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BruinVol said:
Barnes should care about his assistant making a statement, true or not, that can only be taken negatively by the fans he needs in the seats.
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Not sure why BTO is insisting on defending this. It was a dumb thing to say and he wouldn't have said it if it wasn't true.
 
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BruinVol said:
Maybe not but he does need to make sure his "not caring" doesn't run fans away from TBA. No reason to make statements that make that a possible reaction.
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Perception from day 1 has been that he is semi retired. That article was not good. He's not done much to combat that either.
 
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BruinVol said:
Maybe not but he does need to make sure his "not caring" doesn't run fans away from TBA. No reason to make statements that make that a possible reaction.
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I'm sure he wasn't happy with Des for saying it, by I'm also sure Des didn't mean itt how fans have taken it and that Barnes is well aware of what Des meant. Barnes isn't going to now go out of his way to contradict what Des said simply to appease fans, that's all I'm saying.
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
I'm sure he wasn't happy with Des for saying it, by I'm also sure Des didn't mean itt how fans have taken it and that Barnes is well aware of what Des meant. Barnes isn't going to now go out of his way to contradict what Des said simply to appease fans, that's all I'm saying.
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As I said before I think oliver meant that Barnes has earned the right not to stay on the road.


Not earned the right to never go out
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
Except for the fact of gone out on the road and recruit lol
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Dude him going on a couple plane rides isn't gonna remove the perception that exists. The fact that Des even said it is telling. He better win next year or fans are gonna turn on him. That article is the crumbled up newspaper underneath a stack of dried up brush pile. Fans standing by with a box of matches waiting to light it up.
 
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BigZiti09 said:
Dude him going on a couple plane rides isn't gonna remove the perception that exists. The fact that Des even said it is telling. He better win next year or fans are gonna turn on him. That article is the crumbled up newspaper underneath a stack of dried up brush pile. Fans standing by with a box of matches waiting to light it up.
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Many fans already turned on him. Yes he better win next year or it gets bad
 
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BigZiti09 said:
Dude him going on a couple plane rides isn't gonna remove the perception that exists. The fact that Des even said it is telling. He better win next year or fans are gonna turn on him. That article is the crumbled up newspaper underneath a stack of dried up brush pile. Fans standing by with a box of matches waiting to light it up.
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May not change the perception but it continues to make that theory even more incorrect each and every time.

I think that statement has very little to do with the need for him to win next year, but if you feel like it's the main reason you keep on thinking that.
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
May not change the perception but it continues to make that theory even more incorrect each and every time.

I think that statement has very little to do with the need for him to win next year, but if you feel like it's the main reason you keep on thinking that.
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What I am saying is that once people turn on you they start looking for reasons to justify their feelings. That article is exhibit A for disgruntled fans next year when we are hovering around .500 in February.

He's got lots of reasons he needs to win. It's year 3. He's getting $2.4m to coach. He hasn't done much on the trail so future doesn't look at bright as it could. He got fired from his last job so he needs to prove his worth. Attendance is awful compared to what it once was. His team collapsed down the stretch.

All of those are reasons but that article is going to be very detrimental to him if he doesn't go dancing next year.
 
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BruinVol said:
Many fans already turned on him. Yes he better win next year or it gets bad
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Can you imagine how Bruce Feels at Auburn? Going into year 4 with all these 4 and 5 stars and Auburn and NCAA tournament have not even been mentioned in the same sentence in 4 years.
 
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BigZiti09 said:
I'm sure Barnes doesn't care. Barnes not caring seems to be a reoccurring theme.
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Barnes has accomplished more himself than the UT program has over its entire history. I trust him to do it his way - not some guy that sits on the internet all day thinking he has coached and recruited college basketball before.
 
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JustWin1 said:
Barnes has accomplished more himself than the UT program has over its entire history. I trust him to do it his way - not some guy that sits on the internet all day thinking he has coached and recruited college basketball before.
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:eek:k:

Just because I don't like the way Barnes operates in some areas doesn't mean I think he is a bad coach or that I'm not rooting for him.

Like your username says "just win" and none of it matters. You don't win and then things that shouldn't matter start to matter. Just facts.
 
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BigZiti09 said:
My post about the Pearl Haters was in response to VSF calling me a slurper. It was in defense of myself. Not calling anyone specifically out for their newly found disdain for Pearl. But if the shoe fits.....
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Which was a response to you call me a "hater".
 
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BigZiti09 said:
What I am saying is that once people turn on you they start looking for reasons to justify their feelings. That article is exhibit A for disgruntled fans next year when we are hovering around .500 in February.

He's got lots of reasons he needs to win. It's year 3. He's getting $2.4m to coach. He hasn't done much on the trail so future doesn't look at bright as it could. He got fired from his last job so he needs to prove his worth. Attendance is awful compared to what it once was. His team collapsed down the stretch.

All of those are reasons but that article is going to be very detrimental to him if he doesn't go dancing next year.
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Like I said, I've got a lot more things above an article where an assistant misspoke as to why he needs to win next season.
 
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