re: Kentucky to Alabama in a few weeks

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Hate to say this to you but Pearl wouldn’t take it. He is dug in at Auburn. Been there a while and they love him there. Besides he is on the backend of his career. He will retire there.

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I think (hope) this is correct. BP is the most beloved coach in Auburn, up there with Dye and Shug. I could be wrong, but I expect BP to retire at Auburn. He'll have an arena named after him and should become the winningest coach early next year. He may even get his son to take over for him.

And UK would be wise to get a younger coach anyway so they can get more years out of him. UK doesn't need a Pearl to build fan support, they have that. Pearl had to build it all, from the ground up. The arena was a nice quiet place to study, before Bruce came to town.