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Bruce Pearl (Auburn Head Coach, Ongoing Asshat)

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I wonder if Gatorubet can watch this without throwing up.

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ESPN

Four Vols players arrested near campus

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Four Tennessee basketball players, including starting senior forward Tyler Smith, were charged with gun possession and other counts after a Friday traffic stop.
The Knoxville Police Department said Smith, 23, junior point guard Melvin Goins, 22, junior center Brian Williams, 22, and sophomore guard Cameron Tatum, 21, were arrested during a traffic stop for speeding near Tennessee's campus.
According to a police report, officers smelled marijuana coming from the car and found a handgun with an altered serial number, a bag of marijuana and an open container of alcohol. Tatum was driving.
Officers could not determine whether any of the players were under the influence of marijuana, though the strong odor suggested marijuana had recently been smoked in the car, the police report said.
Tatum was charged with unlawful possession of a firearm and having an open container of alcohol. Smith was charged with unlawful possession of a firearm and possession of a firearm with an altered serial number, which is a felony. Goins and Williams both face gun and drug possession charges.
Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl said in a statement that the team takes such matters seriously.
"We are still gathering information. Once the appropriate authorities have provided us with all of the facts, we will act accordingly," Pearl said in the statement.
It was not immediately clear if any of the players had attorneys.
The Volunteers won at Memphis 66-59 on Thursday afternoon and face Charlotte in Knoxville on Wednesday.
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Pearl of wisdom
The Jan. 1 arrests of four players shifted Tennessee's focus from the basketball court to the courts; but coach Bruce Pearl steered the Vols through trouble and into the Sweet 16
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
By Tim May
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl's theme should be "the world is your oyster" as he prepares his team for a Sweet 16 showdown Friday against Ohio State, at least compared to the way things looked for the Volunteers on Jan.1.

"From Jan.1 to now? Oh, yeah," Pearl said.

'He learned on New Year's Day that four of his players, traveling in the same car, had been pulled over for speeding and subsequently charged with various misdemeanors, ranging from possession of a firearm to marijuana possession and having an open container of alcohol. So much for a happy holiday, considering that one of those charged was team leader Tyler Smith. The others were center/forward Brian Williams and guards Melvin Goins and Cameron Tatum.

Tennessee was 10-2 and ranked 14th. And after a home game a few days later against Charlotte, it had top-ranked Kansas coming to town.

"Don't worry about what you can't control," Pearl said of his thinking at the time. "You take it one game at a time, you prepare for Charlotte, and you just see what happens."
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I am not a Bruce Pearl fan, and one main reason is he's a shameless self-promoter, to an extent that is highly unusual at someone at the level he is at in his profession. He does things to promote himself & his team beyond reasonable bounds sometimes - does anyone else remember that, after OSU beat TN in the Sweet 16 back in 2007, he said OSU's win over the Vols in January gave the Buckeyes the confidence to go on their long win streak, even though it was just pure coincidence that OSU had just played at Wisconsin (aka a top-5 team that year when they were healthy) the prior game and the TN game was next, but he credited his team/program for giving the OSU players the confidence to embark on that run. Illinois fans hate him for what he did to them.
 
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