You should be banned for most ignorant post of the year. Why in the world would you defend Bruce Pearl? Did you watch the same game, or for that matter, ANY game this season? Okay. I'll clue you in on a "Notice".
Notice the players just standing around with absolutely no motion on offense.
Notice the passing back and forth and then the brick of a 3 that comes next or the Tyler Smith weak spin that we've seen for 3 years now?
Notice how McBricks minutes aren't getting weaker when he's too slow to guard or even drain the botton of the net but OBVIOUSLY is one hell of a practice player.
Notice how CJ Watson is the only PG worth a crap under Pearl (and wasn't even recruited by Pearl)? and how we've talked about a weak PG ever since?
Notice getting killed on the glass against weaker teams because your big men are slappin' their nuts around the arc?
Notice how our press sucks but he still sticks with it because that's his substitute for a half court offense, since he has no direction or means of drawing up a simple play in the half court offense?
Notice how none of his players use their abilities to their best (Chism outside when he should be inside, Hopson standing around in Chris Lofton land when he should attack the rim etc...)
Notice how he makes constant excuses for his teams when in all reality, we are overrated and NOT even a top 30 team?
I could go on and on and on but I just get pissed when I think about. This is the man that is getting elite money. People fussed that we didn't have an inside game. We now (could at least) have a comfortable punch in inside/outside players but everyone goes outside. It's ridiculous. You can blame Tennessee players for the stats but the truth of the matter is, we would not be 2-20 (or whatever it was) if Pearl LIMITED them from shooting and then you can say, maybe he did but they didnt' listen so then you can say he sucks because he has no control over his players. Either way, this has to fall on Pearl. It isn't just tonights game, it's the whole season and most of the time he's been here. Good lord.