Former Auburn Head Men’s Basketball Coach and current broadcast analyst, Bruce Pearl joins Dan Patrick on The Dan Patrick Show to defend himself against allegations that he is showing favoritism toward his former Auburn team where he not only remains on the payroll, but his son just so happens to be the current head coach.
Dan Patrick: “Are you paid by Auburn?”
Bruce Pearl: “You know what, I'm in an ambassador's position and not many Jewish guys would walk away from $30 million, but this one did. And you know, who does that? My wife was like, honey, why couldn't you just stink for a couple of years, let them fire you and pay you $10 million to do what you're doing now. But no, you go ahead and quit, leave all that on the table. Yeah, no, Dan, objectivity for me, not an issue.
Dan: “Okay. But I don't know if you have to disclose that, that, hey, I'm still paid as an ambassador for Auburn, if it felt like you were kind of dinging Miami, Ohio, because Auburn was going to be on the bubble. So that's the appearance, okay? That's how a lot of people look. So, the appearance of that, the optics didn't look good.”
Bruce: “Well, that's fair…Hey, listen, if I wasn't able to be objective, I wouldn't continue to be at Auburn.”