The Bruce Pearl Thread

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

  • Total voters
    0
  • Poll closed .
Status
Not open for further replies.
#3,626
#3,626
1985Vols said:
To me , Pearl was a Mears clone. Definitely the two best eras of UT basketball. A lot easier these days with 68 teams in the tourney vs. 16 and 24 when Mears coached and had first round games vs. Teams like Syracuse. With that said, he was loaded with talent the year he had King, Grunfeld, Jackson, Johnson and Darden.
Click to expand...

Good point about the 16 and 24 team tourney. Forgot about that.
 
#3,629
#3,629
zjcvols said:
One word: Kentucky.

Plus I was referring more to the fact it was a tougher era to make the tourney.

Hence the lack of SEC titles.
Click to expand...

It was tougher to make it to the tournament but UK was the only program that took basketball seriously and the overall winning pct is the same as Pearl's. Plus, when Mears did get in a tournament, he consistently flamed out quickly.

Good coach, great showman, but it is very debatable that he was a more successful coach than Pearl. Pearl attained higher rankings, better tournament advances and it was against tougher overall competition.
 
#3,630
#3,630
volbeast33 said:
Tom izzo suspended for 1 game bc he hired an associate of a recruit....paying him to run a camp to try to lure the recruit.
Click to expand...

Did he lie about it?

Izzo has very few violations in his career. Been a long one too.

I don't even care about the BBQ. Violations will happen and I get that.
 
#3,632
#3,632
1985Vols said:
Sure, and I'm sure they all to to church on Sunday. You know they all lie about their violations, but not to the NCAA because the NCAA protects them and it never gets to that point.
Click to expand...

A lot of assuming.

The NCAA did not protect Ohio State and Tressel.
 
#3,633
#3,633
Backwards K said:
It was tougher to make it to the tournament but UK was the only program that took basketball seriously and the overall winning pct is the same as Pearl's. Plus, when Mears did get in a tournament, he consistently flamed out quickly.

Good coach, great showman, but it is very debatable that he was a more successful coach than Pearl. Pearl attained higher rankings, better tournament advances and it was against tougher overall competition.
Click to expand...

The fact remains, you have to go back to the freaking '70s to find a UT coach who even compares -- and he's really the only comparison.
 
  • Like
Reactions: 1 person
#3,634
#3,634
johnnybravo said:
Good point about the 16 and 24 team tourney. Forgot about that.
Click to expand...

Lost to a Syracuse team coached by a coach in his first season and Mears LOST TO VMI in the first round of the NCAA tournament.

Mears also lost two games in the NCAA tournament in 67, made it to the semis of a 24 team NIT in 68, lost in 2nd round of NIT in 1971, lost in first round of the Commissioners Cup Tourney in 74 and 75. Then lost in the opening round in 76 and 77 in the games mentioned above.
 
#3,637
#3,637
zjcvols said:
Did he lie about it?

Izzo has very few violations in his career. Been a long one too.

I don't even care about the BBQ. Violations will happen and I get that.
Click to expand...

B Donovan was accused of cheating in getting mike miller by e fogle, r Williams, and mike Montgomery but only secondary violations were proven....more recently he lost contact with recruits over more violations.

So lying to protect yourself makes it unethical but committing the crime is ok.....I'm really confused by your thought process.
 
#3,641
#3,641
volbeast33 said:
B Donovan was accused of cheating in getting mike miller by e fogle, r Williams, and mike Montgomery but only secondary violations were proven....more recently he lost contact with recruits over more violations.

So lying to protect yourself makes it unethical but committing the crime is ok.....I'm really confused by your thought process.
Click to expand...

Violations happen. I don't judge Bruce on the violations.

But the lying? That shouldn't happen.
 
#3,647
#3,647
zjcvols said:
Violations happen. I don't judge Bruce on the violations.

But the lying? That shouldn't happen.
Click to expand...

I understand the lying more than cheating.....self preservation is a powerful force.....why are u worried he may commit further violations then.
 
#3,648
#3,648
volbeast33 said:
I understand the lying more than cheating.....self preservation is a powerful force.....why are u worried he may commit further violations then.
Click to expand...

Because he's done it before??? He's lied before? Because if he screws up UT is screwed?
 
#3,649
#3,649
GAVol said:
Didn't protect Stallings and Alabama. Didn't protect Eddie Sutton at Kentucky. Didn't protect Kelvin Sampson at Indiana.
Click to expand...

Larry Brown at Kansas. Jim Harrick at UCLA. Steve Fisher at Michigan.
 
New posts
Status
Not open for further replies.
Advertisement





Back
Top