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Worst game of the year IMO. If we can keep it that way, the season may turn out alright.

Our defensive rebounding was horrible.
 
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This is a team that plays to its competition. They didn't respect auburn because of past success against them.
Add lapses of brain fog that produce lethargy and mistakes and they fall to the good teams in a close contest.
it's mostly mental with this group.
i'm not as sure about the future but still think they can be very good if they Wake Up
 
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not a big fan of publicly calling out my players...as coach it's all on me...that being said privately I'm trying to coach'em up and fix what I think could be the problem(s) no matter what they are...just hope Coach B can fix our game (mentally and physically) and turn this team into the pre-SEC team that we saw so much potential in...and, as always...

GO VOLS!
 
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Recruit or retire or has he retired all ready?. We didn't get a player last signing period and we don't a have a guy ready to sign on the next cycle. What the hell is doing? I've seen all I need to. Can Pruitt recruit basketball too?
 
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Manvol said:
Recruit or retire or has he retired all ready?. We didn't get a player last signing period and we don't a have a guy ready to sign on the next cycle. What the hell is doing? I've seen all I need to. Can Pruitt recruit basketball too?
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Well I see that you have no clue what you're talking about.

1. We're very much in with a top 10 5 star player Anfernee Simmons.

2. We only have one scholarship open next year, so it wouldn't make sense just to sign someone just to be signing someone when you have a really good shot at landing one of the best guards in the 2018 class would it?

Btw I think that Simmons is visiting this weekend for the KY game. Someone needs to tell Barnes that though since he is in retirement.
 
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It's easy to see now why Texas had to let him go in spite of his early success there.
Rick's mojo ain't coming back.
 
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If we were in the business of keeping coaches around for early season success, Butch would still be here. Hoping UT b-ball finishes stronger for CRB sake
 
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iKrager said:
Did you see the stat where Auburn is tied as the 2nd youngest team in the nation? We returned almost everyone from last year, yes, we are young, but eventually we have to figure out our 2nd half woes. I like our guys, our coaches and this university, but early on I’m seeing bad signs that Barnes’ gets outcoached in the 2nd half.
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Well, we're the 5th youngest team in the nation. Oops, lost that one, too.

A question please. With the staff putting the full court press on Simmons, combo guard, do you think they should be concentrating on a big with offensive and rebounding skills instead? I know he's a 5*, but where is our weakness more pressing?
 
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PACKERVOL said:
Well, we're the 5th youngest team in the nation. Oops, lost that one, too.

A question please. With the staff putting the full court press on Simmons, combo guard, do you think they should be concentrating on a big with offensive and rebounding skills instead? I know he's a 5*, but where is our weakness more pressing?
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No I think we need Simmons more than a big that can score. I think we'll be fine down low next year with Williams, Alexander, Fulkerson, Walker, and Kent.

I think we'll see major improvement with Fulkerson and Walker, and Kent will probably be another year away.
 
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Special Ed said:
It's easy to see now why Texas had to let him go in spite of his early success there. His mojo ain't coming back.
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Yeah they're really in a much better spot with Shaka Smart who has an overall record of 41-39 there. Pretty much the same exact record that Barnes has had here, except Smart inherited a way better team and situation (Isaiah Taylor & Cameron Ridley.)

They had a lot of fans wanting Smart to be fired last year after going 11-22.
 
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Stoked said:
No I think we need Simmons more than a big that can score. I think we'll be fine down low next year with Williams, Alexander, Fulkerson, Walker, and Kent.

I think we'll see major improvement with Fulkerson and Walker, and Kent will probably be another year away.
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I doubt Kent stays. The decision not to RS could mean they don't see the potential or effort in development.
Just my take.
 
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calban said:
I doubt Kent stays. The decision not to RS could mean they don't see the potential or effort in development.
Just my take.
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Yeah I could see that. It's still weird that he isn't going to redshirt. I feel like someone will transfer, but not sure who? If I had to guess I'd go with Kent like you.
 
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Manvol said:
Recruit or retire or has he retired all ready?. We didn't get a player last signing period and we don't a have a guy ready to sign on the next cycle. What the hell is doing? I've seen all I need to. Can Pruitt recruit basketball too?
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Apparently, you coming to discuss basketball, Rick Barnes, and recruiting is akin to me going to rocketscience.com to discuss astrophysics, relativity, and space time continuum.

In other words, if you're that ignorant to the details, especially the big, obvious ones, it's probably best to just sit out.

"It's better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt."

-Abe Lincoln
 
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Well let's see if Barnes actually SIGNS said 5 star. Until then... his recruiting is subpar and needs to improve. Aub had more athletic, skilled guards than we did. We have guards that seem to HATE to attack the basket. I thought Bone came out against Ark, but... I was wrong.
I can't tell you how many times Bone had the guard on his hip with a WIDE OPEN path to the rack and... he backs out. Needs some balls... fastly.
 
