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re: King of Cheaters Bruce Pearl is lashing out

Posted on 2/11/26 at 6:21 pm to
Posted by GoCrazyAuburn
Member since Feb 2010
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Posted on 2/11/26 at 6:21 pm to
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Can you provide the years they played in college and which NBA teams they signed contracts with?


Hell, NBA is even irrelevant. Name one that has played college then declared for the draft annd signed anny professional contract, and was allowed to play college again. The answer is none, because there is a specific rule against it that has nothing to do with the rules around European pros.
Posted by au4you
Alabama
Member since Dec 2010
3165 posts
Posted on 2/11/26 at 6:31 pm to
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Hell, NBA is even irrelevant. Name one that has played college then declared for the draft annd signed anny professional contract, and was allowed to play college again. The answer is none, because there is a specific rule against it that has nothing to do with the rules around European pros.
Bama fans refuse to state this. I’ve never seen one actually say it. They do the “but what about pro euro guys” argument they saw on twitter and try to let that hold up their position.

It wasn’t like Oats did this in the offseason. He was doing something unprecedented in the middle of the season to get a competitive advantage and fix a big hole on his roster. Again, in the middle of a season. Then Oats turns around and acts like he’s a victim trying to fix a problem. It’s laughable.

Oats had every opportunity to get a 20 year old Serbian who played the equivalent of AAU professionally to join his team like everyone else in the country.
This post was edited on 2/11/26 at 6:33 pm
Posted by Nate Oats No1 Fan
Member since Feb 2026
21 posts
Posted on 2/11/26 at 6:40 pm to
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Then Oats turns around and acts like he’s a victim trying to fix a problem.


He IS the victim - the impartial judge ALREADY issued the TRO and then the CORRUPT and DUMB barners got upset since they have to continually LEASE space in their 600 seater HIGH SCHOOL GYM from Nate himself. If there’s ANYONE to blame it’s STEPHEN PEARL since he sucks and now the lowly barners must FOCUS on something other than their ABYSMAL team.
Posted by jangalang
Member since Dec 2014
52641 posts
Posted on 2/11/26 at 6:49 pm to
Shut up Auburn fan!
Posted by NotChexMix
9x National Champion
Member since Sep 2025
350 posts
Posted on 2/11/26 at 7:17 pm to
Bruce on the money with that one.
Posted by JoeKinesKhakis
Birmingham
Member since Jun 2020
389 posts
Posted on 2/11/26 at 7:48 pm to
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Pearl


He is a POS human who would rather defend Israel over the United States.
Posted by captdalton
Member since Feb 2021
22517 posts
Posted on 2/11/26 at 9:09 pm to
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If nobody cares, why did you start a thread defending you POS coach, you choad?


He started a thread to make fun of Bruce Pearl. I can only imagine how confusing an internet message board must be when someone is clearly illiterate.
Posted by Summer of Jimbo
Amateur Statistician
Member since Oct 2022
3868 posts
Posted on 2/11/26 at 9:19 pm to
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Bruce on the money with that one.


Auburn fans running to defend the slimiest coach in basketball will never not be hilarious
Posted by GoGators1995
Member since Jan 2023
7434 posts
Posted on 2/11/26 at 9:22 pm to
On one hand, we may not have Golden if Pearl doesn't talk him into taking the UF job.
On the other hand...snitches get stitches.
Posted by Uatu
The Dark Side of the Moon
Member since May 2022
562 posts
Posted on 2/12/26 at 6:57 am to
I’m a disabled veteran. Actually did TDY with the IDF. Why don’t you take a tour of the Holocaust Museum in D.C., think about why Israel was created in the first place, and get back to me. I’ll stop right here before this gets away from SEC sports. Bruce Pearl is OK with me.
Posted by Nate Oats No1 Fan
Member since Feb 2026
21 posts
Posted on 2/12/26 at 8:02 am to
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I’m a disabled veteran. Actually did TDY with the IDF. Why don’t you take a tour of the Holocaust Museum in D.C., think about why Israel was created in the first place, and get back to me. I’ll stop right here before this gets away from SEC sports. Bruce Pearl is OK with me.


