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Do you want Bruce Pearl to be Head Coach at UT next season?


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Did you actually watch this band of thugs on TV or in person? Most were recruited by Kevin (previous coach) and they were an embarassment to the university. That coach was a nutcase so if you want another Jerry Green type then ok but you won't be seeing college game day in town anymore and the Vols bball program will no longer be relevant.

I'm saying that if Jerry Green can lead a team to a top 5 ranking then plenty of people are capable of coming to Tennessee and doing the same.
 
The Pearl/Sampson analogy is perfect. What Pearl and Sampson committed is a whole different scenario than SMU.

Perfect bull crap, your way off dude sorry. I was making a point of your exaggeration between the two. I hope you and the rest who want him gone are happy when UT Basketball becomes irrelevant over the next 10 years.
 
Perfect bull crap, your way off dude sorry. I was making a point of your exaggeration between the two. I hope you and the rest who want him gone are happy when UT Basketball becomes irrelevant over the next 10 years.

I'll stick with the Tennessee basketball program and you go with Pearl. We'll see who is better off in 10 years.
 
So last year had nothing to do with in game coaching?

Without the aforementioned players, Pearl's late game coaching would have been exposed much sooner to the casual fans.

That's my point. A favorable draw last year didn't change the fact Pearl's in-game coaching is weak.
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Without the aforementioned players, Pearl's late game coaching would have been exposed much sooner to the casual fans.

That's my point. A favorable draw last year didn't change the fact Pearl's in-game coaching is weak.
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Now it's a favorable draw behind the reasoning we made it to an elite 8. Also, those players you just mentioned couldn't get a major scholarship. I'm sure that the players at UWM, a walk-on in JaJuan Smith, a 6-4 PF, and Chris Lofton were the reason Bruce is so successful. If I remember correctly people like Hat said we would be lucky to be a .500 team Bruce's first year. But now you are saying that Bruce sprinkled his miracle dust on a bad team his first year, and all of a sudden the player's were the responsibility for all the big wins that year.
 
Now it's a favorable draw behind the reasoning we made it to an elite 8. Also, those players you just mentioned couldn't get a major scholarship. I'm sure that the players at UWM, a walk-on in JaJuan Smith, a 6-4 PF, and Chris Lofton were the reason Bruce is so successful. If I remember correctly people like Hat said we would be lucky to be a .500 team Bruce's first year. But now you are saying that Bruce sprinkled his miracle dust on a bad team his first year, and all of a sudden the player's were the responsibility for all the big wins that year.

You think that draw was tough?

Also, those that had to walk on, were shooters. Something Pearl obviously can't recruit.

Those shooters helped to mask his inept late game coaching.
Which, yet again, is my point.
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You think that draw was tough?

Also, those that had to walk on, were shooters. Something Pearl obviously can't recruit.

Those shooters helped to mask his inept late game coaching.
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Yep, his record vs. the Top 25 since he has been here bears that out. It was great shooters that always bailed him out at UWM and Tennessee. Thank you for clearing that up.

And let's see:

1. That first round draw was not a good matchup
2. I guess Georgetown thought that Ohio was a scrub.
3. I guess you are going to question Ohio St. as well?

And we are a Scotty Hopson blunder from being in the Final 4, but I guess that Izzo team wasn't that good either.

Also, can you tell me what shooters we had last year because obviously shooters have always bailed Pearl out?
 
Yep, his record vs. the Top 25 since he has been here bears that out. It was great shooters that always bailed him out at UWM and Tennessee. Thank you for clearing that up.

And let's see:

1. That first round draw was not a good matchup
2. I guess Georgetown thought that Ohio was a scrub.
3. I guess you are going to question Ohio St. as well?

And we are a Scotty Hopson blunder from being in the Final 4, but I guess that Izzo team wasn't that good either.

Also, can you tell me what shooters we had last year because obviously shooters have always bailed Pearl out?

get what I'm saying. Without shooters like Lofton and JaJuan, the late game blunders would have been noticed much, much sooner.
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get what I'm saying. Without shooters like Lofton and JaJuan, the late game blunders would have been noticed much, much sooner.
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So please tell me why the late game blunders weren't exploited last year? Was it because of the great shooters? It seems like you are acting as though this year has defined his whole career on the court. And nice job proving your point with your little childish attempt at humor.
 
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Just happened to catch the Bruce Pearl show on, from the Kentucky game.

They were showing various badly shot air balls, confusion led turn overs and Kentucky fast breaks while Pearl was lamenting how badly he coached the team that week, and he said something to the effect of "I've watched this three times already and I hate seeing it again, can't wait to have the Florida game."

