Rick Barnes discussion [merged]

[Boston Vol]

Barnes is a pathetic post season coach. Embarrassing us!

I posted in the game thread, but in his entire career he’s underperformed his seed 10 times, while over performing his seed only once. His record against higher seeded teams is 1-10. He’s an abjectly awful tournament coach.

 

[Memphisvol87]

Rick Barnes coaches?

 

[TJVol95]

We will have 11 points in the Final Half! The embarrassment of the tournament.

 

[1985Vols]

Barnes making Pruitt look like an actual head coach

Barnes = Pruitt except makes more $$

 

[vols 30]

I challenge anybody on this board to defend Rick Barnes getting a $5M salary. Bring it on because he is robbing us blind. You all need to take off your orange shaded glasses

Noticed the same posters who defend RB when you criticize him are strangely missing today

 

[VolMarine1371]

Barnes making Pruitt look like an actual head coach

Your dumb. Pruitt couldn’t even hold Barnes Jock ad a head coach. Barnes has actually won and recruited well without cheating. Pruitt cheated and still couldn’t be good.

 

[VolsAgainstTheWorld15]

I like Barnes and have defended him many times on here. No defending him for what we've seen so far though. I've seen midstate high school teams look better than this.

 

[SGMVols]

I'm starting to agree. He deserves some for recruiting but hes a few million over on the coaching aspect.

The upperclassmen were signed before he made $5m when he was still building a program. He’s recruiting at a $5m level thanks to the success of the Grant/Admiral teams.

 

[VolArmy74]

We won't get one for a while, but until we get a different coach having post season aspirations are pointless. For the next few years Barnes is going to cash big checks and live the good life.

 

[1985Vols]

Noticed the same posters who defend RB when you criticize him are strangely missing today

interesting how that works isn’t it. Nobody can defend the crappy coaching job he has done this year

 

[GoBigOrangeUT]

Your dumb. Pruitt couldn’t even hold Barnes Jock ad a head coach. Barnes has actually won and recruited well without cheating. Pruitt cheated and still couldn’t be good.

Yeah Barnes is great at winning games that don’t matter.

 

[1985Vols]

We won't get one for a while, but until we get a different coach having post season aspirations are pointless. For the next few years Barnes is going to cash big checks and live the good life.

Thank you. Glad to see some are coming on my side

 

[VolsSportsFan]

The upperclassmen were signed before he made $5m when he was still building a program. He’s recruiting at a $5m level thanks to the success of the Grant/Admiral teams.

If this is the best effort he can get out of it, his ass needs to retire. This is got dam pathetic.

 

[amishvol]

Nothing surprising about this performance whatsoever. Barnes doing what Barnes does best. Losing to nobody’s in the first weekend of the tournament. I can’t wait for Barnes to retire.

 

[Other_Guy]

I'm not talking about being fired, just that I've never seen a team with such potential be completely lost. It's quite incredible. It's different than the usual "lost", I cant really explain it. Then Barnes was really bragging about where the team was after blowing the Bama game. Does he have anything left? Is the team just reflecting where Barnes is in his career?

 

[volsack]

Yeah Barnes is great at winning games that don’t matter.

The football team hasn't won a game that matters in over 20 years....

 

[1985Vols]

I like Barnes and have defended him many times on here. No defending him for what we've seen so far though. I've seen midstate high school teams look better than this.

How can anyone defend him? He’s robbing us blind. Hopefully our new AD will see him for the fraud he is

 

[VolunteerCeltic]

Bailey needs to go

 

[SGMVols]

If this is the best effort he can get out of it, his ass needs to retire. This is got dam pathetic.

We’ll have better teams.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

Maybe Nate Oats will come here after signing an extension at Bama.

Since everyone is so sure we can pull an elite coach.

Nobody is saying we can pull one. We just dont have one. We have one that is far from elite on gameday.

 

[VolMarine1371]

How can anyone defend him? He’s robbing us blind. Hopefully our new AD will see him for the fraud he is

Who is better that would have been available at the time he was given an extension?

 

[VolMarine1371]

Yeah Barnes is great at winning games that don’t matter.

Georgia State didn’t matter but we all wish we would have won that one though huh!!

 

[VolunteerCeltic]

We’ll have better teams.

When?

 

[DarkAvenger]

Imagine being a highly paid basketball coach that has zero fear of being fired thanks to the insane money spent due to Pruitts firing.
Edit: Barnes could just forfeit and have zero threat of getting canned.

 

[VolFreakJosh]

Nobody is saying we can pull one. We just dont have one. We have one that is far from elite on gameday.

There’s a difference between wanting an elite coach and actually getting one.

Most likely, White hires an young up & comer coach. He’ll either be the next best thing or a complete bust.