Why Bruce Lied

#51
#51
oklavol said:
The point is it should be a minor violation. Your firing you coach for inviting a couple of committed players to a team bbq at the coach's house.

Compare that to Cam Newton's dad trying to shop his son around to the highest bidder.
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if it was just about the cookout then Bruce should have owned up to it and he would still be gainfully employed.

I really wish people would stop trying the "but what they did was worse" excuse for Bruce. UT tried to keep him but things just keep popping up that made that impossible

justingroves said:
I'm pretty sure it wouldn't have been unless it was a dead period.
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wish he would have just asked because I could have gotten him a huge grill to use for cheap
 
#52
#52
I can't get over how much some or our fans sound like the Bammers when they got caught cheating several years ago. We sound just as pathetic.
 
#53
#53
oklavol said:
The point is it should be a minor violation. Your firing you coach for inviting a couple of committed players to a team bbq at the coach's house.

Compare that to Cam Newton's dad trying to shop his son around to the highest bidder.
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And it was a minor violation. Who turned it into a major.... care to guess... hint: his initials are BP.
 
#54
#54
oklavol said:
The point is it should be a minor violation. Your firing your coach for inviting a couple of committed players to a team bbq at the coach's house. Lying about a minor violation is suppose to get a coach fired?

Compare that to Cam Newton's dad trying to shop his son around to the highest bidder.
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It was a minor violation, what's not minor is a massive cover-up... how hard is it to understand?
 
#55
#55
Scottyhop said:
According to Gotlieb an assitant was interviewed first. That assistant lied and then Bruce felt he had to lie.

So Bruce basically had a choice to either tell the truth and end the career of that assistant as well as punishment similar to UCONN or risk it all by lying and trying to cover it up. He basically attempted to save the assistants job instead of throwing him to the wolves. I have much more respect for Bruce if this is the case and I think the NCAA lying rule is garbage. I still think Bruce had to go, but this whole thing feels like a set up and the NCAA is punishing Bruce for his Iowa stunt.
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You do know this isn't the first lookout Pearl has gotten in trouble with NCAA for right? Man what a coincidence that he had it on the same weekend a 5* 4* and 3* are coming to town! Bruce just has some awful luck like that.
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#57
#57
oklavol said:
And you aware that those 3 student athletes who were at Bruce Pearl's house in violation of the NCAA rules were already committed to UT?

Yeah, he invited the team to his house for a cookout and invited some UT commits who were juniors to join them. Well lying about it cost him his job. Cause God knows Bruce is the only coach to lie to the NCAA about illegal contact with recruits. So we can all rest easy now.
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I believe they committed just after that weekend.
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#64
#64
Just thought I'd mention the truth hurts in case anyone missed it. :)
 
#66
#66
I think what's missing is perspective. Honestly, how many coaches in Div 1 haven't committed a minor recruiting violation by excessive contact with a recruited player? I think if the NCAA wanted to theycould find 75% of the coaches in Div. 1 guilty of this.
 
#67
#67
Scottyhop said:
An informant who basically made stuff (ie lied) up and recorded a kid who never did anything wrong. The NCAA looked like fools after that investigation. Not to mention Bruce got on the wrong side of just about every coach in the nation for being a rat.
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I probably wouldn't have done what he did in the Iowa/Illinois situation, but didn't the Iowa admin back him up?

If you thought your competition was seriously cheating, would you not turn them in?

The same people on this board that blast pearl for this, cite as an example attacking Billy Donovan how Roy Williams refuses to talk to him and it's apparently public knowledge.

Spurrier has also been vocal about other coaches cheating.

Just playing devils advocate, but Pearl did what he thought was best to protect his school. Not sure manipulating the kid and taping him was the best way, but I am sure he learned from that.
 
#69
#69
oklavol said:
I think what's missing is perspective. Honestly, how many coaches in Div 1 haven't committed a minor recruiting violation by excessive contact with a recruited player? I think if the NCAA wanted to theycould find 75% of the coaches in Div. 1 guilty of this.
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You know, the truth hurts... here's perspective: how many coaches have asked their assistant coaches and parents of recruits to lie to the NCAA for them?
 
#70
#70
oklavol said:
I think what's missing is perspective. Honestly, how many coaches in Div 1 haven't committed a minor recruiting violation by excessive contact with a recruited player? I think if the NCAA wanted to theycould find 75% of the coaches in Div. 1 guilty of this.
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Not a single person here is mad he had the cookout. We are mad he needed to save his ass and lie about it because it was the second time he broke this rule.
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#71
#71
oklavol said:
I think what's missing is perspective. Honestly, how many coaches in Div 1 haven't committed a minor recruiting violation by excessive contact with a recruited player? I think if the NCAA wanted to theycould find 75% of the coaches in Div. 1 guilty of this.
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I think you are totally and completely missing the point. No one wanted Pearl canned because of a minor violation.
 
#72
#72
oklavol said:
I think what's missing is perspective. Honestly, how many coaches in Div 1 haven't committed a minor recruiting violation by excessive contact with a recruited player? I think if the NCAA wanted to theycould find 75% of the coaches in Div. 1 guilty of this.
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And how many of those coaches facilitated a cover-up and lied to the NCAA when asked directly about it?
 
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