Bruce Pearl

[BigBluefoot]

I have no clue if Pearl would push his old lady for a chance to coach UK. What I do know is he will never be considered or offered the position of head basketball coach at the University of Kentucky.

Barnhart isn't here anymore.

 

[jrpross_rivals]

Pearl wouldn’t be a long team solution, but honestly I’d be ok with him for a few years and here’s why.

The PERCEPTION right now is that we ran off Cal and are about to fire Pope. That the fanbase is impossible to please and no one wants the pressure of the job.

Think what you will about Pearl as a person, but he is a proven winner. In the last 10 years he has 4 SEC regular season championships and 2 final fours. If he sniffs that kind of success, the Kentucky fans would be more than satisfied. He would not only make Kentucky competitive again, he would reset people’s expectations of the job AND give us time to evaluate who we’d want to succeed him. Right now the options are pretty limited but in a few years, a lot of the young up & comers will have shown what they’re really made of.

 

[Pygmy Sasquatch]

Bruce Pearl is a maggot, decent coach but a maggot rat bastard. Deron William, that's all you need to know about his character. Also, the BBQ isn't the problem, Pearl's lies about it are the problem. Lying, cheating, weaselly, piece of crap.

 

[BlueBloodKyFan72]

I don’t understand the obsession with him. He’s old and obnoxious.

He is a good coach and motivator for sure, but he has a lot of baggage.

if he were 40 maybe.

The new hiring committee won’t select him

 

[Dr.LutherSan]

Pearl should’ve been here instead of Pope. Give us 5 yrs or so til a younger coach was hired. Wouldn’t be going thru this horseshit we’re going thru right now if that was the case. But, here we are….

I'm afraid he would force that "younger coach" to be his son like he did at Auburn.

 

[meteordealer]

Bruce Pearl could be dead and buried and some of our fans would swear he would crawl out of his grave to come coach here, and they'd want him to.

It's well known that UK is Pearl's dream job. He would jump at the chance in a heartbeat.

 

[Hopmix]

The best coach in college right now wanted the Kentucky job and yall all laughed about it and since then he’s won a national title and is gonna win another one this season.

 

[meteordealer]

I'm curious what did Pearl do that's so awful that I'm clearly not aware of?

Pearl isn't a left wing loon. So that makes him a terrible person in some people's eyes.

 

[Feral Manatee]

Pearl isn't a left wing loon. So that makes him a terrible person in some people's eyes.

I'm very progressive and I want the man here yesterday. I could give two s**** what someone's politics are if they're a candidate for anything outside of elected office. Can they do the job better than the next man is the only question I want an answer to.

 

[UKCowboys]

Dumb, Pearl ain't coming. Dude is happy in the booth with TNT, why would he come to UK?

Who actually wants the job is going to be a BIG question. I would look at established coaches on the ascent who want to win titles, in dire NIL situations. Hell, while institutionalized, why not tap Painter? Guy is playing with tier 6 money, has ZERO chance of getting close to another title game with that and is leaking oil with mid major talent at Purdue. Great coach, great developer.

Oats, McCollum, Otzlerberger are others. McCasland is probably happy with good NIL at TT. I'm not sure what Odom has.

Pearl would walk to Lexington to have that job. And frankly, that's what I want. Not just a great coach but a guy who really wants to be here. Hurley and Donovan have already said no, Rick shot us the bird and Cal intentionally left the program in shambles. Screw all of them

 

[BookofMormon]

Pearl would walk to Lexington to have that job. And frankly, that's what I want. Not just a great coach but a guy who really wants to be here. Hurley and Donovan have already said no, Rick shot us the bird and Cal intentionally left the program in shambles. Screw all of them

And how do we know this about Pearl?

 

[UKCowboys]

And how do we know this about Pearl?

Ever watch his teams play fella?

 

[Beatle Bum]

@AustinTXCat - did you predict 4 pages for this????

 

[BookofMormon]

Ever watch his teams play fella?

Sure. How do you know that Pearl would walk to Lexington to take the job? Is this your "intuition", lol?

 

[Beatle Bum]

Pearl started walking Wednesday morning. Expected in Lexington in 6-7 days.

 

[The_Answer1313_rivals]

Stopped reading after he’s a good coach.

Thats all that matters.

we are trying to win basketball games here. Not hire the pope.

 

[UKCowboys]

Sure. How do you know that Pearl would walk to Lexington to take the job? Is this your "intuition", lol?

Common sense

 

[BookofMormon]

Pearl started walking Wednesday morning. Expected in Lexington in 6-7 days.

Get him a shower, into blue and ready to man the sideline ASAP!

The BBN march will be documented in CBB lore when he wins his first title. It's obvious that he wants the job, as common sense tells you he would rather leave his cushy studio gig and come back into the bees nest at 66. When the many of his peers who left the game a couple years ago have vehemently stated they have no interest.

BBN has a geo tracker on him now and it appears he's moving at 9mpg through the southern smokies.

Guy got to his last Final 4 with a team who's average at was 34 years old. That was his swan song.