Where is Bruce Pearl Coaching in Three to Five Years?

#26
#26
Auburn or not coaching anymore and back on TV. He could literally get away with murder at UNC. If Mack fails at UofL Pearl would be a perfect fit there, but with all of their troubles I don’t think they’d hire him. He’s a great value Ricky P.
 
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white65 said:
Noone is allowed to say Tennessee!!!

If he keeps have success at Auburn I see a blue blood school hiring him, or at least a school with a better basketball tradition than AU ( He could go almost anywhere Lol).

I'm guessing North Carolina!
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NBA...........i would say Miami Heat
 
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#29
He lied, got caught and paid a heavy price along with UT but he was contrite and he’s a very good coach. I wish none of it had happened and he was still coaching the Vols but that being said CRB is a HOF coach.
 
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If I had to guess, still at Auburn.

Bruce is in an interesting position as a coach. He's a great recruiter and I also think he's one of the 3 or 4 best in-game coaches in the country. I don't think he consistently has his teams well-prepared before games, but he's a great in-game tactician. However, he also has a ton of baggage with the NCAA.

Because of that, I don't think any of the blue bloods would ever hire him. Would he be successful at a blue blood program? It's probable, but a blue blood program has far too much to lose if he got them into trouble. A basketball program like Auburn, meanwhile, doesn't have as much to lose. They aren't a basketball school and don't demand excellence at basketball anyway, so they'll take a risk on a coach with a checkered past and take the success while it lasts.

It's kind of like Ole Miss hiring Kiffin. Ole Miss isn't consistently good at football anyway, so it's worth it for them to take that risk.
 
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HollowaytoSeivers said:
Absolutely no chance.

When he was an assistant at Iowa in the early 90s, he turned Illinois in on recruiting violations involving a player named Deon Thomas. The Fighting Illini would hire a convicted felon with a terrorist background to coach basketball before considering Pearl.
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I think that was blue font implied.
 
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- Even if he keeps winning at Auburn, will he ever get the consistent national attention he craves, and one can argue that he deserves?
- He's stated that he loves the Southern culture, hard to see him going to UCLA, etc.
- Maybe he ends up at Louisville, huge, passionate fan base and would give him much more national attention. KY fans would hate this many reasons!
 
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All4TN said:
- Even if he keeps winning at Auburn, will he ever get the consistent national attention he craves, and one can argue that he deserves?
- He's stated that he loves the Southern culture, hard to see him going to UCLA, etc.
- Maybe he ends up at Louisville, huge, passionate fan base and would give him much more national attention. KY fans would hate this many reasons!
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Or wind up at North Carolina when Roy Williams finally retires;)
 
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HollowaytoSeivers said:
Absolutely no chance.

When he was an assistant at Iowa in the early 90s, he turned Illinois in on recruiting violations involving a player named Deon Thomas. The Fighting Illini would hire a convicted felon with a terrorist background to coach basketball before considering Pearl.
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I think he was joking.
 
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IPleadInsanity said:
He will be coaching anywhere he wants because his talents are in demand. That NCAA run was unbelievable, beats probably our best team ever in the SECT then, whips Kansas, UNC and UK to make the final 4. He did not win on talent but style of play and intensity. After taking 2 SEC teams from the cellar to the penthouse he can write his own ticket. NCAA violations could tarnish that situation but as of this moment he would be the first choice of any program needing total rebuilding who could afford him.
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If Okeke doesn’t get hurt I think Auburn would’ve won the title. Okeke was a matchup nightmare for most post players because he was so quick. Their quickness 1-5 is part of why they were a nightmare matchup for us that year. That and we didn’t defend the 3 ball well.
 
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