The Bruce Pearl Thread

Would you be for Bruce Pearl's return if Martin is fired after next year?

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#3,701
#3,701
zjcvols said:
My final thoughts and I'll be done in this thread for a while.

Violations happen. We commit violations. We break the speeding limits, rolling stops, accidentally leave stuff off our taxes, etc. **** happens. We are flawed human beings. I get it.

However, integrity it still important, at least to me. Tennessee is an academic institution that, in part of its statement, encourages integrity.

Bruce Pearl lied, tried to cover up his lie, and tried to get others to cover for him. He has shown a propensity for screwing up in the past. He's not worth the risk in of itself to be hired, plus he would be a bad example for the university in my opinion. It sends a bad message to others that lying is okay. Do I believe Pearl should never be allowed to coach again? No. He received his punishment and when it has ended, he can do as he pleases. However, it shouldn't be at Tennessee. He's had his chance. His was a great run. I thoroughly enjoyed it. I wish he didn't screwed up. Had he left for the NBA and was fired, health reasons, etc. and the AD fired Coach Martin, I'd be perfectly fine with him coming back to the program.

However, that is not the case nor the circumstances. Tennessee isn't an elite coaching job, but is definitely a top 25 job and Tennessee can hire someone with good credentials that can achieve great success here. Bruce Pearl isn't the only man available for the Tennessee job, nor should he be. He has too much baggage that he carries.

Tennessee doesn't have to resort to a man with a three year show clause over his head. Tennessee can do better than that and deserves better than that.
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Doesn't seem so important to our big boosters in their day to day routine.
 
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#3,703
#3,703
Give us pearl. We want pearl. Needs to be chanted at every opportunity. I have watched several games this year and even the wins were not because of ccm. It was because of talent. Ccm is probably a great person but he is not a great coach or even a good head coach. I hate to say it but it is true.
 
#3,704
#3,704
I watched Mears too and I disagree. He was a great coach and a better promoter. Anyone that coached against him would tell you the same including Adolf Rupp.
 
#3,705
#3,705
Sorry performance against Florida. Martin should have been all over the refs for all the times Florida fouled Stokes and it was not called. On one play it looked like he was fouled 3 times. No call. I have tried to support Martin but I have followed basketball at TN since Ray Mears ( the great one ). The position of supporting Martin is no longer defendable. This is his best team on paper. It was obvious yesterday that BD and staff have developed their players. It was equally obvious Tennessee has not. I really feel for Stokes, he has worked hard, he plays hard, he is a VFL that obviously really cares. When he goes pro we have a much weaker team. Martin seems like a nice guy. Martin needs to make the NCAA tourney with this team. Anything less is abject failure. The expectations to make the tourney have been there every year. Martin apparently will not deliver. If we are a bubble team we will not make it. Key losses to good RPI teams along with the loss to UTEP will insure that. The future is bleak anyway with Martin's record of developing players. Next years incoming class is not that great if they do not get good x and o coaching and development in their game. Martin has sadly proven he can deliver neither. Perhaps at this point he should do something else like WH did when he started his trucking company. Until the fans expect more from this admin and athletic department we will not get it. No one would love to see our beloved Vols win out or win the sec tourney and go to the NCAA more than I. But these issues are not one game or a half season, they are year long. I do think we are at the juncture that requires Hart, Cheeks , and their departments to find the next winning coach for this team.
 
#3,706
#3,706
And hiring Pearl back is a no brainer. If Cheeks is not interested, fire him, find someone that graduated from Tennessee to fill his position that is interested in winning at basketball again.
 
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Almost unanimous what the boosters want, from my understanding. Losing affects their pockets in some way and Bruce was good for business. Many business agreements and partnerships were formed during his era. Bring a group in, alcohol, food, watch and entertaining game and a text to Bruce and he would come help close the deal from a schmoozing standpoint.
That's not happening anymore.
 
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Spartacavolus said:
Almost unanimous what the boosters want, from my understanding. Losing affects their pockets in some way and Bruce was good for business. Many business agreements and partnerships were formed during his era. Bring a group in, alcohol, food, watch and entertaining game and a text to Bruce and he would come help close the deal from a schmoozing standpoint.
That's not happening anymore.
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Makes sense.

