Pearl

[WilmoreCat]

Wouldn’t have hurt my feelings if we got him instead.
Has had success wherever he’s been.

Love a coach that fights for his team, but Mitch doesn’t have the balls to there.

More than likely he would have brought some of those guys with him.

I’m not disappointed with Pope, but I would rather have more of a sure thing than a guy that’s never won a NCAA tournament game.

 

[Lempface]

Dude is a dbag. His pregame speech was about how they lost 1 game in conference and we lost 7. lol

 

[chattanoogawildcat]

I like our coach much better. Auburns team average age is higher than the OKC Thunder. Give Pope time.

 

[WilmoreCat]

Dude is a dbag. His pregame speech was about how they lost 1 game in conference and we lost 7. lol

All he meant was they should win because they have a much better record.

No need to get offended by that.

 

[WilmoreCat]

I like our coach much better. Auburns team average age is higher than the OKC Thunder. Give Pope time.

He’s playing the system better than anyone right now and it shows.

 

[Aike]

Dude is a dbag. His pregame speech was about how they lost 1 game in conference and we lost 7. lol

He’s a horrible guy.

 

[TTTblue24]

I love pope and glad we have him, but I did want Pearl soon as cal left. I don’t know why uk thinks they are some kind of “moral” police and said he wasn’t even on the list……just proved he should have been.

 

[Bluesbrother]

I like our coach much better. Auburns team average age is higher than the OKC Thunder. Give Pope time.

THIS.

 

[ukcatz12]

Donovan, Wright, Oates, Hurley, and Drew have all turned down the job during recent coaching searches, but sure Pearl was finally the guy who would have "crawled" to Lexington.

Pearl was never leaving Auburn for UK.

 

[WilmoreCat]

He’s a horrible guy.

Same could be said about Pitino.

 

[chasingwildcat]

I like our coach much better. Auburns team average age is higher than the OKC Thunder. Give Pope time.

This will be the best team Pearl ever has had

Except 19 FF, Pearl performed like garbage in his time at Auburn in tournament...

Do not think he will still have this level of team next season

 

[katwest]

Pearl was hit with a three year show cause penalty, he was never going to coach here. He may be a good coach and motivator but he’s not exactly a guy with good character to represent this program with all of his cheating and ratting players out.

 

[Aike]

Same could be said about Pitino.

Ok. Pitino has a lot of dirt on him, but I don’t think he ever secretly recorded a recruit in order to snitch on another school.

But I’m sure BP was just doing what he thought was right because he would never cheat himself.

 

[wildcat_nation28]

Dude is a dbag. His pregame speech was about how they lost 1 game in conference and we lost 7. lol

why does that make him a dbag he made a point a destroyed kentucky

 

[bigblueinsanity]

He was the right hire but never got s call. I love Pope but he was foo unproven. Pearl probably had a 5 year shelf life before going into broadcasting, where he's really good. By then, we would have a better idea of what pope could do.

 

[Lempface]

All he meant was they should win because they have a much better record.

No need to get offended by that.

It's a dumbass speech, hype your guys up sure but a coach should never minimize a team so their team doesn't get complacent. That statement is basically saying we're better we should win, when a decent coach would be talking about how if we aren't our best this team could best us.

 

[Cold Stout Beer]

Wouldn’t have hurt my feelings if we got him instead.
Has had success wherever he’s been.

Love a coach that fights for his team, but Mitch doesn’t have the balls to there.

More than likely he would have brought some of those guys with him.

I’m not disappointed with Pope, but I would rather have more of a sure thing than a guy that’s never won a NCAA tournament game.

This is literraly the 5th thread pining for a piece of trash that was blackballed by all non-desperate programs over 2 decades ago for being a lowlife snitch that tried to ruin a kid's career. Not only will he never coach here, he'll NEVER be considered. Did you hear a single sniff of his name when we were thinking about who to hire? Not even a sniff.

 

[ala_kat2]

It's a dumbass speech, hype your guys up sure but a coach should never minimize a team so their team doesn't get complacent. That statement is basically saying we're better we should win, when a decent coach would be talking about how if we aren't our best this team could best us.

But, from what I saw, he did get them ready to play. They were so jacked up they were banking in three pointers early in the game. We could have hung in that game if we could have taken care of the ball. Many of our turnovers were self-created.

 

[BBNinSC]

This will be the best team Pearl ever has had

Except 19 FF, Pearl performed like garbage in his time at Auburn in tournament...

Do not think he will still have this level of team next season

No he won’t. This is Pearl’s last chance to at least make a final four. He’s 65 years old next month and has always been a slimeball.

 

[WilmoreCat]

But, from what I saw, he did get them ready to play. They were so jacked up they were banking in three pointers early in the game. We could have hung in that game if we could have taken care of the ball. Many of our turnovers were self-created.

Exactly, coaches have there own way of motivating, and it obviously worked today.

 

[chevyman 50]

People may not like Pearl but one of the best coaches around.

 

[flacat22]

Same could be said about Pitino.

and it is. So?

 

[NociHTTP]

Dude is a dbag. His pregame speech was about how they lost 1 game in conference and we lost 7. lol

LOL. He literally held them accountable right there on the spot, basically saying NO EXCUSES. Pope on the other hand, was holding a medical conference or something and talking like he had to take a piss.

