Oregon to target Pearl?

#131
#131
SaintBruce said:
I watched a 3 hour show on the brackets and they literally talked about every game except the UT-SDSU game.

That's how much airtime our winning has gotten us.
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Maybe you miss the times when Pearl is on the Jim Rome Show or PTI every few weeks.
 
#132
#132
SaintBruce said:
Too bad you don't understand that without the showmanship this program is going to fall flat on it's face. We needed it to get where we are, and to stay where we are.
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Wrong. Showmanship is short-term and hollow if there are no wins to back it up. We don't need it to stay where we are. BP has toned down, or at least appears to, the showmanship.
 
#134
#134
JZVOL said:
Wrong. Showmanship is short-term and hollow if there are no wins to back it up. We don't need it to stay where we are. BP has toned down, or at least appears to, the showmanship.
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I have not seen the body paint in a while.
 
#136
#136
tvolsfan said:
I've been to all of those places but Stanford. I like Arizona. I'm not sure how Berkley beats Eugene.
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Not impressed with Berkley at all. Never been to Eugene, but cannot imagine it being much less impressive than Berkley.
 
#137
#137
SaintBruce said:
We'll see BPV.


You will get your wish sooner or later, and then we will see who is right.
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My wish is Elite 8 and beyond. I want our current coach to do that. Vindication for him and for us. I think this next recruiting class is a huge step in that direction. Some of the subtle (and not so subtle) changes we've seen this year are hopefully showing somewhat of a new approach to winning in the dance.

I think you mistake my worldview. I think our coach has made UT a viable elite program contender. We can move that forward or stagnate. I don't view backward as likely. I view forward as the only acceptable route.

IMO and from by former business, the guy that does all the heavy lifting in making a product work is rarely the guy to take that product to the promise land. Requires different skills and different mindset. That's not saying CBP can't do it. That's saying it's tough to go from rah-rah to demanding of players what it takes to win.

Frankly, I hope like all hell he does it. Don't take my arguments to mean that I don't want him here or hope he takes that next step. I want him here to the extent I believe he takes that next step.
 
#139
#139
BigPapaVol said:
My wish is Elite 8 and beyond. I want our current coach to do that. Vindication for him and for us. I think this next recruiting class is a huge step in that direction. Some of the subtle (and not so subtle) changes we've seen this year are hopefully showing somewhat of a new approach to winning in the dance.

I think you mistake my worldview. I think our coach has made UT a viable elite program contender. We can move that forward or stagnate. I don't view backward as likely. I view forward as the only acceptable route.

IMO and from by former business, the guy that does all the heavy lifting in making a product work is rarely the guy to take that product to the promise land. Requires different skills and different mindset. That's not saying CBP can't do it. That's saying it's tough to go from rah-rah to demanding of players what it takes to win.

Frankly, I hope like all hell he does it. Don't take my arguments to mean that I don't want him here or hope he takes that next step. I want him here to the extent I believe he takes that next step.
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Perfectly said, and I agree 100%. I honestly think UT would have a tough time getting someone better. I think we could, but we would have difficulty with it. That being said, we should in no way be content to have a ceiling of Sweet 16 and pay elite money for it.
 
#140
#140
BigPapaVol said:
My wish is Elite 8 and beyond. I want our current coach to do that. Vindication for him and for us. I think this next recruiting class is a huge step in that direction. Some of the subtle (and not so subtle) changes we've seen this year are hopefully showing somewhat of a new approach to winning in the dance.

I think you mistake my worldview. I think our coach has made UT a viable elite program contender. We can move that forward or stagnate. I don't view backward as likely. I view forward as the only acceptable route.

IMO and from by former business, the guy that does all the heavy lifting in making a product work is rarely the guy to take that product to the promise land. Requires different skills and different mindset. That's not saying CBP can't do it. That's saying it's tough to go from rah-rah to demanding of players what it takes to win.

Frankly, I hope like all hell he does it. Don't take my arguments to mean that I don't want him here or hope he takes that next step. I want him here to the extent I believe he takes that next step.
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Very, very well said!!
 
#142
#142
BigPapaVol said:
IMO and from by former business, the guy that does all the heavy lifting in making a product work is rarely the guy to take that product to the promise land. Requires different skills and different mindset.
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I'm not sure what your former business was, but unless it was coaching, do you mind giving a couple relevant examples because I can't think of any.
 
#144
#144
getyopopcornready said:
Question. Why do you have a personal distaste for Pearl? Is it because of ethics? Then why do you like Calipari and BCG?
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Just because the NCAA recognizes one as worse doesn't mean it actually is worse. I'm sure many coaches across the country cheat in some ways to get better players. That's bad, but in my opinion, it's not as bad as taping a teenager's conversation and using it to rat out another program.
 
#147
#147
utvolpj said:
one that comes to my mind is Johnny Majors
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I wasn't alive for most of Majors tenure, and I was too young to remember the end, but was it really that certain he couldn't win? He did have 2 SEC titles in the 3 years before getting fired and he certainly had some very good seasons towards the end of his career.
 
#150
#150
tvolsfan said:
I wasn't alive for most of Majors tenure, and I was too young to remember the end, but was it really that certain he couldn't win?
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No. That's also why Majors is a bad example.

Not to mention the program had already been to the "promise land" 5 times before Majors was hired.
 
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