This thread you have made to begin with sounds like you don’t know much about Auburn’s history in basketball. Outside of 7 years of good basketball since the 80s, Auburn had been trash before Pearl came along. Your school has had way more success in basketball and has had inherited advantages to be successful in basketball. I mean, freaking Gottfried made you guys relevant and he was nothing special.

My point is that the whole point of this thread that you started was that you were making it sound like your coach was some better coach than Pearl and disregarded Pearl’s accomplishments at Auburn. You and other UAT fans continue to forget how difficult it is to recruit at Auburn due to the AAU circuit shoe affiliations, where it is very important to these players. Not once have I ever said that your coach was bad or that he hasn’t done anything. My point has been that they have been equal and that’s with your team having way more talent than Auburn since your coach has been there. So, in essence, Pearl has done a much better job than your coach, given the disadvantages at Auburn and the talent disparity. I have also stated that in two of the last three years, Pearl has failed to meet expectations in the tournament with top 10 teams. Your whole team this year underperformed until you got hot for 4 games along with getting the easiest path to the final 4 that I can remember. So yea, all I am asking of you and other UAT fans is to acknowledge what Pearl has done at Auburn. Your coach has had a good 4 year run so far. Again though, basketball success is way different than football success.

This post was edited on 5/2/24 at 9:24 am