Nobody expected top 5 this season, that’s dumb. What we should expect is to not whiff on 3 straight post men, not count on an ncaa transfer waiver, and not be surprised when players jump early. He knew Ad and Kyle were gone. Grant was an obvious risk. A random poster on VQ said very early last season that Bone would def consider going early - Barnes should know that, too. He knew Turner had a serious shoulder issue that could be a problem. But we turned down post players, let posts leave, took a transfer G who would have to sit a year, plus Uros. It’s simply poor roster mgmt by an excellent developer of talent. It’s ok to acknowledge both of those things.
The puzzling thing is that you don't seem to acknowledge that Barnes and staff made attempts to mitigate those issues. At one point, we were thought to have led for both Kerry Blackshear and Jalen Cone. Both guys would have made a big difference from day 1. We missed on both, unfortunately. It happens. This year, we landed every single one of our priority players. Most years will fall in between that level of failure and success.
Barnes put himself in the situation. What’s so hard to understand? If we have holes on the FB roster nobody has any problem saying the HC has to do a better job recruiting. Barnes is a very good coach and no one is suggesting otherwise or that he should be replaced. But it’s a fact he hasn’t done a great job prepping for this season or, arguably, coaching around the situation he’s in. That’s no big deal when you’re making $3 mil, aw shucks Ricky from Hickory, and very happy to be here after getting fired by Texas. It’s something else when you publicly say you want the ucla job and but will stay for $5 mil.
You didn't address the point of my post in any single way. Your entire response is simply a rant about his salary and UCLA flirtation, so it seems clear where your real disappointment lies.
Now let's see. when did it happen to Calipari?
