For me, its a 6 1/2.
1. I think his recruiting is somewhat disappointing up to this point. I would give him a 4 to 4.5 in this department. Of course, we have some guys with potential, but it would be nice to simply have some "can't miss" guys that didn't miss...I just expected more star power...On second thought, I guess I might raise it to a 5 for the addition of Pons. Not terrible, but certainly room for improvement.
2. I'm going with promotion of the program next. I think he gets an incomplete, because it doesn't appear that it has gotten started yet. Is this his fault, or is the AD's fault? Whatever the case, it is very lacking.
3. For running a tight ship and keeping the NCAA away, I give him a 9.
4. For player development, I will give him an 8.5. I think he does spend a lot of time in the Gymn focused on this aspect, and I have been pleasantly surprised here. There are some players that have not developed yet, like Bone, and Alexander's development has been agonizingly slow, but over-all, not bad at all.
5. In-game coaching, I give a 7. This is the area that I really expected worse. From a distance, I always felt that he was sub-par at strategy. We have a lot of freshmen this year, but they had a nice run mid-season, and his on the floor coaching was a big part of that.
One concern: his in-your-face style with his players seems like it could blow up in his face. I hope that my fear is unfounded.
I think next season is going to tell the tale of Barne's tenure at Tennessee. This team will still be fairly young, but we should have enough pieces to make the NCAA Touney. We need breakout seasons at point guard (Bone?) and at Center (Alexander?), and everyone needs to up their game a bit. If Barnes can accomplish that, I think recruiting will pick up, and he will be fine. If they miss the tourney next season, I will probably be saying, "Next!"