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

[walkenvol]

CRB. Has to start thinking about giving up on Bailey and give his minutes to Powell and Mashack

 

[I4Vols]

Well, kids, the good news is we ended up with more points than turnovers. It was touch n go in the 1st half

Lots of things to settle before conf play

 

[Larkin]

I’d expect wins sure, but if we are gonna pay him top 5 money I’d like to not be down 23 in a top 25 matchup.

Cuonzo has made as many sweet sixteens as Barnes as and did in half the time

Barnes is better than Cuonzo sure, but bringing up Cuunzo or Green just shows that it isn’t that hard we can get coaches that can get similar results.

You know BVS is real when you use Cuonzo Martin’s tenure here as a positive comparison to Barnes.

 

[feathersax]

Rick Barnes is a joke.

Joke's on you, newbie.

 

[SGMVols]

BHH’s D is not good. I’m guessing that’s why he isn’t playing much.

Yeah I’m not seeing one and done with him at this stage. Maybe as the season progresses he’ll grow into one but he’s a long way from it right now.

 

[Fightmaker]

This is the first time I’ve been able to check the score. What the hell happened?

 

[VolsAgainstTheWorld15]

I don’t care what he makes. If he made 100k, everyone would still expect wins. I don’t pay it.

I’ve never said he’s a special coach. He has some flaws. But some of you guys in here use the end to justify the means. You don’t care for Barnes, so you use some BS about some of our other coaches who were awful. Using Cuonzo Martin to compare with Barnes is asinine. Not even close.

The conflicting Barnes narratives on here are very entertaining. You have one crowd that believes Barnes is elite and should never, ever be criticized. Then you have another crowd that grasps for any reason at all to criticize him. Today was a great day for the latter group because they had plenty of reason to bash Barnes and bring up his salary (one of their favorite talking points) and in some cases call for his retirement.

Bottom line is Barnes is a good not great coach. To me, if he continues to have good not great results (consistent NCAA Tournament appearances, consistent 20~ win seasons), then I say let him retire here. I really don't expect much more from this program beyond that. Some may disagree and that's fine.

 

[DeepSpringsVol]

Huntlet-Hatfield looks like he has them diabeetus socks on

 

[TheMookieMonster]

Guess we’ll know tomorrow if this team is any good or not. Hope we show up. Please for the love of god show up.

 

[1985Vols]

I think he has some offensive skills. Look at that drive, that was nice. Under Barnes you better play D though.

Barnes “ you better play D” philosophy is getting old. You better be able to shoot the dang ball or you get beat by 20+ points vs. good teams.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

JM needs minutes over Bailey

 

[Smokey123]

At least we didn’t lose by 20

 

[Vol49er]

We are not winning this game. I’m hoping we keep it within 20

We did it!!! Thanks Ziegler!

 

[Larkin]

I want to see less Bailey and more Powell from here on out. Just not worth it and Powell is a better shooter

 

[tnvols72]

CRB. Has to start thinking about giving up on Bailey and give his minutes to Powell and Mashack

Barnes cant even give up on JJJ.

 

[therealitytheory]

I'm liking everything I see from Ziegler.

 

[Creeker]

I think he has some offensive skills. Look at that drive, that was nice. Under Barnes you better play D though.

I definitely think he has skills, he just didn’t provide anything until right there in garbage minutes. He looked lost in the first half.

 

[VolFreakJosh]

I'm liking everything I see from Ziegler.

I thought he played better than Chandler today.

 

[LucidZ]

Well, that was rough. Hope this team grows from this one.

 

[Stoerner Fumbles]

People complained after he had 20 points in the opener. He gets a weird amount of hate.

He’s definitely the most consistent player on the team.

 

[mr.checkerboards]

BHH needs more minutes, Jm needs more minutes. Bailey needs less. Powell needs more. ORN needs less.

 

[Vol49er]

I'm liking everything I see from Ziegler.

Yeah he gets tunnel vision sometimes and he’ll never be great on D with his size but I’m starting to warm to him

 

[zjcvols]

The conflicting Barnes narratives on here are very entertaining. You have one crowd that believes Barnes is elite and should never, ever be criticized. Then you have another crowd that grasps for any reason at all to criticize him. Today was a great day for the latter group because they had plenty of reason to bash Barnes and bring up his salary (one of their favorite talking points) and in some cases call for his retirement.

Bottom line is Barnes is a good not great coach. To me, if he continues to have good not great results (consistent NCAA Tournament appearances, consistent 20~ win seasons), then I say let him retire here. I really don't expect much more from this program beyond that. Some may disagree and that's fine.

I was fine with this logic until we got serious and decide to commit serious money (and White is also going to commit resources now as well) a couple years ago. This whole never win in the postseason, 20-22 wins a year type seasons aren’t acceptable when you’re a top 5 paid coach.

 

[FlVols]

Vescovi was only Vol who showed up and played today.

 

[VolFreakJosh]

BHH needs more minutes, Jm needs more minutes. Bailey needs less. Powell needs more. ORN needs less.

I seen nothing from BHH today.

Looked lost on offense and was getting abused on defense.

Definitely needs a lot of improvement.