The Bruce Pearl Thread

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

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Spartacavolus said:
You have talked about having higher integrity than everybody else here all night.
People on high of a pedastal as you are showing fall hard.
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I won't apologize for thinking integrity should be valued.

If you think winning is more important than integrity, than fine. That's your decision.

And I never said I had higher integrity than anyone.
 
#3,657
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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.
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That's silly, there were far fewer teams, hence you don't get any easier first round games. Had there been 64-68 teams, Mears would have had more chances to win.
 
#3,659
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zjcvols said:
I won't apologize for thinking integrity should be valued.

If you think winning is more important than integrity, than fine. That's your decision.

And I never said I had higher integrity than anyone.
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Bill self helped get Kansas on probation bc a booster was paying recruits a round 5,000 dollars plus in extra benefits.

He also had an affair on his wife which was one of your points about Pearl.
 
#3,661
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volbeast33 said:
Bill self helped get Kansas on probation bc a booster was paying recruits a round 5,000 dollars plus in extra benefits.

He also had an affair on his wife which was one of your points about Pearl.
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Did Self lie about any of the probation?
 
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volbeast33 said:
Bill self helped get Kansas on probation bc a booster was paying recruits a round 5,000 dollars plus in extra benefits.

He also had an affair on his wife which was one of your points about Pearl.
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Self was found of zero wrong doing other than a minor violation.
 
#3,666
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zjcvols said:
How do you know he lied about it?

This isn't getting anywhere.
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Bc he cheated on his wife lol......bc it's his program and his responsibility......how did a booster know which recruits to help? Kind of like Oregon had no idea they paid 25,000 for outdated material, and Miami had no idea all the stuff was going on down there.
 
#3,667
#3,667
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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volbeast33 said:
Bc he lied the fact that he says he didn't know about it is a lie or he is completely incompetent.....your choice
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Those don't count. Acting like you didn't know what's going on when you do isn't a lie to some because a penalty wasn't received. Akin to stealing not being stealing unless you are caught and penalized.
 
#3,673
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bleedingTNorange said:
They're the sixers, they'll always be bad, kinda like the Timberwolves.
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We have a good starting piece in MCW, a good gm and a good coach along with what will hopefully be two top 10 picks.....things are looking up for the sixers....wish I could say the same about my vols.
 
#3,675
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patrick said:
Pearl to Bama.....odds anyone????
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I live in Birmingham, and that's exactly what the fans are hoping for here. Yee friggin hah... I will officially stop watching UT basketball at that point. The thought of a Bruce Pearl coached Alabama team handing our azzes to us makes me ill.
 
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