Bruce Pearl on PTI

[emainvol]

Originally Posted by bburger991

So when these are all his players, why can't they run his system?

Since they can't run that system, shouldn't they be able to do something else? Instead, they look terrible in a halfcourt offense, play bad defense, and generally, don't give a whole lot of effort.

All of those things can be pointed back at Bruce.

No, that's all laziness on the part of the players. That SEC championship last year, that was Pearl

[bburger991]

I guarantee that we'll get a lot more recruits if we win, not if he does a segment on ESPN a couple days before the biggest game of the season.

[bburger991]

Originally Posted by emainvol

No, that's all laziness on the part of the players. That SEC championship last year, that was Pearl

Eh, some of it is the players, but Pearl can either tell them to give more effort or sit them on the bench.

[emainvol]

Originally Posted by bburger991

I guarantee that we'll get a lot more recruits if we win, not if he does a segment on ESPN a couple days before the biggest game of the season.

Recruits don't want to play for a coach that wins games in the NCAA tournament. They want to play for a coach who knows Wilbon.

[fromtheparkinglot]

Originally Posted by bburger991

So when these are all his players, why can't they run his system?

Since they can't run that system, shouldn't they be able to do something else? Instead, they look terrible in a halfcourt offense, play bad defense, and generally, don't give a whole lot of effort.

All of those things can be pointed back at Bruce.

You make it sound like we are in Kentucky's situation hosting an NIT game tomorrow night. I said Bruce still had a good season having to change his style. I did not say he recruited exactly the right players for his style which is certainly his fault for doing so I admit. But he still brought in some talent that will be better next year and hopefully we find the missing pieces in the next few years especially like Josh Selby!!!

[emainvol]

Originally Posted by bburger991

Eh, some of it is the players, but Pearl can either tell them to give more effort or sit them on the bench.

And deprive us of the JP "The Mad Baller" Prince? I think not.

[fromtheparkinglot]

Originally Posted by emainvol

And deprive us of the JP "The Mad Baller" Prince? I think not.

I think the real question is, What coach could take this exact group of players farther than Pearl?

[m37bruno]

Why is he not a good coach?? Because are most half court offenses not pick n rolls anyway? With all the madness on the court with Bruce Pearls offense he runs players around and creates mismatches on the offensive side of the ball. I dont think running set plays is always the best way to score. The hardest thing in basketball is to defend 1on 1. We spread the court and try to force teams to play 1 on 1. Most teams are packing the box because we are not shooting as good as we did last year. And if you ever played basketball the real way to get a team out of a zone defense which we stuggle the most in is too "shoot them out of the zone" we dont have that this year we have big guys who can drive but its hard when they pack the paint.
He lost 4 starting players from last years team and 2 that were a really significant part of that team. We dont have the bailout 3 ball we had last year so we are having to work harder for wins. And your talking about losing 2 great senior shooters and replacing them with 2 freshmen.
Without a point guard to run a fast paced offense its tough for Bruce to coach this style of basketball anyway.
Replacing 4 starters would be really tough for any coach and especially when it was your entire perimeter game.

[emainvol]

Originally Posted by fromtheparkinglot

I think the real question is, What coach could take this exact group of players farther than Pearl?

Off the top of my head? John Calipari, Bill Self, Roy Williams, Coach K, Rick Barnes, Andy Kennedy, Jamie Dixon, Rick Pitino, Jim Calhoun, Ben Howland, Tim Floyd, Bob Huggins, Bobby Knight, Jay Wright, Tom Crean, and Tom Izzo.

