We'll Find Out Next Year How Much Real Support The Basketball Program Has.

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GoBigOrangeVols said:
This thread was an entertaining read, albeit a thread topic that is usually ripped apart within a page.

You are correct in your OP about TBA being a little light on bodies next year. As many others have mentioned, a lot of that will have to do with the lack of excitement around the program, and the product that will be on the floor.

If CCM can regenerate some excitement and get the squad winning, then the fans will come back... Even the "Pearlophiles" (a ridiculous label, front runners they are, but it wouldn't have mattered who the coach was)

Of all the things you hate about CBP, why does the body paint bother you so much? That was funny, and brought a lot of excitement to the students and helped to energize things. Can't see why or how it was a negative ploy.
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I'm still waiting to hear a reasonable explanation for the hatred against Pearl. Shirtless, painted?

Or is it the fact that he was the winningest SEC coach during his time? Most consecutive tourney appearances? Highest average attendance to games? Being number 1 nationally??

I hate all these things as well.. Which one bothers you so much to continually post about it???


Curious...
 
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got orange said:
I'm still waiting to hear a reasonable explanation for the hatred against Pearl. Shirtless, painted?

Or is it the fact that he was the winningest SEC coach during his time? Most consecutive tourney appearances? Highest average attendance to games? Being number 1 nationally??

I hate all these things as well.. Which one bothers you so much to continually post about it???


Curious...
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Probably the same reason you're on here defending your hero anytime a negative word is posted about him.
 
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jp1 said:
So law just curious...who in your opinion is the best basketball coach at ut during your lifetime?
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You avoiding the question lawvol or just miss it?
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jp1 said:
You avoiding the question lawvol or just miss it?
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Sorry, jp1, I didn't see it. I would say Bruce Pearl is the best coach of my lifetime. Of course, in my lifetime, we've had some absolutely terrible coaches. I think Pearl was good, nothing more. That's why I think the constant idolizing of him is rather sickening.
 
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What is the point of this thread? What is "real" support?

If the team wins (as it did during the Pearl era) fans will show up. If it doesn't (as it did during the Peterson era) they won't. It's pretty simple.

Who the coach is is largely beside the point as far as attendance goes.
 
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Bruce not only won, he reached out to the community and students and asked for support before he started winning. He pimped UT everywhere he went. That is what will be missed the most IMO.
 
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DaDuRkEr said:
Bruce not only won, he reached out to the community and students and asked for support before he started winning. He pimped UT everywhere he went. That is what will be missed the most IMO.
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No one here will deny the salesmanship of BP.
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NYYVol said:
No one here will deny the salesmanship of BP.
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Yeah, his salesmanship sold the program right into NCAA sanctions. Like most salesmen, you have to be willing to be unethical and lie to really be successful.
 
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Most salesmen? Seriously? A good rapport with clients works better and builds repeat buyers. Being dishonest and unethical may produce a short run of success, but it doesn't lead to a path of tenured success.
 
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DaDuRkEr said:
Most salesmen? Seriously? A good rapport with clients works better and builds repeat buyers. Being dishonest and unethical may produce a short run of success, but it doesn't lead to a path of tenured success.
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Boom. Been in sales for 15 yrs and have run my own company for @7 with 20 reps. The reason we are successful is beacause we do it the right way and our surgeons and clients trust us. Newbies looking for a quick buck come and go, get a reputation, and are done.
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BasketvolsFan said:
Yeah, his salesmanship sold the program right into NCAA sanctions. Like most salesmen, you have to be willing to be unethical and lie to really be successful.
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His selling the program had nothing to do with the sanctions. Dude pimped UT because it got him to the forefront. He sold a product and got UT air time.
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NYYVol said:
His selling the program had nothing to do with the sanctions. Dude pimped UT because it got him to the forefront. He sold a product and got UT air time.
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I agree. However, his effort to sell himself caused him to circumvent the rules that landed UT and himself in NCAA hot water.
 
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DaDuRkEr said:
Most salesmen? Seriously? A good rapport with clients works better and builds repeat buyers. Being dishonest and unethical may produce a short run of success, but it doesn't lead to a path of tenured success.
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I agree completely. However, I have known several who try to take the other route to success. Eventually, it will catch up with them.
 
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LawVol13 said:
Probably the same reason you're on here defending your hero anytime a negative word is posted about him.
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Kinda the same way you come to Hat's rescue and seemingly share his every opinion, way to be a individual and form your own opinion.
 
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Hat has an agenda and he likes to push it to get a rise out of people, there is no point to this thread other than to argue about Pearl some more.

Just like the Fulmer debates that happen here, they will seemingly never end.
 
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Actually there is a point to this post due to the numerous posters who have posted that they will never attend another game if Pearl isn't coach.
 
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