I do understand some of the main points that the poster is trying to make..This whole "I have lowered my expectations" stuff, really gets on my nerves as well..Sure, there maybe be some of the Volnation posters that have always followed the program and wants what's best, but they are very hard to recognize...It seems to me that a lot of the people speaking the loudest, probably didn't start watching Tn basketball until the Pearl era and when they started winning more games that they had in the recent past...If you are one of the ole school, my thoughts and comments are never directed to you..
If you want what is best for the program and you truly believe that CCM is not a good coach and his recruiting and teams will never be more then they are right now, I have no problem with your need for him to be replaced..It is the new school people that know nothing about the program and its Men's basketball history that gets on my nerves..I am not one of those that Googles everything trying to prove that I am right about every point of view, it is just the eye tests that I have gone by..The problem with those asking for CCM's head, calling him names, and the only thing they have to go on is, the 5 years that Pearl was coach, really bother me, because they say things that are not always true, to get people on their said..I do believe there are a lot of people that want someone else, and it has nothing to do with whether he can coach or not...People even say he was the political choice, meaning what "he got hired because he was black"? It is weird to be that most of the players u watch on the court of big time college basketball, or young black men, yet many don't believe that a black man is the one to run their program..They say that the area is going to be empty (while the actually attendance numbers are good), and they didn't build the area for such small crowds..You are right, they didn't build it for small crowds, but they didn't build it for Men's basketball either..If they went by attendance and the success of the Men's program over the years, they would have never built it...It was built because Pat Head Summit had a championship program..The court is named after her for good reason..I love Bruce Pearl and wish he still the coach, but to use him as an example that he team fought while CCM's teams quit on him, must not remember Bruce's last NCAA appearance, because that team had better players, and damn sure quit..You let CCM or any coach hit shots like Chris Lofton from anywhere on the floor and under any circumstances, they will win many games that this team have lost..If u want CCM gone then so be it, but stop acting like Men's basketball has not been what it has under this staff, for most of its history..The run they had under Pearl was not the norm, and it was going back to normal at the time Pearl got fired..I don't want medicore either, but don't act like that is not what we are used to, unless u were a fan for only those 4-5 years..LOL