Why all the hate from memphis fans?

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In Sunday's Commercial Appeal there was a story that he went into a recruits uncles barber shop in Memphis to get a haircut... :eek:hmy:
 
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Bruce is one of the two or three most negative recruiters in the business. There are also still a whole lot of coaches who are extremely skeptical about the legitimacy of Ramar Smith's transcript.
 
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hatvol96 said:
Bruce is one of the two or three most negative recruiters in the business. There are also still a whole lot of coaches who are extremely skeptical about the legitimacy of Ramar Smith's transcript.
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What do you mean "negative recruiter"?
 
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Ironic, isn't it? The title of this thread. Why worry about the hate from Memphis? There's enough hate here between our own "fans".
 
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hatvol96 said:
Bruce is one of the two or three most negative recruiters in the business. There are also still a whole lot of coaches who are extremely skeptical about the legitimacy of Ramar Smith's transcript.
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I presume by negative you mean talking down another program?

Uhh, I might call that shrewd salesmanship. If I'm selling a car, and somebody is looking at a different make, I'll be sure to point out that make's cons.
 
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HotlantaVol said:
I presume by negative you mean talking down another program?

Uhh, that shrewd salesmanshipI might call . If I'm selling a car, and somebody is looking at a different make, I'll be sure to point out that make's cons.
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It's a little different than that.
 
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HotlantaVol said:
I presume by negative you mean talking down another program?

Uhh, I might call that shrewd salesmanship. If I'm selling a car, and somebody is looking at a different make, I'll be sure to point out that make's cons.
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lol but of course, Cal randomly calling out Pearl's acceptance of Prince as only a tactic of recruiting isn't slimy at all.
 
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eloist said:
I've been casually reading Memphis message boards today.

Why all the extreme Vols hate from them? I don't get it...

Did I miss something? Whats the deal...? My mom and Dad, aunt and uncle all did undergrad at memphis State and graduate school at UT. I have never looked at this as a big rivalry for obvious reasons I guess.


Anyone have the inside scoop on the jealousy?
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I believe it can be summed up with two words...inferiority complex
 
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justingroves said:
It's a little different than that.
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Details, please...

Look, it might violate some sort of unspoken coaches creed to trash another program, but I wouldn't call that unethical. And besides, after the Thomas incident, Pearl doesn't owe anybody else in coaching - with the exception of Dr. Tom Davis - a damn thing. Scorched earth, baby.

Part of selling is differentiating yourself strongly from the competition, by accentuating your positives and the other competitors' negatives.
 
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lacrossepro70 said:
He admitedly had a streak of a few bad games, but without Prince, I honestly don't think we would've beaten Georgia on saturday.
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Prince is far far far too inconsistent to just look at one game. If you look at his entire body of work here at Tennessee you'll see he can only shoot it 2 ft from the rim or closer, has some of the worst foul shots I've seen from a player who aspires to be a PG, makes some horrible decision with the ball, and who complains like no one else when he gets caught sticking those lanky arms around the defender to try and poke the ball away.
 
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hatvol96 said:
Actually, Illinois accused Pearl of wrongdoing in his recruitment of Deon Thomas. Also, his peers almost universally consider Bruce slime.
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I didn't realize this hat...

What does this stem from...is there more than just this Illinois thing?
 
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BruceAlmighty19 said:
Prince is far far far too inconsistent to just look at one game. If you look at his entire body of work here at Tennessee you'll see he can only shoot it 2 ft from the rim or closer, has some of the worst foul shots I've seen from a player who aspires to be a PG, makes some horrible decision with the ball, and who complains like no one else when he gets caught sticking those lanky arms around the defender to try and poke the ball away.
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He and Ramar have a contest to see who can clank the worst free throws on the season. Currently Ramar is in the lead - only slightly.
 
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HotlantaVol said:
Details, please...

Look, it might violate some sort of unspoken coaches creed to trash another program, but I wouldn't call that unethical. And besides, after the Thomas incident, Pearl doesn't owe anybody else in coaching - with the exception of Dr. Tom Davis - a damn thing. Scorched earth, baby.

Part of selling is differentiating yourself strongly from the competition, by accentuating your positives and the other competitors' negatives.
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So lying to kids and selling half-truths to them is okay because car salesmen do it?

It's one thing to point out the negatives in a program/coach but to straight up lie is not the same.

Simply walking into a house and saying "(insert school/coach name here) sucks because he did (insert whatever transgression) and he is a worthless bastard" etc is not okay.
 
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justingroves said:
So lying to kids and selling half-truths to them is okay because car salesmen do it?

It's one thing to point out the negatives in a program/coach but to straight up lie is not the same.

Simply walking into a house and saying "(insert school/coach name here) sucks because he did (insert whatever transgression) and he is a worthless bastard" etc is not okay.
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If you have examples of Pearl outright lying, I'd like to know.

However, if there's more than a kernel of truth in the stuff he says about another program, that is fair game.
 
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blamie said:
I didn't realize this hat...

What does this stem from...is there more than just this Illinois thing?
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He's loud, obnoxious and can be confrontational. He's also a pretty good coach that backs up most everything he says. So when he tells you what he thinks and how bad his team is going to beat you, he usually does it.
 
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