Hi we are talking about Bruce Pearl in the context of cheating at NCAA basketball his entire career. By my count he cheated over 6 million times over a span of five years which may sound impossible to you.
Posted by skrayper
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Member since Nov 2012
35126 posts
Posted on 2/12/26 at 8:53 am to
I'm no fan of Bediako coming back; I get that his pro career didn't reach the levels he had hoped but I put it right there with players getting extra eligibility after being in college for 4, 5, or 6 years. Move on.

That said, Pearl is the last one who should say anything. He's stretched the rules so thin they're practically transparent.
Posted by jb4
Member since Apr 2013
13847 posts
Posted on 2/12/26 at 10:29 am to
Bruce Pearl to Memphis State next year
Posted by au4you
Alabama
Member since Dec 2010
3165 posts
Posted on 2/12/26 at 11:03 am to
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I'm no fan of Bediako coming back; I get that his pro career didn't reach the levels he had hoped but I put it right there with players getting extra eligibility after being in college for 4, 5, or 6 years
Bama fans again refusing to admit Bediako left school, played pro for three years, and is trying to return. These are nowhere near the same situations.
This post was edited on 2/12/26 at 11:04 am
Posted by gamecockman12
Columbia, SC
Member since Aug 2012
8113 posts
Posted on 2/12/26 at 11:09 am to
Nate Oats is a scumbag.
Posted by skrayper
21-0 Asterisk Drive
Member since Nov 2012
35126 posts
Posted on 2/12/26 at 1:13 pm to
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Bama fans again refusing to admit Bediako left school, played pro for three years, and is trying to return. These are nowhere near the same situations.


I did admit it. I get that reading comprehension isn't a necessity to get admitted to Auburn, but do try and keep up.

My point is - eligibility is eligibility. If you use it up due to tenure or due to going pro, you're done.

This is one of the problems with NIL - the majority of players get paid more in college than they will trying to make the pros, so they're going to try and stay on for as long as possible.
Posted by jangalang
Member since Dec 2014
52641 posts
Posted on 2/12/26 at 1:27 pm to
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My point is - eligibility is eligibility. If you use it up due to tenure or due to going pro, you're done.

Nobody here likes covid seasons.

But comparing it to Bediako as if they are apples to apples is the real problem here...

Bediako is like covid season bad on super saiyan steroids.

A 5th year guy gets popular and makes money in his super senior year. Swell. Now get lost.

Next Pavia- a popular 5th year guy gets paid and is like "no, I am not leaving. The money is just now pouring in. " Nobody wants that. Pavia cried his way into some BS rules about juco getting changed.

Now Bediako is worst than Pavia. He left Bama three years ago, and decides when his career is about written "I still want in on that money, so let me back in. I'll play hard coach!" And Bama fans are bitching because the commissioner wouldn't back them on this idea that would degrade an otherwise pretty strong sport.

Posted by GreatPumpkin
Member since Mar 2022
3243 posts
Posted on 2/12/26 at 1:42 pm to
Oats might be the biggest scum bag of a coach in SEC history. He makes Urban Meyer look ethical
Posted by au4you
Alabama
Member since Dec 2010
3165 posts
Posted on 2/12/26 at 3:20 pm to
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My point is - eligibility is eligibility. If you use it up due to tenure or due to going pro, you're done.
Exactly. Bediako’s case is terrible because he expressly waived his right to further eligibility by playing college and entering the draft. He knew he couldn’t return. But Nate used his arse to try to get a cheap competitive advantage.

I don’t really blame Bediako- kind of feel sorry for him in a way. Hope whatever NIL he was promised is still paid out.

I blame Nate trying to pull this off and Byrne signing off on it. Now, they are acting like they are somehow victims in all of this. It’s pathetic and cheap.
Posted by justaniceguy
Member since Sep 2020
7153 posts
Posted on 2/12/26 at 3:57 pm to
LSU was easily the most hated SEC school after the Kiffin shite but bama had to go and one up them.
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