I posted in Larry’s earlier story about Hopson, that Brucie would be a lot easier to take this year because he wouldn’t be able to act as holier-than-thou as usual. Looks like it is already starting.

I bet he ran straight back to the bathroom and scrubbed his tongue with those nasty brown paper towels. Saying those things just HAD to make him throw up in his mouth a little.

GO BIG BLUE!!!!

BTW what was said was true but I will never admit he said it! GO CATS! FREE ENES, PLEASE! NEUTER THAMEL!

I still think he cheated because Cal was breathing down his neck and he felt threatened.

Pearl is just buttering up Cal for an assts job for when his oily ass gets kicked to the curb.

As much as I can’t stand Pearl he is good for the SEC and makes the rivalry fun. I can’t remember the specifics, but didn’t he make some pretty disparaging comments about Kentucky (the state) in the past?

I wasn’t going to give the satisfaction of acknowledging the comment that was made directed at me. However as many people who know me from this site I have a hard time sometimes keeping my fingers off the keyboard. And there have been worse things said here than what I have said. It is not meant literally. But since a man made the comment and I know how sensitive men are about their private parts I can understand why he might have been offended. After the way Thamel has gone after some of the boys in the program he more or less has done the same thing to them. He has degraded and humiliated them and their families. He has literally called them cheaters and worthless. He has taken one young boy who is not even out of high school yet and ran his name through the mud. He tried to destroy him and his family as well. He nearly ruined his future. There is not any punishment good enough for him and to say what I have been saying is only tongue in cheek. I could say off with his head, nuke him or anything else and it would still be offensive to many people. When you have a dog or a horse that is out of control you take that animal and you have him fixed to control him or even worse you put him down. Thamel needs to be controlled as well as several other hateful journalist who seem to be out to destroy not only the young boys who commit to Kentucky but the coach and program as well. There is not a watch dog or police to check journalist who print unethical stories about anyone not matter who they are or what lifestyle they live. I do not wish harm on any of these people, I wish they would clean their act up but that is not going to happen. Many journalist today lack integrity and ethics, except for our Larry. Two prime attributes that I value as well as truthfulness. I don’t see any of those in Thamel. It is a free country with free speech as we have seen with what Thamel and the rest who have been taking a hatchet to Kentucky. Wheatgerm you might find it offensive, it has been on this site for months so why mention it now? Also, Matt Jones said it was the highlight of his evening at the Women’s clinic. Coach Cal thought it might be a good idea. J. Tipton quoted it in his column in the LHL and it was also used in many other websites. I’m sure they all understood and read between the lines that it was not meant literally. We are all entitled to our opinion. If you were to go to any bar where UK fans gather you will hear much worse. GO CATS! FREE ENES, PLEASE! NEUTER THAMEL!

As a person who tell’s jokes in order to pay my bills, I find the Neuter Thamel line not only funny, but in no way offensive. I can only assume that Linda means it as a joke. That journalistically speaking, he should be neuterd and not allowed to spread his seed of lies. I do not belive for one second that Linda is suggesting that someone drive to NY, seduce Pete with a story about Jamal Mashburn selling crack to John Hoods family, meet him in an alley in the Bronx, and cut off his junk. I may be wrong, that may be exactly what she means. But I’m pretty sure she’s just joking.

I agree with Jim, neither me nor my junk is offended.

Back to the sweaty orange man pig. I dont think anything pearl said was too out of this world. Few people would argue those points, even the Cal haters. I dont see this as a buttering up. Pearl I’m sure was buttery before the comment.

Thanks, for the good words and glad the ones who know did find the humor in it which is the way it was intended!

NEWS!!!!!!

UT Letter To Pearl Terminating his contract and agreeing to continue employing him on an at will basis going forward.

http://www.wbir.com/pdf/102110_pearlnotice.pdf

I can’t copy and paste segments of this letter from a PDF file. Read it for yourself. All the talk last month that UT could not/would not get rid of this man was based on incomplete information. They already have terminated the very contract that the analysis relied upon in forming those conclusions, and UT is now in a position to end their relationship with this clown at any time of their choosing.

Is it any wonder now why he seems to be on such good behavior at the SEC media days.

..count me as not offended by Linda’s comment. I appreciate the fact that she can say it (which I think it is funny as it is intended), as well as Wheatgerm being able to say that they are offended by it.

I am also pretty sure that Larry appreciates your readership Wheatgerm as well as all of the other regulars which I personally think bring great comments to the blog every day. I enjoy reading Larry’s articles as well as his guest comtributors.

Now to get back on topic…..I think Pearl’s personality is good for the SEC but not his cheating. We need good coaches to compete and make the conference competitive not just provide “smoke and mirrors” and entertainment.

