How is Stallings SEC coach of the year?

#26
#26
Had Vandy not swept us I the Pearl would have had a better chance. Both coaches have had a hell of a season. One of those is 2-0 and one is 0-2.
 
#28
#28
As I understand it, Stallings won because everyone with a vote disliked him less than they disliked Calipari.
 
#29
#29
VolDad said:
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First time i've ever seen "shows silly team spirit" used in comparison to "make fun with looks like this celebrity"


.....i'm not sure that it works too well honestly
 
#30
#30
He -stallings - did alot with a team that wasnt ranked and really wasn't supposed to be as good (he took them from unranked to well ranked - i think like 13th at one point and 2nd in conference)
 
#31
#31
Stallings took a team that was predicted to finish 5th in the SEC East to a 2nd place finish in the SEC overall. That at least gets you in the discussion. I still think that Pearl deserves a lot of credit for the coaching job this year. He was fantastic. I don't know how much control he had about what happened, but he sure had a lot of control over how he handled it.
 
#32
#32
Because the glow off his chrome dome can light up a dark room. They've been saving on the light bill in memorial for years now.
 
#33
#33
Once again, as I always say..........because Vandy is some *****es! He did not beat Pearl. 40 plus foul shots beat UT. Again, *****es.
 
#34
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VolFan32 said:
Even when we were short-handed you could argue that we were still a more talented team than Vandy.

Face it, Stallings did more with less and that's why he won.
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I agree that Stallings deserved the award. But your claim that he did more with less makes it sound like you are saying Vanderbilt does not have much talent. You obviously have not actually paid attention to Vandy this year. Beal is a great player. Taylor is a highly thought up NBA prospect. Ogilvy has shortcomings for sure, but he is a very good SEC post player. The reserves on the frontline have size and athleticism. Jenkins is a great shooter. Very talented team.
 
#35
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hatvol96 said:
I completely agree. That doesn't change the fact that his being forced to play with a shorthanded roster was a perfect example of reaping what you sew.
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Yeah, I agree. He kind of put himself in that position, so that shouldn't earn him points towards coach of the year.

Personally, I think Stallings is a good coach, and I have no problem with him winning this year. I think he's a better floor coach than Calipari, but recruiting is also part of being a coach, so I wouldn't have disagreed with either one
 
#36
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therickbol said:
I agree that Stallings deserved the award. But your claim that he did more with less makes it sound like you are saying Vanderbilt does not have much talent. You obviously have not actually paid attention to Vandy this year. Beal is a great player. Taylor is a highly thought up NBA prospect. Ogilvy has shortcomings for sure, but he is a very good SEC post player. The reserves on the frontline have size and athleticism. Jenkins is a great shooter. Very talented team.
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Oh for sure. Stallings isn't scoring Top 10 recruiting classes, but he brings in some talent, and he develops some too. Ogilvy was just overrated coming in. Not uncommon for a foreign player.
 
#37
#37
Posters on this board have some serious Bias-based issues in regards to Pearl. It gets ridiculous.
Let me first say - I am not a Pearl-Homer. I think he does a crappy job of locating players with good character. His Development sometimes is pitiful to say the least and his tourney resume needs to improve.
However - to say he shouldn't even be mentioned as a COY candidate because he is "reaping what he sews" is ludicrous. Did he recruite those players? Yup. Sure did. Did he know they were going to act so stupidly on January 1? Highly doubtful although he couldn't be too surprised since he knew their character. But we are talking about COACH of the year. Not FATHER FIGURE of the year.

Stallings also reaps what he sews. Everyone is making a case for him because he doesn't have the talent of a Tennessee or Kentucky. Whose fault is that? He recruits what he has. So does Pearl. Cal does as well, with a little help of course.

The effort some put forth on this board to bash or downplay the program and its coach is astonishing.

For the record - Good Job Stallings! I think he deserved it. I hope Cal never wins anything.
 
#38
#38
PandamoniumReigns said:
Posters on this board have some serious Bias-based issues in regards to Pearl. It gets ridiculous.
Let me first say - I am not a Pearl-Homer. I think he does a crappy job of locating players with good character. His Development sometimes is pitiful to say the least and his tourney resume needs to improve.
However - to say he shouldn't even be mentioned as a COY candidate because he is "reaping what he sews" is ludicrous. Did he recruite those players? Yup. Sure did. Did he know they were going to act so stupidly on January 1? Highly doubtful although he couldn't be too surprised since he knew their character. But we are talking about COACH of the year. Not FATHER FIGURE of the year.

Stallings also reaps what he sews. Everyone is making a case for him because he doesn't have the talent of a Tennessee or Kentucky. Whose fault is that? He recruits what he has. So does Pearl. Cal does as well, with a little help of course.

The effort some put forth on this board to bash or downplay the program and its coach is astonishing.

For the record - Good Job Stallings! I think he deserved it. I hope Cal never wins anything.
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:good!: I hear you. Really people should stop and think where Tennessee basketball was before Pearl and where it is now. This was and i guess to a degree still is a football school, although the little weasel in the AD's office seems to be hell bent on changing that. Pearl does bring in questionable character guys and player development hasn't been that good. Our half court game has been a joke for most of Bruce's tenure. Really though anyone thinking that he was going to turn this into the next UNC in his tenure, well i'd have laughed in your face and still would. It is what it is and he's done what i would consider a pretty good job here.

I also agree that Cal is a sleaze bag and i hope he takes a long walk off a short peer.
 
#39
#39
Special Ed said:
The other SEC coaches don't like Pearl because he's generally been beating up on all of them for the past five years. He did a better job of coaching this year than Stallings or Calipari, but because Vandy beat the Vols twice they felt that gave them an excuse to award someone other than Bruce.
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If is very clear that the coaches don't like Cal. With the turn around at KY, he was clearly the choice for coach of the year. Stallings and Pearl did a good job, but he immediately returned KY to an elite program.
 
#40
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BasketvolsFan said:
If is very clear that the coaches don't like Cal. With the turn around at KY, he was clearly the choice for coach of the year. Stallings and Pearl did a good job, but he immediately returned KY to an elite program.
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Coaches don't like cheaters.

And HE didn't return KY to an elite program. WWW's Wallet and Connections did.
 
#42
#42
With all due respect to the OP I don't think tyler was our best player, I actually think he was a cancer type that just brought everyone else down JMO though
 
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