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

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Basilio is saying the problem is relationship between Fulmer and Barnes. Not enough love for basketball. His opinion is that if Fulmer makes amends about more promotion and envolvement in basketball he want be leaving.
 
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arkyvol said:
If he goes (which I doubt), for the love of God, please don't make us look stupid as in burning couches and mattresses. U.T. will go on. Coaches, even the best of them, come and go.
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Yep and the last coach we lost to the left coast, what was his name? Oh yea, Kiffin. How'd that work out for him?
 
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Volfan2012 said:
Basilio is saying the problem is relationship between Fulmer and Barnes. Not enough love for basketball. His opinion is that if Fulmer makes amends about more promotion and envolvement in basketball he want be leaving.
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TB is all over the place. I'm not thinking that he has any idea what's going on.
 
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BruinVol said:
Sure they were some but there has been very little negative regarding him being the next cosch over the last two years. Head coach in waiting has been a topic discussed here a number of times with very little resistance.
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The idea of him being coach in waiting made more sense as a courtesy to Barnes, who would retire in 5 or 6 years as a Tennessee Volunteer, and provide a smooth transition. If Barnes is chasing a paycheck now, I think it's fair to wonder if Lanier is ready to handle a high major job like Tennessee, today. In 5 more years, maybe, but he failed in his only stint as a head coach at a low major.

We can, and frankly, should do better, and that isn't a knock towards Lanier. I just don't believe he's ready, and Tennessee shouldn't feel indebted to him and Barnes if Barnes runs off to SoCal for the money.
 
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cncchris33 said:
The idea of him being coach in waiting made more sense as a courtesy to Barnes, who would retire in 5 or 6 years as a Tennessee Volunteer, and provide a smooth transition. If Barnes is chasing a paycheck now, I think it's fair to wonder if Lanier is ready to handle a high major job like Tennessee, today. In 5 more years, maybe, but he failed in his only stint as a head coach at a low major.

We can, and frankly, should do better, and that isn't a knock towards Lanier. I just don't believe he's ready, and Tennessee shouldn't feel indebted to him and Barnes if Barnes runs off to SoCal for the money.
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Georgia State is precisely the type of job Lanier should have. If he does well there, a higher mid major is the next stepping stone, not a P5 job.
 
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McGeesPub said:
Georgia State is precisely the type of job Lanier should have. If he does well there, a higher mid major is the next stepping stone, not a P5 job.
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Agreed unless it's a hiring from within thing. Power 5 schools Just very rarely hire other schools assistant coaches
 
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amavol2 said:
8 of those came from two coaches that leaves three for how many coaches? Tennessee has not been very successful hiring coaches that can succeed here. Barnes is the only good thing Hart did while on the job.
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In the past 20 years, we have had 4 coaches (Barnes, Pearl, Green, Martin) make the NCAAT, and 2 coaches (Peterson and Tyndall) who didn't.

What point are you failing to make?
 
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Volfan2012 said:
Basilio is saying the problem is relationship between Fulmer and Barnes. Not enough love for basketball. His opinion is that if Fulmer makes amends about more promotion and envolvement in basketball he want be leaving.
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If true, Fulmer has to fix it. He will be a complete laughingstock to lose a COY who just finished the best two-year tun in program history and packs the arena...and then replace said coach with Coach Googleston from a mid-major who is a “shot in the dark.”

The woeful UT AD working its magic once again. Can we ever get any competence in that position?
 
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Commitment to BBall, the facilities are there and if I were a coach would you really want the AD snooping around in what you were doing all day? The only problem with commitment to UT BBall IMO would be kids wanting to play here, get your arze out there and recruit and things will take care of themselves. JMO
 
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EZE said:
If true, Fulmer has to fix it. He will be a complete laughingstock to lose a COY who just finished the best two-year tun in program history and packs the arena...and then replace said coach with Coach Googleston from a mid-major who is a “shot in the dark.”

The woeful UT AD working its magic once again. Can we ever get any competence in that position?
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Bruce Pearl isn't a Google coach.
 
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rocketskates said:
I hate how coaches allow this BS to drag along and spread like wildfire. If he doesn’t want the job he needs to squash the rumors. If he does want it then come out and take it. I’m a Tennessee fan, I’m used to rejection.
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When you grow up and enter the world of business and start dealing with job offers and contracts, you'll understand. You keep all options on the table until you complete negotiations.

Look, Barnes is a hired gun. He's being paid to be here. He doesn't "bleed orange". It's business.
 
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cncchris33 said:
In the past 20 years, we have had 4 coaches (Barnes, Pearl, Green, Martin) make the NCAAT, and 2 coaches (Peterson and Tyndall) who didn't.

What point are you failing to make?
The point I’m making is the majority of coaches at Tennessee win at about a 50 percent rate, only two coaches have been effective, consistently.
Martin isn’t a very good coach and as soon as Green ran out of Oneils players he was canned. So we’ve had two coaches in twenty years that were above average.
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tgraves126 said:
Will the announcement be made today if he is indeed leaving?
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Im sure UCLA would want it done as quickly as possible. However a rushed decision could cause Barnes to stay with the familiar environment here in Tennessee. Remember he likes the area as his wifes history in the area. So at this point in his life if money is even comparable he may stay for her sake.
 
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