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Old Wed Mar 23, 2011, 11:25am
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The best part of him getting fired is my ability to relive the glory days of the scandal. Thanks fellas.
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Every time I see Pearl on TV I have an urge to take a shower.

He's about as slimy as they come.

Best coach= biggest crook
I went to Tennessee for grad school back in the Kevin O'Neill days -- Pearl made Tennessee a school where people looked forward to MEN'S basketball as well as WOMEN'S basketball.

I'm sure some no-name guy from some crappy D-1 conference will come in now and lead the team to a 17-16 record and an NIT berth or 3 before getting canned when they'll hire another no-name to come in and do the same.
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I'm sure some no-name guy from some crappy D-1 conference will come in now and lead the team to a 17-16 record and an NIT berth or 3 before getting canned when they'll hire another no-name to come in and do the same.
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I went to Tennessee for grad school back in the Kevin O'Neill days -- Pearl made Tennessee a school where people looked forward to MEN'S basketball as well as WOMEN'S basketball.

I'm sure some no-name guy from some crappy D-1 conference will come in now and lead the team to a 17-16 record and an NIT berth or 3 before getting canned when they'll hire another no-name to come in and do the same.
Hopefully your new coach will do it honestly, something that can't be said for
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Old Wed Mar 23, 2011, 11:44am
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Bruce Pearl was the best coach Tennessee had since Ray Mears. Now they'll hire someone like Buzz Peterson (oh, wait, they already did) and the program will slip into obscurity once again. The next hire will be closer to Lane Kiffin than Ray Mears.

Do I think that Pearl made a humongous mistake? Yes. Should they have fired him? Well, I think the answer is no. Others clearly think differently. We'll see where the program heads now.
Don't fire him...really Rich? If you lied to your boss and then admitted you lied to your boss would they keep you around? He is just a bad person...plain and simple.
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don't fire him...really rich? If you lied to your boss and then admitted you lied to your boss and then did what you lied about again would they keep you around? He is just a bad person...plain and simple.
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Don't fire him...really Rich? If you lied to your boss and then admitted you lied to your boss would they keep you around? He is just a bad person...plain and simple.
+1. Great coach. Bad person.
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Don't fire him...really Rich? If you lied to your boss and then admitted you lied to your boss would they keep you around? He is just a bad person...plain and simple.

The Kenyans are to running as Pearl is to cheating.

Do they all do it? Perhaps, but Pearl is the leader in the clubhouse. I don't like anything about him.
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The Kenyans are to running as Pearl is to cheating.

Do they all do it? Perhaps, but Pearl is the leader in the clubhouse. I don't like anything about him.
You're making it sound like he was paying players or agents or something. From what I've seen, he made too many phone calls and hosted a player in his own home. Hardly puts him in the top echelon of NCAA cheaters; even in basketball. Hell, I'm pretty sure he's not really even qualified to coach in the.....WAIT FOR IT.....SEC with these lowly credentials.

Leader in the clubhouse? He's not even going to make the cut with this.
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The Kenyans are to running as Pearl is to cheating.

Do they all do it? Perhaps, but Pearl is the leader in the clubhouse. I don't like anything about him.
Good for you.

I like the enthusiasm and winning he brought to Knoxville on the men's side. I liked his showing up at the Lady Vol games in body paint and the rapport he had with Pat Summitt (who chose her words very carefully when asked about the situation) who showed up in a cheerleader outfit to cheer on the men's team. The team won and the fans came out.

If you don't care about Tennessee basketball or are an Illinois fan who holds a 20-year grudge, fine, he's a cheater, run him out of town, whatever. But personally, I don't give a sh!t about any of that. At all.

It's a crime that the AD (who sacrificed the team last weekend in a calculated move in an effort to save his sorry a$$) still has a job.

And the violations were what? Having a recruit at a BBQ at his house? Making a phone call or 100 too many? Y-A-W-N.
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