I'm not defending what Pearl did, but everybody knows that you gotta push the envelope some to be competitive in this sport--Cal is a genius at not getting caught and rest assured he's done worse than Pearl. It's a pretty greasy sport. Calhoun got nailed with several major violations--and then got a slap on the wrist--a whopping 2-game suspension plus I think one lost scholly or somesuch.
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numbskulls had nothing to do with Pearl losing his charisma. Kharma did and it's a *****.
 
#237
#237
hatvol96 said:
1. Bruce Pearl's tenure at UT will be a net gain for the Tennessee Basketball brand. That's why he should get a check on his way out the door.
2. While I admit I enjoy seeing Pearl publicly eviscerated, Hamilton could have handled this better. The players deserved to play the season out without further distractions.
3. People who think Tennessee can't hire someone capable of sustaining Pearl's success and building on it are out of touch with reality. Find me a program with Tennessee's facilities and a 2.5 mil per coach that isn't winning.
4. UT has done a good job working the back channels already in the search for Pearl's replacement. This process is much further down the road than it appears outwardly.
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#4 just means Hambone's pulled his wish list of coaches out his desk drawer and read through them
 
#245
#245
HAT WANTS UT to hire back loser o'neil who couldnt beat a loser vcu team

go tell us how awesome Kevin is and or was and how he could do this and that....

so sick of it:whistling:
 
#246
#246
Roving gang of volnation is back and on the prowl. Calling people stupid in creative ways.

You wrote a diatribe showing that the university is upholding honor and integrity by firing Pearl. That is incredibly naive.

They are firing pearl because keeping him would harm the chance of winning games and making money in the future because of NCAA penalties.

College basketball is the furthest thing from upholding honor and integrity. If you think UT is isolated from that, you are naive. I'm not sure how to make that more clear.
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#249
#249
HendersonVol said:
Roving gang of volnation is back and on the prowl. Calling people stupid in creative ways.

You wrote a diatribe showing that the university is upholding honor and integrity by firing Pearl. That is incredibly naive.

They are firing pearl because keeping him would harm the chance of winning games and making money in the future because of NCAA penalties.

College basketball is the furthest thing from upholding honor and integrity. If you think UT is isolated from that, you are naive. I'm not sure how to make that more clear.
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No he didn't. He said we're not going to publicly flaunt that we have no integrity and that the image of our sports programs is immaterial to the university as a whole.
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#250
#250
BigPapaVol said:
No he didn't. He said we're not going to publicly flaunt that we have no integrity and that the image of our sports programs is immaterial to the university as a whole.
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Read it again. Pearl is being fired because his actions didn't hold up the honor and integrity, among other things, of the university. Take up for him if you will. His stance is goofy and naive. If you think lying about illegal contact with a recruit is the worst rule that Pearl or any other coach in basketball has broken, you are naive.

Pearl is being fired because business wise the NCAA is going to cause his future employment to do more harm than good to our basketball program. If you think we fired coaches for breaking rules, Fulmer would have lasted about 2 months.
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