More talk about the putrid odor coming from the Josh Selby decommitment. CBS’s Gary Parrish says Vols’ coach Bruce Pearl has the sympathy of his peers:

“That kid was committed to Tennessee for almost a year, then he goes to a Nike event, the mom talks with Wes, the kid decommits from an ‘Adidas’ school, and now he’s looking at Kentucky,” said one high-major coach, noting the timeline of the developments as well as UT’s apparel contract with Adidas. “Come on, man. That’s messed up. I mean, that’s just messed up.”

It’s funny.

Bruce Pearl has spent his four years at Tennessee rubbing a good portion of the coaching community the wrong way, and yet across the board people appear sympathetic toward him and the rest of UT ’s staff in light of Selby’s decommitment. Regardless of what’s real and what isn’t, seemingly everybody in the coaching profession believes Wesley influenced Selby’s decision, and Selby’s mother publicly acknowledging she met with Wesley before her son decommitted has only enhanced that perception.