🏀 Harvard basketball just beat Bruce Pearl 69-51

[planomateo]

:clap: :rolf:

 

[Bammerboy321]

Barners will try to justify it by saying Harvard has been a solid team the past few years, but Harvard this year is pretty bad. Lost to Boston College, Holy Cross, and Northeastern. Pearl has yet to have his guys in yet, so we can't fully judge him yet. However, the way barners talk about how great of a coach he is, you'd expect him to have them competing for the NCAAT this year lol.

 

[psychojoe]

I am never sad to see them lose, but Canty is a hoss.

 

[Bammerboy321]

BYU just beat New Mexico- Auburn's best win.

 

[psychojoe]

BYU just beat New Mexico- Auburn's best win.

:rolf:

 

[#80]

Any time the barn loses it's a good day !

 

[TerryP]

I wouldn't trade 10 Pearl's for one CAJ? ~ Pat Dye's thoughts a little less than a year ago.

Pearl has yet to have his guys in yet, so we can't fully judge him yet. However, the way barners talk about how great of a coach he is, you'd expect him to have them competing for the NCAAT this year lol.

If we can look at CAJ, see what he's been able to do with the guys CAG brought in, and judge the future based on the present results why can't we do the same with Pearl?

 

[Bammerboy321]

I wouldn't trade 10 Pearl's for one CAJ? ~ Pat Dye's thoughts a little less than a year ago.



If we can look at CAJ, see what he's been able to do with the guys CAG brought in, and judge the future based on the present results why can't we do the same with Pearl?

Pearl inherited a much worse situation. Yes, we had to replace 3 top scorers this year, but guys like Hale, Obasahan, Taylor, Coleman, and Norris have all had decent experience and were decent recruits. What CAJ has done is nothing short of amazing, I'm not diminishing anything he's done, but we still have a better bench than what Pearl has had at Auburn. When Pearl starts getting his recruits, then we can judge him at AU. He's had a proven track record that he can win, but IMO, how is he any different than what Gottfried did at Bama?

If you're inferring that CAJ is a better coach than Pearl, then yes, I do agree with you. But I don't believe CAJ could do any better, or worse, at AU than what Pearl has done so far.

 

[TerryP]

When Pearl starts getting his recruits, then we can judge him at AU.

How many of these guys are not Pearl guys?

 

[rick4bama]

Once the first year is over, then these guys belong to the new coach.

 

[Bammerboy321]

How many of these guys are not Pearl guys?

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Which of those players were 4 and 5 star guys? Also if he doesn't have the right players to compliment them, or a deep enough bench to relieve them, it spells trouble.

 

[psychojoe]

In recent years it has been much easier to turn over a basketball roster than a football roster. 'Attrition' seems to take out several players per year, whether it is guys seeking more PT elsewhere, guys leaving early for the pros-admittedly not an issue for us or the barn- discipline, grades, arrests or whatever.

Of the twelve scholarship players we now have, only Hale, Taylor, Obasahon, Coleman, Norris and Kessens are CAG players, and by next year there will be more CAJ players than CAG plyers on hand, even if we lose only Obasahon, who is out of eligibility after this season. The boogs in recent years have had one of the highest attrition rates of anyone, as they ran through one group after another of transfer malcontents and dubious recruits. So yes, I would expect Pearl to be better this year, though granted he should reach his peak when he has upperclassmen that he recruited.

 

[Bammerboy321]

HAHAHA PEARL IS EXPLODING. JUST GOT A TECHNICAL

 

[Bammerboy321]

They're losing to Hawaii 64-63 right now

 

[Bammerboy321]

And they lose again :rolf:

 

[TerryP]

Which of those players were 4 and 5 star guys? Also if he doesn't have the right players to compliment them, or a deep enough bench to relieve them, it spells trouble.

You're changing the subject a bit here. The earlier comment I was asking about:

Pearl has yet to have his guys in yet, so we can't fully judge him yet.

My contention is we can judge him because those are his guys.

When Pearl took the job he went the "mercenary" route with picking up JUCO and transfer players. Out of those listed above, only one isn't a guy evaluated, recruited, and signed by Pearl.

A couple of years ago when Pearl was on the tip of a lot of Bama fans' tongues there were two reasons I was adamantly against him.

One, his actions at Iowa when he was pulling the Fulmer/Culpepper/Johaningmeir routine in basketball with recruiting. Then, he's cheating again at UT.

Two, and here's where a lot of disagreement came into the conversation:

People criticized Gottfried from losing games when the SEC was down, but praised Pearl's wins when the SEC was down. I didn't then, and still don't today, buy his time in Knoxville as a true indicator of what he brings to the table (in straight up coaching ability.)

All that said, I do think Pearl could have success at a school like Memphis. But, that thought is based a lot on what the recruiting landscape is like in the inner-city of Memphis City School's.

(BTW, if people think he's changed his ways, look no further than Purifoy with his ACT and online courses.)

 

[Bamabrock]

Pearl is a morally corrupt scumbag and a perfect fit at aubarn

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[planomateo]

And some Alabama fans were willing to open the door for Bruce Pearl to be our coach.

 

[Bamabrock]

No one who mattered thankfully.

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