I've Had It

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#176
hatvol96 said:
No, he doesn't.
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I don't know the records and can't find them anywhere. I realize he has a losing record against them and has lost 3 of the last 4. I don't know how Mears finished against them. I'm sure he had a pretty good record. Devoe may have done well too...That being said, we have hung in there with KY since Pearl has been here.

You seem to be of average to above average intelligence from what I've seen. Surely your reasoning for wanting Pearl's head is not related to the performance of his teams. I want a final four appearance as bad as the next guy, but considering UT's history, that seems like an unfair standard.
 
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#177
WesternKyVol said:
I don't know the records and can't find them anywhere. I realize he has a losing record against them and has lost 3 of the last 4. I don't know how Mears finished against them. I'm sure he had a pretty good record. Devoe may have done well too...That being said, we have hung in there with KY since Pearl has been here.

You seem to be of average to above average intelligence from what I've seen. Surely your reasoning for wanting Pearl's head is not related to the performance of his teams. I want a final four appearance as bad as the next guy, but considering UT's history, that seems like an unfair standard.
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Jerry Green's record against Kentucky is better than Pearl's.
 
#178
#178
hatvol96 said:
Jerry Green's record against Kentucky is better than Pearl's.
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Pearl has beaten Kentucky every year but one. I'll take it. ...Jerry Green sucks and you know it. You are right about winning percentages against the Wildcats, but --morals held constant-- I don't think even you would want Green over Pearl. I am cool with you knowing the record book, but if you are trying to fit that into a larger point about Pearl's skill as a coach, I don't really know what to say. Pearl is the first coach in my lifetime to make UT basketball fun.

I did not enjoy Houston's ineptitude, O'Neill's style, attitude and mediocrity, Green's embarrassing waste of riches, or Buzz's lovable losing. Pearl, until his lying, made it fun to be a Vol basketball fan. If he loses his job because of his lying, I will be disappointed but understanding. Any other reason would be Ludacris.
 
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#179
WesternKyVol said:
I don't know the records and can't find them anywhere. I realize he has a losing record against them and has lost 3 of the last 4. I don't know how Mears finished against them. I'm sure he had a pretty good record. Devoe may have done well too...That being said, we have hung in there with KY since Pearl has been here.

You seem to be of average to above average intelligence from what I've seen. Surely your reasoning for wanting Pearl's head is not related to the performance of his teams. I want a final four appearance as bad as the next guy, but considering UT's history, that seems like an unfair standard.
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Ya, and a program like Oregon will never play in the football National Championship. Money makes the world go round.
 
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#181
WesternKyVol said:
An obscure-ish program is the football runner's up--let's fire our basketball coach.
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Not really my point. I never said I wanted him fired, I'm just saying with the money we throw at our basketball program we deserve at the very least what we've gotten from Pearl. If Pearl can't take us to a final four, show him the door. Pearl is a very good coach, but our facilities and payroll are fitting of a great coach.
 
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WesternKyVol said:
An obscure-ish program is the football runner's up--let's fire our basketball coach.
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The Oregon reference was solely to prove that history doesn't really matter if your program/donors put money into it. Honestly, Oregon came from even less.
 
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IA VOL said:
How about you let the rest of the season play out first?

There were a TON of these posts last year as well (after losses of course) and that season ended up in the Elite 8.
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Most of the posts last year were criticisms of Peral, not calls for his dismissal. In fact, most of the huge arguments were back and forths of the "Pearl sucks!"/"How can you want him fired, he's the best thing to happen to UT basketball!"/"I didn't say I wanted him fired, I want him to do a better job"/"How can you criticize him, do you want to go back to Wade Houston?" variety. There were dozens of threads like that.

This year, most of the posts are calls for his dismissal.

If OWH has turned on Pearl, then there's been some sort of a sea change.
 
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#185
Vercingetorix said:
If OWH has turned on Pearl, then there's been some sort of a sea change.
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Sorry but I have a little trouble giving too much clout to a knee jerk response a little over halfway through the SEC season.

How about we see a whole body of work, i.e. the entire season before we judge the season as a whole.
 
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#186
Yankee_Vol said:
Pearl should have been gone before the season started anyway and we wouldn't be having this conversation
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I know, we would be reading posts about a what a big mistake it was to let Pearl get away. Our won/ loss would be at about 8/13 (would not have played as many
games in the NIT). It will be funny to watch you hatophiles in the future if Pearl is replaced. We don't have the maturity or consistancy that would be nice to
have at this time of year. I have watched every game
this year and don't recall Bruce missing even the first
layup or three pointer. Most of you couch coaches have
probably never even played team ball let alone coached
a game.:eek:lol:
 
#187
#187
the question becomes ' how far do you sell out ' ?

we've already sold out, by still keeping a coach employed even though he clearly lied and deceived....

