Hlas says "No" to Pearl
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hawkeye12345
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I don't get it. The guy still hasn't said no. He is simply using coaching speak to say that he is playing in the NCAA tournament, doesn't want to be bothered with the questions. No means No but he hasn't said No.
All of these 'writers' are trying to read between the lines and come to a conclusion. He says he hasn't been contacted by Iowa...fine, but that doesn't mean our recruiting firm hasn't contacted him. He's saying things about Iowa that are complimentary but still give him negotiating control if he decides to talk to us tomorrow.
Hell, for all we know Forbes has been contacted and is the point man for Pearl right now. Forbes clearly is expressing his desire to coach at Iowa. Maybe he will be Pearl's assistant.
Here is the full story as written in the tennessean
Pearl says Iowa job doesn't interest him | tennessean.com | The Tennessean
ST. LOUIS — Another year, another men's basketball coaching vacancy at Iowa.
And, naturally, Bruce Pearl's name is in play.
But Pearl, an assistant coach at Iowa under Tom Davis in 1986-92, said he has not been contacted about the job and is happy at Tennessee.
"I am here at Tennessee," he said. "I'm going to be at Tennessee. I'm grateful to be at Tennessee. I'm blessed to be at Tennessee.
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"I hope Iowa does a great job and gets themselves a great coach."
The Hawkeyes are looking for a replacement for Todd Lickliter, who was fired after three seasons.
Pearl is still critical of the way his mentor was treated at Iowa.
"I'm a Tom Davis disciple," he said. "They had something really, really good there. I'm on record as saying that Tom Davis should've still been the coach at Iowa for a long, long time. He didn't retire. He didn't resign. They just didn't renew his contract."
Pearl suggested Iowa take a look at Vols assistant Steve Forbes "if they don't hire a head coach and hire an assistant."
All of these 'writers' are trying to read between the lines and come to a conclusion. He says he hasn't been contacted by Iowa...fine, but that doesn't mean our recruiting firm hasn't contacted him. He's saying things about Iowa that are complimentary but still give him negotiating control if he decides to talk to us tomorrow.
Hell, for all we know Forbes has been contacted and is the point man for Pearl right now. Forbes clearly is expressing his desire to coach at Iowa. Maybe he will be Pearl's assistant.
Here is the full story as written in the tennessean
Pearl says Iowa job doesn't interest him | tennessean.com | The Tennessean
ST. LOUIS — Another year, another men's basketball coaching vacancy at Iowa.
And, naturally, Bruce Pearl's name is in play.
But Pearl, an assistant coach at Iowa under Tom Davis in 1986-92, said he has not been contacted about the job and is happy at Tennessee.
"I am here at Tennessee," he said. "I'm going to be at Tennessee. I'm grateful to be at Tennessee. I'm blessed to be at Tennessee.
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"I hope Iowa does a great job and gets themselves a great coach."
The Hawkeyes are looking for a replacement for Todd Lickliter, who was fired after three seasons.
Pearl is still critical of the way his mentor was treated at Iowa.
"I'm a Tom Davis disciple," he said. "They had something really, really good there. I'm on record as saying that Tom Davis should've still been the coach at Iowa for a long, long time. He didn't retire. He didn't resign. They just didn't renew his contract."
Pearl suggested Iowa take a look at Vols assistant Steve Forbes "if they don't hire a head coach and hire an assistant."
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Billso
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AHA!!!!!! Pearl is interested!!!!!
SirEdHightower
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“What people are seeing here, once they get past the excitement of a sub-upper-major team like Georgetown losing to a moderate-mid-minor like Ohio, is increased parity across the board,” Northern Iowa coach Ben Jacobson said. “In the second round, everyone saw how minor mid-sub-major Cornell handled neo-mid-half-major Wisconsin. In the first, they saw how major mid-minor Xavier trounced semi-high-major Minnesota. And now they’re starting to wonder exactly what to call us.”
The Onion is so awesome.
The Onion is so awesome.
PeoriaHWKI
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"Hell, for all we know Forbes has been contacted and is the point man for Pearl right now. Forbes clearly is expressing his desire to coach at Iowa. Maybe he will be Pearl's assistant."
BINGO....
BINGO....
hawkeye12345
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I'm glad someone else gets it. Everywhere I see are posters chasing snipes, clapping their hands three times, hoping to chase something out of the weeds.
Either Barta is a frickin' genius and knows that Pearl (or Drew or Gillispie) are coming to Iowa or he's a boob and we end up with some mid-major that pretty much none of us have heard of before this search began.
big10fan
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i'm really afraid its the latter, my friend.
Billso
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Yeah, like when Bump Elliott hired Lute Olson out of Long Beach State. What an idiot.
