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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