Barnes leaving Rocky Top?

[57stratdawg]

For Howland’s sloppy seconds? Or eyeing an extension / raise with Tenn?

https://sports.yahoo.com/news/rick-barnes-ucla-tennessee-coaching-search-021136898.html

 

[Bulldogg31]

For Howland’s sloppy seconds? Or eyeing an extension / raise with Tenn?

https://sports.yahoo.com/news/rick-barnes-ucla-tennessee-coaching-search-021136898.html

It’s Agent Season in basketball.

UCLA is also supposedly looking at Calipari (ha! They supposedly offered him less money for a worse job), TCU’s Jamie Dixon, and Lon Kruger. Sounds like Dixon is out because UCLA can’t (won’t) come up with $8M for his buyout, even though they already knew TCU wouldn’t lower the buyout. Barnes would probably take the job but UCLA’s fans aren’t going to like his record of folding like a cheap tent every time he plays a big game.

 

[Shmuley]

Yeah, smells like Sexton.

 

[THE Bruce Dickinson]

Rick Barnes would be a perfect next disappointing head coach at UCLA

 

[WilCoDawg]

I couldn’t see that happening due to his faith alone. Could you see him being as open about his faith in the CA university system? I can’t. And I also don’t see him NOT being open about his faith just to coach there.

 

[mstateglfr]

Itd be a hell of an opportunity to grow a program if he went to UCLA. The coach who manages to raise that program from the ******** its in right now will be crowned.
That could be really tempting to the right person. I cant pretend to know if Barnes is the right type of person though.

 

[Crazy Cotton]

His longtime assistant just took a head coaching job. Fulmer was being a little tight with the money on hiring his replacement, apparently, and Barnes was like - 17 me? no no no, 17 you!

The yokels around here are in deep, manful love with Barnes, so he's gonna get what he wants.

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

UCLA has some pretty lofty and borderline unreasonable expectations. I just don’t know if he’s a good fit there but I guess we will see.

 

[Bulldogg31]

Kind of ironic that UCLA’s b-ball coaching search is now rivaling Tennessee football’s in terms of both duration and efficiency.

 

[msstate7]

Espn ticker said UCLA willing to pay 5 million per year

 

[57stratdawg]

Whew. Sexton either hitting the long stroke on Phat Fil or he’s headed to Hollywood.

 

[olblue.sixpack]

Whew. Sexton either hitting the long stroke on Phat Fil or he’s headed to Hollywood.

Are you certain that Sexton is Barnes’ agent?

 

[lanceharbor7]

After taxes in Cali that's 2.4MM per

Espn ticker said UCLA willing to pay 5 million per year

 

[Nama Carl]

They could buy Brad Stevens with that kind of money.

 

[jethreauxdawg]

And a 3 bedroom, 1300sqf house only costs 2.3MM. He’d have enough left over for 2 trips to Whole Foods.