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Originally Posted by HotlantaVol  To play devil's advocate here, Hatvol alleged in an earlier thread that Pearl used "negative recruiting" (e.g. spreading false innuendo about other rival programs) during the recruitment of Ramar Smith.
I personally like Pearl a lot, but to say his ethics are beyond reproach might be a bit of a leap. |
"Negative recruiting" is expected and is not against the rules. It is a competition and competitions usually end up focusing on the negative. I would be disappointed to hear that Pearl was making false accusations about rival coaches, though. I'm not saying Pearl is a saint but he has a clean record with the NCAA and even though his allegations weren't proven to be true, it's pretty obvious that something was going on. People don't like a tattle tale but I would have done the same thing in his shoes. You don't have to like it but calling him unethical because of it is ridiculous and untrue.