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Pearl converts the faithful
There was a great story about Bruce Pearl and what he’s done to reinvigorate basketball in Tennessee in the Washington Post over the weekend:
Bruce Pearl has won over all the dogs and babies in Tennessee, and most of the Christians, too. After just a few minutes of listening to him, it’s apparent why the people at this football-crazed university of the deep South have so quickly adopted a chattering, gesticulating, Yankee basketball coach who also happens to be, smothered gasp, Jewish. It would be easier to resist a steam press.
(I must say, however, that folks from OUTSIDE East Tennessee seem to think it’s a way bigger deal that our basketball coach is Jewish than those of us living here/who are UT alums do.)

