If Barnes retires when ZZ is done ......

[Adam2014]

Donnie Tyndall

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

Donnie Tyndall

His 10 year show cause should be in the rear view mirror.

I wonder if Drill would come back as well.

 

[SGMVols]

With how bad the ACC is, he would be a fool to leave.

Yep. He has them the 2nd best team in the ACC just by throwing something together. When he gets actual recruits there, they will be dangerous.

 

[vols 30]

His 10 year show cause should be in the rear view mirror.

I wonder if Drill would come back as well.

He's probably in upper management at Basspro by now. He ain't got time for us.

 

[Legion of Doom]

ZZ will get another year. I think Barnes coaches next year. Pearl is the answer after that if he retires. Oates has connections with White from Buffalo.

 

[Buzzbait]

Steven Pearl.....I kid, I kid.

or Tyler Summitt

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

He's probably in upper management at Basspro by now. He ain't got time for us.

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[VolsSportsFan]

His 10 year show cause should be in the rear view mirror.

I wonder if Drill would come back as well.

Naw, he's got another year. It started on April 6, 2016.

 

[LegionnaireOfTheMiserable]

Danny White won't hire his brother

I wouldn’t want his brother, either. Guy underwhelmed at Florida. A place like Georgia is more his speed. Just being fairly competitive will go over well there.

 

[Pmarav23]

I dont think Barnes is going to retire after this year. Maybe when he is 75 or 76. I wouldn't really be thinking that far ahead. But no Forbes, no White...need to get a coach at least near as good as Barnes...and neither of those are close

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

 

[Buzzbait]

I feel confident DW has a very short list and probably one he developed with CRB’s input. I don’t think CRB would be one to surprise DW with a sudden retirement. Does Vitello know basketball?

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

 

[VolsSportsFan]

I remember when Shaka Smart was supposed to be the next John Wooden.

Anthony Davis at Alabama was considered a home run hire and he went 0-1 in the NCAAT in 6 seasons.

 

[Chaz-Vol]

And I don’t disagree with that, but if White went and hired KC, the young up-and-comer then I personally don’t think it’s far fetched to believe he would hire his brother.

These are two of 2 different philosophies bringing in up a coming coach vs just taking easy route and bringing on his brother. I think the better analogy is he just hired Heup from UCF so may just take the easy route and bring his brother in.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

 

[Adam2014]

Need Donnie back just because he use to sip on that lean during press conferences...

 

[Golfprovol]

I don't know how come, but with the exception of Pearl, it has almost always worked out that way. It's too risky. We need a "proven" coach to take advantage of Rick Barnes having raised the profile of our program. We need a coach who can at least maintain, if not improve, upon what has been built. A mid-major guy is a crap shoot. We can't afford to roll the dice and hope. If we do, and were wrong, then we could wind up spending the next 20 years, irrelevant and near the bottom of the SEC.

We wont get a PROVEN coach. Kentucky could not attract a proven coach. Pope came from BYU and Utah State. He is 202-113 as a head coach. 62% winning precentage is not really proven.

 

[Doctrippin]

We should go get Chris Beard, Ole Miss's coach and make him turn us down. If he won't come, then other good options would be (in order of preference):

1. Mark Byington from Vandy
2. T.J. Otzelberger from Iowa State
3. Chris Jans from Miss. State
4. Patrick Kelsey from Louisville
6. Mike White from Georgia


We can outbid any of those schools. We have better facilities and a better chance of success and a higher ceiling as a program than any of them as well.

Thoughts?

Sheyer from Duke. The ACC is turning into a dumpster fire. Any good ACC coach would want to jump to the SEC

 

[Special Ed]

I’m interested. What crops do you grow?

Mostly pismires.

 

[driscokid]

Maybe we can bring back Donnie T baby!

 

[VOL_Lyfe]

Whenever the job opens up, it will be easy to spot posters that deserve to be put on ignore. Anybody advocating to Bring Bruce Back is almost certainly a troll or an idiot.

Soon.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

Soon.

Would you happen to know the tail numbers on those booster planes?

 

[IndianaVol]

ZZ will get another year. I think Barnes coaches next year. Pearl is the answer after that if he retires. Oates has connections with White from Buffalo.

Oates is the best I've seen mentioned in this thread so far...would he leave Bama though?

As others have stated though, I could see Dany White looking at a mid-major guy that has made the tourney consistently, is liked by the players, and has a fire about them - see the Lady Vols hire for the blueprint.

 

[Oldvoldad]

And CRB is garbage? Unbelievable

Where did I mention anything negative about Barnes?