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Checker_the_Shire said:
At what point was I bitching? All I said was giving the excuse of nerves is something I can’t agree with. We’re at the end of the season where every game officially counts. To say nerves got the better of them is inexcusable. That’s not bitching, that’s just stating a fact. This squad has the weapons to make a deep run, but if you’re saying they can’t get past their own nerves at this stage, well then we best accept that deep run may be deep into the second round at best.

As for griping about Barnes, I love RB and hope he’s got another 2-3 years left in him. But that being said, I’ll acknowledge he and his teams always seem to fall apart in March. It’s strange to watch.
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Ok...sounds like bitching to me. We have enough 💩heads in here pointing out every deficiency and fault, and always tearing down our coach and team when they falter...you want to join in with them, then go ahead, but you don't sound a whole hell of a lot different to me.

But maybe it's just because I am rightfully and unapologetically ******* sick of the ******* Idiot Margin, I absolutely despise them...if you get undeservedly caught in the crossfire because you say thongs reminiscent of chiggerwhore and BOT and their pathetic comrades...then sorry.

I think March is March and RB isn't any better or worse as a coach just because the calender turns. We've never had a dominant team with multiple great scorers, hell we usually don't have any...and once again we do not have them...we have one and that is it.
 
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Dudley Smith said:
Well it’s that time of year again, the eternal return to the argument of whether Rick Barnes is a floor wax or a desert topping and the straw men construction business is booming.

As for me, I hold these two thoughts in my head with absolute certainty:

1. Rick Barnes is the greatest basketball coach Tennessee has ever had.

2. We are not getting to a Final Four with Rick Barnes as our coach.

As always, I am hoping to be wrong about number 2. I expect we will rebound in a big way in the first round next week, crushing whatever #15 seed we get. The round of 32 game will be a dogfight, with a 50/50 proposition of getting to the second weekend. Beyond that . . .

I will enjoy the SEC regular season title banner we will hang, we should all appreciate that accomplishment as it’s not like we have a bunch of them.

Go Vols
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If we don't get the F4 crapshoot with him as coach...it is not because he is the coach.
 
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Frustrating to watch these SEC teams today not hesitating to drive to the basket, even if they know they are going to just pick up a foul and put the other team in trouble... yet we won't even think about it... for years, we just whip it around the arc, playing hot potato ... Would be interesting to see what our team could do if we as a team (yes Knecht does quite a bit, but he's the only one) decided one game to drive to the basket. Give me a Josh Richardson or Jordan McRae all freakin day... if we had one of them on this team right now, we'd be a #1 seed. Period. I truly think their game, just one of them, would be just enough to make that big difference... That and have a physical big man like Maymon or Stokes... McRae would literally jump OVER people to drive to the rim...
 
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drvenner said:
My wife sent me to Lowe's this morning to pick up some flowers for the pots we have around our front porch. She told me to get geraniums, petunias and marigolds. When I came home with something different, she just threw her hands up in the air and stormed off. Whoops, a daisy.
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InVOLuntary said:
I love coach Barnes. Wouldn't trade him for any other coach. Having said that, I have zero expectations for this team. I wouldn't be surprised at anything, first or second round loss would not shock me. I think a sweet sixteen loss is where I'm at right now. I think their best basketball is behind them. Something is up with this team. I can't quite put a finger on it. It is what it is.
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They wore out...I was concerned about it being a possibility with that stretch...they gave it everything they had and I think it took a little out of them...they peaked a couple of weeks too early.

Hopefully they can reset and get it back...that is a hard thing to do.
 
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Devo182 said:
Didn't get to watch the game, but I think Barnes found an effective strategy vs these types in the 2nd game vs TAMU:



Then yesterday

Aidoo: 26 mins
Awaka: only 9 mins

Maybe because we were playing catch up. Vs teams like this we need to come out strong so we can play our preferred style.
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