re: Regarding the whole Bruce Pearl/Nate Oats comparison

Haha

Someone is comparing Auburn’s Basketball success under Bruce to other coaches, we win.

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Maybe stick to USC football, or equestrian.

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This is solid advice. If we stuck to swimming and diving we would be much happier right meow.

Seriously though, AuburnUSCgrad needs to be summoned up to the Auburn board. Maybe he can detail the cultural differences of the two.

My bad, I was rushing and was trying to remember off the top of my head. You played a 13 seed, a 12 seed and Clemson was a 6 seed. So actually, I gave your team too much credit for the teams they beat. Congratulations. Again, the point remains. Love that you and other UAT fans have to argue about semantics when you have no rebuttal.

In all honesty, USC and Auburn have a lot of similarities culturally. Sports wise, they have so much in common. Talk with some other USC alums and they will tell you how disappointed we are in Lincoln Riley. USC has consistently disappointed in basketball and football in the past few years when we have had so much talent. Auburn basketball has been the only consistent sport of the two schools that I can actually get excited about in the past 10 years, haha. I’m really intrigued about the Mussleman hire. I don’t think he could do any worse than the overrated Enfield, we will see though.

Why don't you regard my nuts, buddy.

I will add this as well as it pertains to comparing their current and Bruce. UAT has had the better overall talent, especially in the past 5 years, yet Bruce and their coach have the same accolades. If you want to look at facts, Bruce has done more with a much less talented roster and has overachieved in most years, whereas their coach is doing things that are expected of with rosters as talented as he has had since he’s been there.

Let’s put it another way. Do you think UAT’s coach would have been able to do what Pearl did and takeover a dead program and make it what it is now? And what would UAT look like if Pearl took over after they fired Johnson? I can tell you that UAT’s coach would not have near the impact as Pearl has had with Auburn. Their coach didn’t really build anything, he just installed a system that is NBA friendly. He’s not recruiting at some astronomical level. They had great talent before he got there. So yea, he’s doing a serviceable job given the amount of talent they have had, but I can tell you that he wouldn’t have those results if he had the roster Auburn has. To give you some perspective: last year, Auburn only had 1 4 star player out of high school and 1 coveted portal player (Broome) on the roster. UAT had multiple 4-5 star players on their team and Auburn still had a better regular season. Just a thought about what kind of coach Pearl is compared to their coach.

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You sure???? Bro, Jang told me to be nice, but you’re making it difficult. In what world are 3 Sweet 16s, 1 E8, and 1F4 the “same accolades” as 0 Sweet 16s, 0 E8s and 0 F4s???? Is this some “special” Auburn engineering mathematics?

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someone define last 5 years for this frickwad.

You know, reading comprehension is not your best and you definitely must be very new to basketball. You do realize that Auburn has had 2 SEC regular season titles and 2 SEC tournament titles, just like UAT. Also, both teams in the past 5 years have gone to the final 4. So, yes, same accolades. You don’t get a trophy making it to the Sweet 16. I acknowledged that UAT has had better success in the NCAAT but you also need to put it into context: for instance, the year you made it to the Sweet 16 with Miller was a disappointment since that team was loaded and a national title contender. Last year, your team overachieved and went to the final 4. Auburn in 2019 overachieved and then with Jabari and last year in the tournament were disappointments. The year before last Auburn was not expected to do anything. So, yea, really no big difference between Auburn and UAT in the past 5 years. And again, your team has had the more talented roster in the past 5 years, and Auburn has had nowhere near the talent that you have had yet, it’s pretty identical successes between the two. You might be new to basketball but I’m here if you need to get rundown on what success is considered for basketball. It’s totally different than what you are used to in football.

There was no tournament in 2020. So yes, the last 5 tournaments Auburn and UAT have had a final 4. Again, if you want to use semantics, let’s use the last 6 years. It’s still the same. What makes it difficult for you and other UAT fans to acknowledge that Auburn is as good at basketball as your team? Why is that physically impossible for you to admit that Pearl is a good coach? And tell me you know nothing about basketball without telling me you know nothing about basketball when you can’t be objective about the talent disparity between Auburn and UAT in the past 6 years. Auburn has had 3 first rounders in that time frame, but other than those players, the rest of the roster was playing above their abilities.

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Again, if you want to use semantics, let’s use the last 6 years. It’s still the same.

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Bro, we’re using the last 5 seasons because that’s the only seasons that Oats and Bruce coached in the same conference. You want to count a season prior to Oats getting to Bama, because it makes Bruce look better. The fact is, Bruce has had absolutely zero success beyond the round of 64 in the NCAAT since Oats arrived. It’s a literal, undeniable fact…that newly minted AU basketball fans can’t seem to grasp.

There’s literally zero chance that KY, Arky, UNC, Duke, Kansas, or any other knowledgeable basketball fanbase would be taking the stance you guys are!!! In fact, Bruce would now be on the hot seat if he was at any of those programs. Heck, KY was about to fire Cal and give him $30mm for 5 yrs of tournament ineptitude and he had a NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP WIN, NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP LOSS, and pretty sure at least 1 other final four! You guys know so little about basketball, it’s painful.