The cumulative Pearl thread

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

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#576
#576
tvolsfan said:
I think Phil Jackson would come take the job, and all the top recruits in the country would immediately come pay for him. Also, Jared Sullinger would probably transfer here to play for him.
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Are you being serious?
 
#578
#578
tvolsfan said:
I think LeBron James would petition the NCAA for a year of eligibility so that he could join the team as well.
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This being Volnation and all I could see your Phil Jackson post as being completly serious (in your mind) or sarcasm. But I got you now.

I asked you a serious question and you have now responded with 2 ridiculous answers... So my next question is whats your problem?
 
#579
#579
goooooovols said:
Since when? Everything I've heard, read or seen rumored has pointed to basketball getting the smack down.
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NYYVol said:
Pure unadulterated guess on IE's part.
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LawVol13 said:
I've heard exactly no one have that opinion.
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We know what the basketball program will get - a minor violation of calling recruits and hosting a party for inelidgible recruits. Small stuff. Pearl is going to get slapped with an unethical conduct charge. The penalty is anyone's guess.

With the football program, it's an issue of a corrupt staff. The NCAA has spent the last two years barking up tress and following smoke signals to hunt down Dullard Kiffin and Meat Market Head. They talked to disgruntled coaches, players, and parents. The question on those findings is an issue of how much accountability they can lay on the AD versus the staff that left in the middle of the night.
 
#580
#580
If your wanting to speculate, no it is to late in the game to lessen the sactions the letter will be out probably within a week to 10 days, so what is done is done. Also pointless as I believe that both the AD and the President have hitched their waggon to Pearl. But as far as your not wanting us to say Pearl is the best coach UT Men's Basketball has ever had, the record speaks for itself he has taken us farther than any other coach, ever, so to me it is relavent. Here is my take, we are better off in the long run sticking with Pearl and rebuilding his rep, we will come out of this a lot sooner than replacing him even if we get less severe sactions without him. Rebuilding with him probably a 3 year project, without him and someone else doing it depends greatly on whom you hire barring a coach that can recruit like Coach Cal 5 to 7 years max to return to our being relavent, again. So, no I will not let you haters go after my all time favorite coach without some word that I think anyone wanting to get rid of Pearl is just flat out wrong, period end of story. I take 20 Bruce Pearls over what a Ray Mears or Don Devoe, never made it past the second round guys. I don't want another quote up and comer, as I don't see us offering 4 to 5 million annually to attract a quality Head Coach with a rep that will attract talent to replace what we have. We got a winner just leave him alone.
 
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#581
#581
Evol said:
This being Volnation and all I could see your Phil Jackson post as being completly serious (in your mind) or sarcasm. But I got you now.

I asked you a serious question and you have now responded with 2 ridiculous answers... So my next question is whats your problem?
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It's more of a response to those who think UT basketball will be done without Pearl. Sorry if you were looking for actual answers.
 
#582
#582
tvolsfan said:
It's more of a response to those who think UT basketball will be done without Pearl. Sorry if you were looking for actual answers.
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I'm saying that if we did fire him now, we are gonna need a coach pretty soon. Who do you think we can get? My guess is Hamilton tries to hire an under the radar guy instead of a big name established coach. Thats what he did with Pearl, Kiffin, and Dooley. But even if he does go after a big name, who is out there? Again this is a serious question as I follow football much closer than basketball.
 
#583
#583
Evol said:
I'm saying that if we did fire him now, we are gonna need a coach pretty soon. Who do you think we can get? My guess is Hamilton tries to hire an under the radar guy instead of a big name established coach. Thats what he did with Pearl, Kiffin, and Dooley. But even if he does go after a big name, who is out there? Again this is a serious question as I follow football much closer than basketball.
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I'm the same way.

What do you mean by under the radar? I doubt he goes after someone under the radar in the way Dooley was under the radar.
 
#586
#586
Well I mean Pearl had just made the sweet 16 with a mid major but was still a little bit of a gamble. I would feel better getting an established coach, as I don't like our chances of finding another guy like Pearl who could come in and get us a second seed his first year in big boy basketball. That being said I don't know which established coaches would be available or would even be interested.

Thats a major reason why I would like to keep Bruce.
 
#588
#588
Evol said:
Well I mean Pearl had just made the sweet 16 with a mid major but was still a little bit of a gamble. I would feel better getting an established coach, as I don't like our chances of finding another guy like Pearl who could come in and get us a second seed his first year in big boy basketball. That being said I don't know which established coaches would be available or would even be interested.

Thats a major reason why I would like to keep Bruce.
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That makes you a Pearlophile lover and that isn't allowed around these parts.

You can punch me in the face now for saying "Pearlophile". I'd deserve it for talking like a moron.
 
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#589
#589
tvolsfan said:
Also, please don't respond and say, "Bruce Pearl is the best thing to ever happen to UT basketball and firing him would send us back to irrelevancy." Not only would that be not true, it doesn't have anything to do with the thread.
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yea
Hamilton's proven to be extremely capable at hiring head coaches
 
#591
#591
NYYVol said:
The 'AA no longer sees the infraction as a bbq. They instead see a repeat offender who doubles as a liar.
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When did u get a job at the NCAA......nobody has a clue what the NCAA thinks or will do to us?
 
#592
#592
Pearl is still coach because of his contract. if they lay down the hammer the AA decision will be just cause to let BP go without pay. It looks like it has been a $ thing from the start. JMO. GBO!!!
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#593
#593
LawVol13 said:
I wouldn't think so. I would think UT could say we waited to see what the official findings were, and we decided that this level of conduct is not sufficient to maintain employment at the University of Tennessee and have decided to take corrective action.
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It Would be total stupid To fire Pearl. He made A mistake. Big Deal, I really believe, that as long as he's at UT he'll never make a mistake again.
If anyone disagrees with this your not a fan.:good!::rock:
 
#594
#594
The way I look at it is. How loyal of a school are we. I feel like a lot of people in the school, students, and facility really like him and think he is a good guy doing the best job he can. Nobody is perfect. He made mistakes and he is really passionate about our school. I think people should back him up a little more rather than say he should be fired. Not like anyone wants to go back to the Buzz days, but that is irrelevant.
 
#597
#597
Thomas Coburn Jr. said:
It Would be total stupid To fire Pearl. He made A mistake. Big Deal, I really believe, that as long as he's at UT he'll never make a mistake again.
If anyone disagrees with this your not a fan.:good!::rock:
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Pearl makes a lot of coaching (in game) mistakes. Do those count?
 
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