Rob Lewis sums this season up succinctly...

[kiddiedoc]

I'll say this: yesterday wraps up what was just an absolutely terrible year for Tennessee sports.

 

[Doctrippin]

The reality is Covid took out all of our quality opponents for the first 12 games, so it may have been the only reason we even made the tournament.

Meh, this was kind of a throwaway season with COVID. Hopefully this lights a fire under Barnes to add some high-level transfers to go along with Chandler and have a legit squad next year

 

[bleedingTNorange]

Barnes has been to the tourney 25 times in his illustrious career. He has gotten past the first weekend 7 times. In other words, you have a 25% chance of getting to the Sweet 16 with Barnes as you coach. He couldn’t even get Kevin Durant to the sweet 16. Some say Hall of fame coach, I say you must be kidding.

So the question is rather make 4 NCAAT and 1 S16, or maybe 2 NCAAT run with 1R32 loss & 1E8 loss?

 

[Doctrippin]

I don’t disagree that this team under performed. But I don’t agree with calling for Barnes job or hoping he retires. Think about the team he took over and what he has turned us into since he had arrived. I love the expectations of the fans expecting to be great but we can’t be delusional either and say well we suck so let’s fire our best coach we have on campus. Losing sucks no doubt, losing like we did makes it even worse. But it is not enough for us to run a really good coach out of town.

The problem is they had these cold shooting games about 50% in SEC play and it doesn't make any sense. If you can't consistently shoot from 10 point range, then I would wonder why any NBA team would want you this year? Our guys have a long way to go, and they have to get that mental piece right or they will never last in the pros

 

[clausen_translation]

So the question is rather make 4 NCAAT and 1 S16, or maybe 2 NCAAT run with 1R32 loss & 1E8 loss?

So you are saying hire Bruce Pearl and get the best of both. Because the coach we have now has only made the tournament three times in six years and can’t win tournament games with grant Williams. Can’t beat single digit seeds with him for that matter.

 

[brockytop]

Barnes has been to the tourney 25 times in his illustrious career. He has gotten past the first weekend 7 times. In other words, you have a 25% chance of getting to the Sweet 16 with Barnes as you coach. He couldn’t even get Kevin Durant to the sweet 16. Some say Hall of fame coach, I say you must be kidding.

ONLY once in those 25 appeara has his team exceeded it seeding. ONCE.

 

[hog88]

So the question is rather make 4 NCAAT and 1 S16, or maybe 2 NCAAT run with 1R32 loss & 1E8 loss?

That’s not the question at all. The question is who would do better than Barnes? I don’t know the answer to that but I’m sure we could find someone.

 

[bleedingTNorange]

So you are saying hire Bruce Pearl and get the best of both. Because the coach we have now has only made the tournament three times in six years and can’t win tournament games with grant Williams. Can’t beat single digit seeds with him for that matter.

Have you checked in on ole Brucey this tourney?

 

[brockytop]

Have you checked in on ole Brucey this tourney?

Yeah, he won as many games as Barnes did.

 

[ReggieJohnsonFan]

Any season where a team gets a #5 seed in the NCAA tourney is not a waste, imo. It was a good but definitely not a great season but it definitely was not a waste.

 

[patrick]

“a big waste of talent”.

Barnes doing what Barnes does.

 

[1985Vols]

The point is their percentages are almost identical and yet according to you one of them can really shoot the ball while the other isn’t a good shooter...doesn’t really compute. It’s just another case of our fan base always feeling like grass is greener.

Well actually it is as I saw McClung help Texas Tech get to the round of 32. Where are Barnes Vols?

 

[1985Vols]

So you are saying hire Bruce Pearl and get the best of both. Because the coach we have now has only made the tournament three times in six years and can’t win tournament games with grant Williams. Can’t beat single digit seeds with him for that matter.

Barnes couldn’t win tournament games with Kevin Durant at Texas. That’s about all you need to know about his coaching ability in March

 

[iluvsmesumdooley]

Not really, just ask Bailey and Vescovi if that’s true

Exactly. Those two jokers couldn’t throw a beach ball in the ocean.

 

[bleedingTNorange]

Well actually it is as I saw McClung help Texas Tech get to the round of 32. Where are Barnes Vols?

Lmao he had a negative plus minus and had to be removed from the game multiple times as Utah State was iso’ing him defensively and scoring at will...nice try.

 

[bleedingTNorange]

Barnes couldn’t win tournament games with Kevin Durant at Texas. That’s about all you need to know about his coaching ability in March

And yet he’s won 3 tourney games at UT, amazing.

 

[1985Vols]

And yet he’s won 3 tourney games at UT, amazing.

Wow, 3 tournament wins in 6 years, sounds HOF worthy to me. He’s has totally underachieved here as well with the talent he has had. Just like at Texas

 

[1985Vols]

Lmao he had a negative plus minus and had to be removed from the game multiple times as Utah State was iso’ing him defensively and scoring at will...nice try.

LMFAO. You’re delusional. McClung scored a game high 16 points and shot 3-6 from 3 pt. Line. Much better than Baileys 1-9 wouldn’t you agree?

 

[bleedingTNorange]

Wow, 3 tournament wins in 6 years, sounds HOF worthy to me. He’s has totally underachieved here as well with the talent he has had. Just like at Texas

If only we could have the success Pearl is having at Auburn, 2 tourneys in 7 years!!!!!

 

[bleedingTNorange]

LMFAO. You’re delusional. McClung scored a game high 16 points and shot 3-6 from 3 pt. Line. Much better than Baileys 1-9 wouldn’t you agree?

Why didn’t you mention McClung being 6/16 overall? Or his negative plus/minus? Or how Utah State kept attacking him on defense the announcers kept calling for it?

 

[USAFgolferVol]

A throwaway season? We had one of the best rosters we've had in years with a mix of veterans and young talent, managed to dodge several tough early season opponents that would have given us more losses and dropped from a final 4 pick by many experts to a first round embarrassment. This was a season to make hay and we made bricks instead.

Sorry, but this wasn't close to Barnes' best roster. Both the 2018 and 2019 rosters were much better. We were overrated by many of the so called " experts". I called it preseason."A season to make hay"......LMAO....
crazy claim

 

[brockytop]

If only we could have the success Pearl is having at Auburn, 2 tourneys in 7 years!!!!!

Yet Pearl’s won two more NCAA tourney games at Auburn than Barnes has at TN. Oh, and not to mention Auburn made a Final Four and was an iffy call away from beating eventual champion Virginia and being in the NC game. Hello?

 

[Volitaire]

Yet Pearl’s won two more NCAA tourney games at Auburn than Barnes has at TN. Oh, and not to mention Auburn made a Final Four and was an iffy call away from beating eventual champion Virginia and being in the NC game. Hello?

With a self imposed NCAA tourney ban on his resume with possible more sanctions to come from the NCAA who hasn’t even ruled yet. Hello indeed

 

[volman128]

Both the 2018 and 2019 rosters were much better.

Yeah we choked in the tournament in both of those seasons, too. In 2019 we choked away the SEC regular season, the SECT final (for the second year in a row), and then the tournament. We had the trifecta.

 

[Nighthawkvol10]

Yet Pearl’s won two more NCAA tourney games at Auburn than Barnes has at TN. Oh, and not to mention Auburn made a Final Four and was an iffy call away from beating eventual champion Virginia and being in the NC game. Hello?

They also caught a break and were an iffy call away from being knocked out of the first round. No point in playing the what-ifs game