Pearl's Already Gone: The Exit Strategy Hypothesis

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tennezz said:
I remember Memphis was going to make a "Homerun" hire to...If Pearl leaves forget about UT basketball for a few years...Hope it does not take as long as last time to find a winner!
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Yeah, no way we could ever hire a coach as great as Pearl. Basketball is dead if he leaves.
 
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utvolpj said:
just because he couldn't close the deal doesn't mean there was no benefit
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You are overlooking the possibility that Bruce actually didn't do it for any benefit. The obvious alternative is that he did it simply for evil.
 
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So is this confirmed? I thought Hubbs has said recently that nothing has changed and that TN's plan is still to keep pearl even if he is suspended the entire 2011-12 season?

Who is the poster's source again?
 
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franchuck said:
Has anyone on this board stop to think what happen to Florida when Billy D blinked a few years back on leaving Florida to take a pro job. Recruiting went to hell. They have been fighting to get backto where they were before that espisode. Roy williams has not been able to put NC at the top in 5 years. Changing coaches at UT might be end of basketball for UT for 2 to 3 decades. We are not at the top of high school recruits lists.
All they have to do is look at posts on boards like this one and decide that they want no part of this program!
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Why on earth would making a change end UT basketball for 3 decades?
 
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Neyland Law Vol said:
So is this confirmed? I thought Hubbs has said recently that nothing has changed and that TN's plan is still to keep pearl even if he is suspended the entire 2011-12 season?

Who is the poster's source again?
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Seems like there's more than one poster saying it.
 
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tvolsfan said:
Why on earth would making a change end UT basketball for 3 decades?
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Don't you get it? Pearl is UT basketball. No way we could ever hire another coach who could win. It would take decades for any chance of a coach coming in who is as great as Pearl and who could have a winning program. By then, our great facilities will be out-dated. It's likely we could never win again if Pearl leaves. We had no program before Pearl and will never have a program again if he leaves. 3 million and great facilities would never attract a decent coach.
 
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BasketvolsFan said:
Don't you get it? Pearl is UT basketball. No way we could ever hire another coach who could win. It would take decades for any chance of a coach coming in who is as great as Pearl and who could have a winning program. By then, our great facilities will be out-dated. It's likely we could never win again if Pearl leaves. We had no program before Pearl and will never have a program again if he leaves. 3 million and great facilities would never attract a decent coach.
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If the past 5 years is the absolute best Tennessee can do and they need someone who embarrasses the program coaching the team, I'd probably rather just give up the program altogether.
 
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Tenacious then please by all means name who it is you think this so called homerun is because you do seem hellbent on it being someone specific so please elaborate on the theory.
 
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#237
exit or not,if there is any possibility of loss of scolership or postseason ban if pearl is gone then keep him.dont get rid of the only coach that lead ut to six strait ncaa tournys.encluding a sweet sixteen and final eight.if he leaves and we still get penalties it would be crazy.if we get sanctionc either way he needs to stay .why get rid of a winning coach if we still get penalties.i for one have went to ut games since the late 70s and watched on tv or listened on radio since 74.and pearl has been a winner .were from devoe until werent
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G0V0LS33 said:
Tenacious then please by all means name who it is you think this so called homerun is because you do seem hellbent on it being someone specific so please elaborate on the theory.
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He may have someone in mind, but he did say it was hypothetical. I'm not sure he was claiming the ink is dry on his contract or anything like that.
 
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bosgap said:
exit or not,if there is any possibility of loss of scolership or postseason ban if pearl is gone then keep him.dont get rid of the only coach that lead ut to six strait ncaa tournys.encluding a sweet sixteen and final eight.if he leaves and we still get penalties it would be crazy.if we get sanctionc either way he needs to stay .why get rid of a winning coach if we still get penalties.i for one have went to ut games since the late 70s and watched on tv or listened on radio since 74.and pearl has been a winner .were from devoe until werent
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+1...?
 
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#243
oldsmokey67 said:
If he cheated the program would have benefited from it.No recruits were bought, no money or gifts exchanged hands.All he did was cook hamburgers & hotdogs for them whoopty do.Yeah it was wrong and he should have told the truth when the ncaa asked him about it.What i'm saying is my defenition of cheating is different from some of you.My defenition of cheating is when you buy a player or give him and his family gifts.Having a cookout and calling and sending text messages is not cheating.Just my opinion.
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Unfortunately I believe that the NCAA has their own definition of cheating.
 
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These post prove one thing to me....NO ONE HAS A CLUE WHAT WILL HAPPEN....Too many things that would not add up to "letting Bruce go".....then again, the argument could be made in the other direction....Let's wait and see....Looks like Hogs are hiring Tubby...Not sure about that one yet....Almost 60 years old....
 
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Let me add something else, some of you seem dead set on getting rid of Pearl no matter what the NCAA gives us. I don't understand that mentality. I don't see anybody out there that would take the UT job that can do as well as Pearl has at UT because we do not have a great basketball history to fall back on like Kentucky. The things he is doing right now have never been done at UT. Some of you are naive to think we are going to get another great coach and start winning again just because we are UT. You have no sense of Vol basketbal history.
 
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peyton=legend said:
Let me add something else, some of you seem dead set on getting rid of Pearl no matter what the NCAA gives us. I don't understand that mentality. I don't see anybody out there that would take the UT job that can do as well as Pearl has at UT because we do not have a great basketball history to fall back on like Kentucky. The things he is doing right now have never been done at UT. Some of you are naive to think we are going to get another great coach and start winning again just because we are UT. You have no sense of Vol basketbal history.
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Who would that be?
 
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peyton=legend said:
Let me add something else, some of you seem dead set on getting rid of Pearl no matter what the NCAA gives us. I don't understand that mentality. I don't see anybody out there that would take the UT job that can do as well as Pearl has at UT because we do not have a great basketball history to fall back on like Kentucky. The things he is doing right now have never been done at UT. Some of you are naive to think we are going to get another great coach and start winning again just because we are UT. You have no sense of Vol basketbal history.
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When did anybody say we are going to be fine just because we are UT? We will be fine because we have enough money and the facilities to lure a good coach. Also, the people that think that UT was just a basketball wasteland before Pearl have absolutely no grasp of UT basketball history.
 
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emainvol said:
When did anybody say we are going to be fine just because we are UT? We will be fine because we have enough money and the facilities to lure a good coach. Also, the people that think that UT was just a basketball wasteland before Pearl have absolutely no grasp of UT basketball history.
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We only went to 13 NCAA tournaments before Bruce Pearl came. Not sweet sixteens but tournaments. He has already taken us to almost half that many since he has been there.(One away) HELLO! Are freakin kiddin me?
 
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peyton=legend said:
We only went to 13 NCAA tournaments before Bruce Pearl came. Not sweet sixteens but tournaments. He has already taken us to almost half that many since he has been there.(One away) HELLO! Are freakin kiddin me?
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There are so many paths to attack this that it has literally rendered me unable to cover any of them.
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