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"6-foot-7 eighth grader" HOLY !%*#!! They better find out what this kid has been eating!

6 foot 7 and in the 8th grade? DAMN!

lol...he can go recruit all he wants-
it's another thing if he can close the deal

We know he's in the eighth grade but.........does he shave yet?

Arizona and Arizona State get ready, because Memphis' new hire, Josh Pastner, will be all over this state, looking to steal away the best basketball talent.

Steal is right. Cause they ain't coming voluntarily.

As promised by Tiger High AD R.C. Johnson, Memphis made a "WOW" hire. Sorry, make that a "WHO?!?!" hire.
Pastner might turn out to be a good coach, but hiring someone with only assistant coaching experience isn't generally the way to keep a program prominent nationally.

QUOTE(#6):

Originally posted 11:56 AM ET  04.08 by Vols RULE!

As promised by Tiger High AD R.C. Johnson, Memphis made a "WOW" hire. Sorry, make that a "WHO?!?!" hire.Pastner might turn out to be a good coach, but hiring someone with only assistant coaching experience isn't generally the way to keep a program prominent nationally.

especially for a program that needed desperately to stay relevant NOW, because in that weak conference...they will NEVER be on national TV again

Conferences are made by players not coaches, the weak conferences that you all talk about could be powerhouses if the players that were recruited excepted. Would anyone have considered,Cleveland a powerhouse before Lebron.

Wow, big and bold statements from a University nobody cared about before and after Calipari left. If they really want to make a dent in getting recruits, their boosters better be ready to fork over some serious cash and gifts to these recruits.

QUOTE(#3):

Originally posted 09:29 AM ET  04.08 by jgb

lol...he can go recruit all he wants- it's another thing if he can close the deal

He's one of the top recruiters in the country. You get to be that by closing deals.....duh! Your always talking trash about Memphis (statements that make no sense or have any truth).......go back to your rock.

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Originally posted 03:21 PM ET  04.08 by reydbj

Wow, big and bold statements from a University nobody cared about before and after Calipari left. If they really want to make a dent in getting recruits, their boosters better be ready to fork over some serious cash and gifts to these recruits.

Your a Cal fan.............are you relevant in anything? Sad, because you play in a BCS league, and you still get shown up by the likes of Memphis.

Do some homework on Memphis basketball.

QUOTE(#6):

Originally posted 11:56 AM ET  04.08 by Vols RULE!

As promised by Tiger High AD R.C. Johnson, Memphis made a "WOW" hire. Sorry, make that a "WHO?!?!" hire.Pastner might turn out to be a good coach, but hiring someone with only assistant coaching experience isn't generally the way to keep a program prominent nationally.

Arizona was going to hire him if they did not get Miller. He has been a assistant for 7 years under Olsen and Calipari. Most NBA players that he has helped tried to help him land the Arizona job. He was the highest paid assistant last year.......why, because he knows what he is doing. Do some homework on Pastner.

Don't worry abut us Hillbilly High, we will be just fine. Worry about your overrated male **** of a coach. Have you been to Alimoney lately?

Yea, ppl talk a lot of bs abt stuff they don't know about. Do you really think Calipari or the guys he had working behind the scenes for him, landing him recruits is gonna let Memphis slip? LOL @ that. How long do you have to be an assistant before you can take over a mid major program? LOL. Get freaking real!

QUOTE(#11):

Originally posted 04:36 PM ET  04.08 by tnzazz

Your a Cal fan.............are you relevant in anything? Sad, because you play in a BCS league, and you still get shown up by the likes of Memphis.

Do some homework on Memphis basketball.

Ouch.

I wish Memphis would step up to a BCS conference because there is just as much basketball talent in Memphis as any other city, probably more. I hope this guy does good.

QUOTE(#12):

Originally posted 04:42 PM ET  04.08 by tnzazz

Arizona was going to hire him if they did not get Miller. He has been a assistant for 7 years under Olsen and Calipari. Most NBA players that he has helped tried to help him land the Arizona job. He was the highest paid assistant last year.......why, because he knows what he is doing. Do some homework on Pastner.Don't worry abut us Hillbilly High, we will be just fine. Worry about your overrated male **** of a coach. Have you been to Alimoney lately?

"Overrated" or not, Pearl turned down a pretty hefty offer from Tiger High, and accepted a LOT less money than Memphis offered to extend his contract at UT. Some folks apparently think Memphis is an armpit. Not me, though-- I like the BBQ and blues there.
As for Alimony'$-- pretty funny business name. Apparently Pearl's ex is doing very well with that-- they just expanded the business only a couple of months after opening it.

QUOTE(#16):

Originally posted 10:32 AM ET  04.09 by Vols RULE!

"Overrated" or not, Pearl turned down a pretty hefty offer from Tiger High, and accepted a LOT less money than Memphis offered to extend his contract at UT. Some folks apparently think Memphis is an armpit. Not me, though-- I like the BBQ and blues there.As for Alimony'$-- pretty funny business name. Apparently Pearl's ex is doing very well with that-- they just expanded the business only a couple of months after opening it.

Memphis never even spoke to Pearl....it was bad reporting or a smart business move by Pearl.

Too funny.

QUOTE(#17):

Originally posted 03:49 PM ET  04.09 by tnzazz

Memphis never even spoke to Pearl....it was bad reporting or a smart business move by Pearl. Too funny.

Sure, keep telling yourself that, and eventually it will be true.

When Memphis hired Coach Cal, you knew they were in business. When Coach Cal left, they went a got someone younger who was similar to Coach Cal. Maybe Coach Cal had a recommendation for the new hire.

Do ya think!

QUOTE(#18):

Originally posted 05:10 PM ET  04.09 by Vols RULE!

Sure, keep telling yourself that, and eventually it will be true.

We NEVER offered any contract or had direct communication with him. It was a story in the Memphis paper that stirred the pot. Memphis fans were pissed when we "thought" the univeresity was talking to Pearl. Nobody wanted that clown.