You right. But at some point the coaches can’t be the only ones taking responsibility. I am sure that the coaches don’t teach them to turn the ball over or shoot 12% from 3’s. The coaches can do whatever they want but when the lights come on it’s time for the players to man up and use the tools they are taught.
Havent seen anyone mention it but i think its funny that a team picked to finish preseson number 1 in their conference ( us ) got beat in the firs round of the ncaa tournament by a team picked to finish last in their preseason conference ( oregon state.) Bad coaching job this year, really no way to defend it... I remember last year everyone was saying just deal with this crappy team because next years team is what barnes is all about and he is going to make it worth it to us for the big contract.... They would have egg on their face if these guys were ever man enough to admit how wrong ( yet again) they were.
People keep bringing up his salary but fail to mention Tennessee’s history in basketball as if we are some blue blood that has an illustrious history of ncaa dominance to back up their opinions, so dumb...without Barnes we most likely would be a doormat program aside from Pearl or Mears who has Tennessee hired that is better in their history?
Well i would offer this as a reply, If history is everything why do we suck so bad now in football? I mean hear me out because i see this lame response posted alot. Having a very good history as a football school has not magically saved us from being a complete laughing stock for years in football, so why then should the fact that historically we are average in basketball magically keep us from being any more than that? Its a loser mentality pure and simple. Im not advocating for Barnes to be fired, ive said as much in other posts. I am somewhat tired of always hearing about how we should be happy to have mediocre or below mediocre teams in football and basketball because what more should we expect? I get we arent supposed to win championships every year in every sport but come on man the crap show this university has been now for the past decade in most important sports, we shouldnt expect better? with the money and facilities and support we shouldnt expect better? We are paying a guy elite money to be elite...I see the argument that we cant do better and who cares what he makes. Well your right it isnt my money but for that price tag with the facilities and support you should absolutely expect better at some point. this is why I have refrained from posting for so long. It just does not matter how bad we perform and in what sport there are always those who just flock to make excuses.lol such a bad take without Barnes where would this program be? I guess according to some fans we should be competing for final fours every year because of our illustrious history of Tennessee basketball suggests so
I guess not man, I think we just have a different opinion of what average is...I do not think the last 2 years have been better than average for us. Average is what i would call it....last year is hard to say because of covid so no tournament but we had a barely above 500 average...then this year we were supposed to be stellar and had a semi decent record in reg season, once again didnt win the sec tournament and then completely embarressed ourselves in the big dance. My position has always been that in college basketball its a tournament sport. Barnes has been at best average in tournaments. I would be just as ok with not making the tournament as i would be flaming out hard in the first round of the tournament. Everyone has their own markers for what is good and not good so if you goals arent the same as mine that is fine. I just dont like the argument about how we are historically average so how can you expect more because again we are historically very good in football but that hasnt saved us from being a laughing stock for years their. Heck Florida wasnt good in football or basketball until basically the mid 90's ( their history sucked) and now they have multiple national championships in both. You can change the norm, and in fact Tennessee made the commitment to do just that in basketball by paying Barnes top 5, elite money. Barnes has come nohwhere near producing.