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Special Ed said:
It's easy to see now why Texas had to let him go in spite of his early success there. His mojo ain't coming back.
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You are being special today..but you need to get your facts straight.
He was fired because he refused to fire an assistant that
the AD wanted fired, because it was a personal thing, not coaching ability. I respect him for doing so.

Funny that the same AD (Steve Patterson) was himself fired with cause, a short time after. Cheer up.
 
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I am laughing at all this sudden praising of Pearl by all these drive-bys; I mean sure, give him credit because he's finally seems to be getting some success there....

But, this is Year 4, and he's been recruiting very well, and yet this looks to be the first year he's going to make any postseason there. It's Year 3 for Barnes, and yes the recruiting has been subpar, but let's be honest here: if Barnes had been recruiting just like Pearl had and hadn't made the NCAAT after 3 years, he would be blasted for being able to recruit and not winning and people would be wanting him gone.

I'm not going to defend Barnes because honestly if we don't make the NCAAT this year, I'll be ready for him to be replaced. But I am going to laugh at the influx of people coming over here praising Pearl when they can probably only name about 3 basketball coaches total.
 
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jeff1vol said:
Well let's see if Barnes actually SIGNS said 5 star. Until then... his recruiting is subpar and needs to improve. Aub had more athletic, skilled guards than we did. We have guards that seem to HATE to attack the basket. I thought Bone came out against Ark, but... I was wrong.
I can't tell you how many times Bone had the guard on his hip with a WIDE OPEN path to the rack and... he backs out. Needs some balls... fastly.
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18 points 6-13 fg and playing 32 minutes with the flu is pretty impressive if you ask me. It wasn't anywhere close to the MJ flu game, but it was a pretty good game by Bone if you ask me.

Maybe we can have the FBI after us and then we can get some of those guards.

Out of all of the players I'm not sure why you even called out Bone? He's been one of our best players during these past 2 games. We lost that game because Auburn got hot from 3 down the stretch and we didn't guard them well.
 
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Stoked said:
Yeah I could see that. It's still weird that he isn't going to redshirt. I feel like someone will transfer, but not sure who? If I had to guess I'd go with Kent like you.
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Barnes never even mentions ZK. He'll bring up Johnson and Pons regularly. Kent should pick up more minutes after Alexander and maybe even Schofield graduate. But if he can't compete with Walker in practice then maybe he'll want to leave. I don't know if they'd complement each other at the 4 and 5. ZK lost his freshman year, but could transfer, redshirt, and still have three years left.
 
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robow said:
You are being special today..but you need to get your facts straight.
He was fired because he refused to fire an assistant that
the AD wanted fired, because it was a personal thing, not coaching ability. I respect him for doing so.

Funny that the same AD (Steve Patterson) was himself fired with cause, a short time after. Cheer up.
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Actually, it's a fact that Rick's last season at ut was tantamount to Botch Jones' penultimate season at UT in that his team was picked to win the Big 12, but finished in 6th place. The fans and supporters had grown tired of his failure to live up to expectations and wanted him gone anyway.
 
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Special Ed said:
Actually Rick's last season at ut was tantamount to Botch Jones' penultimate season at UT in that his team was picked to win the Big 12, but finished in 6th place. The fans and supporters had grown tired of his failure to live up to expectations and wanted him gone anyway.
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They're not too happy with Shaka either though. They are tired of his offense, or lack of it. They thought he was going to come in and win right away. Made the tourney his first year and then went 11-22 the next. His 3rd year isn't looking too promising either. The Big 12 is stacked this year. They'll be lucky to finish 6th out 10 teams and will most likely miss the tourney.


Fire Shaka Smart
 
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vols 30 said:
LoL . Maybe


I know it's just nitpicking, but when Auburn was pulling away, he just sat there.
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I think he was just frustrated with the team and wanted them to figure it out. He has had that approach before in games.
 
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Stoked said:
They're not too happy with Shaka either though. They are tired of his offense, or lack of it. They thought he was going to come in and win right away. Made the tourney his first year and then went 11-22 the next. His 3rd year isn't looking too promising either. The Big 12 is stacked this year. They'll be lucky to finish 6th out 10 teams and will most likely miss the tourney.


Fire Shaka Smart
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I think Texas would regret firing Smart this year. If improvement isn't there by next year then I say yes, but I believe Smart will get it going.
 
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VolAmerican said:
I think he was just frustrated with the team and wanted them to figure it out. He has had that approach before in games.
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That's how I'd interpret it. Chewing them out is just piling on. The players are already unhappy because they're losing. It's actually maybe brilliant psychology by Barnes. Be harder on them when things don't seem to be too bad and don't pile on when times are tough. Fans don't like to see it, but IMO Barnes isn't too concerned about the fan's opinions.
 
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