And Cal has had some of the best talent ever to play and probably 500 to 1 the talent Pearl has had. Cal has one National Championship with all that. And the title is the ultimate goal. I don't follow Pearl close enough to know all his dirt but I do believe the one thing he got busted for is now allowed. If we all remember a little ways back....Cal is/was considered scum and a cheat by may. Its easy to point at the other guys dirty laundry though.
Bruce Pearl
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I am not a troll , I'v been a kentucky fan all my life just think that pearl is a good coach . Plane and simple.. he is always saying good things about Ky. And bbn..
Pearl isn’t really taken seriously by anyone in the coaching profession. He’s a liar and a fraud, to the extent liars and frauds don’t want to be associated with him. Now that’s bad.
Pearl, with some decorum and class (which he has none) would probably win a championship somewhere in his time at UK. But he would have a lot of second round exits while we waiting on one of his classes to “click” with some returnees. I’d say if we hired Pearl today for the next 10 years we’d have 1 or 2 final fours, possibly a title. Kentucky gives you a lot of opportunities you don’t get elsewhere, but Pearl wouldn’t be able to sustain high caliber success here. Unless of course things changed and it was the right fit, and he was willing to take it more seriously than he’s ever taken his job.
There have been several coaches like Pearl in ncaa history. Guys who had the talent, ability, and rep to win titles in college basketball that never made it to the point where it could happen. The problem is the programs that can really get him there don’t want to deal with him. He’s on probation yet again, just another day. If anyone thinks Pearl / Auburn is gonna sustain the test of time you’re nuts. There’s no way Pearl will remain there, and I’d imagine when it’s over Auburn will be ready to move on too. He lucked into that final four because Calipari didn’t have his team ready. It really shouldn’t have happened and I don’t think will again.
Pearl, with some decorum and class (which he has none) would probably win a championship somewhere in his time at UK. But he would have a lot of second round exits while we waiting on one of his classes to “click” with some returnees. I’d say if we hired Pearl today for the next 10 years we’d have 1 or 2 final fours, possibly a title. Kentucky gives you a lot of opportunities you don’t get elsewhere, but Pearl wouldn’t be able to sustain high caliber success here. Unless of course things changed and it was the right fit, and he was willing to take it more seriously than he’s ever taken his job.
There have been several coaches like Pearl in ncaa history. Guys who had the talent, ability, and rep to win titles in college basketball that never made it to the point where it could happen. The problem is the programs that can really get him there don’t want to deal with him. He’s on probation yet again, just another day. If anyone thinks Pearl / Auburn is gonna sustain the test of time you’re nuts. There’s no way Pearl will remain there, and I’d imagine when it’s over Auburn will be ready to move on too. He lucked into that final four because Calipari didn’t have his team ready. It really shouldn’t have happened and I don’t think will again.
Where do you all come from? 27 posts and it’s every time one coach gets hot.
UK has the best roosters
in the country!
Pearl is a POS and I would never want him coaching Kentucky. He’s been in trouble everywhere he’s coached.
I like him in the SEC. Makes us a better conference.... dont want him at UK
Nor would I …. or anyone that knows anything about him.
He's won where the expectations are low. Could he win where the expectations are national championship?
Cal had two Final Fours vacated and your calling Pearl a scumbag over a cookout?
If and when Cal should ever leave, for whatever the reason. ( and I hope he retires from UK) We need to move heaven, hell, and earth and get Billy Donovan.
No, he’s a scumbag for what he tried to do to Deon Thomas. His other transgressions just add to why he’s a slime ball.
Do some research.It was way more than that and he threw some guys that worked for him under the bus to save his own ***.
That's what was reported concerning Mitch NEVER offering the job to Cal.
When Mr. Joe speaks, Mitch listens......
That's why Cal is now the coach at UK....
Pearl is a scumbag off the court. Cal is not. Pearl will never get a sniff and it’s a waste of time discussing it.
So he can take us to Florida and play on the court named after him? It’s never gonna happen.
He learned a lot from Pitino but being a traitor isn’t one of them.
It’s not rocket science. But believe what’re you want. That clown will never interview here.
LMAO. He’d lick Barnhart toes just for an interview.
So Pearl has no in game coaching weaknesses?
Must explain why Pearl has almost as many losses in the SEC than Cal has overall at Kentucky.
Nobody is perfect. Pearl has plenty of in game issues. Trust me. I've seen it more than once.
Lol, no. The only reason he’d interview is to negotiate a higher salary at Auburn
Says the Auburn fan who knows Pearl would throw Auburn in the mud for KY just like Belushi threw his girl in the mud in the blues brothers.
If Pearl is as slimy as UK fans claim, he’d never go there. He’s recruiting (or paying as y’all claim) at an elite level four a university that doesn’t have nearly the expectations of Kentucky. Again, you claim he’s scum. Which means (in theory) he’d use an interview to negotiate a higher salary where he doesn’t have to work as hard or achieve as much as what UK demands. And he knows that Auburn would be willing to match whatever salary UK offered. So no, I don’t think the assumption he would immediately jump ship for UK makes any sense
It's easy to explain, he hasn't had the players and elite recruits to any way near the level of Cal. Coaches can't shoot or defend, but look at the adjustments, substitution patterns, and in game decisions. Now, no Pearl isn't perfect you can find fault with any coach. But, are you even suggesting he has had anywhere near the rosters?
Some of y’all have to be trolling at this point! Bruce pearl is a solid coach, but certainly not one of the best lmao. Has a lot of work to do for that.
If cal retired at end of year, pearl wouldn’t even be on the list. That would be a huge letdown if he was the best we could get
If cal retired at end of year, pearl wouldn’t even be on the list. That would be a huge letdown if he was the best we could get
He’d never make the the list for interviews at UK so it’s a moot point. Have fun sweating with that goober. See ya.
He's low down. He's dirty. He's a snitch
Ultimately Pearl would never get an interview here so this is all moot. I know he's had other stuff besides the BBQ. I'm not saying I would even want him as Coach. My thing is the rampant hypocrisy by some who laud Cal, who's had two F4s vacated, that want to act holier than thought about Pearl. It's all hypocrisy and nonsense.
Truth be told I don't pay enough attention to college basketball outside of UK or the SECto even have a good idea of who could replCd Cal or who Id actually want to.
Truth be told I don't pay enough attention to college basketball outside of UK or the SECto even have a good idea of who could replCd Cal or who Id actually want to.
UK has the best roosters
We had this Rooster
that woke up 7 farms, beat that Bruce Pearl BBQ Chicken
Nope, not same rosters however they do things totally different these days.
By choice, Cal has brought in OAD guys who are Freshmen in his system. Coaches have marveled about that for years. Pearl on the other hand has been more traditional with 3-4 year guys who grow into his system and he's supplemented with some star Freshmen.
If you look at when Cal did that at UMass he had much success. So I guess what I'm saying is, regardless of their approach if the roles were reversed Cal would still have similar results with 3-4 year guys (maybe even better) that Pearl would.
Why? Any team that relies so much on perimeter shooting in CBB as Auburn/Bama and others do has a silver bullet waiting for them.
JMHO.