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

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#151
#151
Its hard to believe all of this started over a bar-b-que. The only travesty there was that I wasn't invited. The amazing part is after years of having a team that was lucky to hit the front page of the local paper a coach is hired that put them on the front pages of national pages. Given some unwanted. Just remember if your ready for your team to go back to 50/50 seasons. I am sure another SEC team is ready to take a chance on a coach that has a little baggage to take their team to the final four. I'm sure Connecticut and Kentucky are grieving over the decisions that they made.
 
#152
#152
SWGAVOL said:
new Coach

1. Do not cheat on your wife with a women 20 years younger than you.
2. Do not promise a kid from a low income family that if his family pays for him to come for one year, he will get a scholly but when the kids comes you find out that he is not that good then you do not give him a scholly. example [Daniel West]
3. Do not lie under oath to the NCAA and destroy two seasons of Basketball for your school and your schools fans!!!!!
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That's woman. (Unless you're planning a ménage à trois).
 
#156
#156
Anybody that wants Pearl fired sure has not been a fan for long. I myself remember the Wade Houston, Kevin O'Neil and jerry Green days all to well. Don't kid your self that this is some destination job for some great coach. We have a top 10 coach in the country and will not replace him with another. Don't kid yourself people.
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#157
#157
Smokey1210 said:
Anybody that wants Pearl fired sure has not been a fan for long. I myself remember the Wade Houston, Kevin O'Neil and jerry Green days all to well. Don't kid your self that this is some destination job for some great coach. We have a top 10 coach in the country and will not replace him with another. Don't kid yourself people.
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Blah, blah, blah, football school. Some originality please.
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#158
#158
cpvols81 said:
As much as i love Pearl's coaching and personality, and hate to see him gone, I would say that Hamilton is already looking for a new coach. I believe the NCAA is going to do all they can to make sure Pearl is gone.
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Hamilton will not pick the next coach. That I can promise you.:clapping:
 
#160
#160
Pearl sucks. Hamilton sucks. Raleigh sucks. Dooley sucks. Summitt sucks. Tennessee sucks.

Just figured I'd get it all out of the way now
 
#162
#162
LawVol13 said:
I'll just point out some facts that will undoubtedly spark instant debate with the Pearlophiles. Jerry Green: 71% winning percentage at UT. Bruce Pearl: 71% winning percentage at UT. Jerry Green: 2 East Titles in 4 years. Bruce Pearl: 3 East Titles in 5 years. Each have 1 SEC regular season crown. Pearl's Elite Eight is all that separates them.

With that being said, Pearl is the better coach. But, that goes to show that many people other than Bruce Pearl can win at a high level here.
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Main difference is that Pearl's 71% has come with a lot of promotion and fan fare that's been fun. However that all went out the window with this NCAA silliness and now we're just left with mediocre coaching and lack luster product on the court. Pearl got the ball rolling for UT basketball again but it is now time for a better coach to take this program to a level that I just don't see Pearl capable of doing.

For me all of Pearl's store of good will has been used up with continuous poor basketball play and then the NCAA debacle. Given his history he did not have the rope to get cute with NCAA rules. Like a hot chick that you have little else in common it's a blast for a while but eventually the reality of a boring personality becomes greater than the great looks and it becomes time to move on.
 
#163
#163
Smokey1210 said:
Anybody that wants Pearl fired sure has not been a fan for long. I myself remember the Wade Houston, Kevin O'Neil and jerry Green days all to well. Don't kid your self that this is some destination job for some great coach. We have a top 10 coach in the country and will not replace him with another. Don't kid yourself people.
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Are you old enough to remember Ray Mears era?
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#164
#164
BigPapaVol said:
Is the season a fair stretch?
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I'd say so.

I'd also say there's probably not too many coaches that could squeeze out many more wins with this point guard play. My question is...is the bad point guard play a product of poor coaching, poor recruiting and/or no talent. If it is poor coaching and recruiting then that's on Pearl and staff.

I just don't think Pearl brings enough to the table to overcome the NCAA issues he has caused.He has provided a good reason to move on.
 
#165
#165
Freak said:
If you want to evaluate Pearl on coaching and his 'AA problems, is it fair to pick out one difficult stretch of games from which to evaluate his coaching prowess?
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I think it's absolutely fair to point out our late game failures, particularly when they've occurred so many times this season. Like I said earlier in the thread, I think Pearl's a solid coach. Nothing more.
 
