Tennessee's depth

[NEO]

I was a little bit high and drunk, yesterday. No excuse, I apologize. But still, Auburn and Bruce

We cool. I like Pearl and you hate him. Puts us on opposite ends. Alcohol definitely brings out the dog in you.

 

[BernardKingGOAT]

We cool. I like Pearl and you hate him. Puts us on opposite ends. Alcohol definitely brings out the dog in you.

I've never developed "hate" for Pearl. I liked him until he got sleazy after the BBQ. Hell, he often stated how much he loved it here. After the fact. Funny, so did Kiffin, even more so. It will be a frozen day in hell before either one of them ever get near this University again. Both Pearl and Kiffin are good coaches who F'ed up bigly while here. In two entirely different manners too. They were ultimately the reason both teams had huge setbacks afterwards. Thank Goodness we got Barnes to right the ship in Men's basketball. As a head coach, he exuded a professionalism we hadn't seen from the other head coaches.

 

[NEO]

I've never developed "hate" for Pearl. I liked him until he got sleazy after the BBQ. Hell, he often stated how much he loved it here. After the fact. Funny, so did Kiffin, even more so. It will be a frozen day in hell before either one of them ever get near this University again. Both Pearl and Kiffin are good coaches who F'ed up bigly while here. In two entirely different manners too. They were ultimately the reason both teams had huge setbacks afterwards. Thank Goodness we got Barnes to right the ship in Men's basketball. As a head coach, he exuded a professionalism we hadn't seen from the other head coaches.

Kiffin handled it like a spoiled kid.

Pearl handled it like every other coach behind closed doors does but our AD was weak and anti tn sports at the time and hung him out to dry. College sports is sleazy. Barnes may be less sleazy but it isn’t at UCLA not for trying. He would be gone if they hired him. Pearl would have retired here. Why I like Pearl more.

 

[The Dog]

We cool. I like Pearl and you hate him. Puts us on opposite ends. Alcohol definitely brings out the dog in you.

I don't hate Pearl, I appreciate everything he did for UT. But now, that he is Auburn's coach, I dislike him, a lot. Any other non-SEC school and Bruce would be my 2nd favorite coach

 

[BernardKingGOAT]

Kiffin handled it like a spoiled kid.

Pearl handled it like every other coach behind closed doors does but our AD was weak and anti tn sports at the time and hung him out to dry. College sports is sleazy. Barnes may be less sleazy but it isn’t at UCLA not for trying. He would be gone if they hired him. Pearl would have retired here. Why I like Pearl more.

Pearl made phone calls after he was issued an ultimatum to not contact players. No, not every coach defies the administration after being given an ultimatum. Your narrative of it is BS. As it turned out, he reverted to some sleazy behavior similar to earlier in his career. It's clearly on the record unlike your account of it. Comparing that to Barnes' activity with UCLA is ridiculously stupid. They courted him in the off season. He entertained it. Thankfully Randy Boyd made it a temporary fancy for Barnes. Barnes treats Bruce very well.

 

[chuckiepoo]

Pearl made phone calls after he was issued an ultimatum to not contact players. No, not every coach defies the administration after being given an ultimatum. Your narrative of it is BS. As it turned out, he reverted to some sleazy behavior similar to earlier in his career. It's clearly on the record unlike your account of it. Comparing that to Barnes' activity with UCLA is ridiculously stupid. They courted him in the off season. He entertained it. Thankfully Randy Boyd made it a temporary fancy for Barnes. Barnes treats Bruce very well.

Boyd treats Barnes very well.

 

[cncchris33]

Kiffin handled it like a spoiled kid.

Pearl handled it like every other coach behind closed doors does but our AD was weak and anti tn sports at the time and hung him out to dry. College sports is sleazy. Barnes may be less sleazy but it isn’t at UCLA not for trying. He would be gone if they hired him. Pearl would have retired here. Why I like Pearl more.

Wanting to believe Pearl would have retired here is one thing (if not naive), but exclaiming he would have explicitly done so is fan fiction merely to solidify one's hopeful recollection of his time here. Maybe he'd have stayed at Tennessee forever, but he entertained discussions with Memphis while he was still here.

 

[Anti-shunshinepumper]

I've never developed "hate" for Pearl. I liked him until he got sleazy after the BBQ. Hell, he often stated how much he loved it here. After the fact. Funny, so did Kiffin, even more so. It will be a frozen day in hell before either one of them ever get near this University again. Both Pearl and Kiffin are good coaches who F'ed up bigly while here. In two entirely different manners too. They were ultimately the reason both teams had huge setbacks afterwards. Thank Goodness we got Barnes to right the ship in Men's basketball. As a head coach, he exuded a professionalism we hadn't seen from the other head coaches.

