Jalen Rose interviewed by WVLZ 1180 in Knoxville today
I was driving through Knoxville this afternoon and got to listen to part of an interview of Jalen by local AM radio host Tony Basilio. I only got a chance to listen to a small portion of the interview, but what I did get to hear was good. I caught the tail-end of some of the Fab Five Documentary questions and after that Rose talked a bit about his relationship with UT assistant head coach Tony Jones and how he, Jones and UM assistant Bacari Alexander (all Detroit Southeastern alums)have shared scouting info for tomorrows game. Rose also went on to say that he felt that firing Pearl would be a huge mistake, that his good deeds outweigh the negative things he has done.
BEWARE: I'm still at work and have yet to try to listen to the archive of the show, I just thought I would post it for people who end their workday earlier than I do.
http://www.tonybasilio.com/index.php?page=mp3_archives
EDIT: I'm not sure if the interview is in segement 1 or segment 2
I guess at least one person in Knoxville has gotten over "Peyton Manning's Heisman."
Has Pearl done anything good except win? I don't really know much about the guy, but if not, I'm sick of the "don't fire him because he's done so much else good". He cheated. Just putting together wins doesn't constitute good deeds in the face of breaking the rules.
Just putting together wins doesn't constitute good deeds in the face of breaking the rules.
The entire fanbase of Ohio State disagrees with you.
And this is why the entire OSU fanbase and I will never see eye-to-eye. And also why they suck and wish they would die in a ditch.
Although in Tressel's defense, he has actually done some philanthropic work in the past, so at least they have some argument.
recruit told him Illinois had offered him a car to go there. The eventual investigation cleared Illinois, and Pearl was effectively blackballed by the coaching fraternity for a decade. The true facts remain unclear, and the coach who was accused, Jimmy Collins (recent coach of Ill-Chicago) has not forgiven Pearl.
He knew he broke a rule and lied to cover it up, but if all he was covering up was having a recruit to his home for dinner, and if that is all it was, it seems minor. This looks like the cover up being bigger than the crime. Bottom line: follow the rules. I'm not going to villify Pearl over this. If things keep happening with him, then I'll change my mind. The first offense I'll allow him to be a fallible human.
Jalen Rose went to Southwestern.
Thanks for clarifying.