First of all, I hate to sound like a lawyer, which I am, but let's please wait until all of the facts come out before we have these guys thrown off the team and remember that everyone is presumed innocent until proven guilty. How many of you guys were ready to throw Janzen J. under the bus before all the facts came out?
Secondly, for all of you people calling for Pearl's head, have you forgotten that our program was a laughing stock and completely irrelevant before he arrived 5 years ago? I agree that players acting like this is unacceptable, but we are bringing in guys to try and win championships not choir boys from Farragut. You are the same people that complain when we don't win. YOU CAN'T HAVE IT BOTH WAYS.
Also, please don't make the argument that the UNCs, Dukes and UCONNs don't have these problems because it's not the same. The traditional basketball schools can pick and choose from the best players in the country and if they don't like a player they can afford to pass on him (i.e. Duke passing on John Wall). However, schools like TN have to get as many good athletes and players as they can and sometimes this means taking a chance on some guys that don't work out, but I don't hear most of you complaining when we win. Pearl isn't perfect, but at least we're relevant again. So much so that our fans actually complain about our team "only" being in the top 20. Man, we sure do have short memories.
Sorry for the long rant, but it needed to be said.