Bruce Pearl

[AWvsCBsteeeerike3]

I'm a little ignorant as to what he's done and what NCAA penalties will follow him to his new job, but assuming he doesn't bring any infractions to the program he goes to, why would people not want him?

He's the best out there, imo.

[JL21]

I don't know about the infractions but he either already has been or is going to be suspended by the NCAA for a year. So if you hire him, you're going to be coachless for the first year of his tenure.

[go birds]

He had a bbq a couple years ago and hosted a couple prospective juniors, which is against the rules, but a minor violation.

He lied to the NCAA about it, which is a big no-no, turning what was a secondary violation into a major violation.

He's has a pretty cloudy history as well.

He's looking at at least two years worth of sanctions... "show-cause". So the school who hires him will have to absorb that. At least to my knowledge.

[Faceman]

He's a pretty good coach, which is sad, because he is definitely a scumball.

A major program like Mizzou has to stay clear of that mess.

[lukethedrifter]

A terrible idea. The guy is going to have to get paid to be a commentator for a couple of years before anyone will think about hiring him.

[TheoSqua]

After the mess with Quin Snyder i'd think mizzou would steer very far away from any coaches with a "cloudy" past.

[AWvsCBsteeeerike3]

Mizzou should hire him and another coach. That way, after the coach they hire fails in a year or two and people are fed up, they have Pearl who has served his suspension, to fall back on.

God save the Quinn was never a good basketball coach. Comparing him to Pearl is not really accurate.

[Faceman]

Nobody is comparing Quin to Pearl as a coach.

They are comparing them as trainwrecks, which they both are.

[AWvsCBsteeeerike3]

I guess you could say that.

Seems Pearl's offenses are all trying to better his program. Quinn was a junkie. If you want to say they're both trainwrecks, I guess, you could. But they're not even close to the same train or on the same track...

[JL21]

If you think Quin Snyder's failings were being a junkie, or that his improprieties weren't intended to better his program, you have no clue WTF you're talking about RE: what got Mizzou on probation.