Auburn basketball hires Burce Pearl and Twitter reacts

Auburn officially hired Bruce Pearl as head basketball coach on Tuesday, landing the biggest possible fish to take over the program. Afterward, Twitter was buzzing with reaction:

Boom! Big hire bringing @coachbrucepearl to Auburn! Welcome to the family! #WarEagle

— Coach Gus Malzahn (@CoachGusMalzahn) March 18, 2014

Over here, we have UGA being pilloried after turning in its own players to the police. And over here, we have Auburn talking to Bruce Pearl.

— Seth Emerson (@SethEmerson) March 18, 2014

That's such a great hire. RT @bmarcello Auburn has hired Bruce Pearl, according to Auburn.

— Mark Ennis (@Mengus22) March 18, 2014

Welcome BRUCE PEARL!!! #WDE

— Tye Tanner #32 (@_BiGsLiM32) March 18, 2014

Huge hire for Auburn in Bruce Pearl. Changes trajectory of the program.

— Pat Forde (@YahooForde) March 18, 2014

No one can ask if Auburn is serious about basketball any longer. Hiring Bruce Pearl answers the question.

— Kevin Scarbinsky (@KevinScarbinsky) March 18, 2014

That's BIG! Bruce Pearl to Auburn #WDE

— Chris Denson (@CD3__) March 18, 2014

#FIREJACOBS #EsuranceSave30 MT @bmarcello Four big hires in a row by Jay Jacobs: Malzahn, Myers, Golloway and Pearl.

— Mark P (@TheAuburner) March 18, 2014

BOOM! @coachbrucepearl

— Jay Jacobs (@jayjacobsauad) March 18, 2014

I'm so excited for this program and my brothers! Welcome to Auburn Coach Pearl! #WDE

— Lucky Lefty (@AllenPayne2_) March 18, 2014

Really excited for the inevitable pictures of a shirtless Bruce Pearl at the Auburn Alpha Psi Rodeo

— Bunkie Perkins (@BunkiePerkins) March 18, 2014

Good to have Bruce Pearl In the Auburn Family #Boom #WarDamn

— Rob Chubb (@BigChubb41) March 18, 2014

Stunning hire by Auburn. Out of the park.

— Paul Finebaum (@finebaum) March 18, 2014

Cannot wait for @SIPeteThamel's article tying Bruce Pearl's hiring to every real and imaginary Auburn NCAA violation of the last 50 years.

— thejuiceisgood (@thejuiceisgood) March 18, 2014

War Eagle Bruce Pearl.

— Al DelGreco (@delgreco3) March 18, 2014

People asking if Auburn is too small a job for Pearl. Look at SEC bball, could be the 3rd best program in two good recruiting classes.

— Mark Ennis (@Mengus22) March 18, 2014

Shoutout to our new family member Bruce Pearl #WDE

— KT Harrell (@KtHarrell1) March 18, 2014

Welcome @coachbrucepearl to the Auburn family! Well done @jayjacobsauad best AD in the country. #WarDamnEagle

— Phil Lutzenkirchen (@lutzenkirchen) March 18, 2014

Auburn just got good at basketball.

— Gregg Doyel (@GreggDoyelCBS) March 18, 2014

Auburn AD Jay Jacobs was getting killed 16 months ago but has had himself quite the year.

— Jeremy Fowler (@JFowlerCBS) March 18, 2014

Auburn fans, what do you think about the Bruce Pearl hire? Did they bury an oyster and dig up a Pearl?

— John Zenor (@jzenor) March 18, 2014

Bruce Pearl knows basketball, but more importantly, basketball knows Bruce Pearl. That's huge for Auburn.

— Jared Robertson (@wardamnjared) March 18, 2014

Tommy Tuberville was loved at Auburn for many reasons but his personality was a big part of that - Pearl's dynamic personality will rival TT

— Brian Harbach (@HarbachCFB) March 18, 2014

OH SHIT AND SPRING FOOTBALL PRACTICE STARTS TODAY TOO? AUBURN BONER ACTIVATED.

— Aubielicious (@Aubielicious) March 18, 2014