Bruce Pearl
Bruce Pearl
Bruce Allan Pearlis an American college basketball coach, and the head coach of the Auburn Tigers men's basketball program. He previously served as the head coach of the University of Tennessee Volunteers men's team, among others. He is a graduate of Boston College, where he obtained his first position as an assistant basketball coach. He was the first coach to lead the Volunteers to a national #1 ranking. Pearl also served as the head coach for the Maccabi USA basketball...
embrace history tennessee tried year
We've tried to do a lot of things this year to embrace the history of Tennessee basketball.
disruptive eight fresh intense learn nine people trying
I wanted them to learn to not take any possessions off, just trying to be as intense as we can. We try to play eight or nine people, keep people fresh so we can be as disruptive defensively as we can.
breath half sort wind
Half of them were very well-defended and contested. Those are the ones that just sort of take your breath away and take the wind out of the opponents' sails. That's what makes him so special.
sweat
I sweat sweet. It's not a stinky sweat.
compares front love men passion press talk
I love his passion and his energy. He's a one-man press. You talk about the one-two-one-one, he's just the one in front of that press with his length. He compares favorably with a lot of the big men in this league.
arkansas basketball country fight good hard imagine playing talented teams ways
Arkansas is one of the most talented teams in the country and playing really good basketball right now. It's hard to imagine (Arkansas and Alabama) having to fight their ways in as well as they're playing.
season second talked
All season we've talked about getting better. I thought we got better in the first half, but in the second half, we didn't. How much that is a setback, I don't know.
blew catch looked terrible tried wrap
I don't want to see that tape. I think I looked bad. I tried to catch him, and he blew me over. I didn't wrap up. It would have been a terrible tackle. Chavis would have substituted for me right away.
fair nice people saw
I think a lot of people thought that was it. We've done everything we could do, and I think that would be a fair assessment. I saw more than I thought we had. It was nice to see it.
bunch great lost rodney
Rodney Carney is a great player, and we lost him a bunch of times, and that was the key.
dribble
Everything. Dribble penetration, post-up. When they're 19-for-25, you know.
add alabama arkansas five memphis oklahoma physical state
LSU, Alabama and Arkansas are big, physical and athletic. Add Oklahoma State and Memphis -- there are our five losses.
mistake missing hook
I've made mistakes, I clearly did, but what I was hoping for was that some other dumbass would get on the front page and take me off the hook. I miss Lane Kiffin.
sports hard-work guarantees
Hard work alone won't guarantee success, but without hard work, I'll guarantee you won't have success.