re: Barnes, Pitino, Drew leading candidates for VOLS job

Barnes is the known commodity. Good, not great at Texas. But as someone else said, this isn't Duke looking to hire a coach. It's a Tenn. program that has had its ups and downs over the last 20 years. Still, for all of his March disappointments, Barnes isn't a bad choice.

Pitino is the guy you take hoping he is the next Billy Donovan. Very young, well connected coach that you hope can build your program. If he is what you hope he is, UT can become the next UF. If he's not, then you're doing this all over again in 4 years.

Drew is probably a better "coach" than his brother. The question is is he willing to recruit like his brother? You probably don't have to be anywhere near as shady to get players to come to UT as you do at Baylor, but you still have to have the guys to go up against UK, UF, and whoever of the rest of the SEC has talent for that given year.