Is the best of Bruce yet to come?

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allvol21 said:
so vd I have read plenty of your posts trying to discredit the opinions of other posters, but never actually saw you take a stance to wards the original post.

Do you think that the first 5 seasons of cpb tenure have been a success according to your standards?

Given the track record of the first 5 years do you think we have reason to believe the future is bright for the coming years for out basketball program under the direction of pearl?
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I like Pearl. I think that there is no denying his regular season success and the excitement that he has generated for the program. The media obviously loves him.

I think that he has done a good job this season. It could have easily gone in the crapper and it has not. However, there are weaknesses that have shown themselves (i.e., Auburn last year, last year’s SECCG, and post season play).

I am all for giving him another couple of years to see what he can do. I am not for anyone blowing smoke up my azz and pretending that he is the greatest thing that ever happened to NCAA basketball or that he is the only coach who would/could be successful at UT.
 
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VolDad said:
or that he is the only coach who would/could be successful at UT.
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If anyone thinks that he is the only coach that could be successful at UT they are illiterate. With that being said you have to remember that you said would/could in that sentence, the only thing missing is should. We could sit here and talk all day about the different coaches that would have huge success in Knoxville and we could also talk about touring a unicorn farm tomorrow. It is simply theoretic and a waste of time.

The fact is coach pearl is the hand we have been dealt and imo we've been dealt a full house. Not a royal flush by no means but definitely a good hand. Anyone that was a fan of Tennessee basketball in the era before pearl should be very appreciative of where he has brought this program, and extremely excited of where it is going in the future.
 
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VolDad said:
BS: IMO, in an attempt to discount his post season failures and group him with great coaches you made a statement of fact that you said was backed up by research. A statement that was proven wrong. So now you have back peddled twice. First claiming it was just semantics, and now claiming it was an opinion.

Don’t say stupid stuff then get surprised when you are called on it.
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again you think your being cute with your know it all attitude but your proving to more of dou.... In my opinion bruce is a great coach. from the great coach's records I looked at he is on track with them at the 5 year mark. I gave you two examples but that didn't fit your argument. No one was back pedling. but we are all glad you are here to verify everyone's wording all the way to punctuation is correct. volnation is greatful.
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I still love how there is all this Pearl bashing goin on......the man inherited a terrible basketball program. His first year was absolutely amazing....not much talent at all and he took us to the sweet 16. We have made it to the tournament all 5 years he has coached. ROY WILLIAMS walked into five star talent. BILL SELF walked into 5 star talent.....COACH K hell it took him a long time to build Duke up to a relevant program. It has taken Bruce Pearl 5 years to build a top 25 team every year. I'm sorry, but if i do remember correctly we had Ohio State by 19 in the second half and they came back. If we would have won this there prob would be zero *****ing....just whining and complaining about we should do this or should do that. I'm tired of the Pearl bashing. If you don't like Pearl then quit rooting for UT. His heart is 110% in the Tennessee program. We are ranked in the top 15 this year without our best player Tyler Smith. We lost 4 to a traffic stop although three are back now. We beat two number one ranked teams in the nation. NO ONE has done that this year. So i guess you should continue to bash Bruce Pearl. After all he does have a top 5 recruiting class this year and already has one for the year after. YOU SO CALLED VOL FANS never cease to amaze me. The man has put 22K in Thompson Boling for five years. Tennessee will make it past the sweet 16, but i wont be the one to say i told you so. The man can win with scrubs and walk ons. I guess i'm just sick of you all that ***** moan and cry over Pearl playing his son and not winning enough games. NEWSFLASH....we are pretty damn good this year people. 23-7 is pretty solid if you ask me. Bruce Pearl will win a national championship before his career is over.....WRITE IT DOWN.
 
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We better hope the best is yet to come. If the best of Bruce has already happened then we have some problems.
 
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I cant believe any tenn bball fan would bash Bruce Pearl. All the man has done is win 20 games a season and sellout tba numerous times. We couldnt sniff 20 wins a year or even think about selling out tba for a mens bball game before Bruce Almighty arrived in Knoxville.
 
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WooleyDooley2010 said:
I cant believe any tenn bball fan would bash Bruce Pearl. All the man has done is win 20 games a season and sellout tba numerous times. We couldnt sniff 20 wins a year or even think about selling out tba for a mens bball game before Bruce Almighty arrived in Knoxville.
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I'm not trying to be a jerk, but I could care less about how attendance at TBA is. I'd rather see more on-court results.
 
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golfballs03 said:
i don't think comparing Tennessee to programs like Kansas and UNC is very relevant.

But what about Coach K at Duke? Pearl's first 5 years have been a lot more successful than Coach K's were at Duke. Hopefully Pearl will be as successful in his 6th year
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Pearl can't "coach" though. He's a recruiter and a salesman. Big difference.
 
