Bruce Pearl Said What?

By now everyone in the SEC has become use to Bruce Pearl. He's a loose, off the cuff, spontaneous kind of guy who to this point hasn't flat out said anything just plain stupid...until now. Apparently while speaking at a fundraiser Thursday morning he made a joke about the "Different Cultures" of his players. Here's the quote((Courtesy VolsExtra)): "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.''

((Bruce Pearl Says he's sorry//Courtesy: WVLT-TV))

Here is the rest of the story from VolsExtra.com HERE.

More from the folks at WVLT-TV HERE.

If you read about and listen to what he said; Pearl at least realized immediately that he should not have said it and has been now apologizing for it since. One of the things that he always needs to remember is that in Knoxville anyone associated with UT athletics is going to have a camera wherever they are, no matter what. For those who have never been to Knoxville, it is pretty much the one and only thing that they...well at least the Media there...live for. They are treated like Hollywood celebrities and they live and die with what ever happens to their beloved Vols. This isn't that big a to do. It was dumb, sure, but not intentional...and Coach Pearl realizes it.

Here is the original speech...Courtesy: WVLT-TV..

And the apology after his speech from WVLT-TV HERE