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

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djohnnyg said:
North Carolina...Duke.....Kentucky....and Kansas are the Big4 bluebloods. Indiana and UCLA...maybe Louisville....used to be in that group. Mich state...Syracuse...and Nova are a notch below imo. But UCLA isn't what it used to be. If Barnes leaves for ucla it is a bad decision imo.
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they were going to pay Calipari all that money, maybe they should bait Jay Wright
 
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JMSqb11 said:
Same. But this is a weird way to angle for a raise....

Does he really need to flirt with UCLA to get a raise?
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Do you read what you write? This is how many coaches get a raise. How many of our own coaching searches have ended with the interviewee getting a raise from their school.
 
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But half this board thinks he can't win big games and can't coach so why do we want to keep him?
 
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JohnD13 said:
But half this board thinks he can't win big games and can't coach so why do we want to keep him?
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and get another clown like this ?
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Tennesseefan2019 said:
If Rick Barnes leaves for UCLA I think he will leave being pissed off at Phil Fulmer for something
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That's what I was thinking, no way he leaves unless he's pissed about something. Makes no sense at all at his age to even entertain leaving for LA. His wife and family are from this area and I just don't see the land of fruits and nuts being a good fit for them. Keep your cup on though .....
 
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Tennessee gon’ do Tennessee.
How about that for a perfect storm.
Barnes leaves
Kyle/Admiral/Grant/Bone gone
JJJ decommits
Next year will be fun
 
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JohnD13 said:
Do you read what you write? This is how many coaches get a raise. How many of our own coaching searches have ended with the interviewee getting a raise from their school.
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Once again, he doesn’t need to flirt with other schools to get a raise. He’s done a great job here turning things around and that warrants a raise alone. Flirting with a school with tons of cash that is currently desperate is a bad move.
 
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cwbytruckers said:
Barnes is not leaving. He knows im getting old and cant handle another 10 years of mediocrity. He promised me that he was staying put. I have an inside source. He works at a Holiday Inn. This is very credible. He used to work for Geico. Insurance salespeople dont lie.
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He’s gonna deal with mediocrity for the next 2-3 seasons if Bone and Grant leave.

UCLA can recruit its own backyard for 5 stars and he can make multiple Final Four runs much quicker than at UT
 
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So what are the new details this morning?

I see VQ is saying the meeting last night was about his buyout.

WBIR is saying he has officially been offered the job.

Anything else?
 
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JMSqb11 said:
He’s gonna deal with mediocrity for the next 2-3 seasons if Bone and Grant leave.

UCLA can recruit its own backyard for 5 stars and he can make multiple Final Four runs much quicker than at UT
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That's what the last 3 coaches at UCLA thought too but didn't quite work out that way. Barnes isn't willing to push the envelope in recruiting enough to make it at a school like UCLA. Will be shocked if he leaves and even more shocked if he leaves and is successful there
 
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1985Vols said:
That's what the last 3 coaches at UCLA thought too but didn't quite work out that way. Barnes isn't willing to push the envelope in recruiting enough to make it at a school like UCLA. Will be shocked if he leaves and even more shocked if he leaves and is successful there
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None of those coaches had the credentials of Barnes and Alford alone was able to pull in five 4-5 star kids last year....

I agree it would be a shock if he left, but he’d have a better opportunity atultiple tourney runs at UCLA with the easiness of recruiting and competition vs UT.

After all, the only thing he hasn’t done in his career is win a title and he won’t have that opportunity or a chance at a tourney run for another 3-4 years at Tennessee.
 
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