#166
#166
LawVol13 said:
I think it's absolutely fair to point out our late game failures, particularly when they've occurred so many times this season. Like I said earlier in the thread, I think Pearl's a solid coach. Nothing more.
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Certainly it's fair to point them out, but I still contend that the last possession meltdowns haven't been a pattern until this season. When judging his coaching success, personally, I look at all 5+ years.

Based on his accomplishments ('AA issues aside), I think Pearl is a very good coach.
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#167
#167
Freak said:
Certainly it's fair to point them out, but I still contend that the last possession meltdowns haven't been a pattern until this season. When judging his coaching success, personally, I look at all 5+ years.

Based on his accomplishments ('AA issues aside), I think Pearl is a very good coach.
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There were some the first year (see Arkansas and Kentucky). Not necessarily last posession, but late game. How much of that first year was coaching vs. players out of gas I don't know.

I still think Pearl is a very good coach, but I am afraid that with every passing day the AA issues are having more and more of a damaging effect with this team.
 
#168
#168
tigervol9802 said:
There were some the first year (see Arkansas and Kentucky). Not necessarily last posession, but late game. How much of that first year was coaching vs. players out of gas I don't know.

I still think Pearl is a very good coach, but I am afraid that with every passing day the AA issues are having more and more of a damaging effect with this team.
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There will always be some examples of meltdowns, with any coach. But this year, it's definitely a pattern.

The AA issues are huge. The team didn't have its coach for eight conference games. But I don't get the impression that the effort is gone or that the team has quit. In my mind, that would be more of an indicator that they were being affected. Maybe I'm in the minority.

Injuries to Hopson and Harris haven't helped matters, either.
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#169
#169
Freak said:
There will always be some examples of meltdowns, with any coach. But this year, it's definitely a pattern.

The AA issues are huge. The team didn't have its coach for eight conference games. But I don't get the impression that the effort is gone or that the team has quit. In my mind, that would be more of an indicator that they were being affected. Maybe I'm in the minority.

Injuries to Hopson and Harris haven't helped matters, either.
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True on injuries. And Harris has definitely hit the freshman wall.

The team's peak of play to where it is now also coincides with the AA President's remarks on the hypotheitcal situation. This is affecting Pearl greatly and it's rubbing off on the team whether it's intended to or not.

As for point blank coaching - it's mind-numbing to me that a coach calls a play, sees the play isn't being ran, and sits there and watches it happen without calling a TO when he has 2 left. I just don't get it. At all.
 
#170
#170
tigervol9802 said:
As for point blank coaching - it's mind-numbing to me that a coach calls a play, sees the play isn't being ran, and sits there and watches it happen without calling a TO when he has 2 left. I just don't get it. At all.
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I tend to agree. Especially considering the previous failures at the end of games this season.
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#171
#171
At the end of the day, Pearl is exactly what a lot of us on here tried to tell everyone he is. He's a sleazy, self promoting phony who's more carnival barker/time share salesman than basketball coach. The people who bought the fool's act are actually getting their just payment right now. He's nothing more than a older, sloppier version of Quin Snyder.
 
#172
#172
hatvol96 said:
At the end of the day, Pearl is exactly what a lot of us on here tried to tell everyone he is. He's a sleazy, self promoting phony who's more carnival barker/time share salesman than basketball coach. The people who bought the fool's act are actually getting their just payment right now. He's nothing more than a older, sloppier version of Quin Snyder.
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Harsh............don't hold back, get it out.
 
#173
#173
Bruce is the best coach UT will ever have and SP is the heart of the team.

Everybody who wants them gone, there not real Vols fans...
 
#174
#174
Freak said:
Certainly it's fair to point them out, but I still contend that the last possession meltdowns haven't been a pattern until this season. When judging his coaching success, personally, I look at all 5+ years.

Based on his accomplishments ('AA issues aside), I think Pearl is a very good coach.
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In all fairness Bruce is a tremendous program builder. That, even I won't deny. But in game coaching is the 800 lb gorilla in the room.

Take Lofton, JaJuan and the in-game intelligence of a Dane Bradshaw away and this gorilla gets to a half ton.
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