The Official Tennessee vs. Memphis Game Thread, 8pm EST

[mgv]

Because he almost destroyed the program? :blink:

BS, not even close.

 

[willieboy]

All you negative posters can thank bruce for recruiting these "studs".

Pearl would win 20 games with this team easily. He might take them to the final 4.

 

[volforlife15]

BS, not even close.

umm.... :no:

 

[1985Vols]

Bc after bp got fired Tennessee was completely out of his radar

Until he started talking to Coach Martin. He said he even looked forward to CCM's phone calls. THe main reason he chose UT was because of CCM

 

[AllVolYall]

Which he has for some games (lost to Duke by 10, Double OT to Memphis in Maui) Just face the fact that this season is going to suck because we do not have the talent to play with TOp 25 teams or teams that are much more athletic than us (such as Memphis)

Like:
Austin Peay
College of Charleston
Oakland

 

[zjcvols]

Pearl would win 20 games with this team easily. He might take them to the final 4.

lol: lol: lol: lol: lol: lol: lol: lol: lol: lol: lol:

 

[tnvols72]

Dooley, Martin will get 5 years no matter how bad he is.

CCM might get 3 but no way he gets 5 with his teams looking like this

 

[zjcvols]

Like:
Austin Peay
College of Charleston
Oakland

CoC is actually a good team.

Oakland was bad timing.

Yeah, no excuse for Austin Peay.

 

[mgv]

umm.... :no:

Destroy a program would be death penalty, which is so far from the truth it is ignorant.

 

[volforlife15]

Destroy a program would be death penalty, which is so far from the truth it is ignorant.

:blink:

 

[mgv]

:finger3:

:blink:

 

[GLDunlap]

On side note, WVU might get 100 points in the Orange ball.

and I was called stupid earlier today for saying Clemson had a terrible defense this year

 

[1985Vols]

Actually I have and playing man agaist a team that likes to run and has superior talent is just asking to get run out of the building. Maybe it wouldn't have helped but I would have at least tried. Plus used a couple more timeouts to try and spur their runs but that's typical CCM

We played man against them in Maui and took them to double OT. I agree a zone every now and then mgith help, however, CCM does not like playing a zone so I think he will recruit players that can play his type of defense, which is man to man. Give him time to get those players and I think you will be pleased with the results.

 

[volforlife15]

:finger3:

haha

 

[willieboy]

Read my entire post .... "Inexperienced talent" We lost 75% of our scoring off last seasons team dude. WHat do you expect??

We should be able to expect competent coaching, but we can't.

 

[zjcvols]

Destroy a program would be death penalty, which is so far from the truth it is ignorant.

If we kept Bruce, we would have basically gotten the death penalty with his show clause.

 

[Apatel09]

Given the history of the basketball program and this season up until now, sure.

I hope things turn around but just in case, I'm going to put that 30 point loss to Michigan in the vault as a good memory. At least they were in the tournament. I have no idea when we'll actually make it again.

Let's just say I was tearing up when Tennessee beat Ohio State to advance to the Elite 8. That's how special and how far the program had come. I'm going to give Martin a pass for this year but it's looking like it could be a while before Tennessee is making the tournament back to back to back etc. years.

I've never hid my like for Pearl but I just don't really talk about it because fans love to trash him. I've never bashed Martin and I won't unless the team is still bad after like three years. Until then, I just keep my mouth shut and watch. I guess I'll never understand why fans feel the need to bash Pearl though. Some of his teams were frustrating but there is no denying the results.

Anyways... crappy night. Both my Pacers and Vols go down. :bad:

Well put

 

[mgv]

Pearl would win 20 games with this team easily. He might take them to the final 4.

Not sure about this...Bruce Pearl was a good X and O coach but team would definitely performed better.

 

[willieboy]

So you were satisfied with last season? Really?

Last season was head and shoulders above this season.

 

[zjcvols]

Not sure about this...Bruce Pearl was a good X and O coach but team would definitely performed better.

I see one win on the schedule with Bruce Pearl as coach, and even then it's not like Bruce was known for getting his team pumped for bad teams.

Also, take out Yemi, Richardson, and Washpun on this team. You get Ware. That's it.

 

[Apatel09]

Because he almost destroyed the program? :blink:

He's also the reason why majority of us are in the basketball forums

 

[willieboy]

CCM's recruits are giving more effort than Bruce's. And your last sentence is dead wrong.

Now that comment is just plain stupid.

 

[zjcvols]

He's also the reason why majority of us are in the basketball forums

That's your problem. You aren't a Tennessee basketball fan, you are a Bruce Pearl fan.

 

[zjcvols]

Now that comment is just plain stupid.

No it isn't. This team hasn't quit once despite the way things have gone. They were still trying tonight when it was 20.

Bruce's team last year kept folding.

 

[willieboy]

So since you and mgv are only "interested in end results" does it matter how we got him as long as we did?

Stokes was on the bench thinking Oh what the hell did I get myself into.