re: AU fans, how is the Bruce Pearl experiment working?

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I was hoping for a tournament appearance by year 3 but given this team is all freshman and some more good players coming in next year I'll give it one more year.

If we don't make the tournament next year it's a total failure. I won't say we need to fire Bruce because it's not like we could get anyone better but he will have definitely underachieved big time if he doesn't get us into the tournament next year.

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I agree with this. I'll put Avery Johnson in the same boat, only one year behind. By the 3rd year, IMO, significant improvement should occur. I will say this though, I don't think you can use Barbee's last team as the base to gauge Pearl's success from. Hell, I could have come in and improved on what that clown did.