GoBigOrangeVols
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Great read from Wes Rucker. Probably his best ever.
Rucker: Open-door policy benefits Vols basketball, fans
Rucker: Open-door policy benefits Vols basketball, fans
If you want to know how Barnes and his staff took a roster full of mid-tier prospects and turned them into one of the nation’s best teams, you just have to watch them practice.
Few in media want to admit this, but I will: If I knew as much about these sports as the men coaching them, I’d be coaching them and making a lot more money. But I wouldn’t know how to coach these teams. I wouldn’t know how to manage that much testosterone and that many egos in one locker room. I wouldn't even begin to know how to conform to every ridiculous NCAA rule.
I know more than enough to tell you what makes this Tennessee team better than the sum of its parts, though. It’s the way this team competes every second of every day. It’s the way all the players — from the stars to the walk-ons — are treated the same and held to the same standard.