Is it just me or does Rick Barnes seem to

He is doing nothing but collecting a nice little pre-retirement check imo

Mans just another Dooley, very disappointed with how this hire has turned out.

13th Sounds about right.

Barnes doesn't recruit anymore, I guess.

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I actually think Barnes is a good coach in the way of X&Os. The team last year was really bad but they looked more fundamentally sound than Cuonzo's teams. Punter's improvement is owed to the staff as well.

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Last year, UT finished the season 15-19 (6-12). Before they lost Punter, UT was 12-14 (5-8). Without losing Punter, UT had a very good shot at finishing 500 both overall and in conference. Every team has injuries, but not every team loses 22 points and 1.4 steals per game. Had UT finished at 500, they would have been 8th in conference, instead of 12th.

I agree that I'm not impressed with recruiting so far...but I like Barns' character, and how he develops players. Hopefully this year will be tolerable and recruiting will improve rolling into next season.

Looking at 24/7, our '16 class finished 7th in the conference (mostly because we took 6 players), but still...it is recoverable.

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Am I delusional or should Tennessee recruiting be well within the top half of the SEC? I feel like it shouldn't be that hard to pull better quality players here.

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This is going to sound homerish, but yes, we absolutely should be recruiting better. The problem is, we haven't been as willing to blatantly cheat as other schools. Cheating is out much more out of control in CBB than it is in football.

I do too, but we should be making better hires that Martin, Tyndall, and a burned out Barnes. I'm glad a new AD is coming in.

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