Pearls demise......

[Vercingetorix]

You think they fully understood that there was no reason to lie?

You prepare a defendant for a deposition and they answer a good deal with an "I do not remember with specificity". You also explain different levels of liability in the civil arena, or different crimes they could be charged with and why and what the consequences would be.

If the staff knew that it was not a big deal if they admitted the cookout violation, why lie? I think they were more nervous than they should have been, and it sounds like they were NOT well prepared.

I also despise within the AD the open campaigning for Hamilton's job and the PR leaks to reporters which bray about their incredible work in compliance to save TN.

Fulmer to Majors
Hamilton to Fulmer
Blackburn to Hamilton

Lots of BOT guys and major boosters who enjoy internecine warfare. Dysfunction junction.

Your willingness to chalk up what was clearly an orchestrated effort to mislead the NCAA to the coaches' having merely been "nervous" is pretty amazing.

There wasn't "no reason" for them to lie. Pearl had been busted for this exact violation before. He would have been punished. They didn't lie to the NCAA out of simple ignorance. It was a calculated risk, albeit a catastrophically stupid one.

I agree that there appears to have been a gross failure by the compliance office in overseeing the basketball program. Yet another failure by Mike Hamilton at any part of his job that's not fundraising.
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[WA_Vol]

Pearl had been involved in secondary violations for some time it looks like.

He gambled he could continue to get away with it. They were too many people involved for a cover up.A poor decision to lie to the NCAA without weighing the consequences. In hindsight, I"m sure he wished he'd done things differently.