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Vols coach apologizes for off-color joke
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06:26 AM ET 09.25 | Tennessee men's basketball coach Bruce Pearl said he told an inappropriate, off-the-cuff joke at a charity fundraiser Thursday morning and issued an apology in the afternoon. Pearl, one of the featured speakers at a TVA charity kickoff, was making light of the different types of players from different cultures when he said the following: "I've got a tough job. I've got to put these guys from different worlds together, right? I've got guys from Chicago, Detroit ... I'm talking about the 'hood! And I've got guys from Grainger County, where they wear the hood.''
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Aren't allowed to be funny anymore...everyone gets offended nowadays
stevechams
Fort Meade, MD
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Hanging with Lane Kiffin and wearing that disgusting VOLmit inducing jacket will cause anyone to insert foot into mouth.
BamaKurt
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You know it was joke and he didn't mean anything by it but everyone takes things way to serious these day. The bad thing is he is probably right...it has to be tough trying to get everyone to get along in the locker room and on the court.
Iowa Bow Hunter
Sioux City, IA
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Wow! I guess the k-lansmen are all butt hurt and will now boycott the Vols.
Cheesy Texan
Converse , TX
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If you don't think that's funny, then you should just get the hell out of here...
Otis B. Driftwood
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how is this a joke? I mean I am not offended, I just do not see the punch-line. The only people he needs to worry about offending are his players and his boss.
heelyeah
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Which group was offended?
Docmadlab
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well there goes my stand-up routine...
VFH
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The ****.. they don't like people making fun of them
bigdog1002
Huntsville , AL
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The thing is it was neither of the groups mentioned that were offended (kids from the hood or people wearing hoods) it was the liberal 'we have to be offended for everyone else' idiots that made an issue of it.
Scooter Liberty
Deee Triot, MI
Total Comments (133)
In the famous words of Sgt. Hulka, "Lighten up, Francis!"
bgj1961
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Neither. It most likely came from a conservative "family values" group who felt their way of life was being threatened.
50yearfan
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Yawn. Oh! I'm supposed to be offended now?!? Crap, I always miss that part...
King G.S.
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Really though? We all get that you are a liberal. It seems to be a dying breed. Go post on MSNBC.
KingFootball
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Bruce Pearl's Jacket is definitely not off-color.
BlaqkJack
Paradise Valley, AZ
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He could just as easily go tell you to post on Fox News.
Come on, let's all play nice.
VFH
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Fox actually has viewers. Big difference. Besides, every post he has has to knock republicans and conservatives. It gets old.
KingFootball
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Now we know from whom Lane learned to masticate his sneakers - The Master, Bruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuce Pearl!
Bruce: Nobody puts their foot in their mouth as well as I do! NOBODY! I'll meet 'em in the ring! No shirts! No shades! Their eyes must bear up under the glare of my orange jacket! I am the champion mouth of all time! I can chew and swallow any player's shoes in under 10 seconds! I can polish off Layla's entire collection in the time it takes you reporters to scribble this dribble down! BRING IT ON! MY FEET WERE MADE FOR MY MOUTH, AND MY MOUTH WAS MADE FOR MY FEET! LET'S DO THIS! GIMME THOSE COWBOY BOOTS, BLOG BOY!
Tin Man
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Fair enough.
I agree with you. Let's keep it about sports here.
VFH
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lol. i do not start it, but not going to let comments like #10 and the stuff you throw out there just go by sometimes. from your comment i see you do not follow elections i guess. that is your choice. please do not tell others what to do or think. you can listen to any talking head or watch any station you want. this is a sport site, YOU remember that..We all get what you are..now, break is over, you get back to class.
50yearfan
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