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.
call capable defending
We're not communicating. We're capable of defending better. I call it having a sense of urgency. You need it this part of the season.
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.
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.
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.
adhere both expect standards tolerate
We set standards that we expect our student-athletes to adhere to both on and off the court. We will not tolerate anything less.
almost major predicted tonight
What Major did tonight was no surprise. I almost predicted it if I could have.