Irrational Rick Barnes takes (merged)

[livefaith]

Tennessee paid Barnes Top 5 money to stay here when he had one foot out the door...... Literally the definition of doing something that has never been done.

Struggle on though!

And many on here ranted and raved over him getting paid. Had they let him go to UCLA, then the same ones woulda screamed @ us being cheap.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

or Wimp Sanderson. Dude, now that gruff ole guy was classic SEC hoops.

Wimp didn’t take over at Bama until a couple of years after Mears left - but he was CM’s assistant. Mears retired in 1977 and Newton coached Bama through 1979-80.

Wimp versus Devoe was epic.

 

[Other_Guy]

We had that in 19' vs the Saint and 22' v FAU ... the skids were greased both times and we blew it. Now, I hope CRB stays a s long as he wants, but we can't complain @ not having the road paved for us.

They got 3 awesome transfers now and I think they'll be elite 8 again next year.

 

[knoxvol52]

Wimp didn’t take over at Bama until a couple of years after Mears left - but he was CM’s assistant. Mears retired in 1977 and Newton coached Bama through 1979-80.

Wimp versus Devoe was epic.

DeVoe vs Wimp, Sonny Smith, Hugh Durham and Joe B. Hall was great.

 

[omghulkhands]

We had that in 19' vs the Saint and 22' v FAU ... the skids were greased both times and we blew it. Now, I hope CRB stays a s long as he wants, but we can't complain @ not having the road paved for us.

Both those teams made the final four. It’s not like they were chumps

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

DeVoe vs Wimp, Sonny Smith, Hugh Durham and Joe B. Hall was great.

And Dale Brown. It was a great era for the SEC. Plus Norm Sloan cheating it up down at Florida.

 

[JMSqb11]

We had that in 19' vs the Saint and 22' v FAU ... the skids were greased both times and we blew it. Now, I hope CRB stays a s long as he wants, but we can't complain @ not having the road paved for us.

I think the biggest flop (if you can call it that) for Barnes in the tourney is 22 tourney..... At that point, the team adjusted on the fly to not having ZZ and we were playing tough and rowdy defense.