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Posted on 3/18/24 at 7:47 am
Posted on 3/18/24 at 7:47 am
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Posted on 3/18/24 at 7:58 am to LanierSpots
"We want a winner, not a loser!!"
Oops, wrong coach.
Oops, wrong coach.
Posted on 3/18/24 at 8:17 am to LanierSpots
GOAT Auburn coach
This post was edited on 3/18/24 at 8:19 am
Posted on 3/18/24 at 8:24 am to LanierSpots
man, I get that we all knew basketball was gonna be different once Bruce came
but holy cow, I never expected *this*
but holy cow, I never expected *this*
Posted on 3/18/24 at 8:28 am to TheSandman
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man, I get that we all knew basketball was gonna be different once Bruce came
I figured we would be on probation within 5 years.
JK
Bruce is hard not to like. The guy gets it.
Posted on 3/18/24 at 9:08 am to LanierSpots
I can not believe what Bruce has done, we have won 7 SEC rings, Bruce has 4 of those in 10 years.
Auburn Basketball History
Regular Season Champs
1928 (SoCon) Mike Papke
1960 - Joel Eaves
1999 -Cliff Ellis
2018 - Bruce Pearl
2022 - Bruce Pearl
SEC Tournament Titles
1985 - Sonny Smith
2019 - Bruce Pearl
2024 - Bruce Pearl
Final Fours
2019 - Bruce Pearl
Auburn Basketball History
Regular Season Champs
1928 (SoCon) Mike Papke
1960 - Joel Eaves
1999 -Cliff Ellis
2018 - Bruce Pearl
2022 - Bruce Pearl
SEC Tournament Titles
1985 - Sonny Smith
2019 - Bruce Pearl
2024 - Bruce Pearl
Final Fours
2019 - Bruce Pearl
Posted on 3/18/24 at 10:40 am to allin2010
Best Auburn hire ever in any sport. He was my fav coach in college basketball when he was at UT. When we hired him I couldn't believe it!
Posted on 3/18/24 at 12:06 pm to LanierSpots
Happy Birthday and 10 year anniversary for Bruce!
Posted on 3/18/24 at 12:12 pm to mckibaj
I can't believe it's already been 10 yrs!
Posted on 3/18/24 at 3:19 pm to sbr2
I'm very impressed he's stayed with Auburn that long.
Seems like a smart match.
Seems like a smart match.
Posted on 3/19/24 at 8:56 am to SouthEasternKaiju
I couldn't believe that we had hired him either. We tended to find some successful mid-major guy so he could come to Auburn and watch his career die.
I figured he would get us back in the tournament, then leave...5 years max and we would cross our fingers and hope to find someone who could continue with some level of success.
Never dreamed that, 10 years and 200 wins later, BP would have a ticket to Neville the toughest ticket in town. I always thought that given a team to support, Auburn would support them in droves, but Barbee took the program to it's lowest point since I've been going to bball games, since 1961.
It took a truly special person to achieve what BP has achieved. We needed him in the worst way, and he needed us then too. Then he fell in love with Auburn. Love Auburn, and it will love you back.
I figured he would get us back in the tournament, then leave...5 years max and we would cross our fingers and hope to find someone who could continue with some level of success.
Never dreamed that, 10 years and 200 wins later, BP would have a ticket to Neville the toughest ticket in town. I always thought that given a team to support, Auburn would support them in droves, but Barbee took the program to it's lowest point since I've been going to bball games, since 1961.
It took a truly special person to achieve what BP has achieved. We needed him in the worst way, and he needed us then too. Then he fell in love with Auburn. Love Auburn, and it will love you back.
Posted on 3/19/24 at 12:48 pm to LanierSpots
Bruce has to be on the Mt. Rushmore of big 3 sports coaches at AU by now, right?
Shug, Dye, Baird, and Bruce.
I may be forgetting something obvious, but that's the 4 that came to mind first. And I'm not counting guys like Marsh because swimming and diving is such a niche just like equestrian and whatever else Auburn may have had dominant runs in. Just talking big 3: football, basketball and baseball.
Shug, Dye, Baird, and Bruce.
I may be forgetting something obvious, but that's the 4 that came to mind first. And I'm not counting guys like Marsh because swimming and diving is such a niche just like equestrian and whatever else Auburn may have had dominant runs in. Just talking big 3: football, basketball and baseball.
Posted on 3/19/24 at 12:51 pm to SpotCheckBilly
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We tended to find some successful mid-major guy so he could come to Auburn and watch his career die.
We went from Tony Barbee to Bruce Pearl.
Doesn't seem real looking back on how damn bad those Barbee teams were.
Posted on 3/19/24 at 3:32 pm to IAmNERD
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We went from Tony Barbee to Bruce Pearl.
Doesn't seem real looking back on how damn bad those Barbee teams were.
Neville was the quietest place on campus.
I remember Rod doing a post game interview toward the end of his time at Auburn. Went about like this:
Rod: Well, we lost another one.
TB: Yep.
Rod: Well, that wraps it up from the Arena. Good night and War Eagle.
Rod didn't even want to talk to him. Dead coach, coaching.
Posted on 3/19/24 at 6:43 pm to SpotCheckBilly
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Rod: Well, we lost another one.
TB: Yep.
Rod: Well, that wraps it up from the Arena. Good night and War Eagle.
Sometimes saying less is the right thing to do
Posted on 3/19/24 at 8:53 pm to SpotCheckBilly
I remember Barbee talking shite about the players and the program when he was hired by Cal @ UK. This is a grown arse man who can’t accept he did a terrible job and he’s trashing the program he had been hired to build
Posted on 3/20/24 at 3:02 pm to plazadweller
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I remember Barbee talking shite about the players and the program when he was hired by Cal @ UK. This is a grown arse man who can’t accept he did a terrible job and he’s trashing the program he had been hired to build
He talked. We dug ourselves out of the whole he dug and then won an average of 20 games a season over the next 10 years.
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