SheagleHawk
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...that Ol' Bruce was talking about ethics and doing the right thing regarding the Rutgers situation during halftime last night?
Did Anyone Else Find It Comical...
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tweeterhawk
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As I said in the game thread, I was one who had wanted Pearl when the coaching vacancies came up. I now wonder WTF was I thinking? Glad it didn't work out...
1hawkeye1
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He's slimy, but he can coach. I wonder if he is getting calls?
I think he's kind of in a similar state that Steve Lavin was in. He was radioactive for some time before he got his St Johns job. Pearl will coach again but it won't be a big time job. He's lucky to have the cushy job he has now. I was laughing when I heard him talking about it too. Did Bobby Knight ever weigh in with his 2 cents on the Rutgers fiasco. I never heard him say anything on it I coulda missed it tho
homes
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Not excusing Pearl, but what he did and what Rice did are vastly different. Also, Pearl said this about his firing, “I always try to lead by example, and in many ways that worked. But by the end of my career at Tennessee, when I led poorly, I had to be accountable for it." In essence, he said Tennessee did the right thing in firing him. I took his words last night to be from one who's been there, and knows what the right thing to do is.
Nothing comical last night....that Ol' Bruce was talking about ethics and doing the right thing regarding the Rutgers situation during halftime last night?
LawVHawk
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Not comical, necessarily, but certainly ironic that Pearl was talking about ethics. It would have been more interesting if Raff or the local sports dude, Weeshusen or whatever his name, asked Robert Montgomery Knight his view of Rice's behavior and whether he had ever gone that far in practice, in view of his hitting one of his players, choking another and smacking his own son in the head.
They also should have discussed the meaning and value of using the "f" word...
volhawk50
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The problem at Tennessee is that he was too honest, more honest than other coaches, as he admitted it at some point. If he had been at a place like Alabama and could afford to cover it up with obscene amounts of money and unethical actions, he'd still be there and still be popular.
Bubbrub
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...that Ol' Bruce was talking about ethics and doing the right thing regarding the Rutgers situation during halftime last night?
Yes, we were discussing the same thing at our house last night as Pearl was explaining integrity to us. Completely agree.
BJHawkstrong
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I got a chuckle out of it when he said it. I was lucky enough to work a couple camps with him a good time ago, and he is as nice of a person you could ever meet. There is a reason he is a good recruiter, kids loved his personality and he made playing the game fun for his kids. Yes he did break rules and he is ultimately paying for those mistakes, but if people knew how many rule breaking coaches don't get caught it would make Bruce's actions much less magnified.
Also regarding the questions on why nobody asked Knight about the Rutgers situation, well it's because Knight isn't an employee of ESPN like most, he has a consulting contract which ties him into a certain number of appearances and games. Therefore he has the ability to reject being asked certain questions if he wants to.
Pretty sure he was smart enough to know that assaulting players isn't a topic he should probably chime in on. Now if he would have, that would be the ultimate in Irony.
Also regarding the questions on why nobody asked Knight about the Rutgers situation, well it's because Knight isn't an employee of ESPN like most, he has a consulting contract which ties him into a certain number of appearances and games. Therefore he has the ability to reject being asked certain questions if he wants to.
Pretty sure he was smart enough to know that assaulting players isn't a topic he should probably chime in on. Now if he would have, that would be the ultimate in Irony.
SheagleHawk
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Not sure how it's worded, but doesn't a school have to "show cause" if they want to hire him?
JonDMiller
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I agree with all of this. I love Pearl. He lied, he made a mistake. We all do. He's good TV, even better radio and if this is where he sticks, he'll do well at it.
JonDMiller
Publisher/Founder
I sat four feet away from Coach K breaking rules by talking with Kris Humphries dad at a Nike camp. I was stunned he would be that brazen in front of everyone. I asked a coach about it later that day and he said 'Coach K does that stuff all the time.'
WindsorHawk
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That's interesting.
BJHawkstrong
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I've never met or worked with Coach K but that doesn't surprise me. I have seen coaches from all levels of college basketball do similar things. They know that it is nearly impossible to govern all that type of behavior especially with the AAU circuit. Unless someone is recording them there is no proof. Then when you talk about the elite tiered schools coaches, Calipari, Coach K, Self, Pitino, Donavon, etc. It is almost as if they are protected to a degree.
