I love it! As a Clemson alum, I was really burned when Barnes left us after just starting to build a program to take more money with Texas. I love it when his talented Longhorns' squads underachieve much like they are today after getting their heads kicked in by Duke. In retrospect, I'm much happier having Oliver Purnell than I think I ever could be with Barnes, as good as he was for the program for the few years he was there.
Yeah Viking, Pearl is a helleva coach (too bad he got black-balled for so long)... He coached Division II Southern Indiana here in Evansville (built a dynasty here)
He'll have to win right away in Knxoville, as they are notorious for being impatient with coach (have also made some bad hires, imo)
This would a VERY nice win for the program, even though, the Longhorns are way overrated
He'll have to win right away in Knxoville, as they are notorious for being impatient with coach (have also made some bad hires, imo)
This would a VERY nice win for the program, even though, the Longhorns are way overrated
http://content.usatoday.com/communi...res-no-time-to-reflect-on-first-elite-eight/1
Mar 27, 2010
Bruce Pearl: 'There's no time to reflect' on first Elite Eight
ST. LOUIS -- What did it mean? How did he feel?
Tennessee senior Wayne Chism was succinct after Saturday's 76-73 upset of Ohio State. "Blessed," he said. "Real blessed."
He's a part of history. Through all the years and all the NCAA tournament appearances -- a total of 17, dating to 1967 -- the Volunteers had never before played into the Elite Eight. They're there now, carrying a No. 6 seed into Sunday's Midwest Regional final against Michigan State in St. Louis.
The wait has bordered on excruciating. The Vols had reached five previous regional semis, and lost each one. Coach Bruce Pearl was 0-for-3, falling once in the semis with Wisconsin-Milwaukee and twice at Tennessee.
This team knocked off second-seeded Ohio State as Chism scored 18 of his 22 points in a decisive second half. Tennessee outrebounded the Buckeyes 24-14 and outscored them 28-10 in the paint in those 20 minutes.
The short turnaround time allowed precious little time to celebrate the achievement, however. Pearl and his staff worked well into Saturday night.
"This is no time to reflect. This is time to prepare for our next game. I'm happy. I'm proud. I'm proud to tears. I can't even begin to tell you how happy I am, but we've got work to do now. We've got to prepare for a game. We'll reflect when the season's over." -- Steve Wieberg
Mar 27, 2010
Bruce Pearl: 'There's no time to reflect' on first Elite Eight
ST. LOUIS -- What did it mean? How did he feel?
Tennessee senior Wayne Chism was succinct after Saturday's 76-73 upset of Ohio State. "Blessed," he said. "Real blessed."
He's a part of history. Through all the years and all the NCAA tournament appearances -- a total of 17, dating to 1967 -- the Volunteers had never before played into the Elite Eight. They're there now, carrying a No. 6 seed into Sunday's Midwest Regional final against Michigan State in St. Louis.
The wait has bordered on excruciating. The Vols had reached five previous regional semis, and lost each one. Coach Bruce Pearl was 0-for-3, falling once in the semis with Wisconsin-Milwaukee and twice at Tennessee.
This team knocked off second-seeded Ohio State as Chism scored 18 of his 22 points in a decisive second half. Tennessee outrebounded the Buckeyes 24-14 and outscored them 28-10 in the paint in those 20 minutes.
The short turnaround time allowed precious little time to celebrate the achievement, however. Pearl and his staff worked well into Saturday night.
"This is no time to reflect. This is time to prepare for our next game. I'm happy. I'm proud. I'm proud to tears. I can't even begin to tell you how happy I am, but we've got work to do now. We've got to prepare for a game. We'll reflect when the season's over." -- Steve Wieberg
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http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sp...B0733E7852F0F85E862576F1007CB73B?OpenDocument
Pearl not interested in Iowa job
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
Vols' Pearl says no about Iowa's job
Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl said Thursday he was not interested in the vacancy at Iowa, where he worked as an assistant coach from 1986 to '92. But he did take advantage of a question about the job to recommend Vols assistant Steve Forbes.
"I'm here at Tennessee and going to be at Tennessee and I'm grateful to be at Tennessee," Pearl said.
He added that he has not had any contact with Iowa athletics director Gary Barta since the firing of Todd Lickliter. Forbes hasn't been contacted either. <SCRIPT language=javascript type=text/javascript><!-- // beginDisplayAds("Frame1","","");// --></SCRIPT>
"I have a lot of Iowa guys on my staff," Pearl said. "If they don't hire a head coach and hire an assistant, Steve Forbes is a guy I hope they look at."
Forbes is a native of Lone Tree, Iowa. He worked as an assistant previously at Texas A&M, Illinois State and Louisiana Tech.
Chism power — A consistent four-year career has landed center Wayne Chism among the Tennessee career leaders in many categories. He is first in games played with 140, second in blocked shots (151) and sixth in rebounding (916).
His versatility is reflected by 127 career 3-pointers, the most by a Tennessee post player. But maybe most impressive is that the 6-foot-9 senior has the most wins by any Vol with 103.
"He's a big man that can do things inside and outside, offensively and defensively," Pearl said. "Our ability to take advantage of him in both areas will be important as far as the outcome."
— Stu Durando
love to say "i told you so"....i've been around bruce pearl as a youngster and since i was 10 years old, realized that this guy knew what the fuck was going on in the basketball world. Just disappointed iowa waited 1 year too late to go after him. I was calling for his hire when he was still at UW Milwaukee. . Love to see a 5 year old thread that i was right about...seems there are quite a few of these! thanks and you're welcome!d1g1t
stoke my ego, viejo!!!
btw...no chance. anybody that talks that garbage is a moron. wake up!! there will be no QBs coming to Minny. They've got 2 good ones behind their starter....FAVRE. don't make it on my moron list!(<)<
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btw...no chance. anybody that talks that garbage is a moron. wake up!! there will be no QBs coming to Minny. They've got 2 good ones behind their starter....FAVRE. don't make it on my moron list!(<)<
.
i would also like to plug my website....
www.youtube.com/hubbardsmusic
we have a few new videos up...listen, comment, rate.
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Thanks!
