Farewell...

This will be my last post on the City...

I've been asked to author over at therealappeal.com
It's still being touched up/cleaned up, but you can get on the forum and comment away.

If you have any stories/articles you'd like to share send them my way over at that site and I'll be sure to post them if they make the cut.

Go Tigers!

This is embarassing...

Get rid of RC Johnson - that dude can't do anything right.

So he made the decision to not go through a private firm in this new coach search... real smart.

Now the rest of the freaking world knows who we're going after and who we're thinking about going after instead of keeping the info private - you know like a PRIVATE FIRM!

Bruce Pearl didn't even get contacted.
Tim Floyd turned the offer down.
Mike Anderson chose to stay in Mizzou.
Sean Miller is not interested.

We have one option left before we have to go to the second tier... Reggie Theus.

Yes, that's right - Reggie Theus.

Why not?

He can coach, he can recruit, has NBA experience, a good personality... and therefore has all the likeness a player would want when looking for a school.

This is it - he's our last option.

If this doesn't work out then expect Derrick Kellog, Scott Drew, or Andy Kennedy leading the charge at the Forum.

That's all I got for now.

Bruce Pearl...

Let me make things perfectly clear:

As a Memphis fan I am programmed to dislike anything that is UT related, so at this point in time I hate Bruce Pearl.

I hate Bruce Pearl very much the same way as I hated John Calipari before he arrived to Memphis...

If Bruce Pearl decided to coach at Memphis I would love him. Once Bruce Pearl left Memphis I would hate him once again.

So is life...

This post today is inspired by the rumor floating around that Bruce Pearl would strongly consider a Memphis offer if the money was right... DO IT!!

Pearl and Calipari are of the same mold - they are led by ego.

In Memphis he would be the toast of the town, In Knoxville Pearl plays 3rd string to Football and Pat Summit. There is no way in hell they would pay Pearl more than than Lane Kiffin or Summit.

What's the worst that could happen? He'd say no after getting a raise from UT? The very same raise that would cause the other two coaches to get raises because there is no way the 3rd fiddle could ever make more money that the other two.

So we cause UT to spend more money...

I love it - Let's do it.

Piss off Cal and Piss off Knoxville in one fell swoop of the pen.

My coaching list has changed since Anderson re-signed with Mizzou -
1. Pearl - he's the total package (I still hate him today though)
2. Still Tim Floyd
3. Still Sean Miller
4. A new one to add... Andy Kennedy.

As a bonus - Bruce Pearl would be highly accepted at the COGIC convention if he wore a blue suit.