Coach Barnes on state of athletics

[SNAFU]

Coaches Heupel and Vitello, as well as Donde Plowman were at the Auburn basketball game.

Rick Barnes noted Monday night what’s going on at Tennessee is not commonplace in college athletics.
“Here right now, there’s not a better set up anywhere in the country than what we have right here,” Barnes said. “I have been doing it a long time and with Randy Boyd, Donde Plowman and Danny White with the staff he has put together with what’s going on in athletics it blows my mind how much it’s changed here the last three years.”

The War Room

 

[DC_Vol]

Coaches Heupel and Vitello, as well as Donde Plowman were at the Auburn basketball game.


The War Room

Hallelujah. We suffered through 2 decades of dysfunction.

 

[VolsSportsFan]

What, you don’t want a Stoops/Cal pee pee match?

 

[Alto1]

 

[VolTull]

These times are the most special in UT history.

 

[Volfan1000]

Coaches Heupel and Vitello, as well as Donde Plowman were at the Auburn basketball game.


The War Room

Barnes will likely get a small contract extension after this season is over.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

Barnes will likely get a small contract extension after this season is over.

Possibly a rolling 5-year deal without a buyout for leaving to a different school. Built in incentives for deep NCAAT runs and conference championships. Barnes gets to go out on his terms.

 

[walkenvol]

Barnes will likely get a small contract extension after this season is over.

How bout a simple contract that says he’s our coach until he decides he’s not?

 

[hound dog hillbil]

YES ,Till he decides.

 

[volplaya8]

Barnes has earned right to coach here until he deems fit to ride off into the sunset

 

[hound dog hillbil]

I would like see vescovi as an assistant next year,if not drafted in nba.

 

[mercuryvol]

I would like see vescovi as an assistant next year,if not drafted in nba.

Actually, I would like to see him spend a couple years under a high grade coach/program and then come back.

 

[lilesrt]

Hallelujah. We suffered through 2 decades of dysfunction.

Wilderness meet promised land.

 

[njvols]

Coaches Heupel and Vitello, as well as Donde Plowman were at the Auburn basketball game.


The War Room

There's seemingly infinite ways to screw things up as we saw for a decade, but it's amazing what competent people who are all aligned can accomplish.

 

[EasternVol]

Actually, I would like to see him spend a couple years under a high grade coach/program and then come back.

Where would that high grade program be if not in Knoxville?

 

[mercuryvol]

Inbreeding in coaching and other professions is not a god thing. ie. WBB at UT. How about a year or two at Kansas?

 

[Okie]

There's seemingly infinite ways to screw things up as we saw for a decade, but it's amazing what competent people who are all aligned can accomplish.

Achieving a solid athletic department with great coaches across the board is very hard to do and even harder to keep the band together. It's a great time to be a Vol fan.

 

[EasternVol]

Inbreeding in coaching and other professions is not a god thing. ie. WBB at UT. How about a year or two at Kansas?

For cheating lessons?

 

[jeff1vol]

Theres no doubt in my mind that this admin may be the best we've had, HOWEVER.... because Im demanding as Hell.... I want UT to start stacking serious banners. Conference AND NC's. We have to strike while the iron is hot. There is not a sport that UT fields in which we shouldnt be performing at the highest levels in all of them. The resources and leadership are there, IMO.