Why, Rick Barnes?

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Tnphil said:
So right now, today. You'd bet big money that we will go further in March than KY will? And as the saying goes, bet like someone has a gun to your head.
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The facts you are using to support your theory is that the UK coach has never won an NCAAT game. The variables also depend on matchups. It's not just in a vacuum.

It doesn't matter what I would bet or not. It's a weak assertion.
 
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VolCalls said:
3 times out of 25 games - that’s 12%. So we play well on offense 9 out of every 10 games to go with the #1 defense in the country. That’s national title contender territory. I’ll take that all day long.
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Scoring offense is ranked 182, id say us playing well 9 out of 10 on offense is a stretch. I hate it but our struggles on offense are what they are.
 
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Rick will always be a coach that never gets over the hump. He enjoys getting to the hump and climbing it, but just doesn't have what it takes, unfortunately, to climb over the hump. Not saying the team is not without blame for last nights predictable game vs the cats, but he gets to the hump often and failed once again. Love the team but if we make it to the 16, just don't see how Rick Barnes gets us any further.
 
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Volador said:
Rick will always be a coach that never gets over the hump. He enjoys getting to the hump and climbing it, but just doesn't have what it takes, unfortunately, to climb over the hump. Not saying the team is not without blame for last nights predictable game vs the cats, but he gets to the hump often and failed once again. Love the team but if we make it to the 16, just don't see how Rick Barnes gets us any further.
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Last year?
 
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tennrich1 said:
I really think we need to install a 24 hour wait period after a loss to post 😅 😅 . Some of these takes are utterly ridiculous...SMH!
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I can't vouch for all the replies, but I 110% stand behind today what I said in making this thread yesterday.
I honestly feel we could have won that game last night with a couple of key time outs at the end.
If you watch Rick's presser he talked about some guys being too emotional this game, and definitely at the end. A time out to settle them down at key times in the lat 3-4 minutes and be a calm voice of reason were opportunities missed by Rick.

Players have to bee fully accountable in losses, and so do coaches.
 
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I think we expected Lanier to carry our offense more than he is capable of. He feasted on weaker opponents. In 5 losses he is shooting 26% from 3 and averaging 12 points per game. His 3 high scoring games in the SEC came against Arkansas, Miss St. and Okl. When the competition goes up, he struggles.
 
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SicEmSmokey33 said:
I think we expected Lanier to carry our offense more than he is capable of. He feasted on weaker opponents. In 5 losses he is shooting 26% from 3 and averaging 12 points per game. His 3 high scoring games in the SEC came against Arkansas, Miss St. and Okl. When the competition goes up, he struggles.
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I don't know about "carry" our offense ( I do agree a ot of people expected that) but the guy has to get more than 10 in a big game.
He is averaging 17.4 in games this year.
He has to get that in big games if we want to win.
He doesn't have to be Dalton Knecht and be our only offense, but he has to be right up there as our leading scorer for us to have a realistic chance against the top 15 teams.
 
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VolGee4 said:
The original statement is still true. Beard didn't get out of the first weekend in that one year.
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Nether did Barnes his first year here. In fact Barnes didn't get there his first 2 years and only won his first game in his third....Now comes the old excuse. He took over a dumpster fire. Like nobody else ever takes over one except UT....Well. Maybe KY that just thumped us twice with a new coach.....and thrown together players.
 
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VolGee4 said:
The facts you are using to support your theory is that the UK coach has never won an NCAAT game. The variables also depend on matchups. It's not just in a vacuum.

It doesn't matter what I would bet or not. It's a weak assertion.
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So what you are saying and avoiding admitting is....You wouldn't bet on it. Gotcha
 
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SicEmSmokey33 said:
I think we expected Lanier to carry our offense more than he is capable of. He feasted on weaker opponents. In 5 losses he is shooting 26% from 3 and averaging 12 points per game. His 3 high scoring games in the SEC came against Arkansas, Miss St. and Okl. When the competition goes up, he struggles.
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You kind of cherry-picked those to stop at 3 games. He had 19 (over his average) at home against UF. He had 17 (at his average) at Vandy. He had 15 at home against UK. It's clear that we need him to contribute when we play a high level team.

He also had 17 against Illinois, 25 against Baylor, and 19 at Louisville- all top 6-9 seeds in the NCAAT.
 
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Tnphil said:
So what you are saying and avoiding admitting is....You wouldn't bet on it. Gotcha
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I'm not avoiding jack squat. I do not expect UK to go far in the NCAAT, but you have trouble deciphering the issues if you just want to throw out a "bet on it." That's dumb.
 
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Anti-shunshinepumper said:
I'd bet on it. KY HAS to shoot a very high percentage to make a run. A bad night shooting from 3 and they go home.
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First of all go ahead and bet the farm. Second, we can't shoot outside or inside a lot of the times. When you get to March you will play folks that has shooters and length...Like the team last night that thumped us twice.
 
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Tnphil said:
Nether did Barnes his first year here. In fact Barnes didn't get there his first 2 years and only won his first game in his third....Now comes the old excuse. He took over a dumpster fire. Like nobody else ever takes over one except UT....Well. Maybe KY that just thumped us twice with a new coach.....and thrown together players.
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If you are comparing 2017 NCAA environment to the 2024 NCAA environment, then I will refrain from saying what you are. Purposely obtuse or don't have a clue.

With UK money and no transfer restrictions, it must all be equal.....hahaha.
 
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VolGee4 said:
I'm not avoiding jack squat. I do not expect UK to go far in the NCAAT, but you have trouble deciphering the issues if you just want to throw out a "bet on it." That's dumb.
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So you are saying UT will go further in the tournament than KY...but you would not bet on it and pass up a surething.That's dumber.
 
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VolGee4 said:
If you are comparing 2017 NCAA environment to the 2024 NCAA environment, then I will refrain from saying what you are. Purposely obtuse or don't have a clue.

With UK money and no transfer restrictions, it must all be equal.....hahaha.
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More excuses.
 
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BigOrangeTrain said:
Owned by a first year head coach most of us laughed at when they hired him. Sad.
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Pope is building a good program
I know he lost last wk to Calimari
You can see his teams are well coached
And focused much more disciplined than previous yrs 1 and done superstars
I hate making this post.....
 
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