Source inside says CBP is gone. (rumor)

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Vercingetorix said:
This is long and off-topic, but the above post warrants a serious reply.

I don't insist on the truth from my kids because of some disembodied principle; I demand it because it's an integral part of my authority. I'm not with my kids all the time now, and the older they get the less I'll be with them and the easier it'll be for them to get away with telling me whatever the hell they think I want to hear. Since I operate under the realistic assumption that all kids will at some point be up to some stuff that they don't want their parents to know about, I've started beating it into them at an early age that you don't lie to your parents. I don't do this because I'm particularly authoritarian: I'm a pretty relaxed dad with a couple of great kids (so far, at least), and I don't have to have many rules. I do it because the teenage years are coming, and you have to operate under the assumption that all teenagers are reckless idiots with a death wish, and I think in order to help them navigate through that, you have to be able to occasionally put on the I AM DAD, MASTER OF THE UNIVERSE hat. And that frankly has to be based on a kernel of fear. You don't openly defy me or lie to my face, or I will kick your ass.

I think we all knew kids growing up who would happily and easily lie to their parents all the time, and the parents would nod genially and obliviously and believe it all, and then the kids would head out to recklessly do exactly what they just promised that they wouldn't. I'm not going to be that parent. If my kids are going to lie to me, they're at least going to squirm about it like I did when I lied to my parents. I was so thoroughly conditioned to hate and fear lying to my folks that it was a real deterrent sometimes.

I don't see how you can have any authority if your kids learn that lying to you is no big deal. And if you don't have any authority, then pretty much all you can do between puberty and college graduation is watch from the sidelines, wring your hands, and hope things turn out. Maybe you think it's "selfish" and "more about [me] than the liar," but mostly I am concerned with seeing the liar live to adulthood.
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If more kids my age had parents with that kind of attitude, my generation would be much better off. :hi:
 
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The guy said "Book It" so it must be true, right? I've never heard of the NCAA suspending a coach? Has anyone else? The sanctions are almost alway on the school.
 
#229
#229
Seems pretty harsh to me. In my opinion, the punishment doesn't really fit the crime.
 
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#232
DON'T FIRE BRUCE PEARL!
He doesn't deserved to be fired. Yeah, he made a mistake, so what. Doesn't he deserve a second chance like others scream for. What he has done for this program is short of miraculous. Bad decision to let Bruce go.
GO VOLS!
 
#233
#233
i dont begin to try to figure out who is credible here and who is not, but i had this same info early this week and held it to see how long it took to get here. point is, i heard the same thing from a source outside of this site.

any speculation on who (next hire) could make a splash here?
 
#234
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feathersax said:
Why not have Todd Raleigh coach both baseball/basketball? It'd be just what you Pearl haters deserve.
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This crap really pisses me off. If you are so petty that you would rather see the "Pearl-haters" get what they "deserve" than whats best for the program, then you might as well go cheer for Kentucky or Alabama.
 
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jcvannoy said:
The guy said "Book It" so it must be true, right? I've never heard of the NCAA suspending a coach? Has anyone else? The sanctions are almost alway on the school.
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They will certainly hit coaches with punishment. Sampson, Haskins, Bozeman, and McCarthy all come to mind.
 
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emainvol said:
This crap really pisses me off. If you are so petty that you would rather see the "Pearl-haters" get what they "deserve" than whats best for the program, then you might as well go cheer for Kentucky or Alabama.
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I've always taken the position that most of the people who speak of the "Pearl haters" became die hard UT fans somewhere right around that Florida victory in Knoxville in January 2006.
 
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tigervol9802 said:
I've always taken the position that most of the people who speak of the "Pearl haters" became die hard UT fans somewhere right around that Florida victory in Knoxville in January 2006.
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I hate pulling the "true fan" card, but people like that and the whole "Bruce is UT basketball" crowd can go to hell.
 
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#239
Unbelievable that fans who don't accept anything from Pearl as being great are labeled "Pearl Haters". Pearl has done many good things for this program. However, he is now doing the program harm. Hard to see how anyone can deny that.
 
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tigervol9802 said:
I've always taken the position that most of the people who speak of the "Pearl haters" became die hard UT fans somewhere right around that Florida victory in Knoxville in January 2006.
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And they'll be the same people who will pull their Florida hat out of the closet when he's gone.
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emainvol said:
I hate pulling the "true fan" card, but people like that and the whole "Bruce is UT basketball" crowd can go to hell.
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As can the ones who have the need to bash the man at every opportunity and believe his success on the court will be easily duplicated by the next hire.
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NYYVol said:
And they'll be the same people who will pull their Florida hat out of the closet when he's gone.
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I don't follow your logic. You're saying the ones who support Bruce are the ones likely to turn into Florida fans when he leaves?
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Fingers said:
As can the ones who have the need to bash the man at every opportunity and believe his success on the court will be easily duplicated by the next hire.
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Not the same.
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Fingers said:
I don't follow your logic. You're saying the ones who support Bruce are the ones likely to turn into Florida fans when he leaves?
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Used Florida as an example. Whether its UK, UF or the lady vols, the bandwagon jumpers will go back to what they know best.
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Fingers said:
As can the ones who have the need to bash the man at every opportunity and believe his success on the court will be easily duplicated by the next hire.
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True. One SEC title in six years is tough to duplicate.
 
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#249
Fingers said:
I don't follow your logic. You're saying the ones who support Bruce are the ones likely to turn into Florida fans when he leaves?
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I think he's saying people that support Pearl are not True Fans.
 
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#250
Fingers said:
As can the ones who have the need to bash the man at every opportunity and believe his success on the court will be easily duplicated by the next hire.
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You will have to point those people out to me.
 
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