Would you like for Bruce to resign now?

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#103
The Pearlophiles are really going to hate the 'AA's Letter of Inquiry. They need to cherish the rest of the season. That's all they have left.
 
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hatvol96 said:
The Pearlophiles are really going to hate the 'AA's Letter of Inquiry. They need to cherish the rest of the season. That's all they have left.
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Oh, hey, whatever happened to all that insider info you had on the football team's barfight? Do you get the rest of your info from the same source, or do you just make it all up?
 
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davethevol said:
Oh, hey, whatever happened to all that insider info you had on the football team's barfight? Do you get the rest of your info from the same source, or do you just make it all up?
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Not sure what you're talking about. However, if you'd like to make a wager on the outcome of Pearl's situation, I'll be glad to oblige.
 
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Regardless of what happens this season, Bruce should stay. Can the university find someone else to do as well as Bruce has done over the years he has been at UT? It's probably a combination of coaching and leadership. The Vols could have been a top 10 team with probably only one or two losses. The majority of the losses could have gone the other way. Anything under 10 the Vols could have won with better leadership and determination.
 
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From: makievol


Originally Posted by JClev02
First and foremost Bruce Pearl should be the coach at the University of Tennessee. He is a great coach and an unbelievable motivator. All of this negative crap is ridiculous. There is no one better suited to coach the UT Vols than Bruce Pearl. HatVol your comments make me wanna slap you. You are an intelligent guy but your posts are stupid as hell. I believe in results and Bruce Pearl has brought some great results to this university. I just hope and pray he gets thru this investigation. If you wanna crucify the man then go ahead and do it.....I'll stay on the pearl bandwagon and say I TOLD YOU SO when the time comes.....



I totally agree!!!!!! I was even a Phil supporter too!!!!!
 
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hatvol96 said:
The Pearlophiles are really going to hate the 'AA's Letter of Inquiry. They need to cherish the rest of the season. That's all they have left.
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So Pearl is basically done with coaching D-1 ball unless an Athletic Director is really stupid?
 
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TennesseeFan07 said:
So Pearl is basically done with coaching D-1 ball unless an Athletic Director is really stupid?
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Dang, doesn't sound good. You know, it's really sad to think about. I will be interested to see what the letter says and then hopeful we can find another coach if indeed Pearl is gone. All this over something so easily fixed if he had been straight on the front end. I really hate to see it for him and his family, as well as UT and the players that will have to go through it.

Could be a long year on the hardwood.
 
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hatvol96 said:
The Pearlophiles are really going to hate the 'AA's Letter of Inquiry. They need to cherish the rest of the season. That's all they have left.
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I'm not a Pearlophile and realize he may be fired at the end of the season. We will
likely lose scholarships and maybe a post season ban for a couple of seasons. I hope the NCAA doesn't come down that hard but they may. I also realize he has made UT basketball a top 25 team and almost got us in the final 4. The incoming President may demand he be fired for cause for lying to the NCAA. I've enjoyed his run here if it is over and most reasonable fans know this is just cause to let a coach go in similar situations.
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I think our team will rebound from the current spin that they are in. We played so well in the beginning of the year. I think we must get back to winning with our defense. We don't have the team to run up and down the floor and out score teams. We will put the pieces back together and put in place a shorter rotation and get our momentum and confidence back. We will go into games thinking that we are going to win and that makes a big difference physicolgically.
 
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I think you have to ride this out.

In the words of what's his name in Hoosiers, "Coach stays."
 
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Did NCAA hit Indiana harder because they hired Sampson even though his history was known to them. Is it likely that UT gets hit harder because they have kept Bruce with knowledge of what he did? Would AA be after football more if Kiffin and Orgeron were still here? All things to consider when evaluating if keeping him is worth it. I am not anti-Pearl at all. I hate that this all happened, my bottom line issue is whether or not UT bball is better off, or worse off with Bruce Pearl as coach after the season. I don't think he should be gone during season, never have, but I don't understand how people can say UT wouldn't be justified and ok in long run if they did let him go. I am a fan of UT bball either way, Bruce or not. Was fan during Houston days and will not be jumping ship if he is gone. There seem to be two groups: Bruce fans( who like his personality and record and want him here regardless of consequences becaue he "is UT basketball"), and Ut bball fans(who prefer to protect the integrity of the program over anything else, who realize he didn't invent UT bball, and aren't naïve enough to think he is the one man that can win here on face of earth). Not saying the Bruce fans can't be real UT fans, just saying there seems to be a group that would rather keep him even if it sets UT back 5 years. I don't post here to get in nasty back and forths, just to have discussion of civil nature. Please don't go all Clev02 and start bashing me if you disagree, or accusing me of "going back on comments" and never proving it. I honestly want to know what others think and why because I don't think my own opinion is more valuable than another's. I don't claim to know much either, I am just a lifelong, pre 2005, UT bball fan who wants a successful, respected, program of integrity
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Yes, pearl needs to go. How was this team so good and now so bad? Has he lost the team? I would have sacked him after getting out- coached by Kevin o' Neil.....again!
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hatvol96 said:
Not sure what you're talking about. However, if you'd like to make a wager on the outcome of Pearl's situation, I'll be glad to oblige.
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I would like to hear your insight on the AA' letter. Not doubting you, but I find it hard to believe you know more than anyone else being that the letters have not even been sent to UT.
 
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Leave. If he had some kind of recourse like he was being falsely accused and would right the wrong and all but he has no comeback. He stupidly, blatantly, lied now his Tennessee days should be over. But..........on the other hand, I don't know anyone that has never told a lie, at least a white lie, so I guess I have no right to judge him unless I am faultless, which I am not.
 
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DeepSpringsVol said:
Would you like Bruce to resign now or wait out the season and not make a rash decision? I get the feeling many want him out asap that they feel is departure is inevitable anyways. I for one am reserving judgement for seasons end. I am trying not to let the poor performance of this one season over shadow what he has done here. I feel like everyone else he mad HUGE error in lying about something so small. I also give Bruce creedance for not doing the Kiffin when Iowa, Indiana and Memphis gauged his interest. He didn't command his salary match what Memphis reportedly was in ball park moneywise. He has marketed us well. I have gone to almost every game since I was a kid with my pops back before Stokely closed its doors and he sold popcorn to get into games before games were at stokely but at Alumni gymnasium. So we have spent our share of $$ over there in fact the news Sentinel interviewed him and had him on coverpage years ago when he went to pick up our season tickets he is 76 so has seen alot of good Ray Mears and Stu Aberdeen ball and a ton more bad basketball. I guess I am just trying to get a feel for everyone elses hopes for how this ends. I have endured many bad times in TBA and Bruce has made me feel happier than upset most days when walking to car after the games. Now I will acknowledge No one person is bigger than the University. I will say I love my coach and am not ready to give him his walking papers just yet. Enough about me and my thoughts, I want to poll the wounded fan base. I want to end this with a Go Vols!
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I don't want him gone, unless we can get a GREAT coach to replace him. I no longer support him after the way the team has played the past 3 weeks though.
 
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macvol65 said:
Wow over 2000 posts in2 years you have some life
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Wow you only have 5 posts. You must be a world travelled millionaire with homes in France, Spain, & Italy. I bet you have a Swiss bank account, and 5 million
shares of Microsoft stock. Yeah with only 5 posts all of what I said must be true.



smartazz
 
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VoL BaLL 777 said:
I don't want him gone, unless we can get a GREAT coach to replace him. I no longer support him after the way the team has played the past 3 weeks though.
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After all he has been through a three week stretch is the final nail in the coffin for your support?
 
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