[emainvol]

Originally Posted by m37bruno

Why is he not a good coach?? Because are most half court offenses not pick n rolls anyway? With all the madness on the court with Bruce Pearls offense he runs players around and creates mismatches on the offensive side of the ball. I dont think running set plays is always the best way to score. The hardest thing in basketball is to defend 1on 1. We spread the court and try to force teams to play 1 on 1. Most teams are packing the box because we are not shooting as good as we did last year. And if you ever played basketball the real way to get a team out of a zone defense which we stuggle the most in is too "shoot them out of the zone" we dont have that this year we have big guys who can drive but its hard when they pack the paint.
He lost 4 starting players from last years team and 2 that were a really significant part of that team. We dont have the bailout 3 ball we had last year so we are having to work harder for wins. And your talking about losing 2 great senior shooters and replacing them with 2 freshmen.
Without a point guard to run a fast paced offense its tough for Bruce to coach this style of basketball anyway.
Replacing 4 starters would be really tough for any coach and especially when it was your entire perimeter game.

He didn't replace 4 starters, and it's his own damn fault he doesn't have a competent point guard.

[fromtheparkinglot]

Originally Posted by emainvol

Off the top of my head? John Calipari, Bill Self, Roy Williams, Coach K, Rick Barnes, Andy Kennedy, Jamie Dixon, Rick Pitino, Jim Calhoun, Ben Howland, Tim Floyd, Bob Huggins, Bobby Knight, Jay Wright, Tom Crean, and Tom Izzo.

Ok out of that group, who could we really lure here, and don't say Knight he is unemployed and was so successful at Texas Tech?

[gorockytop101]

Originally Posted by emainvol

Just out of curiosity, what did you see out of Tennessee on Sunday that makes you think the head coach should be doing anything besides coaching two days before Tennessee plays their opening round game? Perhaps you can redeem yourself and make me rethink my stance that people who lack the ability to think critically should all be sterilized.

Because we all know that throughout the day, there is NO time where the team ISN'T practicing, and Bruce Pearl taking the time to sell the UT brand for 5 minutes is all that is wrong with this school. I mean, did you see CPS's interview with ESPN on Selection Monday? WTF was she thinking??? She needs to be spending that time with her team. In fact, why do teams take the time to appear with their coaches on Selection Sunday? Shouldn't they be practicing??? Eating? Sleeping? Nah let's work on man to man. Realize the idiocy of your exaggerations before you jump all over someone else's opinion.

[Vols520]

Originally Posted by emainvol

Just out of curiosity, what did you see out of Tennessee on Sunday that makes you think the head coach should be doing anything besides coaching two days before Tennessee plays their opening round game? Perhaps you can redeem yourself and make me rethink my stance that people who lack the ability to think critically should all be sterilized.

Apparently a coach that has taken us to the sweet 16 two years in a row should be fired. With your 'critical' thinking you should apply to be the AD. We will all laugh when you are fired the following year.

On a side note, would you like to have Roy Williams as our coach?

[emainvol]

Originally Posted by gorockytop101

Because we all know that throughout the day, there is NO time where the team ISN'T practicing, and Bruce Pearl taking the time to sell the UT brand for 5 minutes is all that is wrong with this school. I mean, did you see CPS's interview with ESPN on Selection Monday? WTF was she thinking??? She needs to be spending that time with her team. In fact, why do teams take the time to appear with their coaches on Selection Sunday? Shouldn't they be practicing??? Eating? Sleeping? Nah let's work on man to man. Realize the idiocy of your exaggerations before you jump all over someone else's opinion.

Or... you guys could not get so worked up over an obvious joke. But hey, I know that asking people to comprehend things is a tall order on this board.

[Vols520]

Originally Posted by gorockytop101

Because we all know that throughout the day, there is NO time where the team ISN'T practicing, and Bruce Pearl taking the time to sell the UT brand for 5 minutes is all that is wrong with this school. I mean, did you see CPS's interview with ESPN on Selection Monday? WTF was she thinking??? She needs to be spending that time with her team. In fact, why do teams take the time to appear with their coaches on Selection Sunday? Shouldn't they be practicing??? Eating? Sleeping? Nah let's work on man to man. Realize the idiocy of your exaggerations before you jump all over someone else's opinion.

Thank you sir. I think he woke up on the wrong side of the bed, and probably looked in the mirror and was upset about what he saw.