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Posted on 11/21/17 at 7:51 am to GenesChin
Posted on 11/21/17 at 7:51 am to GenesChin
I get if Bruce is involved then that's cause to fire him. If he's not why the hell would you want to? I mean we haven't been super successful yet, but people enjoy basketball now and he's brought a spark to the program. I don't see why the AD would want to mess that up.
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Posted on 11/21/17 at 8:50 am to WarDamn101
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I get if Bruce is involved then that's cause to fire him. If he's not why the hell would you want to?
It's hard to pin down what exactly is driving this, but there are a few arguments that seem solid
The one I buy into is that Auburn feels wronged that Bruce is pulling this Garrity Rights and not cooperating. They don't believe Bruce will ever act in good faith with AU regarding future problems. It's kind of a ridiculously self centered view, given that almost any sane person prioritizes not going to jail over employment
There also is the problem that Bruce is a coach w a losing record who is effectively untouchable. What happens if Bruce ever wins? He will be the most powerful figure on campus
Posted on 11/21/17 at 5:09 pm to WarDamn101
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I get if Bruce is involved then that's cause to fire him. If he's not why the hell would you want to? I mean we haven't been super successful yet, but people enjoy basketball now and he's brought a spark to the program. I don't see why the AD would want to mess that up.
I guess my answer to that would be that Auburn hired Pearl while he was still under NCAA SHOW-CAUSE. With Auburn's extremely poor basketball history he could have probably gotten away with just about anything but one thing: fricking up the program and bringing nation-wide negative attention to it.
Now you might say "But it wasn't Bruce! It was Chuck Person!"
Maybe. Even probably.
But we sure as hell don't know that at this point because Bruce won't talk or cooperate. Yeah, he's within his rights to do that, sure. But, after scandal, if you're a previous show-cause coach and your answer is "I plead the Fifth!", whether innocent or guilty your employers ain't gonna be happy.
Plus, he's the head coach. Whether he was clueless about Person or not, he's responsible.
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