I'm not sure Memphis so much as ever talked to Bruce Pearl. The beat writer at the CA and their lead columnist seem to believe they never did. Arizona publicly admitted Tim had a 24 hour window to take or reject their job. Also, Tennessee and Memphis aren't in the same league. Some possible similarities, but not many.Hat, you seemed to applaud Floyd's handling of the Arizona job offer as a fairly well-played hand. Would you say the same about Pearl's handling of the Memphis job?
In my mind, after him downplaying Memphis and calling Tennessee the state's premier program in years past when that wasn't really true, it would have made him look like a total boob to take the Memphis job now.