Rick Barnes thread (merged) (expected to be named TN coach 3/30 4:00pm)

[GUNTERSVOL]

This would be a terrible hire.

He will not be able to recruit at TN and he always underperforms with the talent he does have.

Pulling from a mid-major would be a much better than this.

Wow...... cocky has it's price to pay sometimes...

 

[GUNTERSVOL]

The people at Texas are saying in unison, "Boy! Have we gotta deal for you!"

Wonder what they are saying in 2019.

 

[GUNTERSVOL]

Who gives a crap if he can't do anything with them? He had Kevin Durant, one of the 5 best players in the world currently, and A.J. Abrams, Dion James, etc. and lost by 20 to Southern Cal in the 2nd round of the tournament. He's a terrible, TERRIBLE, coach outside of collecting some talent on the roster.

A walk down memory lane... kind of amusing...

 

[volfanhill]

Oh well, win some, lose some. I had been in a roll, lamenting the hires of Dooley, Jones, Tyndall and Holly from the get go. I was just ok with Cuonzo, which was about how he did, and like the Pruitt hire very much. Barnes getting a second wind in his career has been wonderful for us, but he was sucking wind and past 60 when we hired him. It wasn't an outrageous take I had.

Also, I hate to point it out, but he still hasn't gotten past the first weekend since 2008. He should this year, but don't go jinxing this thing yet. Ask Virginia.

Yea but to double down with the Dabo reference

 

[BowlBrother85]

I would much prefer this to another mid-major. You have a good idea of what you're getting with a hire like this.

This guy knew what he was talking about on page 1 from 2015 ... Preach it and teach it, Brother!

 

[arkyvol]

Wonder what they are saying in 2019.

They've got a Rick Barnes thread on their fan website. Lotta wishing they had him back.

 

[Unimane]

He got passed the first weekend last year? Remember?

No, he didn't.

 

[Big Orange#1]

They've got a Rick Barnes thread on their fan website. Lotta wishing they had him back.

Lol which site is that ?

 

[FortSanders]

I am reminded of that George Strait song, "all my exes live in Texas, that's why I hang my hat in Tennessee..."
What will it take for Shaka to survive this year?

 

[therealitytheory]

A few references to Barnes move to "DayGlo UT." Heh - just like Texass...burning their orange; they ruin everything eventually.

 

[Falcons02]

What good is it if he gets outcoached and underperforms year in and year out in the tournament? He's the Dabo Sweeney of college basketball.

Quoted for irony

 

[VFLCodyGBO]

Quoted for irony

In the off chance we win a Natty this year @Freak needs to find a way to memorialize this post as the most wrong post on the history of VN.

 

[IndianapolisVol]

NO! Dude is past his prime and washed up. He has lost the fire it would take to rebuild this program. He's just like Fulmer was in his last few years.

Nice

 

[IndianapolisVol]

This would be a terrible hire.

He will not be able to recruit at TN and he always underperforms with the talent he does have.

Pulling from a mid-major would be a much better than this.

Another gem.

 

[iKrager]

No, he didn't.

Well we lost our second game but won our first game. We lost in the round of 32.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

Basilio relentlessly bashed Barnes for more than 2 and a half years. Now he's getting paid by the Copper Cellar to host watch parties at Corner 16 for TN home and away basketball games. Would the correct thing be for him to donate all of that revenue to a charity favored by CRB? Like the Emerald Youth Foundation?

 

[voldawgforever]

lolol

 

[golfballs]

Yea but to double down with the Dabo reference

To be fair, up to that point Dabo was making “Clemsoning” a thing.

 

[VolsSportsFan]

They are proven to be excellent coaches in the mid majors. Why hire Barnes because he's been around a long time and done nothing that great? The ceiling is significantly higher with those guys than it is with Barnes.

I'm telling you, though, we will kick ourselves for not getting Hurley, if we have the chance. Someday, we'll say "You mean we chose the guy who had us at 19-10 every year over Hurley?", if we go the, supposedly, safe route with Barnes.

Yeah Hurley is just blowing everyone away at ASU, huh?

 

[VolsSportsFan]

Pearl was a mid-major hire and he coaches circles around Barnes. The last two hires sucked because the people hiring them didn't properly vet the coaches. Martin had never been in the tournament and Tyndall has the NCAA issues. Hurley, Underwood, Jacobson have all been successful and made the tournament already at lower level jobs.

Hell, if making the tournament is the only requirement, sign those dudes up. They've already done it and actually made some hay recently in the Big Dance, unlike Barnes.

 

[tgraves126]

NO! Dude is past his prime and washed up. He has lost the fire it would take to rebuild this program. He's just like Fulmer was in his last few years.

LOL... This is great

 

[OSVolFan]

What good is it if he gets outcoached and underperforms year in and year out in the tournament? He's the Dabo Sweeney of college basketball.

This one is my favorite. Like the two worst takes ever in one single post.

 

[bnhunt]

Oh well, win some, lose some. I had been in a roll, lamenting the hires of Dooley, Jones, Tyndall and Holly from the get go. I was just ok with Cuonzo, which was about how he did, and like the Pruitt hire very much. Barnes getting a second wind in his career has been wonderful for us, but he was sucking wind and past 60 when we hired him. It wasn't an outrageous take I had.

Also, I hate to point it out, but he still hasn't gotten past the first weekend since 2008. He should this year, but don't go jinxing this thing yet. Ask Virginia.

Wasn't trying to pick on you as I'm sure I have some of my own posts that are failures over the years, especially during the Butch Jones era. However, I just loved your double miss in one post with Barnes & Sweeney.

 

[Unimane]

Wasn't trying to pick on you as I'm sure I have some of my own posts that are failures over the years, especially during the Butch Jones era. However, I just loved your double miss in one post with Barnes & Sweeney.

I think both are examples of guys assessing themselves, checking their ego and doing things and changes needed to be successful. I think Dabo is not an exceptionally great or knowledgeable coach, or more than a bunch of other guys out there, but he has become an excellent CEO, hiring solid coaches and letting them do their jobs while he handles maintenance of the program. Coaches clearly love working under him and are given freedom to do their jobs without much meddling.

Barnes really surprised me as an guy over 60 who reflected on his coaching at Texas, decided to revamp how he did things and not ride out into the sunset. That doesn't happen often. He still hasn't given us success in March, but that, hopefully, changes this year.

 

[Unimane]

Damn you guys for not waiting to pull this thread up for mockery. We haven't won anything yet and you all couldn't wait until the end of the season to jump on dudes like me.