Rick Barnes discussion (merged)

[VolPack22]

At some point players have to make shots. A coach can’t go out there and shoot the ball for them.

 

[1985Vols]

Yeah.

North Carolina was an awful team..

They aren’t very good….

 

[1985Vols]

I don’t know. We whooped Carolina’s ass the next day shooting the same shots.

UNC played zero defense and is worst coached than we are

 

[1985Vols]

What’s inexcusable is the amount of threes we threw up, when we very clearly couldn’t buy one. Barnes has got to call a TO and adjust the O game plan at some point.

You would think, huh? Barnes made no adjustments

 

[Nighthawkvol10]

They aren’t very good….

What makes them not very good? They went out and smacked Michigan and Georgia Tech after we whooped them. Looks like a great win for Barnes and the team right now

 

[southgatevol]

UNC played zero defense and is worst coached than we are

So Barnes is a bad coach? Give an answer, yes or no.

 

[VolFreakJosh]

They aren’t very good….

Lmao.

Ok

 

[VolsSportsFan]

Bring back Cuonzo!

Kinda thought we did for a while tonight….

 

[orangefreak21]

It's a December game on a neutral floor. Bad night offensively. Texas Tech is long and athletic they will be competitive all year long.

These games happen and this team will be fine. Two good teams we played on short turnaround and traveled a million miles to play.

Shooting and missing a ton of threes with no offensive rebounding is a plan for disaster.

 

[1985Vols]

So Barnes is a bad coach? Give an answer, yes or no.

He’s not a bad coach. However, he’s an average coach at best.

 

[walkenvol]

Looks like we aren’t very good against “ good” opponents huh?

Or maybe we don’t hit open shots in the garden?

 

[southgatevol]

He’s not a bad coach. However, he’s an average coach at best.

So you can't bring yourself to commit. No guts.

 

[UneducatedGuess]

UNC played zero defense and is worst coached than we are

We hit the same shots we missed tonight. We had plenty of open looks. Didn’t knock them down. Open looks against good defense is the same as open looks against bad defense.

 

[Other_Guy]

I like Barnes, Barnes sucks all in one post. Insightful.

Yeah that's exactly what I said

 

[southgatevol]

Yeah that's exactly what I said

Agree.

 

[Other_Guy]

I don’t need too.

There’s millions of posts like this already in the game forum.

So what you're saying is, it's not that I didn't explain myself very well but that you typically can't comprehend anyone's posts on the forum?

 

[1985Vols]

What makes them not very good? They went out and smacked Michigan and Georgia Tech after we whooped them. Looks like a great win for Barnes and the team right now

You mean the same Michigan team that lost to Arizona by 18 and the GA Texh team that lost to Miami of Ohio? UNC is not very good

 

[Savannahbayvol]

I understand this is a typical Barnes team.

Big Game Rick Barnes, the $5 million coach
Most overpaid coach in the history of college BB. 1 Final Four in his career and 3 NCAA wins in 6 years at UT.
Gets outcoached by a 64 year old career asst in his fist year as a HC. Who by the way makes $1.9 million. You da man Rick.

 

[VolFreakJosh]

So what you're saying is, it's not that I didn't explain myself very well but that you typically can't comprehend anyone's posts on the forum?

It’s the same “Barnes can’t do this or that” conversation that’s been spewing in these last few threads.

 

[1985Vols]

Can you tell the difference in an off shooting night vs bad basketball?

If I’m a coach and my team is 2 for 25 from 3 I think I might change my strategy and stop shooting 3’s. Not sure what we are paying a guy $5M a year to do if we can’t at least get that amount of coaching

 

[jeff1vol]

It's like you didn't event read the 1st half of my post.

Most coach worshippers pick and choose what parts to respond to out of an entire statement. Its their way of making themselves feel better about ****** performances

 

[Other_Guy]

So Barnes is a bad coach? Give an answer, yes or no.

No one in this thread is saying barnes is a bad coach, dude.

 

[cncchris33]

Don DeVoe made the tournament every year. Jerry Green made the tourney every year and a Sweet 16 and still got forced. Barnes is no better than either of those two coaches

Oh look, you're back. Don't think we've seen you since the last loss. What a surprise that you'd race to the board as quickly as possible, tonight.

 

[SGMVols]

Love coach Barnes and he can coach as long as he wants here, but he's a sweet 16 coach. Looking pretty good and giving us hope only to look like crap on offense and underachieve when it matters. New team, same old song.

Tennessee is a sweet 16 at best program. I don’t know why people think this is Kentucky or Duke waiting to happen. We’ve played over a century of basketball and it hasn’t happened. And it’s not because we haven’t had good coaches. I think some of you have placed too high expectations on this program in the hopes that it could make up for the recent blunders of the football program. I just enjoy it for what it is.

 

[vavolfan6]

Love coach Barnes and he can coach as long as he wants here, but he's a sweet 16 coach. Looking pretty good and giving us hope only to look like crap on offense and underachieve when it matters. New team, same old song.

But does this game really matter in and of itself? It's a painful loss and a terrible offensive performance. But it's still early on in the season where teaching moments and lessons can be learned. Giod defense by TT, and we were off, but alot of poor shots taken.

Let the guys weather this and come out tougher on the other side. Need to take better shots, be patient, and create inside more. Not shoot yourself in a hole. Id be more concerned I'd it was February and this game happened.