He is not worth 5 million a year

[jasonvols2.2]

Not in basketball, Not when you are a sweet 16 coach. And not when you have 1 conference tourney in 30th years of coaching.

Cal is not worth 9 million, I will add.

 

[Vol49er]

We won 15 games four years ago.
We just won 31. He’s worth it

 

[OrangeAllDay]

Worth. Every. Penny.

 

[checkerboards09]

I’d pay the man 5 and wouldn’t go any higher. He’s taken the program to new heights this year and has elite talent coming in. Pay his a**.

 

[VolFreakJosh]

Yea.

I’d rather have Cuonzo and Tyndall back.

 

[CAVPUT]

So we go from lifetime contracts and throwing the bank at him to he's not worth 5 mil? I'm so confused.

 

[DownTheField]

The market has its own oughts and worths.

 

[05_never_again]

Worth. Every. Penny.

The market says you're worth whatever someone is willing to pay you.

However, $5m for Tennessee basketball coach is hard to justify from a revenue perspective. So is Cal's $9m salary, as @jasonvols2.2 said.

 

[Shaun1985]

Really hate your having to cough up that 5 million....

 

[BowlBrother85]

I tend to agree that this would be overpaying for Barnes... but of course, nobody wants to go through another coaching search. Fulmer is in a tough spot. He still hasn't filled the women's job (which will now have to go on the very cheap if it wasn't already).

 

[Jack Burton]

$5m will seem like a bargain in a few years especially when the rest of the SEC is lapping us in b-ball. This league is about to become hyper competitive and we don’t want to be on the outside looking in like football.

 

[zjcvols]

Yea.

I’d rather have Cuonzo and Tyndall back.

Cuonzo made a S16 quicker than Barnes did and as many tournament wins ‍‍♀

 

[lccstory@gmail.co]

We won 15 games four years ago.
We just won 31. He’s worth it

BEST AND MOST EXCITING season in a long time. PAY HIM.

 

[VolArmy74]

If you're going to offer Barnes 5 million, then that needs to be the offer you're making to established candidates. But I think we all know we'll go the cheap up and comer route again.

 

[PandamoniumReigns]

Cuonzo made a S16 quicker than Barnes did and as many tournament wins ‍‍♀

To be fair...one of the tourney wins was a play in game.

 

[87&91ALUM]

I really hope Coach Barnes stays. We should pay an equal rate adjusted down for our lower cost of living. If he walks...see ya. Then you can pay $9 million for Pearl.

 

[lccstory@gmail.co]

I tend to agree that this would be overpaying for Barnes... but of course, nobody wants to go through another coaching search. Fulmer is in a tough spot. He still hasn't filled the women's job (which will now have to go on the very cheap if it wasn't already).

It felt SO GOOD to be winning, even if we didn't make it past Sweet 16. I say PAY HIM whatever it takes.

 

[VolFreakJosh]

Cuonzo made a S16 quicker than Barnes did and as many tournament wins ‍‍♀

Had more talent to work with than Barnes and barely made the tournament?

 

[Steven5198]

Cuonzo made a S16 quicker than Barnes did and as many tournament wins ‍‍♀

Don't come in here with facts like that about Cuonzo's tenure at Tennessee. Most Tennessee fans can't handle things that happen to go against their rhetoric of not liking Martin.

 

[Shaun1985]

Just look at it this way. Barnes is a Jesus guy, right? So by UTAD giving Barnes his 5 mili or whatever it is, that's like putting money in the offering plate. So what you need to ask yourself is...why you don't want to help Jesus? You can live with that? Hmm

 

[cardvolfan]

Not in basketball, Not when you are a sweet 16 coach. And not when you have 1 conference tourney in 30th years of coaching.

Cal is not worth 9 million, I will add.

No one is worth that. There are homeless people and poor people all around us.

 

[lccstory@gmail.co]

Pay Barnes what it takes. We don't want another search, and it feels good to have a good season.

 

[cardvolfan]

I tend to agree that this would be overpaying for Barnes... but of course, nobody wants to go through another coaching search. Fulmer is in a tough spot. He still hasn't filled the women's job (which will now have to go on the very cheap if it wasn't already).

Barnes is pissed that Fulmer canned Warlick.

 

[cardvolfan]

Do come in here with facts like that about Cuonzo's tenure at Tennessee. Most Tennessee fans can't handle things like that happen to go against their rhetoric of not liking Martin.

Totally different situation. A blind man could see that.

 

[zjcvols]

Had more talent to work with than Barnes and barely made the tournament?

I bet more NBA players will come from this 2018-2019 team than the 2013-2014 team