Are Other SEC Fans As Happy About the Pearl Hire As I Am?

I am a lifelong LSU fan and I have always loved LSU basketball since I was a little kid and that '86 Final Four team.

But, I have to say that I am pumped about Bruce Pearl returning to the SEC at Auburn. If he can win there, it should light a fire under the rest of the SEC teams who could/should be good at basketball (LSU, Ole Miss, Miss. St., Arkansas, Tennessee, Vandy, USCe, Georgia, e.g.) to get moving and stop accepting mediocrity.

Alabama stands pat and keeps Grant and Auburn goes after Bruce Pearl and lands him.

I love it. Alabama would not make that decision now.

This starts an arms race among the non-traditional basketball powers, in my opinion. We are used to Kentucky being good so we ignore Calipari. Florida has Donovan and we have gotten used to that too.

But, how do we let Auburn just grab Bruce Pearl and the success that will follow and not respond in kind?

Is this the beginning of the SEC being relevant in basketball again?

I hope that Auburn wins big with him and I hope that the rest of us quit focusing solely on football and start to get competitive again. I remember when the SEC had really good basketball and it was a lot of fun. Hoping that those days return.

Way to go, Auburn!