Right or wrong, I still blame Kiffin for our football program having to spend 40 years in the wilderness. Nobody in football or basketball I like seeing lose more each year than him.
I don't have the same feelings for Pearl.
He messed up , but even if fake, he's still seems to show respect for Tennessee Basketball.

 

[Anti-shunshinepumper]

My only concern about all this Dubar stuff is the effect on team chemistry in the
locker room. There is enough already going on with the Carr situation, we don't
need more bs coming from the Dubar camp that may cause disruption.

I think all that will drown out come SEC play. If Dubar is playing like I believe he can, he'll definitely be getting some minutes.
Being on a 7-8 man rotation there is more than enough minutes to go around.

If he has any sense he should realize the opportunity he has here. Playing a big role on a team that makes it to the final 4, or dare I say wins a Natty, is a HUGE opportunity.

Gainey has really earned the right to be a starter if I'm being honest. He continues to come off the bench, and I don't see bad body language or hear anything about him crying about it. Just comes in and handles his business, and I really appreciate that.

 

[Anti-shunshinepumper]

Front court next year will be nasty if we retain everyone who can come back and add a transfer.

Someome can correct me if I am wrong, but it's the last year here for ZZ , Mayshack, Gainey, D-Stone, Milicic, and Lanier.
We essentially don't have anyone from the front court coming back next year.

 

[MoCo_Vol]

Someome can correct me if I am wrong, but it's the last year here for ZZ , Mayshack, Gainey, D-Stone, Milicic, and Lanier.
We essentially don't have anyone from the front court coming back next year.

Front Court = Bigs, so we'll return Cade (SO), JP (SO) and Felix (JR)
Back Court = Guards, we'll return Bishop (FR)

 

[Anti-shunshinepumper]

Front Court = Bigs, so we'll return Cade (SO), JP (SO) and Felix (JR)
Back Court = Guards, we'll return Bishop (FR)

Yeah, got those switched up a little, My bad. Guards back and Center/Forwards front.
Small forwards would still be Front court but can play some back.
In college ball I usually refer to positions as point, wing, and post. Too bad Igor isn't coming back in regards. He could really stretch the floor for us if he could get that 3 point shot going.

 

[VolsNetClippers2025]

Coach Gainey on D-Stone today:

"No. We’re not worried about it at all. We’re not. We feel like every guy on our roster can come in and contribute in some fashion. And so if you look at scholarships right now, we’re at nine, I think. And so we feel like all nine of those guys, could come in and perform. They’ve shown that they can. I mean, you look at Bishop at Illinois. I mean, huge impact. Multiple offensive rebounds, few assists. He guarded. Dstone, he’s still scratching the surface of who he’s going to be. And those are two guys that hadn’t been in the rotation for different reasons. Dstone had the personal issues, and then he had the concussion, which kinda slowed him down a little bit."

Seems like staff is still high on Dubar re: Basilio comments...

 

[MinisterofDef#92]

Coach Gainey on D-Stone today:

"No. We’re not worried about it at all. We’re not. We feel like every guy on our roster can come in and contribute in some fashion. And so if you look at scholarships right now, we’re at nine, I think. And so we feel like all nine of those guys, could come in and perform. They’ve shown that they can. I mean, you look at Bishop at Illinois. I mean, huge impact. Multiple offensive rebounds, few assists. He guarded. Dstone, he’s still scratching the surface of who he’s going to be. And those are two guys that hadn’t been in the rotation for different reasons. Dstone had the personal issues, and then he had the concussion, which kinda slowed him down a little bit."

Seems like staff is still high on Dubar re: Basilio comments...

I love Dubar's upside...he makes plays on both sides of the ball and has a physical presence that I like.

 

[Bigorangefan 98]

I love Dubar's upside...he makes plays on both sides of the ball and has a physical presence that I like.

Agree with u big time we going need DD as our schedule heads into sec play

 

[MinisterofDef#92]

Agree with u big time we going need DD as our schedule heads into sec play

He really showed something in the Bahamas coming off the hiatus and all the speculation that indicated he could be a real contributor.

 

[Volfan2012]

If one of those post players go down were in big trouble. Barnes really should've tried to get another guy you need at least five.