This is 670 the score Boers and Bernstein Show. They hate Illinois basketball, the mascot, and Illinois fans.
Boers covered Big 10 bball/sports back in the day while working for a newspaper. He just said Pearl is kind of a dirty guy. He tends to speak highly of Iowa for the most part despite despising Alford.
Trust me these guys are not Illinois homers. They actually tend to not care for college sports much at all.
B & B hate college sports,period. Especially college sports fans.
SA is on their bus list of guys they would like to see pushed in front of a bus and die. They have said that openly.
They also have ripped on Bobby Hansen,Dolph and all things Iowa.
Just yesterday they had a caller from Des Moines,and they just shredded him,Iowa,and corn. It is their schtick,that everyone outside of chicagoland is a hillbilly boob,with Iowans all redneck yahoos.
Boers was on the Illinois bb beat back in the day,and he likes Henson,so Bruce Pearl is a scumbag in their world.
But,then they generally hate all college coaches as they think college sports is corrupt and full of hypocrites. Berns recently has been advocating for the NBA to establish a true minor leagues and reducing college bb to club sport status like in Europe. They believe only pro sports is worth following and supporting.
If Pearl goes on a run to the FF(not likely) there will be a fan muntiny if he is fired. The more the Vols win,the tougher a spot the Tenn. admin is in.
As for having Pearl at Iowa rather than Fran...high wire acts can be fun,but without a net, the program could go down in flames...Fran is safer.