I would love to have Bruce back. I don't think they'll do it though.
 
#3,709
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Maxwell said:
And hiring Pearl back is a no brainer. If Cheeks is not interested, fire him, find someone that graduated from Tennessee to fill his position that is interested in winning at basketball again.
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Is there such a person?
 
#3,711
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CAVol said:
I think he meant to replace Cheek, not to coach basketball.
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I got that. He is wanting to replace Cheek with a UT grad that values winning in Bball.

Is there such a person qualified or would even be considered?
 
#3,712
#3,712
Maxwell said:
And hiring Pearl back is a no brainer. If Cheeks is not interested, fire him, find someone that graduated from Tennessee to fill his position that is interested in winning at basketball again.
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I'm certainly no fan of Jimmy Cheek, but it's naive to think the chancellor would lose his job over his preference in a basketball coach.
 
#3,715
#3,715
CBP is on 104.5 in Nashville right now, he is their college basketball analyst, but man he is still passionate about UT and this team.
 
#3,716
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volfan_89 said:
CBP is on 104.5 in Nashville right now, he is their college basketball analyst, but man he is still passionate about UT and this team.
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How would you like it if you built this beautiful house and you had to watch it being torn down "Brick by Brick" until it was on verge of imploding? All your hard work evaporating before your eyes.
 
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InVOLuntary said:
How would you like it if you built this beautiful house and you had to watch it being torn down "Brick by Brick" until it was on verge of imploding? All your hard work evaporating before your eyes.
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and there were too many rooms anyway which is why he didn't recognize the picture in the first place.
 
#3,719
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Spartacavolus said:
Almost unanimous what the boosters want, from my understanding. Losing affects their pockets in some way and Bruce was good for business. Many business agreements and partnerships were formed during his era. Bring a group in, alcohol, food, watch and entertaining game and a text to Bruce and he would come help close the deal from a schmoozing standpoint.
That's not happening anymore.
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Sparta - The question is, can the boosters make this happen from what you have heard? I am thinking that the boosters would have to exert every ounce of their collective power to twist the arm of Cheek and possibly Hart. Plus I believe that there would have to be a groundswell of epic proportions in the fan base to make this happen! Your thoughts would be appreciated.

And would you wear one of the shirts that I posted above???
 
#3,721
#3,721
InVOLuntary said:
How would you like it if you built this beautiful house and you had to watch it being torn down "Brick by Brick" until it was on verge of imploding? All your hard work evaporating before your eyes.
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Um everything did implode infront of his eyes when he decided to lie to the NCAA over a secondary violation. We lost Scotty and Tobias, and are whole roster was ****. That was imploding. This, what we are going through right now, has never been good enough to "implode"
 
#3,722
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patrick said:
Sparta - The question is, can the boosters make this happen from what you have heard? I am thinking that the boosters would have to exert every ounce of their collective power to twist the arm of Cheek and possibly Hart. Plus I believe that there would have to be a groundswell of epic proportions in the fan base to make this happen! Your thoughts would be appreciated.

And would you wear one of the shirts that I posted above???
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I have no idea, but with cheek and hart there, I don't think so. Appreciate the shirt offer, but I'm not really a t-shirt saying wearer.
 
#3,723
#3,723
OrangeAllDay said:
Um everything did implode infront of his eyes when he decided to lie to the NCAA over a secondary violation. We lost Scotty and Tobias, and are whole roster was ****. That was imploding. This, what we are going through right now, has never been good enough to "implode"
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At least you have gotten over it in the last 3 years.
 
#3,725
#3,725
Spartacavolus said:
I have no idea, but with cheek and hart there, I don't think so. Appreciate the shirt offer, but I'm not really a t-shirt saying wearer.
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I think it would be a cold day in hell before Cheek and Hart would bring CBP unless the boosters threatened Harts job and some political pressure exerted on Cheek.

I just wish that the Administration would mind it business as in academics and let AD (and boosters) do the athletics. They should peacefully coexist and stay out of each others business.
 
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