Though unlike the Pitino “freak show” style of entertainment he has provided lately Pearl may have crossed the line. I doubt that Tennessee will be nearly as tolerable as UL has been.

SPROUT WHEATGERM!

(A couple of hours under a heat lamp should do it.)

Professor, thank you for your understanding. Coming from you that meant means a lot to me. And I checked out the links you included in your reply about old Brucie. As stated in the article, Hamilton tells Pearl his contract will be terminated on October 8th. As reasons for the termination, the letter cites clauses in the contract involving “gross misconduct including dishonesty and other acts involving intolerable behavior,” WHY DIDN’T THEY TERMINATE HIM??? Doesn’t termination mean FIRED?
“At your house, you admitted to the unofficial visitors and their families that their presence at your house was a violation of NCAA rules. You also told the unofficial visitors and their families that you were not going to tell anyone about the NCAA rules violation, and you asked that they not tell anyone either.”
Now tell me, after all the lies that Pearl told, the blatant NC2A violation, Pearl telling recruits and parents they were not to be there and to keep it quiet, how can UT keep Pearl?
Am I missing something in this? Is the NC2A blind? Is this not worse than anything Kentucky has done in recent years? Is this not on the same scale as open envelopes with money pouring out? He “failed to promote an atmosphere of compliance.” Until a new contract is signed, Pearl could be fired or quit at any time. DUH, what is keeping them from firing him now? Is winning that important? Why is the NC2A keeping quiet on this one? Where are Thamel and the rest of the sharks on this story? Maybe they could investigate to see if his underwear is clean or not, maybe he has athletes feet. Surely they could find something to drag his name through the news and then throw all this in along with it. He is an employee at will, dag gone, he should be gone, gone, gone…makes no sense to me. It seems like he could get by with murder and pillage and still keep his job. Termination in UT terms mean employee at will until he gets caught again or the NC2A issues big time sanctions on them? GO CATS! FREE ENES, PLEASE! NEUTER, THAMEL!

Linda, I can’t explain the situation you describe, but I have an opinion. With the original contract, there was no contractually enforceable basis for firing him, so they confronted Brucie with his offenses, and offered him the option of canceling his original contract and moving forward as the letter describes. That eliminates the restrictive termination clause language and gives UT greater power to act in the future. It appears to be a 2 step process necessitated by the restrictive termination clause in the original contract.

Now, I understand that UT presented Brucie with a new contract, for 5 years, about 2 weeks ago, but his lawyers have yet to “approve” it. I suspect this new contract has language on termination that Brucie does not like, and his lawyers are advising him not to sign it. Remember Gillispie? I know that you do, LOL. Well, after that Memorandum of Understanding, UK presented Gillispie with a formal contract that his lawyers advised him to not accept. He didn’t accept it. That MOA then simply became the contract between them. Why? Because both parties publicly and privately affirmed it as such, and ACTED as if it was the agreement between them. When it all fell apart, UK was left without the contract language they wanted to fire Gillispie without repercussions, and eventually had to pay him $3 mil for getting rid of him.

That is where UT and Brucie are today. That letter I posted earlier is not their MOA with Brucie. If Brucie refuses to sign a new formal contract, the terms in that letter, offered by UT and ACCEPTED by Brucie by continuing to work under the terms of that letter, becomes the new contract. My reading of that letter tells me that UT is in a much stronger position today relative to their ability to get rid of Brucie now than they were a few weeks ago. In contrast, UK never got into a strong position relative to Gillispie, and paid dearly for Barnhart’s failure to get that job done.

Brucie is now operating on a very short leash. If he pulls on that leash, even with just a little defiance, I would say that Hamilton will cut him off immediately, and I would say that Brucie understands this new reality in the clearest of terms. Don’t expect any more painted bodies at UT Women’s games, any more on screen flirtations with the ESPN babes, any more out of character [UT's preferred, not Brucie's] public statements, or any “minor” infractions from Brucie, at least not until at least 2 things happen. First, the NCAA must complete its investigation and exonerate Brucie [not likely is it] and second, he and UT agree to a new 5 year agreement.

Those who wrote over a month ago about how UT could not fire Brucie due to his contract were only part right. But, they did not know the rest of the story about UT’s terminating that contract or where that would likely lead them all.

Remember last year, little slicky, quickie, rickie saying that he was having the best year of his life? Well, I wonder if Biggie, Baddie Brucie is making a similar claim at this time.

I supported Linda, until she said she was just kidding about Thamel. I had thought that someone was going to NYC and give Thamel the Kelso/John Henry treatment. Too bad. I guess I’m just another male taking things too literally.