Bet he's lovin' that film session too.:p
 
So please tell me why the late game blunders weren't exploited last year? Was it because of the great shooters? It seems like you are acting as though this year has defined his whole career on the court. And nice job proving your point with your little childish attempt at humor.

Could it have been last year was the exception to the rule and not the standard?
 
Could it have been last year was the exception to the rule and not the standard?

Hahaha!

Let's see what the exception to the rule is

1. A coach that is 227-94 in D1, and completely changed the landscape of two programs while he was there and then having a down year.

or

2. A coach that has gotten lucky with shooters bailing him out his whole career and got lucky last year without shooters.

You tell me which one is the exception to the standard. Because if it's #2 Bruce Pearl is the luckiest coach to have ever coached especially with turning what most thought to be crapped into gold his first year here.
 
Yep, his record vs. the Top 25 since he has been here bears that out. It was great shooters that always bailed him out at UWM and Tennessee. Thank you for clearing that up.

And let's see:

1. That first round draw was not a good matchup
2. I guess Georgetown thought that Ohio was a scrub.
3. I guess you are going to question Ohio St. as well?

And we are a Scotty Hopson blunder from being in the Final 4, but I guess that Izzo team wasn't that good either.

Also, can you tell me what shooters we had last year because obviously shooters have always bailed Pearl out?

Are you serious? Our route to the E8 had one team worth mentioning in it and that team was as one dimensional as humanly possible. Michigan St, was a 5 seed and was playing without its best player. If you want to pretend we pulled off a Her glean task, be my guest, but it sounds ridiculous.
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Are you serious? Our route to the E8 had one team worth mentioning in it and that team was as one dimensional as humanly possible. Michigan St, was a 5 seed and was playing without its best player. If you want to pretend we pulled off a Her glean task, be my guest, but it sounds ridiculous.
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Yep because that San Diego St. team was a bunch of scrubs.

Then Georgetown, oh wait TN was supposed to make them win instead of getting blown out, to make their run to the elite 8 more impressive.

Then Ohio St.

How in the world can a team that people gave up on last year after the the incident have beaten Kansas and then late go on to the Elite 8. Oh wait, it was definitely the shooting prowess of Bobby Maze, JP Prince, Scotty Hopson, etc...
 
Hahaha!

Let's see what the exception to the rule is

1. A coach that is 227-94 in D1, and completely changed the landscape of two programs while he was there and then having a down year.

or

2. A coach that has gotten lucky with shooters bailing him out his whole career and got lucky last year without shooters.

You tell me which one is the exception to the standard. Because if it's #2 Bruce Pearl is the luckiest coach to have ever coached especially with turning what most thought to be crapped into gold his first year here.

You still don't get it.

Not shocked in the least bit. But hopefully when Bruce is done here soon, he takes the apologists like yourself with him.
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You still don't get it.

Not shocked in the least bit. But hopefully when Bruce is done here soon, he takes the apologists like yourself with him.
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If he isn't here it won't be due to his coaching. You can question him as a person, but questioning him as a coach because he has had 3 players (that nobody wanted coming out of HS) to bail him out is a bit reaching.
 
Yep because that San Diego St. team was a bunch of scrubs.

Then Georgetown, oh wait TN was supposed to make them win instead of getting blown out, to make their run to the elite 8 more impressive.

Then Ohio St.

How in the world can a team that people gave up on last year after the the incident have beaten Kansas and then go to the Elite 8. Oh wait, it was definitely the shooting prowess of Bobby Maze, JP Prince, Scotty Hopson, etc...

I disnt say it was the shooting.

Remember what SDSU was seeded? Wonder why? I don't care eat Georgetown did. They were upset by a team that has no business winning tourney games. Their coach also sucks and true best player was soft. One and done style wins as validation is silly. The tourney is most noted for upsets and they aren't always about superior talent or coaching.

OSU was one dimensional and it worked out.

Losing to that MSU team was a pathetic outcome.
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If he isn't here it won't be due to his coaching. You can question him as a person, but questioning him as a coach because he has had 3 players that nobody wanted to bail him out is a bit reaching.


Pearl's late game strategies, as well as clock and personnel management sucks.

When you have arguably one of the greatest shooters to lace them up, that hides many of the issues.
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Pearl's late game strategies, as well as clock and personnel management sucks.

When you have arguably one of the greatest shooters to lace them up, that hides many of the issues.
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This year or throughout his entire coaching career?
 

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