Should Bruce Pearl be fired? What about Mike Hamilton?

Similarly, I don’t think Hamilton makes that statement if he wasn’t updating his resume right now.

and increased fan interest and ticket sales. He also inherited a legend as a football coach whom he made (in many fans’ minds) the right decision to let go after a torturous 2008 debacle. Kiffin was a self-inherited fiasco, but Dooley is only 1 year in and should be given a shot to see if he can right the ship and show himself worthy of being an apt hire by Hamilton.

That said, I voted for axing Hamilton and don’t see a bright future going forward with him, so….well, so much for my thoughts.

Really?

about the secondary violation, or is is because of Hamilton’s remarks on the interview?

Most of you felt this was not an issue just a couple of weeks ago, and now it SEEMS as though sentiment has changed drastically. I did not see the situation of Pearl not telling the school about the violation being an extremely large problem in the context of everything that has happened, so is it the idea that he may have lied to the school as well as the NCAA?

Hamilton: Has 3 programs in NCAA trouble under his watch. Also hired Lane Kiffin.

Pearl: The NCAA will let you get away with a lot as long as you don’t lie to them. Also, seems he lied to the university now as well.

Your program can’t be bigger than one coach. If John Calipari left UK tomorrow, UK would hire another coach and move on. If Pearl gets fired, you all hire another coach and move on.

… and 48% of voters want to fire Mike Hamilton but not Pearl?

Oooooh-kay…

Pearl asked the parents and students to lie about what happened?

I dont think the NCAA is going to separate all of the issues, or violations (however you want to call them) and when you add everything up, it appears on the surface as quite a list.

I was on the fence about Hamilton until now. The fact that he gave that interview yesterday when we play our first game tomorrow is ridiculous. There is no excuse for coming out like this publicly at this time. He could have just as easily come out and said these things much sooner (like November-which I believe is when he said he found out about bump) or waited until after the NCAA is over (which could be as soon as tomorrow for us). Either he was just being impulsive, which is bad, or he possibly wanting to put more pressure on Pearl so that he will fail and be easier to fire. I am sure there are other possibilities but I do not see any good reason for the timing of all this.

and no, I don’t count the play-in games.

and he should be fired twice for playing the “misinterpreted” card about the stink bomb he intentionally arranged and dropped on the program 2 days before the tournament. quite possibly the lamest, most transparent excuse in the book.

if he really didn’t mean to cause a commotion, he should be fired a third time for being that incompetent and naive vis-a-vis the media.

what he did was either malicious or unfathomably incompetent, and he should be gone regardless of which one you want to buy into. i would not allow him to have any further impact on the program’s future, and especially not let him pull the trigger on bruce. either let the other guys in the room come to consensus w/o Hamilton or let his replacement decide. i don’t see how anyone could come to the conclusion that his judgment isn’t obviously compromised after yesterday.

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It’ll be fun to discuss games rather than everything else for a little while.

Debate is good. Disagreement is good. But please be civil, and let’s stay away from personal insults, name-calling, and intentional provocation from either side, please.

Thanks.

…everybody has a reputation. The question is what you think of his reputation, if you perceive it as good or bad. Illinois fans hate him because he “ratted them out”, so his reputation is bad with them, and with people who think whistle-blowers are bad people. When I heard about it, it actually made my opinion of him improve.

I have to wonder, if it came to light that Thad Matta, for instance, was responsible for the NCAA receiving the BBQ picture, leading to the NCAA investigation, would he be blackballed like Pearl was? Would he then have the dreaded “bad reputation”?

I’m also really curious as to how the NCAA found out about this supposed “bump violation” Pearl didn’t self-report it, as he considered the contact to be so innocuous and brief that he didn’t think it was necessary. Considering the timing, I have to believe he would be super-vigilant about reporting anything that remotely resembled what would normally be a secondary violation. So really, how did the NCAA come to know of this situation? Someone had to tell them. It would be great to know who that was. If I didn’t regularly make fun of conspiracy theories, I could almost imagine a scenario where a rival recruiter, knowing Pearl would be there, somehow steered this kid toward him.

Let’s go talk about the games.