UT coach Bruce Pearl has been suspended for the first 8 conference games this season. He can remain coach during practice and until the first SEC game, but can have no contact with players on the day of the game.
This is ONLY an SEC office suspension, not the NCAA.
My thoughts as a UT fan:
1 - When it was learned that he lied to the NCAA, I felt he should have been fired on the spot. I coached for eight years and hate the NCAA, but you don't lie to them.
2 - What he lied about? A picture with recruits at his home for dinner and excess phone calls to prospects. These were all secondary violations, which is why I cannot understand Pearl lying.
3 - By him lying, pardon the expression, he turned a traffic ticket, to life in prison without parole.
Having said this - SEC commish Mike Slive is putting himself and his office on a VERY slippery slope by doing this.
I have no problem with the suspension, again, I would have fired him. The suspension should not have come from the SEC office.
I don't think it will affect the team, because Tony Jones handles substitutions anyway. Kentucky is not one of the first eight games. Vandy and that shatty court is.
This is ONLY an SEC office suspension, not the NCAA.
My thoughts as a UT fan:
1 - When it was learned that he lied to the NCAA, I felt he should have been fired on the spot. I coached for eight years and hate the NCAA, but you don't lie to them.
2 - What he lied about? A picture with recruits at his home for dinner and excess phone calls to prospects. These were all secondary violations, which is why I cannot understand Pearl lying.
3 - By him lying, pardon the expression, he turned a traffic ticket, to life in prison without parole.
Having said this - SEC commish Mike Slive is putting himself and his office on a VERY slippery slope by doing this.
I have no problem with the suspension, again, I would have fired him. The suspension should not have come from the SEC office.
I don't think it will affect the team, because Tony Jones handles substitutions anyway. Kentucky is not one of the first eight games. Vandy and that shatty court is.
