Rick Barnes discussion (merged)

[mr.checkerboards]

Did Kennedy Chandler really tell the coach not to take him off the floor? If so, what message does that send to the rest of the team? I don’t like it.

Yeah. Earlier after the charger KC was shaking his head no at Barnes because he was about to pull him.

 

[orange_glory]

Sure will. I’ll save it. Get back to me when you stop being a drama queen.

Got back to u. Not a drama queen. Realist.

 

[TJVol95]

He is.

Gotta watch him get bullied by the refs.

 

[GoVols9800]

Yeah ok, so by your logic I can't call les miles a lame duck when he went to Kansas even though he's a hall of fame coach with a national title. Please understand that even hall of fame coaches can eventually regress as the game evolves.

Tell me when anyone has won at Kansas. I’ll wait for your answer. Dumb comparison

 

[patrick]

My $0.02, Barnes is worthless at building a roster/team. He can recruit talent but he can’t seem to find a team identity or any rhyme or reason to his recruiting. He now has one of the tallest teams in the NCAA and a PG that can penetrate yet he continues to let us stand 4 wide around the perimeter and rain 3’s game after game, despite our inability to prove we can make them. He has a team that’s half foreigners that play a completely different style than the American game then he recruits run and gun athletes like KJ, Springer, Chandler and has no way of melding them.

You bout to get flamed. But I agree.

 

[VolMarine1371]

Barnes has a title?

Yes he does. With Kevin Durant when he was at Texas!!

 

[GoVols9800]

Got back to u. Not a drama queen. Realist.

Everyone who panics about a loss against a good team in the road are drama queens or don’t understand college basketball.

 

[VOLnVANDYland]

Barnes has a title?

Yeah it’s called “Mr November”

 

[orange_glory]

Everyone who panics about a loss against a good team in the road are drama queens or don’t understand college basketball.

My reaction is not just based on this game but Barnes overall body of work. He is great at stabilizing a program but will never win anything that matters.

 

[johnfnkelly]

This board is the same game in and game out. Blame and Bitch about Barnes. Who the hell you gonna get to come in and coach if he leaves? God you people cant be satisfied. This is one game. Not the season. Give the LSU players some credit. They are pretty darn good.

3 straight years of mediocre basketball. Sorry we’re not satisfied with that.

 

[Mr French]

Tell me when anyone has won at Kansas. I’ll wait for your answer. Dumb comparison

Why didn't anyone else want a hall of fame coach with a title? It's not, I love Barnes for what he's done for the university especially with the football shenanigans that's been going on for years but to get pissy or offended because I question his shotty game management and rotations that's been going on this year and last are fair.

 

[beachvol23]

Yes it’s getting old and RB’s constant failure with any post play and cohesive offense is inexcusable. I’m over it! I have no confidence in him being anything better than a first weekend coach. He can’t structure his offense and teach his guys to handle zone. Today shows the post weakness because when Fulk is out of any game, we REALLY suck!

 

[Volstylexx]

Sure will. I’ll save it. Get back to me when you stop being a drama queen.

Got back to u. Not a drama queen. Realist.

3 losses all to top 25 teams. Ranked #14th in kenpom rankings. Ranked 11th in ncaa net rankings. A win already in the pocket over the #2 net rated AZ…..

WE ARE NOT GOING TO THE NIT IDIOTS

 

[VolMarine1371]

Barnes has a title?

No my bad I stand corrected. He has over 700 wins though and been to ncaa tourney 16-17 times. For some reason I though he had won a national title with Durant.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

My $0.02, Barnes is worthless at building a roster/team. He can recruit talent but he can’t seem to find a team identity or any rhyme or reason to his recruiting. He now has one of the tallest teams in the NCAA and a PG that can penetrate yet he continues to let us stand 4 wide around the perimeter and rain 3’s game after game, despite our inability to prove we can make them. He has a team that’s half foreigners that play a completely different style than the American game then he recruits run and gun athletes like KJ, Springer, Chandler and has no way of melding them.

I think this is close but not quite. I think its more he cant adjust his system at all. He runs what he runs and thats what his teams are gonig to do no matter what theyre good at.

 

[VolMarine1371]

Ready to move on from Barnes.

You don’t move on unless you have a better option. You see how that worked for our Football team.

 

[BreatheUT]

My reaction is not just based on this game but Barnes overall body of work. He is great at stabilizing a program but will never win anything that matters.

For the first time in Barnes tenure I am starting to buy this line of thinking. My post history proves I've been a strong Barnes supporter. This is just gabage. Now I'm questioning the rotation as well as the annual weak inside game.

 

[johnfnkelly]

My $0.02, Barnes is worthless at building a roster/team. He can recruit talent but he can’t seem to find a team identity or any rhyme or reason to his recruiting. He now has one of the tallest teams in the NCAA and a PG that can penetrate yet he continues to let us stand 4 wide around the perimeter and rain 3’s game after game, despite our inability to prove we can make them. He has a team that’s half foreigners that play a completely different style than the American game then he recruits run and gun athletes like KJ, Springer, Chandler and has no way of melding them.

Nearly every NBA team is half international/ half American so that theory doesn’t really work.

 

[GoVols9800]

My reaction is not just based on this game but Barnes overall body of work. He is great at stabilizing a program but will never win anything that matters.

Please tell me a coach at Tennessee who ever has. He has made it fun to watch UT basketball since Pearl. And runs a clean program who doesn’t embarrass our state. I’ll take it.

 

[johnfnkelly]

You don’t move on unless you have a better option. You see how that worked for our Football team.

UT is an attractive job. It wouldn’t be hard for us to find a better option.

 

[VOLnVANDYland]

This board is the same game in and game out. Blame and Bitch about Barnes. Who the hell you gonna get to come in and coach if he leaves? God you people cant be satisfied. This is one game. Not the season. Give the LSU players some credit. They are pretty darn good.

It’s not just “one game” bro. Wake up!

 

[patrick]

Barnes was better before he started getting one and dumbs

Like when he had KD. You have no idea what u are talking about.

 

[orange_glory]

For the first time in Barnes tenure I am starting to buy this line of thinking. My post history proves I've been a strong Barnes supporter. This is just gabage. Now I'm questioning the rotation as well as the annual weak inside game.

Yes. 100 percent.

 

[patrick]

Barnes was better before he started getting one and dumbs

He is the same freaking coach he had been all his career. Period end of story.

 

[orange_glory]

Please tell me a coach at Tennessee who ever has. He has made it fun to watch UT basketball since Pearl. And runs a clean program who doesn’t embarrass our state. I’ll take it.

Yes I agree Barnes runs a clean program and has us consistently average. However, I want more.