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re: Bruce Pearl announcing retirement
Posted on 9/22/25 at 8:39 pm to wareaglepete
Posted on 9/22/25 at 8:39 pm to wareaglepete
You're still my Prime brother 
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Posted on 9/22/25 at 8:56 pm to jangalang
Yep. And I kinda think Jackson is going to get it turned around. No rational reason, but I think the kid has another gear that he hasn’t unlocked yet.
Posted on 9/22/25 at 10:58 pm to MrAUTigers
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Why not give Steven a chance?
People said the same thing about Bryan Harsin.
Posted on 9/22/25 at 11:27 pm to LRB1967
People have said the same thing about coaches that happened to be great too.
Steven is the great unknown. No one knows how this will turn out.
Steven is the great unknown. No one knows how this will turn out.
Posted on 9/22/25 at 11:37 pm to Bigbens42
We can only hope for the best. I have been an Auburn fan for over 50 years. You take a chance with any new hire. Our basketball program is not something to put at risk without very careful consideration.
Posted on 9/23/25 at 12:14 am to LRB1967
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People said the same thing about Bryan Harsin.
........and the same thing about Dye. You probably weren't around then. IF you were, you know Auburn fans were not happy with the hire. "Wyoming HC? Seriously"? That one turned out o.k..
Posted on 9/23/25 at 5:16 am to wareaglepete
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I think the kid has another gear that he hasn’t unlocked yet.
Im really getting fed up with these coaches and players holding back.
Posted on 9/23/25 at 6:15 am to LanierSpots
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Im really getting fed up with these coaches and players holding back.
But only 15% of the playbook has been installed . It should reach 32% by UGA and then look out!
Posted on 9/23/25 at 7:07 am to LRB1967
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People said the same thing about Bryan Harsin.
In fairness to the fans, he had his hot tub interview then he was announced
No one really even knew the guy
Posted on 9/23/25 at 7:28 am to MrAUTigers
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You probably weren't around then
I was around when Shug Jordan was HC. Most people were pretty happy when Coach Dye was hired. His answers in his interview won us over.
Posted on 9/23/25 at 8:56 am to LRB1967
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I was around when Shug Jordan was HC.
Did you just come down with the hammer from the top rope? He has a family!!
Posted on 9/23/25 at 1:11 pm to LRB1967
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I was around when Shug Jordan was HC. Most people were pretty happy when Coach Dye was hired. His answers in his interview won us over.
I was also. Born in '65. When he was first hired, Auburn fans were not happy. The press conference "60 minutes" quote fired up Auburn people, but he didn't win over the fanbase until after his second year at Auburn.
Posted on 9/23/25 at 1:28 pm to jangalang
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Tony Barbee was a great number two also
He was, but these are very different situations so the comparison fails imo. Barbee left the program where he was a great number 2 to go to a program that was at the bottom. Steven is taking over at a program he's been at for 11 years and the program is at the highest point it's ever been.
Posted on 9/23/25 at 1:32 pm to MTurbo
Those facts are not debatable.
What he inherits is one thing. What he does himself is another.
What he inherits is one thing. What he does himself is another.
Posted on 9/23/25 at 1:43 pm to jangalang
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What he does himself is another
I hope he does well, if he's just 4/5 of the coach his Dad is we should be happy. I'm just happy that I can now follow AU BB this year.
Posted on 9/23/25 at 1:45 pm to MrAUTigers
Actually a lot of fans were on board with him when he was asked how long it would take for Auburn to beat Alabama and he said "60 minutes."
Posted on 9/23/25 at 2:36 pm to MrAUTigers
quote:i was in school at AU when Dye was hired
When he was first hired, Auburn fans were not happy. The press conference "60 minutes" quote fired up Auburn people, but he didn't win over the fanbase until after his second year at Auburn.
i disagree with the statement “Auburn fans were not happy” - most were bummed that we couldn’t close the deal on Dooley, but given his success at UGa it wasn’t surprising that he turned us down
and back in 1980 ‘Auburn people’ = the fanbase, we had virtually no sidewalk fans during that era
i also contend that Dye had the full support of the fanbase in 1981, based on how a largely talentless team took several much better opponents like UTee, Nebraska, UGa and Bama well into the second half despite being completely outgunned, and beat two of our then-annual rivals GA Tech and Florida
Posted on 9/23/25 at 2:37 pm to FearlessFreep
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Auburn fans were not happy
Posted on 9/23/25 at 3:08 pm to GoCrazyAuburn
With all of the bitching about the timing of the announcement and Steven getting the job, has anyone mentioned Michael Wilbon's comments yesterday?
I saw a clip this morning from yesterday's Pardon the Interruption show where Tony Kornheiser brought up Bruce retiring and Wilbon's response was basically good riddance, he's so divisive I hope he was forced out.
I saw a clip this morning from yesterday's Pardon the Interruption show where Tony Kornheiser brought up Bruce retiring and Wilbon's response was basically good riddance, he's so divisive I hope he was forced out.
Posted on 9/23/25 at 3:09 pm to PJinAtl
Yea, he is getting rightfully shite on for those comments. They were absurd.
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