 

[Rockfly78]

I’m happy with pope. But Pearl was my guy. He was my guy when we hired Clyde. Everyone wants to cry about him being a dbag but you will not find a coach more complimentary of Kentuckys program and fans than Pearl. He gets it. He would have crawled through glass to coach here

 

[BarefootBeach]

Wouldn’t have hurt my feelings if we got him instead.
Has had success wherever he’s been.

Love a coach that fights for his team, but Mitch doesn’t have the balls to there.

More than likely he would have brought some of those guys with him.

I’m not disappointed with Pope, but I would rather have more of a sure thing than a guy that’s never won a NCAA tournament game.

You can go root for pearl and auburn. If pearl did come and started with zero roster at the same point you ACTUALLY think we'd be in their position? More likely, you'd be complaining about how pearl isn't tough and xyz coach would have been much better for us.

 

[Eagles_Ball]

All he meant was they should win because they have a much better record.

No need to get offended by that.

Yeah, no kidding. He was just trying to put facts over mystique. Odd thing to get your panties in a bunch about.

 

[Cold Stout Beer]

Blackballed from anywhere not desperate for a win.

Why some people hate Bruce Pearl: A timeline

One of college basketball’s most boisterous personalities also has one of the sport’s shadiest pasts.

www.sbnation.com

 

[jace2012]

I would take him I a heartbeat. The guy wins everywhere he goes

 

[Cold Stout Beer]

I would take him I a heartbeat. The guy wins everywhere he goes

Good thing you aren't assocatiated with the University I graduated from in any way. ✅

 

[Cold Stout Beer]

I would take him I a heartbeat. The guy wins everywhere he goes

You're in a bad mood since your boy Calipari got destroyed by a garbage team today, lol. UK never even had Pearl on the radar. Good thing as some of us give a flying F about the University of Kentucky.

 

[crawfords corner]

***k Bruce Pearl. Scumbag extraordinare. As good of a coach he is the opposite a human being he is. If his teams didn't win people wouldn't put up with him.

Why some people hate Bruce Pearl: A timeline

One of college basketball’s most boisterous personalities also has one of the sport’s shadiest pasts.

www.sbnation.com

 

[wildcat_nation28]

I would take him I a heartbeat. The guy wins everywhere he goes

Pearl definitely knows how to coach hope he gets his championship this year

 

[ImTheVillageIdiot]

Wouldn’t have hurt my feelings if we got him instead.
Has had success wherever he’s been.

Love a coach that fights for his team, but Mitch doesn’t have the balls to there.

More than likely he would have brought some of those guys with him.

I’m not disappointed with Pope, but I would rather have more of a sure thing than a guy that’s never won a NCAA tournament game.

What’s the point of doing this? Pope is the coach, not Pearl…..so support your coach.

 

[UK34]

College athletics as a whole is shady at best. Why single out Pearl?

 

[crawfords corner]

Pearl definitely knows how to coach hope he gets his championship this year

Much rather he do it than UConn, Duke, UNC, KU, UL, and many others.

 

[Cold Stout Beer]

LOL, lies and cheats and keeps on doing it. I'm sure some of the reckless people that want him were also pining for Bobby Petrino, lmao.

"Is an assistant at Iowa around ~1990. Accuse Illinois of paying player. Get Illinois in trouble, but not for what he accused them for. Illinois fans hate Pearl. Coaches at Milwaukee for a while. Goes to Tennessee. Gets caught having barbecue for recruit Aaron Craft. Knowingly lies about it which is what really got him in trouble. Gets Tennessee in trouble. Takes 3 season coaching break. Goes to Auburn. Now at auburn assistant coach Chuck Person got the program in hot water, he’s in jail now. Auburn takes 1 year postseason ban to avoid further punishment. We are now here. Basically, he gets in trouble with NCAA infractions quite a bit. Lies, cheats etc quite a bit."

 

[catzfanjim]

Pearl is a cheating POS.

 

[Dontworryboutit23]

I hope they lose early man

 

[Cold Stout Beer]

College athletics as a whole is shady at best. Why single out Pearl?

If you can name me one single coach that has tried to get another program in trouble, I'll stand down. You can't.

Pearl was never and will never be on UK's radar regardless of whether some would mow his yard for a win so they could thump their chests, lol.

 

[wildcat_nation28]

LOL, lies and cheats and keeps on doing it. I'm sure some of the reckless people that want him were also pining for Bobby Petrino, lmao.

"Is an assistant at Iowa around ~1990. Accuse Illinois of paying player. Get Illinois in trouble, but not for what he accused them for. Illinois fans hate Pearl. Coaches at Milwaukee for a while. Goes to Tennessee. Gets caught having barbecue for recruit Aaron Craft. Knowingly lies about it which is what really got him in trouble. Gets Tennessee in trouble. Takes 3 season coaching break. Goes to Auburn. Now at auburn assistant coach Chuck Person got the program in hot water, he’s in jail now. Auburn takes 1 year postseason ban to avoid further punishment. We are now here. Basically, he gets in trouble with NCAA infractions quite a bit. Lies, cheats etc quite a bit."

but now it's legal so he benefits for already knowing the game