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lylsmorr said:
I'm not trying to be a jerk, but I could care less about how attendance at TBA is. I'd rather see more on-court results.
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I think we have. Pearl in a way has spoiled ut fans with his success and will probably become a victim of it. How can you say there hasnt been on court results. First of all we know he hasnt been working with the best talent in the sec. Heck most of the big time talent he has had isnt even part of the team anymore. Im amazed that winning 20 games a year and finishing 1st in the east every year but this one still results in criticism. Pearl has made tennessee mens basketball relevant again and thats because he WINS. You cant accomplish what he has in his 5 year run without coaching ability.
 
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For those of you who think Pearl is not a good enough coach for UT I would like to know who you would like his replacement to be? There is noone on the market as good as Pearl. If we got rid of Pearl we would be even more of a laughing stock as a fan base than we already are. I'm tired of the fair weathered, douche bag, negative fans on this board.

V,B
 
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VolDad said:
Then how do you account for example Roy Williams Winning 2 Regional Championships, playing in 2 Final 4’s, and 1 NCG within his first 5 years?
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He was left with some talent. He recruited some more and then won. But look at them this year
 
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I cant believe people or fans of the Vols would get on here and bash Bruce Pearl. Give me a break. Before Pearl this basketball was a joke. Not that he is here we are 20 plus wins a year. He is doing a great job coaching. If he was to leave that would be a great mistake on the Vols part.I think he is in the top 10 college basketball coaches there is/
 
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Volfan8282 said:
Pearl can't "coach" though. He's a recruiter and a salesman. Big difference.
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cant coach are you kidding me. We are the only team to beat a number one and a number two ranked team in the same year. I cant believe some of these stupid quotes you people are saying.
 
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WooleyDooley2010 said:
I cant believe any tenn bball fan would bash Bruce Pearl. All the man has done is win 20 games a season and sellout tba numerous times. We couldnt sniff 20 wins a year or even think about selling out tba for a mens bball game before Bruce Almighty arrived in Knoxville.
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UT never won 20 games in a season before Pearl?

The reason people appear to be bashing Pearl is because of others trying to compare his first five years to the first five years of guys that are all-time coaching legends and projecting him to have that kind of success. It's absurd.
 
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allvol21 said:
If anyone thinks that he is the only coach that could be successful at UT they are illiterate. With that being said you have to remember that you said would/could in that sentence, the only thing missing is should. We could sit here and talk all day about the different coaches that would have huge success in Knoxville and we could also talk about touring a unicorn farm tomorrow. It is simply theoretic and a waste of time.

The fact is coach pearl is the hand we have been dealt and imo we've been dealt a full house. Not a royal flush by no means but definitely a good hand. Anyone that was a fan of Tennessee basketball in the era before pearl should be very appreciative of where he has brought this program, and extremely excited of where it is going in the future.
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I have had a lot of forum conversation with Voldad (also known as "hatvol disciple"). It isnt that he isnt a fan or that he hates Pearl he just follows the opinions/views of hatvol who has a unrealistic view of college sports. These two seem to believe that Pearl should have walked into this bball program which was on life support and taken it to the final four the first year he was coach. They have yet to figure out that solid basketball programs are built not just thrown together. Sure sometimes coaches get lucky with the right personnel and coaching but for the most part it takes time to gain the type of consistency and national recognition that gets you playing to the level of competitivenss that you need to win a NC. Pearl is bringing us consistency.... most importantly in winning, but I also see him bringing consistency in recruiting where we are landing more blue chip athletes. Do I even need to talk about the national recognition issue. What Pearl has done for UT bball in regards to national recognition is remarkable. Just think five years ago the only thing on ESPN about UT bball was about the Lady Vols. Now we have one of the best venues in the country to televise a bball game and are beating beating the number 1 and 2 teams in the nation in the same season on national television.

So while Voldad and Hatvol talk about the coaching aspect and how Pearl should call games differently or switch out personnell (which by their posts its obvious they dont understand X's and O's), they fail to focus on the fact that Pearl continues to lay building blocks to a solid program's foundation. In other words its obvious to most of us that Pearl is a guy who needs no defense, is doing a remarkable job, and 99.9% of coaches out there couldnt do it any better.
 
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Bballvol said:
These two seem to believe that Pearl should have walked into this bball program which was on life support and taken it to the final four the first year he was coach.
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I can assure you no one on VN has ever stated that. If you're going to try and take a shot at someone just make sure you get your facts straight.
 
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Manvol said:
again you think your being cute with your know it all attitude but your proving to more of dou.... In my opinion bruce is a great coach. from the great coach's records I looked at he is on track with them at the 5 year mark. I gave you two examples but that didn't fit your argument. No one was back pedling. but we are all glad you are here to verify everyone's wording all the way to punctuation is correct. volnation is greatful.
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My Bad. I thought that we were talking “English”. I did not realize that we were speaking “Manvolese”.

Manvolese Dictionary

ALL [awl] – adjective: 1 (one) or more of a group
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#74
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Bballvol said:
Go look this up.....maybe it will help you.

Insinuation - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary

I love you literal types. Your like an english teacher on a web forum. Its as funny as some as their posts.
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I apologize for taking you literally (although there really was no wiggle room in your statement). That was the only part of your post I could comment on since the rest was kind of useless.

and it's "you're" and English should be capitalized
 
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