Barnes said he would be at UCLA if buyout was paid

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Doesn't matter if he wins or loses, he's here for 5 more years. No one is going to pay his new buyout and UT will not buy him out. He could lose every game for the next few season and still be fine.
 
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NEOCON said:
Fulmer wouldn’t have left TN for all the riches in the world. He may have made some poor hiring choices and been too scared to change but that man was loyal to his school.

Not all top coaches are guns for hire!
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His school? As in the one where he played football, served as long time assistant and then head coached? Lot of them.
 
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JMSqb11 said:
Do you consider your relationship with a spouse as equal as a relationship with an employer? Smh dumb analogy
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I wouldn’t suggest you, in front of a crowd, embarrassing your employer like Barnes did today. Your ass would be out the door next day with a police escort.
 
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cncchris33 said:
Minus the suspensions, police investigations, insulting fans, and general lack of coaching and likability. Sure, just alike.
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So you don’t think anyone got insulted today? Not sure Barnes is all that likeable today either. I guess having good kids is what saves him.
 
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cncchris33 said:
Minus the suspensions, police investigations, insulting fans, and general lack of coaching and likability. Sure, just alike.
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And Jerry Green said more than once "If you don't like my coaching then fire me!":rolleyes: I think Jerry was just coaching out the string until it was time to retire;)
 
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NEOCON said:
Fulmer wouldn’t have left TN for all the riches in the world. He may have made some poor hiring choices and been too scared to change but that man was loyal to his school.

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Good grief at some of the parallels you people try to draw. First Pat Summitt and now Fulmer. Between those two and Barnes, one is not at all like the other.
 
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wmcovol said:
So you don’t think anyone got insulted today? Not sure Barnes is all that likeable today either. I guess having good kids is what saves him.
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You didn’t like him before. And his kids weren’t good until he developed them.
 
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wmcovol said:
So you don’t think anyone got insulted today? Not sure Barnes is all that likeable today either. I guess having good kids is what saves him.
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Plenty of snowflakes got their feelings hurt but no one was insulted. If those words today caused you to suddenly dislike Varnes and 4 years of goodwill, then you should seek counseling. The term a shrink will open with is 'manic"
 
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wmcovol said:
So you don’t think anyone got insulted today? Not sure Barnes is all that likeable today either. I guess having good kids is what saves him.
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I guess people feel disrespected and offended by anything now days. We already knew he almost went to UCLA, we already knew they didn’t want to pay all of the buyout. How is it disrespectful, now that he said it.
 
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wmcovol said:
They were good kids before Barnes ever met them. I liked him cause he was the coach at Tennessee but I quit “coach worship” long ago.
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I don’t worship him. I like the product. Extent of the science there. Before we hired him, I was on board because we had to stop the bleeding...nothing else. Wins were secondary until we got this thing up and running with the NCAA’s breath off our neck. He delivered that and much more. If he had darted, I’d have been pushing for Steve Forbes. Sneaky suspicion many on here would be dog-cussing Fulmer for letting this “mercenary” get away. When you’re bent that way there’s no straightening. Miserables be miserable. 😴
 
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It's nothing personal, It's a JOB...And they were willing to give him a nice salary to coach their basketball team...Hey if you get a good offer and lots more money to do what you love then do you turn it down?...You at least listen...Sorry but if UCLA comes offering 5 million a year and I am only making 2 million a year guess what?...I'm going to UCLA...It's common sense...Always be a VOL just a richer one.
 
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butchna said:
I don’t worship him. I like the product. Extent of the science there. Before we hired him, I was on board because we had to stop the bleeding...nothing else. Wins were secondary until we got this thing up and running with the NCAA’s breath off our neck. He delivered that and much more. If he had darted, I’d have been pushing for Steve Forbes. Sneaky suspicion many on here would be dog-cussing Fulmer for letting this “mercenary” get away. When you’re bent that way there’s no straightening. Miserables be miserable. 😴
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You make a lot of assumptions. Forbes? Really? Why not George Quarles too? Good grief this is a top 10 program hiring a mid major also ran? Thank God you have no influence.
 
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