Bruce Pearl downsizes local home

Well, looks like late last month former Tennessee basketball coach and current Auburn basketball coach Bruce Pearl has downsized his Knoxville house.

According to property records out the Register of Deeds Office, he and wife, Brandy, swapped homes with Bill and Jennifer Bergner. The Pearls got rid of their Gettysvue home for $1.8 million and bought one off Linksvue Drive, which is just down the street, for $1.14 million.

Bruce Pearl's new digs

The Gettysvue warrant deed RIGHT SMACK HERE.

The Linksvue warranty deed RIGHT SMACK HERE.

According to Zillow, the Pearls exchanged five beds, seven baths and 10,200 square feet for six beds, five baths and almost 7,000 square feet.

I don’t know how common this is, but it will probably be easier for him to flat out sell a $1.14 million house later on (taxes also are cheaper) than a $1.8 million one.

Vote for the 'Best of the Best'

The Metro Pulse is doing its "Best of Knoxville" contest again this year.

Click here for a ballot, or go pick a paper. The things are free, you know. And make for great gift-wrappings.

Anyhoo, it features six sections and lots and lots of categories. (You apparently have to fill out at least 25 for your ballot to count, and any ballot-stuffing goes into the "Extra Scrutiny Pile.")

I'm working my way through it right now.

Here's mine* (the ones in italics):

Best of the Best

Knoxvillian: (you must vote for someone besides previous winners Bill Haslam, Bruce Pearl, or Pat Summitt): Wait, Bruce Pearl won this????

Store: Walmart.

Restaurant: Calhoun's. Best ribs in America. Just ask Mike Chase. He'll tell you that over and over and over and over again.

Bar: Yeah, I wouldn't know.

Band: Tim Burchett and the Balanced Budgets.

Knoxville Life

Best Thing Knoxville needs: A $48 million weight room and a $200 million Neyland Stadium facelift during fiscally tight times. Oh wait, we got that.

Best Local Attraction: Bruce Pearl's wife's Facebook page.

Best Place to Meet New Friends: On the county's audit hotline.

Best Place to Take Your Kids for Free: To school.

Best Reality TV Show Contestant from Knoxville: I don't know. Who was the biggest disaster?

Best Way to Get Tim Burchett to Attend Your Meeting: Hold it at Wright's Cafeteria.

* I did have some input from others. Anything upsetting? That was them. Not me.