Bruce Pearl Retiring

[BlueWolf25]

 

[PAHusky]

Odd no? If the NCAA weren't such a toothless organization at this point I'd say he's bailing before the hammer gets dropped but can't see that being the case here. Hope he's fine health wise.

 

[superjohn]

Surprising. He's kind of annoying and Illini fans hate him with the passion of 1,000 burning suns but the guy can coach his arse off and he has it rolling at Auburn.

 

[WrenchFan69]

Wonder if schools are going to start writing big penalties into contracts for retiring 0-6 weeks before a season starts. Surely he knew at some point before pre-season that he was leaving.

 

[controlfade]

Wonder if schools are going to start writing big penalties into contracts for retiring 0-6 weeks before a season starts. Surely he knew at some point before pre-season that he was leaving.

im sure he did, by waiting he guaranteed his kid gets the job for at least a year

 

[temery]

I don't care if the man is gonna be running for dog catcher. No politics means it will not be discussed here.

 

[Gburyhusky]

Yet another example showing that multi-millionaire coaches who complain about players portalling are the biggest hypocrites in all of sports.

 

[UCFan1513]

Odd timing and seemingly going to sink their program. Is his son any good? Never heard of him

 

[cellocgg]

This close to the start of the season? Man had a whole offseason to break the news

 

[Tenspro2002]

Pretty s____y to lock his players into playing for a different coach and the AD into being forced to let his son coach for this year.

 

[navery12]

Pretty s____y to lock his players into playing for a different coach and the AD into being forced to let his son coach for this year.

Curious what the sentiment here was when Calhoun did this. I was about a week into my UConn fandom and don't even think I knew this place existed

 

[Devland]

Odd timing and seemingly going to sink their program. Is his son any good? Never heard of him

Not if he really wanted his son to get the job. Wait until the last minute so they don't have time to do a full coaching search.

 

[Tenspro2002]

Curious what the sentiment here was when Calhoun did this. I was about a week into my UConn fandom and don't even think I knew this place existed

I can't speak for everyone else but I didn't like it when Calhoun did it either. Seemed like a "power move" with little regard for the legacy he'd leave behind. A lot of "he earned the right..." though.

 

[Dooch]

Pretty s____y to lock his players into playing for a different coach and the AD into being forced to let his son coach for this year.

Players have a 30 day portal window now - it's different than years past. They can immediately transfer if they want to....

 

[karstenkibbe]

Really awesome that without the cesspool, I now get to visit the men’s hoops board to see who the Jew haters are on here. And the mods don’t take action. Good to know.

 

[TRest]

Odd timing and seemingly going to sink their program. Is his son any good? Never heard of him

Saw on twitter he was in medical sales for years when he joined father's staff in 2017. No other experience anywhere.

 

[Gburyhusky]

Players have a 30 day portal window now - it's different than years past. They can immediately transfer if they want to....

The issue is that NIL budgets and rosters are largely locked in by this late in the season, so the transfer option is not nearly an equitable remedy for the players.

 

[aceboon]

he's apparently getting a mult-year deal and not an interim, good luck with that

 

[HW611]

I can't speak for everyone else but I didn't like it when Calhoun did it either. Seemed like a "power move" with little regard for the legacy he'd leave behind. A lot of "he earned the right..." though.

At the time people were okay with KO taking the position. It seemed like for awhile he was the coach in waiting.

We got a championship for it too so that helps.

 

[ScottCT]

Good riddance.

 

[controlfade]

Calhoun did the same thing. Just saying.

He's been thinking about this for a while.

Auburn's Bruce Pearl unlikely to run for Senator, but doesn't see himself coaching 'much longer'

Pearl is one of college basketball's most prominent coaches, but how much longer will he on the sidelines in the SEC?

www.cbssports.com

Another successful established coach who is probably hanging it up earlier than he expected because of NIL, transfer portal, revenue sharing, etc.

100% , i hated when JC did it

 

[Fishy]

Looks like he’s just done.

I’m never really surprised - it’s a brutal job and these guys are all sitting on a mountain of money. I even understand the timing - they’re looking at the season start rushing up and they realize that they just do not have it in them.

It’s “I can spend this winter in the Caymans drying off with hundred dollar bills or I can fly to Norman, Oklahoma while living and dying with a bunch of 20 year olds.”

Absolutely understand it.

 

[Jaydumo20]

Great coach, but who cares. I am so tired of the general news cycle, sports or ....dog catching. I will never think about that man ever again.

Waiting for baseball playoffs to start

 

[Fishy]

Not really sure why Auburn would just hand the job to his son? Especially after a dick move like this.

Comparing this to Calhoun doesn’t make sense when Calhoun was the greatest coach in school history and a hall of famer, we would’ve hired his apprentice anyways.

Every coach in America should be on the phone with Pettifords agent today.

He’s not getting the permanent job. Or maybe he will if they are out of their GD minds. The latter seems possible somehow.

I don’t think the timing of his retirement or Calhoun’s had any nefarious intent in terms of timing. Just two older rich dudes who realized that the tank was empty.

 

[superjohn]

Not really sure why Auburn would just hand the job to his son? Especially after a dick move like this.

Comparing this to Calhoun doesn’t make sense when Calhoun was the greatest coach in school history and a hall of famer, we would’ve hired his apprentice anyways.

Every coach in America should be on the phone with Pettifords agent today.

Pearl is the greatest basketball coach in Auburn history and his son has more experience coaching college than Ollie did.