we, as a fanbase, are like that moderately attractive guy who gets in a relationship with a model..... at first, it's a torrid love affair, everyone loves each other and the sun shines 24/7.... Then one day she reveals she's cheating on you, but still loves you and wants to be with you, and because you think to yourself ' she's a model and the best I'll ever do, so lets give her another shot ' you're stuck in fantasyland thinking everything is cool, despite signs of the obvious....

this team is in shambles. they have no presence when it's crunch time and sometimes I scratch my head wondering if Bruce just rolls a ball out at practice, blows a whistle and screams ' do what you do' .... It's incredibly frustrating to watch this talent get wasted and not realize it's potential....

ive wanted Bruce gone since the revelation and I know that makes me an idiot to some on here. But, don't forget, we've had coaches be successful at UT not named Pearl, and in the modern time period too.... I'm just tired of people giving Pearl a free pass, because ' he's the best this program can do, EVERRRRR ' and spreading that propaganda to others....
 
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utvolpj said:
how many don't? OSU seems to have reloaded just fine as does UK. There are plenty of examples
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Pearl has been building us to the calibur of program that will do this. How easy it is to forget that we have been
irrelavent since 1942 and you want a storied program in
just six years. Gonzaga probably will not go to the big
dance this year. (I bet their fans are already emailing the AD to find a replacement). :eek:lol::eek:lol::eek:lol:
 
#191
#191
orange+white=heaven said:
People seem to want to think I've said this because we lost to Kentucky.

I have simply come to the conclusion that Tennessee is not going to improve beyond the level at which it is now with this staff.

Change does not guarantee further success(see UT football)... but if you are not striving to go next level, you certainly will not.
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We can strive to go to the next level, but, with the expectations the fans have and ready to ditch their coach after having one under achieving year you can
take it to the bank that a two million salary will not
guarantee a trip to the promised land. When Pearl is gone and the curtains are back up maybe you guys will
be happy.
 
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Those of you who want to stay with Pearl are going to get your wish. It's clear Hamilton is firmly in support of Bruce.... and I don't think the ncaa is going to drop the hammer on UT.

I'm convinced now, after some years to watch, that he's a better salesman than coach. I believe others are coming to that conclusion as well. I appreciate his work at Tennessee. Not my call of course, but I'd make the change.

It's a change in thinking for me. Sometimes you just suddenly see things differently.
 
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#193
If the NCAA suspends him for a year, I say just fire him. Him not being there for a year and then coming back wouldn't be any better than getting someone brand new.
 
#196
#196
I wish we would get the letter of inquiry from the NCAA. We would then know if there are any other issues out there that we don't already know about. What we have is bad enough, but there may be more.
 
#197
#197
Help me - I'm lazy.

Does anyone here have any educated guess of the likelihood that Pearl won't be at UT next year?
 
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IA VOL said:
Sorry but I have a little trouble giving too much clout to a knee jerk response a little over halfway through the SEC season.

How about we see a whole body of work, i.e. the entire season before we judge the season as a whole.
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You clearly have not reading the board very long or carefully if you're calling anything OWH writes as "a knee jerk response."
 
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orange+white=heaven said:
Those of you who want to stay with Pearl are going to get your wish. It's clear Hamilton is firmly in support of Bruce.... and I don't think the ncaa is going to drop the hammer on UT.

I'm convinced now, after some years to watch, that he's a better salesman than coach. I believe others are coming to that conclusion as well. I appreciate his work at Tennessee. Not my call of course, but I'd make the change.

It's a change in thinking for me. Sometimes you just suddenly see things differently.
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I came to the same conclusion two years ago when he "attacked" a much shorter Oklahoma State by having his team -- the worst 3-shooting team in the tourney, IIRC -- jack up over 30 threes. I reconsidered last spring, when necessity forced him to shelve his system and play a half court game, and he rode that all the way to the Elite Eight. He did a magnificent job dealing with the entire situation last year. But not only has he not built off that this year, instead his team looks less organized and well coached than probably any of his entire tenure. And that's saying something. The lack of effort is inexcusable.

Throw in the NCAA hammer hanging over the program and I too am ready to move on.
 
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Vercingetorix said:
I came to the same conclusion two years ago when he "attacked" a much shorter Oklahoma State by having his team -- the worst 3-shooting team in the tourney, IIRC -- jack up over 30 threes. I reconsidered last spring, when necessity forced him to shelve his system and play a half court game, and he rode that all the way to the Elite Eight. He did a magnificent job dealing with the entire situation last year. But not only has he not built off that this year, instead his team looks less organized and well coached than probably any of his entire tenure. And that's saying something. The lack of effort is inexcusable.

Throw in the NCAA hammer hanging over the program and I too am ready to move on.
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That game pissed me off. Chism should have had 30 points in the post. Instead? Pearl let him shoot NINE 3-pointers.
 
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