SEC suspends Bruce Pearl

Out for the first eight league games for violating NCAA rules and lying to investigators.

 

Surprised the punishment is not worse. In the SEC, lying to investigators is a big no-no.

You're supposed to let your assistants do all that and keep you out of the loop.

 

Deon Thomas approves.

 

Pearl still having a job mystifies me. I have no doubt Tennessee could contractually cut him off without owing a dime.

 

As a fanboi, I love Bruce Pearl.

As an alum, though, I think he should be fired for severely impacting the credibility of the university.

 

Lane Kiffin just giggled.

 

09-10 Tennessee was the closest an SEC team has gotten to the Final Four post-back-to-back-Florida. Crazy, really.

(I know UK lost in the same round, but they got dumptrucked.)

 

was kind of thinking that also. i guess you have to say he has a high Q rating. i'm not a college b ball guru but when i think of SEC coaches the first names are Calipari and Donovan, then Pearl. i don't think he's even been to the elite 8, has he? know he's gone to the sweet 16. but i remember him dressing as a cheerleader and it seems like his name and face are always out there.

edit: damn forgot last year, don't remember that MIch ST game.

 

The who of the what now?

 

Maybe he was being ironic.

Seriously, Mike Slive and the SEC have a vested interest in Tennessee making the tournament. With an NCAA punishment still looming, I would think that Slive might've taken a harder line with Pearl.

 

And they did it after kicking Tyler Smith off of the team.

Jimmy Collins thinks 8 games wasn't enough. He was hoping for a death sentence for Bruce.

 

The only thing Pearl is guilty of as compared to any other relevant program is getting caught.