Rick Barnes discussion (merged)

[mr.checkerboards]

This is why Barnes gets the hate he does.

 

[UTFanHades]

Did y’all hear Bill Lee is going to give Coach Barnes a commission as a General in the TN National Guard? The governor said he needed a man with good leadership skills who’s used to working one weekend a month and Barnes does that every March.

 

[JCP201]

This is why Barnes gets the hate he does.

From what I've seen, nobody hates him but you.

 

[LivinginthePast]

The ceiling is here. Get used to it I guess.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

From what I've seen, nobody hates him but you.

Plenty do, open your eyes.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

3 pathetic losses this year.

 

[Hulavol]

Fellas…. We are 7-2 in the - admittedly - crappy conference with a crappy loss on the road, and a crappy loss at home.
Overall, not too shabby for a football school. We will win Saturday and all will be good. You guys attacking barns are amazing - it’s not like we are freaking 1982 UNC or something. This is rare and unprecedented air in the entire history of our program. Like WTF - did you guys really think they were gonna run the table ?
If so, life must suck at your house.

 

[JCP201]

Plenty do, open your eyes.

Only the dumb asses.

 

[JMSqb11]

The ceiling is here. Get used to it I guess.

And being Top 5-8 in February is a great ceiling to have. Am i surprised we are night and day from a top 10 matchup to a road game vs a crap team? No.

 

[utvolz98]

Barnes needs to retire. He’s never making it beyond second weekend.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

Only the dumb asses.

oooooo name calling on the internet, youre cool bro, I swear

 

[Specs]

Barnes has taken the program as far as he can, this is the ceiling

Yeah this is pretty much it. Hard to complain really, especially with missing the tournament all those years. But were looking at another 3ish seed and a first weekend exit and even with the high level play and all the great wins it does take some excitement away.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

We're a top 5 team, man. You aren't going to win them all, unfortunately. It's like you guys expect to win every single game or you're going to melt down in a fit of rage. I'm pissed about tonight too, but it happens to everybody. I think tonight was a bit of a letdown game after a home win over a top 10 team. We looked a bit gassed... a lot of short shots and sloppy defense.

Its a consistent theme with Barnes and has been since he got here. Sure, winning them all is hard, but 3 losses to crap teams is a bad sign for the post season. A team thats top 25 in defense will knock this team out of the tournament.
Flip the losses of Tx and UF and its not as big of a deal, when you lose to good teams, but Barnes loves losing to crap teams.

 

[tnvols72]

I just want to see how far we drop. Bama went down to #4 and they got dragged

 

[JCP201]

oooooo name calling on the internet, youre cool bro, I swear

Shoe fits. We win huge games and you have nothing good to say-- but always ready to fahr Barnes, even though we were number 2 team in the nation.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

Shoe fits. We win huge games and you have nothing good to say-- but always ready to fahr Barnes, even though we were number 2 team in the nation.

False, im here win or lose. Good try tho

 

[OrangeBoro]

Fellas…. We are 7-2 in the - admittedly - crappy conference with a crappy loss on the road, and a crappy loss at home.
Overall, not too shabby for a football school. We will win Saturday and all will be good. You guys attacking barns are amazing - it’s not like we are freaking 1982 UNC or something. This is rare and unprecedented air in the entire history of our program. Like WTF - did you guys really think they were gonna run the table ?
If so, life must suck at your house.

How about not lose to a bad Colorado and Florida team? Or not lose to an average kentucky team at home?

 

[Vols till I fall]

And here comes the dummy football fans commenting on a once in a blue moon loss like every team has every year because so many games are played

TN football fans can be the worst and I hate to say that. Just purely ignorant when it comes to bball

 

[mr.checkerboards]

Try not to sound so excited. We don't want everyone here knowing you're an admitted troll. It might ruin your effectiveness.

Im not, all I want is to see TN B Ball make that deep run, its never gonna happens; especially with this clown.

 

[Chris4Vols22]

Barnes deserves 100% of the flack for this loss. Our season isn't doomed, but this is very discouraging and concerning. I will give Barnes a little slack on the whole since we have played some really good ball in other games. It's still hard to not look at this loss as a bad omen for March/April.

 

[Freak]

Its a consistent theme with Barnes and has been since he got here. Sure, winning them all is hard, but 3 losses to crap teams is a bad sign for the post season. A team thats top 25 in defense will knock this team out of the tournament.
Flip the losses of Tx and UF and its not as big of a deal, when you lose to good teams, but Barnes loves losing to crap teams.

You were harping about March before the season even started. That's fine, but let's not pretend a conference road loss is some sort of defining factor. This is one of the highest ranked basketball teams Tennessee's ever had and you can't see it because all you care about is the opportunity to rip the coach after every loss.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

The most glaring thing to me was Castleton had 1. I saw at LEAST 3 on him that weren’t called. But we fart on him and the whistle blows…..

The more aggressive team usually gets the calls, UF was way more aggressive than we were.

 

[Volstylexx]

Barnes has taken the program as far as he can, this is the ceiling

I wonder if Gonzaga fans say the same thing about Mark Few and if they ever consider the alternative?

 

[mr.checkerboards]

I agree we were hurting them inside and clearly were bigger and stronger. Plas and Aidoo both have terrible feet though. We should've punished this team.

We needed double double ORN tonight, this is why I give him so much crap, his good games look more like flukes than what he is.

 

[Freak]

Barnes deserves 100% of the flack for this loss. Our season isn't doomed, but this is very discouraging and concerning. I will give Barnes a little slack on the whole since we have played some really good ball in other games. It's still hard to not look at this loss as a bad omen for March/April.

The omen for March/April is/was already there. Most good teams have questionable conference losses, especially on the road.