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Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl was fired yesterday.

While I will not defend what he did, the fact is that Tennessee will be another 5+ years before they can get a coach of comparable abilities. Then add in the time factor to get the program back up to snuff, and it becomes apparent that the Tennessee mens' basketball program will be in the toilet for 10 years or more.

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I'll go on record as one of the first to go this way - Tennessee Athletic director Mike Hamilton has managed in the last few years to:
- Fire the best head football coach the program has seen since General Neyland.
- Hire Lane Kiffin (enough said?)
- Cover for Lane Kiffin when he broke NCAA rules.
- Not cover for Pearl when he broke NCAA rules (and let's face it, all the good teams bend the rules to great lengths).
- Fire the best basketball coach the mens' program has ever had.

I say we get rid of Athletic Director Mike Hamilton.