Rick Barnes has emerged as a serious candidate the for UCLA job, reportedly has interviewed

[Vols410]

Basilio was right.

Weird. Brice just told me those two were meeting in Tampa with Gruden...

 

[JacketVol]

Wow. Grow up.

I know D 1 coaches. Say make all the money they can because it can all go away at anytime. Thing is, Rick has been at it long enough that he is set. If he wants to leave, then go. We will hire someone else and get to the sweet 16 again. Heck, Martin did it and he’s not a great coach.

 

[mrmax86]

 

[Shaun1985]

This is bad news.

So we likely lose Barnes on Monday and Grant on Tuesday. I'm pumped

 

[JacketVol]

Easy big fella. We don't know what is really going on. If he does leave, I'm right there with you.

Hence the if he’s really considering it. Also, pretty sure he is and I am pissed.

 

[Velo Vol]

Hard to believe, but there may be some false information floating around on this coaching search.

 

[DownTheField]

the evan daniels thing is fake

 

[mrmax86]

Trey Wallace is live now. Not really saying anything. Says to stay tuned to Dan Harralson

 

[golfballs]

Dumb.

Cal used UCLA to get a freaking lifetime contract. You’d think coaches might catch on. Barnes at least could get some more dough to hire good assistants

 

[mrmax86]

the evan daniels thing is fake

How so?

 

[Kingston Vol]

I believe Barnes is giving Fulmer a chance to match the terms. We shall see.

 

[Volstylexx]

Yeah, he’s saying both interviewed and Barnes is frontrunner. I don’t see Barnes’ faith and his comfortable job here being that comfortable in CA

You can be a devout Christian and live in a major city. Faith isn’t limited to rural, southern life. As another poster mentioned, ever been to Austin? One of the most liberal cities in America.

 

[BearCat204]

LOL! Now, how the hell would he know that? Come on, man.

Brice is confirming it as well.

 

[unfrozencvmanvol]

Why start over?

He has it made here.

He probably reasonably fears we are a bunch of ingrates who will fire him for one false move. Just this morning there were about a half dozen threads with people arguing that he still had to "prove himself", that our team was a failure, and we'd be better off with Pearl.

 

[Shaun1985]

Hence the if he’s really considering it. Also, pretty sure he is and I am pissed.

To show that level of disrespect to someone that's done nothing but rep Tennessee to the fullest and improve this dumpster fire of a program really shows how childish you are. Grow up.

 

[BigOrangeMojo]

Buzz got $3.8. Barnes hasn't even got his annual review yet. There's a decent chance he could get extend and another raise. That's sort of how it's done.

I'm just saying this rumored AD "strife" is likely due to Barnes (and his agent) not feeling appreciated enough in the pocketbook after the last 2 seasons and taking action into his own hands...

 

[JacketVol]

Don’t give a damn what you think. But they sure like my money. I love Tennessee like Phil does but most of these coaches are mercenaries and some are friends. You are just naive.

 

[mrmax86]

Dan Harralson article coming out in 5 minutes with updates, per Trey Wallace.

 

[jbr82]

He trashed Barnes for 2 and a half years.

For his recruiting first couple of yrs.

 

[golfballs]

Hard to believe, but there may be some false information floating around on this coaching search.

Bruh...

 

[DownTheField]

How so?

My bad. There must be a similarly named twitter account that is fake.

 

[ukvols]

Tennessee won’t bring back Pearl if Barnes leaves.
Bruce refused to cooperate with Auburn’s internal investigation over Chuck Person. Tennessee would have probably fired Bruce for that. Auburn apparently decided he’s winning enough to be above it all.

 

[Volstylexx]

Barnes is too straightforward to be playing some grand leveraging game here...he's not going to go about his business that way at this stage. He's gone.

Also, Self represented with no Agent. This has legs.

 

[Unimane]

You can be a devout Christian and live in a major city. Faith isn’t limited to rural, southern life. As another poster mentioned, ever been to Austin? One of the most liberal cities in America.

Yeah, plenty of conservative people in LA. Just live in Orange County. You can find pockets of people anywhere. I'm a transplant liberal non-religious dude and I like Tennessee just fine.

 

[golfballs]

Dan Harralson article coming out in 5 minutes with updates, per Trey Wallace.

Is this the VolWire guy??