If it happened other places, the coach would get trashed
there are a few of the Tennessee fans with statements like...
"the season is tanking"
"This team just doesn't give a dam*n..."
"THIS TEAM HAS NO HEART"
"Pearl blasting Prince on Post game show...
...Called him selfish and a drama queen when it comes to fouls."
"called team out publicly, said there was no quit in him, but there was on the part of this team."
"Pearl: "I've never been so embarrassed"
http://www.wbir.com/sports/story.aspx?storyid=78797&catid=5
http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=7&f=1398&t=3971889
http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=7&f=1398&t=3971926
I remember when there were holdover players who were disgruntled and other off-the court issues elsewhere....that some fans and the press held a certain head coach fully responsible for everything that happened...and unloaded on the coach...
....so why not hold this coach to the same standard, instead of dumping on a bunch of 18-19 year olds?
He has won games but like Lowery, with
his own players, the worse he does!
He has had thugs, drug users, suspensions, arrests, and now calling out his players who quit on him.
Candy coat it if you want, but if that stuff happened here, even 30 wins per season wouldn't control the uproar in the press.