That's the tough thing about Coach of the Year awards. It's completely subjective. If you use the "more with less" standard, guys like Coach K and Jim Calhoun would never win. But if you simply look league standings, great work like that performed by Pearl and Andy Kennedy have done this year goes unrecognized.(therickbol @ Mar 9 said:Not saying he didn't do a great job, because he did. LSU has had a great season. But, he had A LOT more to work with than Pearl. Its kind of like Brady walked into the best hospital with state of the art equipment and perfomed a flawless surgery. Then Pearl walked into a hut in the jungles of Columbia and performed a flawless surgery with tools made out of cutlery. Come one, honestly, whose coaching job was more impressive? Who did more with less?