Negedu Story

#2
#2
Interesting that he gets better coaching there and understands the game better. Hope he has a great season.
 
#3
#3
Yeah, seemed a little bitter, or maybe it was the way the questions were posed...either way, I wish him luck.
 
#4
#4
I agree......don't really care for the way he answered some of those questions. But good luck nonetheless. Maybe we'll see them in the tourney if we're eligible! lol
 
#5
#5
"This is the best place for me," Negedu said. "When I heard that [news of the NCAA violations at Tennessee], I was like, wow. That's crazy. The teammates used to always talk about how they said Coach Pearl snitched on somebody years back, and now it happened to him. It was like what goes around comes around. I was like, 'Wow, that was crazy.' I talked to the guys on the team; Scotty [Hopson] … tells me about the crazy stuff. He said other coaches do stuff, but people that get caught pay the consequences."

Negedu is definitely bitter about what happened, but he is also not a guy who knows how to be anything but guileless when he speaks to the media. Definite cultural differences he can hide behind to a degree.
 
#6
#6
By March some gamblers can probably make money on the Lobos. They may lose several of the early games against good schools, but they should get stronger and stronger. They have the potential once Negedu and Gordon are playing together to have one of the better frontcourts in CBB.
 
#8
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MikeHamiltonFan said:
"This is the best place for me," Negedu said. "When I heard that [news of the NCAA violations at Tennessee], I was like, wow. That's crazy. The teammates used to always talk about how they said Coach Pearl snitched on somebody years back, and now it happened to him. It was like what goes around comes around. I was like, 'Wow, that was crazy.' I talked to the guys on the team; Scotty [Hopson] … tells me about the crazy stuff. He said other coaches do stuff, but people that get caught pay the consequences."

Negedu is definitely bitter about what happened, but he is also not a guy who knows how to be anything but guileless when he speaks to the media. Definite cultural differences he can hide behind to a degree.
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Give me a break. The guy told the truth, so he has to be hiding behind cultural differences? You never cease to amaze.
 
#13
#13
LawVol13 said:
Give me a break. The guy told the truth, so he has to be hiding behind cultural differences? You never cease to amaze.
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Lawvol it is okay if you have never traveled outside the country.

In the United States, people who grew up here usually avoid burning bridges by at the most making veiled digs.
Repeating that current players called Bruce a "snitch" is idiotic. His defense, which I accept, would be that he is from a radically different culture and was not aware that "telling the truth" in this context was dumb.
 
#14
#14
Negedu does show an unusual lack of respect or consideration for the people who saved his life. And, I'm puzzled by the fact that "everyone" went to Pearl's house all the time, yet there wasn't a family atmosphere. Sounds like every other transfer who's magically found Shangri-La after leaving some kind of personal hell.
 
#15
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MikeHamiltonFan said:
Lawvol it is okay if you have never traveled outside the country.

In the United States, people who grew up here usually avoid burning bridges by at the most making veiled digs.
Repeating that current players called Bruce a "snitch" is idiotic. His defense, which I accept, would be that he is from a radically different culture and was not aware that "telling the truth" in this context was dumb.
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"The teammates used to always talk about how they said Coach Pearl snitched on somebody years back..."

Do you enjoy making stuff up? Please find anywhere in the article Negedu said the players call him a snitch.
 
#16
#16
MikeHamiltonFan said:
Lawvol it is okay if you have never traveled outside the country.

In the United States, people who grew up here usually avoid burning bridges by at the most making veiled digs.
Repeating that current players called Bruce a "snitch" is idiotic. His defense, which I accept, would be that he is from a radically different culture and was not aware that "telling the truth" in this context was dumb.
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Telling the truth is never dumb. Interesting that even the players talk about Pearl being a snitch. Tells more and more about Pearl as a person.
 
#18
#18
BasketvolsFan said:
Alford's record will compare very favorably with Pearl. 30-5 last year isn't too shabby and he hasn't even had to lie to the NCAA.
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Yeah, he did so well when he had to play a real team in the NCAAs, too. The only reason he's ever made it past the first weekend is because he had the good fortune to coach against Jerry Green. Alford certainly does not compare favorably with Pearl.
 
#20
#20
Except at being willing to risk a kids life for a few W's, Alford definitely has Bruce hands down there...
 
#21
#21
DaDuRkEr said:
Except at being willing to risk a kids life for a few W's, Alford definitely has Bruce hands down there...
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Bruce is a better coach and I'm thankful for what he has done on the court, but Bruce is all about Bruce, not the kids.
 
#22
#22
The players would disagree. I think it is as much about Bruce being successful as it is anything, but to say he does not care about his players is not correct IMO. All the recruits and players talk about how our team is a family and any time adversity hits, they always unite like a family and pull through. I think Bruce values building these kids as people a pretty close second to getting them developed on the court so he can keep his 20 win season streak alive. lol
 
#24
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JZVOL said:
Bruce is a better coach and I'm thankful for what he has done on the court, but Bruce is all about Bruce, not the kids.
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I disagree based on the dozens of interviews on TV, websites, and newspapers where the players feel so inclined to say that Bruce has been much more than a coach to them. See Tyler Smith, for one.
 
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