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

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#1,504
Is it possible to like Pearl as a coach, and believe he was wrong in violating recruiting rules but still want him to be coach? Can we have some middle ground here?

I want to believe he will learn from this and clean up the program. Yes he's been irresponsible and an NCAA penalty is to follow, no doubt loss of scholarships. But I still think the program is better off after he came here then before.
 
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oklavol said:
I want to believe he will learn from this and clean up the program. Yes he's been irresponsible and an NCAA penalty is to follow, no doubt loss of scholarships. But I still think the program is better off after he came here then before.
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He committed another violation 4 days after his tearful press conference.

This team isn't any more talented than the 05/06 team Pearl took over.

When Stephen Pearl and Skyler McBee are seeing playing time, that's not a good thing.
 
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#1,509
VFL1964- said:
So I am a bad person because I think what happened with Pearl is much ado about nothing.One day karma will stare you in the face and you will find out your not hollier than thou.I do believe in second chances and have faced death and realized that people are not all they pretend to be.
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This is, at best, Pearl's third chance.
 
#1,510
#1,510
VFL1964- said:
So I am a bad person because I think what happened with Pearl is much ado about nothing.One day karma will stare you in the face and you will find out your not hollier than thou.I do believe in second chances and have faced death and realized that people are not all they pretend to be.
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Pretty much. It says you condone cheating and lying just in order to win.

No one here acts as if they're holier than thou, so get off of it. And, don't start the second chances crap again; you already exposed yourself as a hypocrite on that.
 
#1,511
#1,511
justingroves said:
He committed another violation 4 days after his tearful press conference.

This team isn't any more talented than the 05/06 team Pearl took over.

When Stephen Pearl and Skyler McBee are seeing playing time, that's not a good thing.
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UT had finished dead last in the SEC with an overall losing record when Pearl took over, and that was with the leading scorer and rebounder graduating. There is no way UT is that bad now.

I'm not defending the way Pearl handled the NCAA he's obviously got to be held accountable here. Is it enough for him to be replaced at UT as coach? I think he clean up the program after the penalities are handed down. He has to know if a year later there is another investigation with more penalties he will be gone.
 
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#1,512
oklavol said:
UT had finished dead last in the SEC with an overall losing record when Pearl took over, and that was with the leading scorer and rebounder graduating. There is no way UT is that bad now.

I'm not defending the way Pearl handled the NCAA he's obviously got to be held accountable here. Is it enough for him to be replaced at UT as coach? I think he clean up the program after the penalities are handed down. He has to know if a year later there is another investigation with more penalties he will be gone.
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And we have to know that that's a distinct possibility considering he committed a major violation after he was already caught. I don't see why we should give him another chance because when he inevitably screws up again, the program is going to get nuked by the NCAA.
 
#1,514
#1,514
oklavol said:
UT had finished dead last in the SEC with an overall losing record when Pearl took over, and that was with the leading scorer and rebounder graduating. There is no way UT is that bad now.

I'm not defending the way Pearl handled the NCAA he's obviously got to be held accountable here. Is it enough for him to be replaced at UT as coach? I think he clean up the program after the penalities are handed down. He has to know if a year later there is another investigation with more penalties he will be gone.
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Nope

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#1,517
jimmyvol said:
I am 55 years old. I am a UTK grad ('77) and have been watching Tennessee BB all of my life. I have been to hundreds of games and believe that I have a good (albeit subjective) perspective on Tennessee BB. Pearl is by far the best coach we ever had, yes including Ray Mears. Tennessee BB has never had the consistent success that we have had with CBP and those of you who think we can snap our fingers and get a great (yes, I said GREAT) coach again are smoking wacky tobbacky.

He did not murder anyone. He did not pay off an agent or player. His biggest sin is that he lied and then he fessed up about it. There have been much worse sins such as Jim Tressel knowing about it for months and months and not telling anyone at all! If we never allow any coach to make a mistake and then redeem themselves, we will never have a coach for long.
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Pretty sure Pearl knew about all of this in 2008...
 
#1,518
#1,518
VFL1964- said:
I dont think I have ever dealt with such narrow minded hateful Vol fans in my whole life period.....:crazy:
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Get over it. You've brought exactly nothing to the board, except to spout off things that aren't true, expose yourself as a hypocrite, and then cry that people are calling you out.
 
#1,521
#1,521
I had to go get beer for the game.Before I left CBS news said 32% of teenagers were bullied at school and on the internet.It is funny that 32% is the same % of Pearl haters on Volnation......:eek:hmy:
 
#1,522
#1,522
LawVol13 said:
Get over it. You've brought exactly nothing to the board, except to spout off things that aren't true, expose yourself as a hypocrite, and then cry that people are calling you out.
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Beware of the wrath.
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