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14 years ago
Over the past few months basketball coach Bruce Pearl has been sanctioned by U of Tenn and SEC for illegal activities. They are still waiting to hear from the NCAA. Here is a FB post by his wife:

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I am all in favor of the "Stand By Your Man" principle but being guilty and wrong doing and then lying about it merit punishment.
Bruce is not being "crucified like Christ" was.

This is wife #2 by the way. He got caught cheating when he was married to #1 and she took him to the cleaners.
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4PackGirl
14 years ago
wow - stand up guy there, eh? and real classy wifeypoo too. ugh.
Formo
14 years ago
I didn't follow that issue, nor it's sanctions. So I really can't comment on her FB comments.
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Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl has been suspended for the Tennessee Volunteers' first eight Southeastern Conference games as punishment from league Commissioner Mike Slive for violating NCAA rules and misleading investigators.

"I have been a very public advocate for playing by the rules," Pearl said Friday. "When you don't play by the rules, these are the things that can happen. So while these penalties that we've self-imposed and now the commissioner's imposing are unprecedentedly strong, it sets a very high standard and a high standard that I agreed to."

Tennessee associate head coach Tony Jones will replace Pearl during those eight games with help from assistants Jason Shay and Steve Forbes.

Slive, who was given authority to issue suspensions during the SEC's spring meetings, sent a letter Thursday informing Pearl he cannot participate in SEC games between Jan. 8 and Feb. 5 and any related activity or practice on those game days.

"The violations were conference-related," Slive told ESPN.com's Mark Schlabach. "The institution did what it felt appropriate. The NCAA will do what it feels is appropriate. I was acting on violations of conference rules and procedures, and therefore I concluded that the suspension should reflect half of the conference season."

The commissioner said he considered suspending Pearl for the entire slate of SEC games and punishing Pearl's assistants, who have also been accused of NCAA violations, but took into account Pearl's admission of misleading the NCAA and the punishment Tennessee officials had already imposed on him.

"In the analysis I determined there may well have been enough for the entire conference season, but the fact that he owned up to what he had done, owned up to the underlying violations, I felt half of the conference season was an appropriate matter," Slive said.

It's the first time Slive has suspended a coach since SEC athletic directors, presidents and chancellors confirmed his authority to do so.

"With the authority granted to the commissioner at the meetings in May, I think the SEC was trying to take a stand that we were trying to attack these issues aggressively," Tennessee athletic director Mike Hamilton said. "I would think there are coaches in America today that are probably sitting up straight in their chairs and thinking about the implications."

O'Neil: Timing is curious

Bruce Pearl may be getting a side effect of the problems surrounding Tennessee's football program, writes ESPN.com's Dana O'Neil. Blog
Brennan: Thoughts on Pearl's suspension

The timing and structure of Bruce Pearl's suspension are quirky and unique, as ESPN.com's Eamonn Brennan notes. Blog

The NCAA is expected to present Tennessee with allegations stemming from its investigation in December and could decide to impose additional penalties on Pearl and Tennessee. The ongoing investigation also has looked at the Vols' football and baseball teams.

Pearl acknowledged in September that he misled investigators about photos taken of him and recruit Aaron Craft, when Pearl improperly hosted the prospect at his home in 2008. Tennessee also revealed Pearl and his staff made excessive calls to recruits.

Hamilton docked Pearl's pay by $1.5 million over five years and banned him from participating in off-campus recruiting for a year.

"We presented [Slive] with a letter saying that we thought we took substantial action and our action was appropriate, and we asked that he not take additional action," said Jimmy Cheek, chancellor of the University of Tennessee's Knoxville campus. "He saw it differently than that. We're disappointed that he decided to do that, but we understand he has the authority and we're moving forward with those penalties."

The suspension will keep Pearl from Tennessee's home games against Florida, Vanderbilt, LSU and Alabama and trips to Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi and Auburn. He will not be excluded from the Vols' trip to Connecticut on Jan. 22 and may lead practices on non-game days during that period.

Pearl's first SEC game will be Feb. 8 at Kentucky. The Vols currently are ranked 24th, have won their first three games and will play in the NIT Season Tip-Off semifinals against Virginia Commonwealth on Wednesday in New York City.

"We're going to be without the head coach for eight games," Pearl said. "My assistant coaches are all going to step up, and the players are all going to have to step up."


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long story short, the NCAA investigator asked about illegal/ excessive phone calls. He denied it. They asked him about improper visits, he denied it. (They had a photo of the kid in Pearl's house. I am not sure if they showed it to Pearl and he denied it still or if they kept it in their back pocket for later.) The next day he called them up and admitted to lying. If I recall correctly they showed him the photo which is why he called them and admitted it.
Pearl is a skunk. He got caught, lied and later, probably after speaking to his lawyer, realized he couldn't get out of it so he admitted it. Now he is thumping his chest like his admission was some great and noble jester on his part when in reality he couldn't think of anyway to weasle out of the mess.
Now he says he is being unjustly picked on and his wife is comparing him to Christ being crucified. (His 2nd wife. His first one caught him cheating on her.)
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Zero2Cool
14 years ago
He's a former UW-Milw coach, right? The name sounds familiar, not sure why though. Maybe Marquette?
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He's a former UW-Milw coach, right? The name sounds familiar, not sure why though. Maybe Marquette?

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you are correct sir. He improperly hosted a HS student while he was there as well. But it didn't come out until he was at Tenn. (Pearl invited a HS Jr and his family to his own kid's graduation party. Pretty tacky.)

edit- also illegal by NCAA rules.
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Pearl was at Iowa during the Davis years.

Struck me then (late 80s) as a semi-sleazy recruiter.

But then again, I tend to be skeptical that there is another kind in Div I BB/FB.
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Pearl was at Iowa during the Davis years.

Struck me then (late 80s) as a semi-sleazy recruiter.

But then again, I tend to be skeptical that there is another kind in Div I BB/FB.

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That's the slime ball.
I was trying to ignore the IL-IA, Collins-Pearl issue. (See Deon Thomas affair.) but he certainly does have a history of slipping away without being caught. Now that he is, I and every Illinois fan enjoy it but he is screaming like a stuck Vol.
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