[Westside]

Is it only a matter of time before Bruce Pearl is shown the door at Auburn? That seems to be the belief of many that cover college basketball.

Among them is Yahoo! Sports’ Pete Thamel. Thamel is responsible for the recent article citing sources that inform him that as many as 50 college basketball programs could be named for possible violations following a lengthy FBI investigation into the alleged cheating in the sport.

Following his recent explosive report, Thamel was a Friday guest on The Paul Finebaum show. During his segment, Finebaum asked Thamel about Bruce Pearl’s future at Auburn. The Yahoo! writer certainly didn’t pull any punches when it came to the Tigers coach.

“I would be stunned if Bruce Pearl is the Auburn coach next year,” Thamel said to the question. “I can’t wrap my mind around the sense that he will be back.”

Considering Thamel appears to have some inside knowledge regarding the FBI’s findings into the current state of corruption inside college basketball, his opinion likely holds more weight than many others.

While his response was harsh, Thamel did credit Auburn for being proactive in sitting Austin Wiley and Danjel Purifoy this season in an attempt to not use players that could later prove to have been ineligible to compete on the court.

As for Finebaum, his response to Thamel’s take on Pearl’s future suggests he is of a like mind when it comes to the fate of Auburn’s coach.

“If you don’t agree with that opinion, I’m not sure what planet you are living on,” Finebaum said during the Thamel interview.

https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/auburn...xt-season/

[Hoot Gibson]

If 50 college basketball programs are in the cross-hairs of the FBI, I will be shocked if UK is not among them. Plausible deniability has worked well for John Calipari in his previous gigs at UMass and Memphis, as he walked away from two dirty programs just in the nick of time. If UK's program is dirty, then I hope that the coach suffers as much as our fans, students, and future players will.

Calipari walked away from two wrecks and Eddie Sutton walked away after almost totaling UK's program. It is not fair that dirty coaches and players escape the harshest penalties, while future coaches and players suffer the consequences.

[pjdoug]

Is it only a matter of time before Bruce Pearl is shown the door at Auburn? That seems to be the belief of many that cover college basketball.

Among them is Yahoo! Sports’ Pete Thamel. Thamel is responsible for the recent article citing sources that inform him that as many as 50 college basketball programs could be named for possible violations following a lengthy FBI investigation into the alleged cheating in the sport.

Following his recent explosive report, Thamel was a Friday guest on The Paul Finebaum show. During his segment, Finebaum asked Thamel about Bruce Pearl’s future at Auburn. The Yahoo! writer certainly didn’t pull any punches when it came to the Tigers coach.

“I would be stunned if Bruce Pearl is the Auburn coach next year,” Thamel said to the question. “I can’t wrap my mind around the sense that he will be back.”

Considering Thamel appears to have some inside knowledge regarding the FBI’s findings into the current state of corruption inside college basketball, his opinion likely holds more weight than many others.

While his response was harsh, Thamel did credit Auburn for being proactive in sitting Austin Wiley and Danjel Purifoy this season in an attempt to not use players that could later prove to have been ineligible to compete on the court.

As for Finebaum, his response to Thamel’s take on Pearl’s future suggests he is of a like mind when it comes to the fate of Auburn’s coach.

“If you don’t agree with that opinion, I’m not sure what planet you are living on,” Finebaum said during the Thamel interview.

https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/auburn...xt-season/

He and a long list of others should have already been fired or jailed. lol

[E's Army]

After the pass the NCAA gave North Carolina who knows what they will do here.

[pjdoug]

If 50 college basketball programs are in the cross-hairs of the FBI, I will be shocked if UK is not among them. Plausible deniability has worked well for John Calipari in his previous gigs at UMass and Memphis, as he walked away from two dirty programs just in the nick of time. If UK's program is dirty, then I hope that the coach suffers as much as our fans, students, and future players will.

Calipari walked away from two wrecks and Eddie Sutton walked away after almost totaling UK's program. It is not fair that dirty coaches and players escape the harshest penalties, while future coaches and players suffer the consequences.

worrisome.