SEC suspends Bruce Pearl

[spnited]

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

 

[Ace]

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.

 

[Armchair_QB]

Deon Thomas approves.

 

[dooley_womack1]

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

 

[TigerVols]

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.

 

[Chef2]

Lane Kiffin just giggled.

 

[king cranium maximus IV]

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.)

 

[cjericho]

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

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.

 

[slappy4428]

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.

The who of the what now?

 

[MightyMouse]

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.

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.

 

[D-3 Fan]

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.)

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.

 

[Shoeless Joe]

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

 

[D-3 Fan]

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

It's not cheating if you're not trying, and it's cheating if you get caught.

 

[Shoeless Joe]

I honestly don't follow basketball. But from my seat, probably the most by the books Top 25 coach is Roy Williams, and I'm sure he still flirts with stuff like Pearl has been busted doing.

If you want to be a relevant program, you're going to have excessive texts, kids over to the lake house, etc.

 

[Twoback]

A little history lesson for Shoeless:

http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/8586946/

http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2005/jul/16/ku_reveals_ncaa_violations/?mens_basketball

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/basketball/ncaa/04/21/kansas.trouble/index.html

 

[Ilmago]

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.

To be clear, 8 conference games in a row, for a month. Which is still eight games, but it essentially torpedoes your SEC hopes, which can screw your Dance Chance.

And, while it is still 8 games, it was a penalty that was in addition to the 1.5 million salary reduction, and the ban on away recruiting until September of 2011.

Which is all to say, "only 8 games" sounds a little lighter than "eight conference games and 1.5 million and recruiting restrictions limiting your ability to travel to out of town recruits until September of 2011.* "

Carry on. That faint defense was of the SEC, not Pearl. And as to why he was not fired, you need to look at the contract and the grounds for termination - and the pay out if not "for cause". This has less to do with UT's moral outrage to Bruce's improper get together and lying about it than their response to contractual obligations.

(*That recruiting thing is key, as Pearl is known as a better recruiter than strategist.)

 

[TigerVols]

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.

To be clear, 8 conference games in a row, for a month. Which is still eight games, but it essentially torpedoes your SEC hopes, which can screw your Dance Chance.

And, while it is still 8 games, it was a penalty that was in addition to the 1.5 million salary reduction, and the ban on away recruiting until September of 2011.

Which is all to say, "only 8 games" sounds a little lighter than "eight conference games and 1.5 million and recruiting restrictions limiting your ability to travel to out of town recruits until September of 2011.* "

Carry on. That faint defense was of the SEC, not Pearl. And as to why he was not fired, you need to look at the contract and the grounds for termination - and the pay out if not "for cause". This has less to do with UT's moral outrage to Bruce's improper get together and lying about it than their response to contractual obligations.

(*That recruiting thing is key, as Pearl is known as a better recruiter than strategist.)

I think it's been established that Pearl is working sans contract right now, meaning he can be fired without UT having to add him to the list of ex-coaches its still paying.

One of the juiciest rumors around Knoxville this week is that Pat Summitt will step in to coach the team in Pearl's absence. That would be a blast, IMO.

 

[Shoeless Joe]

A little history lesson for Shoeless:

http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/8586946/

http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2005/jul/16/ku_reveals_ncaa_violations/?mens_basketball

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/basketball/ncaa/04/21/kansas.trouble/index.html

All that does is confirm what I said, Roy Williams is mostly known as a do it right guy but still falls afoul of the NCAA.

 

[Armchair_QB]

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.

To be clear, 8 conference games in a row, for a month. Which is still eight games, but it essentially torpedoes your SEC hopes, which can screw your Dance Chance.

And, while it is still 8 games, it was a penalty that was in addition to the 1.5 million salary reduction, and the ban on away recruiting until September of 2011.

Which is all to say, "only 8 games" sounds a little lighter than "eight conference games and 1.5 million and recruiting restrictions limiting your ability to travel to out of town recruits until September of 2011.* "

Carry on. That faint defense was of the SEC, not Pearl. And as to why he was not fired, you need to look at the contract and the grounds for termination - and the pay out if not "for cause". This has less to do with UT's moral outrage to Bruce's improper get together and lying about it than their response to contractual obligations.

(*That recruiting thing is key, as Pearl is known as a better recruiter than strategist.)

I think it's been established that Pearl is working sans contract right now, meaning he can be fired without UT having to add him to the list of ex-coaches its still paying.

One of the juiciest rumors around Knoxville this week is that Pat Summitt will step in to coach the team in Pearl's absence. That would be a blast, IMO.

If she was retired I'd buy that but Summitt it not walking away from the program she built just to help the men.

 

[Ilmago]

One of the juiciest rumors around Knoxville this week is that Pat Summitt will step in to coach the team in Pearl's absence. That would be a blast, IMO.

If that becomes true that will hurt the men's basketball program not only this year but long-term because it will set back recruiting. In addition, just because you are a good women's basketball coach does not mean you are a good men's basketball coach. The style of play is completely different. However, saying that, I do hope that they name her the men's basketball coach