Barnes Day One

[JohnMcA60]

@briancrice: I had the honor of following Rick Barnes on his first day as @Vol_Hoops head coach: Rick Barnes: Day One - UTSPORTS.COM - University of Tennessee Athletics http://t.co/xMR7RsxeoW

 

[JohnMcA60]

http://youtu.be/Ld21luc634Y

 

[Titans Fan]

How many tourney appearances will Barnes make in the first five years? https://www.football.com/en-us/comm...elcomes-rick-barnes-to-rocky-top-01-Apr-2015/

 

[patrick]

How many tourney appearances will Barnes make in the first five years? https://www.football.com/en-us/comm...elcomes-rick-barnes-to-rocky-top-01-Apr-2015/

I will say 4.

 

[KingtUT]

2

 

[dreVol]

Barnes to the current players, "I go to the tournament and put players in the league. Any questions?"

 

[QuickSmurf]

Expect elite players to want to play for him.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

5

 

[865dude]

2

 

[Captain Mitch]

Barnes to the current players, "I go to the tournament and put players in the league. Any questions?"

Was this really said?

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

Was this really said?

Nobody knows for sure anything that was said after Kesling's mics wigged out.

 

[Catbone]

How many tourney appearances will Barnes make in the first five years? https://www.football.com/en-us/comm...elcomes-rick-barnes-to-rocky-top-01-Apr-2015/

3

 

[ainge10heisman]

Well I guess he's officially apart of the Vol family. As to how many tourney appearances he will have in his first 5 years, I'll say 2.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

Barnes seems to be very much an anti-Bruce like Cuonzo was. He doesn't seem to be an attention h@e... he seems happy sharing the attention with his team.

 

[hatingbamaisawayoflife]

Barnes to the current players, "I go to the tournament and put players in the league. Any questions?"

I'm in

 

[TNHopeful505]

http://youtu.be/Ld21luc634Y

He just instantly gained my respect. That was actually touching. I believe we have a man who really gets it. Just like Butch knows what this is all about, Rick does too. They are here to develop young men and to create a culture that thrives on integrity and on relationships and selflessness.

I am 1000% on the Rick Barnes bandwagon. Now let's get back to being proud of our program and making the Tennessee athletic department something to be feared by opponents.

 

[knowthevols]

Barnes to the current players, "I go to the tournament and put players in the league. Any questions?"

Must be the reason Texas fired him. He recruited too many one and dones. I think we hired another loser.

 

[smokey0625]

Must be the reason Texas fired him. He recruited too many one and dones. I think we hired another loser.

We will have to just see. He did go to the tourney this past year. Not like he stunk it up. Let's be realistic here. He does go to the toruney a lot and that truly is the definition of success at our program. We are not Kentucky, we don't expect championships of the national sort. However we do expect to watch more basketball come March. The coach we adore only took us to the elite 8 once so championships are not a requirement.If you question can he win big here, the answer is big enough for our fan base. just my opinion and your entitled to yours.

 

[ScreaminVolHawkins]

Was this really said?

Come on, now. He puts his pants on one leg at a time like anybody else. But, when he has his pants on, he makes NCAA tournaments. He's Rick Barnes

 

[Panthro]

This might sound strange, but my favorite thing he said yesterday was his answer to Hyams's question, "will you try to bring over any Texas commitments?" He said, "Absolutely not! Those kids committed to that school."
It doesn't help us any right now, but I love that about him. Makes me feel great about the future of our basketball program. We know he can win but it seems like he may instill a bit of integrity while he's at it.

 

[calban]

Interested to see what he can do with 5 actual days of recruiting before signing day.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

This might sound strange, but my favorite thing he said yesterday was his answer to Hyams's question, "will you try to bring over any Texas commitments?" He said, "Absolutely not! Those kids committed to that school."
It doesn't help us any right now, but I love that about him. Makes me feel great about the future of our basketball program. We know he can win but it seems like he may instill a bit of integrity while he's at it.

Hopefully he's not as passive as Cuonzo was with the verbal commitments to other schools though. CCM was taking no for an answer and giving up way too soon. Agree though that if he recruited them to Texas and they agreed to go there that the correct thing to do in those cases is to keep your distance.

 

[peppervol]

Must be the reason Texas fired him. He recruited too many one and dones. I think we hired another loser.

For God's sake, go back to sleep.

 

[PineyBluff Vol]

Well I guess he's officially apart of the Vol family. As to how many tourney appearances he will have in his first 5 years, I'll say 2.

40%...I'll take it!

 

[Catbone]

He's going to work like heck tho