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Nice...thanks!

Here's what I think is next for Pearl:

• 5-year ban from NCAA

• Coaches for a JUCO in Flordia next year

Maybe we could make a run in the Missouri Valley.

+1. Great coach. Bad person.

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.

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.

Sleaze Has No Offseason: Pearl Devoid Of Ethics in APR Criticism | Bleacher Report

I care about COLLEGE basketball and scumbags like Pearl denigrate it. I'm glad you had fun in grad school with a few wins he bought you but c'mon, raise your standards a touch. There in is the problem, programs like Tenn. are so desparate they sell their souls to the devil.

He's a bad act...........Adolph Hitler, no, but a real turd on so many levels. Please don't tell me you dig his sport coats? :)

Maybe he's not the "Leader in the Clubhouse," but, getting caught and fired - he made the "cut."

Yes, and I got the links that have been talking about Bruce Pearl to be fired since before the season has started. You can live in fantasy land all you like, but Illini fans have never let these things go. ;)

Peace

Yeah, the lying was a nice touch.

I thought I was clear earlier -- I was in grad school there a long time ago. Back then, tickets were free for the students and easy to come by. The women drew more fans than the men.

I just read that Shaka Smart is being spoken of for the Tennessee job. I could get behind that. He's from Wisconsin and his rise through the coaching ranks has been meteoric.

And therin lieth the problem.....

Some NCAA rules may be idiotic... I certainly agree with you on that... but they are the rules. It ain't no different than us having to officiate following the rules that we're given. Do you have everyone comply or no one comply?

Then the ban is lifted and he's hired as the next coach of Kentucky after Calipari leaves and Kentucky is put on probation. :D