Rick Barnes.
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He's done a great job this season.Should be SEC coach of the year.
Rick Barnes may be similar to Tubby. Give him good/decent talent and he can make them better.
Give him superstars and he looks like a teenager trying to figure out how to unhook his first bra.
Give him superstars and he looks like a teenager trying to figure out how to unhook his first bra.
Let it play out first.
After we whup that azz next time somebody is going to ask "Who left the Barnes door open ?"
After we whup that azz next time somebody is going to ask "Who left the Barnes door open ?"
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Rick Barnes will always have admiration. When he was at Clemson he called out Dean E. Smith for the myth, fraud, and cheat that was. Lots knew it, but none that I know had the b__ls to stand up to him. For that, he has my highest respect.
Thanks for telling us that. I didn't know it. My respect went up to high knowing that.
I actually like Barnes. He’s a good coach and has done a really good job with the program. Not understanding the hate toward him. I hate UT but it doesn’t matter who is coaching them but I don’t hate the coach himself
Having experience in this day and age make e up for alot. It's not that complicated, yeah Barnes is great awesome dipsydoo baby with a capital d baby,the best in the biz, what he does in a watered down college basketball landscape is nothing short of magnificent baby.
If Barnes doesn’t win National Coach of the Year, there should be an investigation.
Barnes was a good coach at Clemson and Texas. Why wouldn't he be good now? He may not be at UK, UNC, Duke or Kansas standard but he's like Lon Kruger, he'll win and make the tournament.
Barnes is National Coach of the year, and it’s not even close.
Unless he takes his name out of consideration for the award.
Ok, I really hate the Rick Barnes retread joke. I just couldn't help myself.
I just don't think that Barnes and Texas was the perfect match. He did a decent job in his early years at Texas but everyone knew he needed a change in coaching and Tenn. has been the answer. Coach Barnes is another Head Coach that will go after transfers, grad-transfers, and the JUCO route to mix in with his 3 & 4star players. He has done a great job at Tenn. this year.
Coach of the year should really be given out aftter the season. Say he loses the first SECT game thne loses the first NCAAT game? Wow great job coach your real swell.
Normally I would agree, but UT was picked to not even have a winning record this season. So, it’s all gravy for Barnes and the Vols now.
Upon further review, I'm calling BS on how great a job he has done, preseason polls or not. UT returned 61pts a game from last year. Thats a lot in this day and age.
But slugger, we have to consider the source. Who said he couldn't coach? Was it just message board fans who wouldn't know the difference (e.g., his team won the game so he's good vs. his team lost the game so he's bad), or was it folks who would know what they were talking about?
Just please make a showing in the big dance. That drives me crazy that sec teams will play hard when they play UK then sleep walk through every other game.
Barnes has never had the blue blood job but has been very successful. He gets ribbed a lot on here but he can coach and very well.
I vastly underrated Barnes when he was at Texas. That was due to not paying attention and listening to what the "fake media" said via "Texas is not good = Rick Barnes is not good.
He will bring his entire team back next year as well. They will be preseason top 10-15 and will be picked to win SEC
He has done a good job this year, but one year does not define a coach. Let’s see how UT does over the next couple of years. No doubt he has done better than anyone expected this year.
If Lon Kruger had just stayed at Illinois or Florida we may think of him by now as one of the elite.
You’re equal parts terrible on both the football board and the basketball board.
At least you’re consistent
People tend to forget Rick's resume.
Been a HC for 30 years. Had Providence, Clemson, and Texas all making the big dance. Multiple elite 8s, sweet 16s, and a finale four run.
Been a HC for 30 years. Had Providence, Clemson, and Texas all making the big dance. Multiple elite 8s, sweet 16s, and a finale four run.
Kruger must know how to nail an interview. Had a bunch of good jobs winning 6 out of every 10 games in his career.
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I thought the same when he was at Texas. For some reason he doesn't do that well with a group of five stars.
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He's basically Tubby Smith. Gets you to the dance every year but doesn't do anything from there. Barnes is always tempting you to start believing in him and then he blows it. I suspect this will be no different.