I Never Thought I'd Find Myself...

#27
#27
toxicdonut said:
lmao at the people saying "spot on hat!". the same people who bash the guy repeatedly
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Gotta give credit where credit is due.

Nice post Hat. I actually posted something similar in the game thread. Something along the lines of "Steven Pearl has 0 talent, but he's playing harder than anyone on the floor wearing orange."
 
#30
#30
Rock33 said:
You guys act like he is afflicted in some way .... stop with the metaphors and just say - Great Job Steve ! One of the few Vols that live up to their potential every night ! Is that soooo hard ? Why does every compliment come with a "but he is too short, slow, white, etc" comment. Just say thanks for being there and doing your best.

Now if we could say the same for 4 or 6 other guys then we wouldn't be the worst fan base in the country (as reported here).
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Pretty good Post except you are a slow typing white guy. lol
 
#31
#31
I saw some quicks from this guy. Steven seems tentative. Maybe because he is the coach's son.
I say Steve screw it and take your shots and play like you belong. I believe he could do more but he hasn't tried to assume any role but subbing to rest starters.
Let her rip while you can.
GO VOLS!
 
#32
#32
Good thread Hat. Did wonders for your cred with naysayers. As much success as CBP has had, (20+ win seasons, exposure, & attendance), he has failed to bring in the talent needed to go to the "next level". Agree with you and the posters. S. Pearl is not the problem. Lack of talent, depth, and effort on the roster limits this team.
 
#33
#33
Pearl has no business playing D1, plain and simple. He'd be great in a smaller league with players closer to his talent level. I'd rather this team lose with an underperforming scholarship playing 24 minutes than a walk on dunk facial dummy playing.

For the hat slurpers I'll speak in his language, Pearl is deaf blind man's Dane Bradshaw.
 
#34
#34
UT IE 95 said:
Pearl has no business playing D1, plain and simple. He'd be great in a smaller league with players closer to his talent level. I'd rather this team lose with an underperforming scholarship playing 24 minutes than a walk on dunk facial dummy playing.

For the hat slurpers I'll speak in his language, Pearl is deaf blind man's Dane Bradshaw.
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Wow. Are you for real? You'd rather lose with players not giving a sh*t then lose with kids busting their a$$ for the University of Tennessee?

Am I missing something?
 
#35
#35
Its not Stevie's fault that Swiperboy doesn't know what the hell he is doing. Im willing to bet that if his name were Renaldo Jones he wouldn't even be on this team.
 
#37
#37
Hayezb said:
Wow. Are you for real? You'd rather lose with players not giving a sh*t then lose with kids busting their a$$ for the University of Tennessee?

Am I missing something?
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Someone could give there all for reasons other than to Represent the University of Tennessee by the way.
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#38
#38
hatvol96 said:
cast in the role of defender for any of the Pearl family. However, the comments the last day or so about Steve has placed me in that position. He's not playing because he's the coaches son. He's playing because Kenny Hall can't rebound or defend and Renaldo Woolridge can't do anything. Does he have any business in an SEC rotation? Absolutely not. However, he didn't assemble the roster that necessitates him playing. He at least shows up and scraps every night. That's a whole hell of a lot more than I can say for a number of his more talented and highly touted teammates. On the list of this team's problems, Steve Pearl's minutes rank about #466.
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I understand your point, and agree with your post up to the last, bolded sentence. Pearl has some size, he rebounds and bangs, and he tries. The fact that we have to give him meaningful minutes, though, is a large part of what is wrong with this team, either because we don't have anyone better or because the guys who should be better aren't getting anything done.
 
#39
#39
Teeman said:
Good thread Hat. Did wonders for your cred with naysayers. As much success as CBP has had, (20+ win seasons, exposure, & attendance), he has failed to bring in the talent needed to go to the "next level". Agree with you and the posters. S. Pearl is not the problem. Lack of talent, depth, and effort on the roster limits this team.
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LOL, funny how its CBP's lack of "bringing in talent" that is the problem. OH I get it, he should have "brought in" a life coach for Tsmith, and a doctor for Eman. Duh!!
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#40
#40
One thing is for certain, well actually two. I agree that S. Pearl does bring the best he has to bring when called on to do so, and secondly, I know you would not bother posting this if you were not sincere about it.He sure could work on that free throw form though.
 
#41
#41
RollerVol said:
I saw some quicks from this guy. Steven seems tentative. Maybe because he is the coach's son.
I say Steve screw it and take your shots and play like you belong. I believe he could do more but he hasn't tried to assume any role but subbing to rest starters.
Let her rip while you can.
GO VOLS!
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Now here's an idea. Considering the circumstances of late. There are times where if I was Steve, I'd have shot the ball already. Now I don't know that you and I and VN will like the results if he starts jacking them up, but if I was him, I'd shoot.
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#42
#42
Hayezb said:
Wow. Are you for real? You'd rather lose with players not giving a sh*t then lose with kids busting their a$$ for the University of Tennessee?

