re: Jboy Rips into Bruce Pearl

Consistent winning gives you more chances in the tourney, Bruce gives us consistent winning so...

That's not to say he's infallible but this flaws haven't really impacted us getting to the dance.

Sounds like a retard just like you op

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Wrong. The casuals see the Ws in the win column. The real fans see the turnovers, shitty guard play, bad shooting and fundamentals and understand this team was never going deep

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You are mentally retarded

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I think Pearl is given a pass for bringing us out of the cellar but you could argue he’s hit his ceiling and maybe lost his ability to scout or elevate his guards.

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Not a popular statement.

Jake needs to drop "jboy" entirely he sounds ridiculous

I don't think Bruce is above criticism and I think he deserves a TON for yesterday. He did absolutely nothing to stop the game from getting out of our control even when it became very apparent we were in dicey waters.

He rides it out, always, and it bites us sometimes. This was not an elite team but it was a team that is very capable of making it to the second weekend. That's a huge deal for a program that has only made the S16 5 times. It's a failure, no doubt about it. Very big missed opportunity for a program that still needs to seize every single one.

But it's also just how Bruce is. He pieces together these teams out of spare parts with upside and this one had great chemistry but minimal leadership. He lets his guys run wild to the detriment of the team (KD, etc.) because a) sometimes it works, especially when everything is clicking and b) it's a huge draw in recruiting players ("Coach Pearl lets his players play their game, etc."). I don't think that'll change. So the recipe is probably a team with a bit more dominance (like two NBA first rounders), or a team like this year but with a bit more maturity and leadership (2019). And even then, you're at the mercy of the tournament.

I don't think Auburn can do better than Bruce and I think we need to keep letting him build us up as a basketball school. But he failed yesterday and it was a missed opportunity. I wouldn't think such things would impact his tenure at Auburn, but to the extent he envisions SP as the next HC, he's certainly got an incentive to get over this postseason success rut.

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I’m surprised this jboy guy has a platform with takes like this.

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Yea I watched that video, first time I've seen/heard "Jboy", and that was my takeaway as well. Why does anyone care what he has to say about anything?

Jboy and his lisp are annoying, but he has some valid points. Andy Kennedy and Oats weren’t bitching about having to play in Spokane. In hindsight, it looks like setting up an excuse for losing. And then going after the refs after the game was weak. Just own it - the team looked unprepared, sloppy, and undisciplined. Bruce is the greatest basketball coach in Auburn history. But this was a truly embarrassing loss and there’s nothing that can justify it.

I thought the entire fan base agreed that he was a fraud when he got caught making up stuff about football and deleting predictions. He's just looking for attention.