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During the 1988–89 basketball season, Pearl, then an assistant coach at the University of Iowa, was at the center of a recruiting scandal involving the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Both Illinois and Iowa were recruiting Deon Thomas, a top high school player from Chicago. Pearl lost this recruiting battle when Thomas committed to Illinois. Thereafter, Pearl called the high school student and recorded a phone conversation with Thomas. During the conversation, Pearl asked Thomas if he had been offered an SUV and cash by Illinois assistant coach Jimmy Collins, and Thomas seemed to indicate that he had. Pearl then turned over copies of the tapes to the NCAA, accompanied by a memo describing the events. During the subsequent NCAA investigation, Thomas denied the allegations and said the story was false, that he was agreeing with Pearl only to try to get rid of him. Thomas later passed a polygraph test in which he denied Pearl's accusation of Illinois offering cash and a car. The NCAA did not find Illinois guilty of any wrongdoing relating to Thomas' recruitment, finding that the purported evidence provided was not "credible, persuasive and of a kind on which reasonably prudent persons rely in the conduct of serious affairs."[3] However, since the investigation uncovered other violations, including Illinois' third major violation in six years, the NCAA cited Illinois with a "lack of institutional control" charge and implemented several recruiting restrictions and a one-year post-season ban.

When Pearl and Collins were both head coaches for four years in the Horizon League, the two men never engaged in the traditional postgame handshake, reportedly due to lingering feelings over the incident. When Thomas was asked about forgiving Pearl in a 2005 interview, he was quoted as saying "It's hard to forgive a snake."[4] Thomas went on to play basketball at the University of Illinois, becoming its all-time leading scorer.

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No seriously USF Fans, F Bruce Pearl!!! 

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Name one.

As you can see, Pearl is not USF material.

So you can't name one. You cut the Wikipedia article out where it says "additional" but you don't actually know what they are.

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Name one.

As you can see, Pearl is not USF material.

So you can't name one. You cut the Wikipedia article out where it says "additional" but you don't actually know what they are.

 

 

 Go ahead and Google it up if you dont believe it. The bottom line is that USF is not interested in Pearl. That is all I can say. 

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Name one.

As you can see, Pearl is not USF material.
So you can't name one. You cut the Wikipedia article out where it says "additional" but you don't actually know what they are.

Go ahead and Google it up if you dont believe it. The bottom line is that USF is not interested in Pearl. That is all I can say.
Name one. Seriously. You hate the guy, you should be able to do it from the top of your head. Edited by JTrue
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LOL You pull a Wikipedia article and reference something from 25 years ago LMAO!!

 

Once a rat always a rat. He is lucky he didnt do that to the mafia or he would be dead. So with that, he is out!!

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Name one.

As you can see, Pearl is not USF material.
So you can't name one. You cut the Wikipedia article out where it says "additional" but you don't actually know what they are.
Go ahead and Google it up if you dont believe it. The bottom line is that USF is not interested in Pearl. That is all I can say.
Name one. Seriously. You hate the guy, you should be able to do it from the top of your head.

 

He lied to Tenn. That is bad enough

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Name one.

As you can see, Pearl is not USF material.
So you can't name one. You cut the Wikipedia article out where it says "additional" but you don't actually know what they are.
Go ahead and Google it up if you dont believe it. The bottom line is that USF is not interested in Pearl. That is all I can say.
Name one. Seriously. You hate the guy, you should be able to do it from the top of your head.

 

He lied to Tenn. That is bad enough

 

 

The committee found that Pearl and the former assistants lied during the NCAA's investigation related to a Sept. 20, 2008 cookout at Pearl's home in which recruits were present, an NCAA violation.

Pearl encouraged the recruits and family members to lie about their attendance and later denied knowledge of their attendance. He and the coaches also made impermissible recruiting calls.

 

 http://content.usatoday.com/communities/campusrivalry/post/2011/08/ncaa-gives-ex-tennessee-coach-bruce-pearl-/1#.UyYQJfldWSo

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So as you can see, the case is closed for Pearl. I know you love him, but he is not USF material. 

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