It Hurts So Much

[Ari Silverstein]

Attended UT during the height of the Ray Mears Era. Entertaining, competitive, zany, passionate basketball. Watch a game, walk across the parking lot, smoke a doobie, hit the sack. Sleep through morning class.

Coach Mears, bi-polar? Manic depressive? The Vol Network grew and grew. The Vols outgrew the Armory-Fieldhouse, moving to Stokely Center in Mears' fifth season. Game nights in Knoxville became "must-see" events.

He brought magic to Vol hoops, with players on unicycles, with warm-ups to the strains of "Sweet Georgia Brown," and the band marching around the court. Mears in his orange coat. :dance2:


The drought lasted forever it seemed. Then along came Bruce Pearl. :ermm:

I couldn't have been more excited.:clapping:We'll play BBall again, turn up the ORANGE; GO VOLS!!! :loco:

It's all over.

Like terminal cancer, can't wait for this to end. :cray:

Bruce Pearl, you broke my heart and at my age, I ain't got much heart left to break.

 

[YankeeVol]

Cool story bro :thumbsup:

 

[Ari Silverstein]

Cool story bro :thumbsup:

Thanks. I'd fallen in love again. :frown:

EAGLE EYE CHERRY - FALLING IN LOVE AGAIN LYRICS

 

[NOLA_VOL]

Gotta love the jacket though!

 

[VolGraduate]

Didn't realize you were that old
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[MUR73]

Didn't realize you were that old
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Ouch!!

 

[Daddy Gee]

Like terminal cancer, can't wait for this to end. :cray:

Bruce Pearl, you broke my heart and at my age, I ain't got much heart left to break.

yep .. cancer w/ a treatment that's going to take another year at least .. it's uncertain if the patient will survive the treatment though ..

to their credit, I think the powers that be on the Hill realize that UT needs a circus-like atmosphere to fill the tommy bowl .. w/o a ringleader like mears/pearl, only the hardcore BB fans will show up at 9 on a tuesday nite ..

 

[peyton=legend]

Yeah there's nothing like lying about a barbeque that really makes me think less of a person.... COME ON! I mean were there strippers at this barbeque or was there blow at his barbeque, is that what makes it so bad? THe NCAA needs to keep there minions doing something all the time no matter how small it is. We as UT fans should not lose respect for Pearl just because he lied about a barbeque. Give me a break!

 

[UneducatedGuess]

Yeah there's nothing like lying about a barbeque that really makes me think less of a person.... COME ON! I mean were there strippers at this barbeque or was there blow at his barbeque, is that what makes it so bad? THe NCAA needs to keep there minions doing something all the time no matter how small it is. We as UT fans should not lose respect for Pearl just because he lied about a barbeque. Give me a break!

This. Jesus in heaven. This.

 

[volroadwarrior]

For all of you trolls and anti Pearl guys. Be careful what you wish for.

A BB program like our pre Pearl teams need a promoter to kick start us to BB prominence. We don't have the tradition in BB like the North Carolinas, Dukes, Kentuckys, Kansases, etc. to attract top talent and support. The path to the top is rocky and there are missteps and problems. But if we want to get there, we have to have not only good coaching, but do things to attract the best players and fans. Except for this temporary set back, I believe Pearl is our guy.

 

[JZVOL]

If only it were just about a BBQ.

 

[SLOBBER_KNOCKER_U]

Yeah there's nothing like lying about a barbeque that really makes me think less of a person.... COME ON! I mean were there strippers at this barbeque or was there blow at his barbeque, is that what makes it so bad? THe NCAA needs to keep there minions doing something all the time no matter how small it is. We as UT fans should not lose respect for Pearl just because he lied about a barbeque. Give me a break!

LOL This! I agree
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[Velo Vol]

Attended UT during the height of the Ray Mears Era.

Sadly, you'll never be a college-aged student again, regardless of who is coaching.

 

[ThePearlNecklace]

Yeah there's nothing like lying about a barbeque that really makes me think less of a person.... COME ON! I mean were there strippers at this barbeque or was there blow at his barbeque, is that what makes it so bad? THe NCAA needs to keep there minions doing something all the time no matter how small it is. We as UT fans should not lose respect for Pearl just because he lied about a barbeque. Give me a break!

+10000000000000000000!!!!!
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[Supravol22]

Yeah there's nothing like lying about a barbeque that really makes me think less of a person.... COME ON! I mean were there strippers at this barbeque or was there blow at his barbeque, is that what makes it so bad? THe NCAA needs to keep there minions doing something all the time no matter how small it is. We as UT fans should not lose respect for Pearl just because he lied about a barbeque. Give me a break!

:rock:

 

[99gator]

If only it were just about a BBQ.

what else is there? i am really curious, because people allude to so many things about pearl, but never mention them.

i am a gator fan (obviously). i have always liked pearl, so in that sense i am biased.

however, if all there is happens to be what is already known (having a bbq and lying about it), i would stand behind pearl if he was a gator.

basketball recruiting is beyond corrupt. makes football recruiting look like an honorable endeavor. the aau leagues, aau coaches, shoe company stuff, and "handlers" in basketball are really pitiful.

if this is all pearl has done, it is less offensive to me than stuff i have heard has gone on at a lot of places that is technically legal.

 

[VolsFan4Ever-11]

I don't think that it's so much the BBQ, as to lying and Pearl trying to cover his ass. If he had just be honest from day one about the whole BBQ ordeal, then it would've probably just been some sort of secondary violation. JMO. After Pearl got caught, thats when he "tries to do the right by telling the truth" but that doesn't work. It was pretty much a i've been caught, lets see if i can cry and get out of it. There wouldn't have been too much said about this, i don't think if he has just been honest with the AA from the very beginning.
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[NYYVol]

what else is there? i am really curious, because people allude to so many things about pearl, but never mention them.

i am a gator fan (obviously). i have always liked pearl, so in that sense i am biased.

however, if all there is happens to be what is already known (having a bbq and lying about it), i would stand behind pearl if he was a gator.

basketball recruiting is beyond corrupt. makes football recruiting look like an honorable endeavor. the aau leagues, aau coaches, shoe company stuff, and "handlers" in basketball are really pitiful.

if this is all pearl has done, it is less offensive to me than stuff i have heard has gone on at a lot of places that is technically legal.

It would have stayed as "just about a bbq" if Pearl could have just been honest.

Hard to fathom for some around here.
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[Ari Silverstein]

If only it were just about a BBQ.

You can't throw facts, truth and reality in the face of the delusional. They simply refuse to face them. :crazy:

 

[Ari Silverstein]

Didn't realize you were that old
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I'm not. I'm much older. :blink:
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