re: Bruce Pearl's recruiting impact on us?

Yes he's an attention whore. Yes he's a cheater. Yes he has targeted certain inner cities in the past. Bottom line, he's a good coach and a damn good recruiter. Just look at who he got at Tennessee.

Will he make Auburn a contender and steal our recruits? It is clearly too soon to make any judgements like that.

But if you think his hiring doesn't negatively affect our basketball program's success, even a little bit, you're fooling yourself. He's good and Auburn got themselves a damn good coach.

In closing, when he was at tennessee and my UT cousin was talking smack, I used to say this to him...Pearl reminds me of Dale Brown. Excellent recruiter. Excellent promoter. Excellent motivator. Questionable coaching ability.