Am I missing something?
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First, you lose with either option at this point. So I'd rather have someone with actual potential getting experience and game time than someone that has already hit their performance ceiling "giving his all".

At least with the scholarship player we have some chance of future improvement through experience.

Steve's the kind of player you plug in to make a point to the better players. You don't put him in for over half a road SEC game.
 
#43
#43
On the list of this team's problems, Steve Pearl's minutes rank about #466.[/QUOTE]

Hat, I'm glad everybody is finally getting it. Should he be playing that many minutes no, but know no one else on the team has stepped up. I have been saying it for weeks on here. Hopson and Woolridge is who we should be questioning there playing ability. So far neither one looks to be all that good; I had a thread a couple weeks back tell me one thing Woolridge does well other than rap. Hopson has flashes then disappears. He is Vincent Yarbrough softer version 2.0. If Pearl isn't playing those minutes what are we gonna do let Woolridge play 30 min and do absolutely nothing on either side of the ball. :eek:k:
 
#44
#44
He doesn't shoot the ball because he clearly understands his role on this team and his personal limitations. He plays hard and physical. He is not a talented D1 player and knows it. He plays as hard as he can and gives it all he has. He trys to help the team and not hurt it while he is on the court. It's unfortunate for him that he has to be put in this role, but he trys to contribute all he can. If everyone on the team cared and played as hard as he does, we would be a much better team.
 
#45
#45
Orangekush423 said:
Now here's an idea. Considering the circumstances of late. There are times where if I was Steve, I'd have shot the ball already. Now I don't know that you and I and VN will like the results if he starts jacking them up, but if I was him, I'd shoot.
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He clearly doesn't like to shoot. You can tell he wants no part of shooting FTs. It's reflected in the Mendoza style percentage.
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#46
#46
UT IE 95 said:
First, you lose with either option at this point. So I'd rather have someone with actual potential getting experience and game time than someone that has already hit their performance ceiling "giving his all".

At least with the scholarship player we have some chance of future improvement through experience.

Steve's the kind of player you plug in to make a point to the better players. You don't put him in for over half a road SEC game.
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As a coach you take heart and hustle over under achieving talent all day long...Obviously Bruce believes this as well. He sat Scotty Hopson on the bench this last game and let him earn his time and Scotty played his best game in a while.

Woolridge is not in a grove. S. Pearl knows he cant shoot that great and his free throws are horrid. But you know he is getting better every game with more and more experience.

He is the coaches son and if you were Bruce and you had some talented players who were doing more standing around then playing basketball, you would do the same. When Pearl gets in the game he plays very unselfish. He sets great picks on and off the ball and makes pretty good passes on offense and plays pretty good defense on guys who are a lot more talented and bigger than him.

Bruce got handed some bad cards with some of these players and like it was said earlier...He can't get a life coach to follow these guys around all day to make sure they are doing the right things...

He has lost Ramar, Duke, Tabb, Negedu, T.Smith. That is pretty tough to bounce back from with a bunch of walk-ons yet those "Walk-Ons" played with "HEART" and have won 20 games this year! So yeah if those guys were still on the team than Pearl probably would not see the floor...but neither would Woolridge, Bone, Hall, or Mcbee.

I understand that you would like a Scholarship player to be playing....I would too! But when they are not performing you have to make some changes and that is what Bruce has done. If I was one of those Scholarship players I would be busting my hump knowing that some walk-on is breathing down my throat for PT...but it obviously has not happened that way...

It seems to have lit a fire under Scotty last game. Besides his freshmen year I would bet that was probably Scotty's first game in a long time that he has not been in the starting rotation. I think it makes people appreciate the opportunity more when you take them out of the game and make them watch...Heck I always thought JP played better coming off the bench too...
 
#47
#47
hatvol96 said:
cast in the role of defender for any of the Pearl family. However, the comments the last day or so about Steve has placed me in that position. He's not playing because he's the coaches son. He's playing because Kenny Hall can't rebound or defend and Renaldo Woolridge can't do anything. Does he have any business in an SEC rotation? Absolutely not. However, he didn't assemble the roster that necessitates him playing. He at least shows up and scraps every night. That's a whole hell of a lot more than I can say for a number of his more talented and highly touted teammates. On the list of this team's problems, Steve Pearl's minutes rank about #466.
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I guess I've had my head in a hole for a day and didn't see this. This is exactly right and I couldn't agree more.
 
#48
#48
m37bruno said:
As a coach you take heart and hustle over under achieving talent all day long...Obviously Bruce believes this as well. He sat Scotty Hopson on the bench this last game and let him earn his time and Scotty played his best game in a while.
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As a coach that will put you in the unemployment line. You better get the talent on the floor playing up to their ability. Having Pearl playing up to his ability in long stretches of games will take numbers from the left column and put them in the right.

And yeah, he really sat Scotty on the bench last game. He played 31 minutes - that'll teach him a lesson.
 
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