Pearl guilty but still the best option for TN (Parrish)

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#27
VOLNBAMA said:
Bruce is a terrible x's and o's coach
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It's better to split it up into components:

-Bruce is one of the best at scouting opponents and putting in game plans that are difficult to deal with. Despite all his antics, and cheerleading, and marketing, this is really his bag: tricky tactics that make life very difficult for the opponent and are difficult to answer.

-Bruce is terrible at in-game adjustments.

-Bruce is inexplicably married to the flex offense, which I don't think serves him well.
 
#29
#29
NYYVol said:
What factors prevent UT from hiring a very good coach?
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same things that kept UT from hiring a "name" football coach. If MH couldn't bring in a "name" football coach with the tradition and success we've had in football....

someone please tell me how he could bring in a "name" coach in basketball ?

simply put. he can't.. he won't. Fire Bruce. Fire MH... then maybe we get an AD who can bring one in, but under the current administration it simply isnt going to happen.
 
#30
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StepCross said:
1. Poor judgment on the part of the administration.

2. The fact that it's very difficult to tell which vaguely successful coaches at the mid-major level actually have all the skills it would take to succeed at the level Tennessee wants.
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No it's not.
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Volstylexx said:
same things that kept UT from hiring a "name" football coach. If MH couldn't bring in a "name" football coach with the tradition and success we've had in football....

someone please tell me how he could bring in a "name" coach in basketball ?

simply put. he can't.. he won't. Fire Bruce. Fire MH... then maybe we get an AD who can bring one in, but under the current administration it simply isnt going to happen.
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Timing had everything to do with that hiring.
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StepCross said:
Exactly the opposite: to people who don't have a clue it seems easy.
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So you're saying that there are zero factors that can be exhibited to determine whether a coach could be successful at any level?

How in the hell do people get promotions?
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#38
#38
Let's get out of this world of thinking that 2 million dollars solves all of UT's problems. It doesn't, does it?
 
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mtt2d said:
Let's get out of this world of thinking that 2 million dollars solves all of UT's problems. It doesn't, does it?
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It certainly helps to negate the thought of having to settle for a scrub.
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has anyone seen this photo? there has to be a copy floating around somewhere. sorry if this has been asked before.
 
#46
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NYYVol said:
So you're saying that there are zero factors that can be exhibited to determine whether a coach could be successful at any level?
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I'm saying the factors are not guarantees.

Winning percentage? Pearl had and has that in spades, and yet most of this site thinks he's a terrible coach. Even his fans are split on whether he's a good coach, recruiter, or motivator...his detractors think he's none of those.

Recruiting? If you're getting a mid-major coach, they've never competed with Kentucky or UNC for recruits, or even Georgia or Flipping Auburn.

Program management? Probably yes, you can tell that. Dennis Felton probably managed his program just fine, which got him a Georgia gig. He also recruited Thompkins and Leslie to it. Unfortunately, he couldn't coach with the big boys, and was a 6th-place finisher nearly every year.

Compounding all this is the fact that the whole thing is politicized, and the AD is making the decision, and he might not know a thing about basketball, and he himself is being pressured behind the scenes by donors, who may have wildly differing opinions themselves.
 
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StepCross said:
It's better to split it up into components:

-Bruce is one of the best at scouting opponents and putting in game plans that are difficult to deal with. Despite all his antics, and cheerleading, and marketing, this is really his bag: tricky tactics that make life very difficult for the opponent and are difficult to answer.
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Kind of hit-or-miss on this. When he nails it, it can be a beautiful thing. Unfortunately, it only happens every now and then.
I'd also give him a gold star in motivating his team for the "big" games. If only he (and they) could understand that every game is big...

StepCross said:
-Bruce is terrible at in-game adjustments.

-Bruce is inexplicably married to the flex offense, which I don't think serves him well.
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During the course of any game, Bruce makes at least half a dozen inexplicable decisions.

Personally, I'm more perplexed by the fact that he has completely abandoned the approach that got him where he is. Hectic defense forcing turnovers (and, the flip side, giving up back-door layups); consequently, scoring in spurts. You never thought you were out of the game, even when the shooting went south. All I can figure is that he decided that while that approach could make mediocre into good, it couldn't make good into great.
 
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