The Official #17 Tennessee vs. #5 Villanova Game Thread, 1:00 PM ET, ESPN News

[SGMVols]

Jerry Green had a better win percentage and Cuonzo is only 2.5% worse win percentage

Also, Doug Dickey isn’t making these hires anymore

Barnes had to build from scratch. Kevin O’Neill left Green a gold mine. Not remotely comparable starting points.

 

[VolFreakJosh]

Lol at the people trying to defend Cuonzo.

Dude was a pure clown who got his feelings hurt

 

[VolsSportsFan]

Lol Vescovi saves himself.

 

[HarsinVol]

Ray Mears, is he still dead?

 

[I4Vols]

You sure that's not Ray Barone playing for nova?

 

[VolGee4]

Like Bruce Pearl was? I’d take that all day over this crap

Holy crap…one of the last 7 we have hired like that. Great odds!

 

[VolunteerCeltic]

This offensive effort looks like a Cuonzo game...

 

[tnvols72]

Barnes needs some serious reflection on his rotation management after this game. Some of the strangest, most offensively challenged lineups he put together today.

No matter what JJJ will be in those lineups

 

[1985Vols]

While there are issues with Barnes relating to the post season that I understand, it's crazy to want him gone over a regular season game. He's here until he retires and hopefully we can make a good hire to fill his spot. Look at it this way, four of our last 5 coaches who were here more than a year made the sweet 16.

See the same overreacting each week in the football game threads too.

Arnie’s won’t retire anytime soon. Would you if you were paid $5M and Got away with doing a mediocre job? He’s here until White fires him

 

[Smokey123]

Time for players to get up for a game and have the mental toughness.

It’s his job to recruit Alphas and get them up for big time games like this. He’s had back to back top 5 classes

 

[Christian Lowe]

He IS a hall of fame coach.
You gonna replace him with who? What other coach other than Pearl would recruit like Barnes has at Tennessee?
you ready to play coaching carousel again?

It's insane. Literally. We do the same thing over and over and expect different results.

Tennessee fans always get their hopes through the roof during a coaching search. They think the splash hire is coming. Have a hot board of completely unrealistic candidates that aren't even on the AD's radar. Then they get distraught when we inevitably trot out Coach Brick McGoogle. Give it about 6 hours and everyone thinks he's the next up and coming diamond in the rough.

Never Fails.

 

[SGMVols]

By 2% lol

He had to completely rebuild the program the first two years and you know it. Such a shame that a literal troll gets to be a mod here.

 

[ColinS]

Lol at the people trying to defend Cuonzo.

Dude was a pure clown who got his feelings hurt

They love Cuonzo in here. Was constantly preaching toughness. In the end he was the one that was soft.

 

[TheMookieMonster]

No matter what JJJ will be in those lineups

I want to see JJJ benched at least for a game or two. Send a message. You need to do SOMETHING. He is a black hole on offense. I know he plays elite defense but you aren’t going to beat many good teams if he keeps this up. He wasn’t good down the stretch last year either.

 

[zjcvols]

He IS a hall of fame coach.
You gonna replace him with who? What other coach other than Pearl would recruit like Barnes has at Tennessee?
you ready to play coaching carousel again?

I’m not saying firing him.

But it’s time to start performing better. The last two years and this game have been unacceptable

 

[VolsAgainstTheWorld15]

Not true. We have great resources and deep pockets along with an AD that cares about basketball. We could make a much better hire than back in the prev regime

Doubtful. We'd get another up and comer from a mid major. Maybe he'd be our next Bruce Pearl. Maybe he'd be our next Buzz Peterson. Tough to predict how mid major guys transition to the big time.

 

[hUTch2002]

It’s better than the program average.

And it includes him picking us up out of the basement. We sucked badly when he got here.

 

[VolNash17]

It takes mutual interest. Who are we prying away from their current position to come here?

I personally like AW Hamilton from EKU… He’s younger guy but his style is based on a very aggressive press defense to get turnovers, Fastest paced offense to score in transition and alot alot alot of 3’s. Think Oats and Musselman are fast? This guy is fast fast. Plus you get an exciting press defense. Good recruiter as well. Resume isn’t eye popping but he’s doing a phenomenal job at EKU

 

[Larkin]

Lol at the people trying to defend Cuonzo.

Dude was a pure clown who got his feelings hurt

Perfect analysis. Dude was an awful coach

 

[Volstylexx]

“vEsCoVi iS tRaSh”

… has 20 of teams 34 points (60%)

 

[1985Vols]

Holy crap…one of the last 7 we have hired like that. Great odds!

Dude it’s a new day in our athletic dept. Randy Boyd and Mike White are not going to accept average teams. I can tell you White is not overly excited with Barnes as our BB coach

 

[whobethis16]

It’s his job to recruit Alphas and get them up for big time games like this. He’s had back to back top 5 classes

At some point the players have to hold responsibility. If the coach has to be all rah rah for a top 5 team, that's on the players.

 

[Fatdad32]

Scovi playing hard-for those who have said Scovi sucks simply doesn’t understand basketball

 

[AthensVol2007]

How can your 2 big men (one a 6th yr SR and the other your best player so far this season) have 3 shot attempts between them and expect any shot at winning? This is an atrocious game plan if you can even call it that. We’ve rolled the ball out and let them do what they want.

 

[tnvols72]

These refs suck balls