re: Multiple Reports: Rick Barnes to be named new basketball coach at Tennessee

Eh. I'm not terribly worried about the criticism. Every time we hire anybody it comes. A coach tho' shouldn't stay at any one school as long as Barnes stayed at Texas. It leads to complacency, especially when they build a powerhouse of sorts or just a consistent player in the tourney even when that team fails to clench the title.

I think the change of scenery will do him good. And UT is in an excellent location for recruiting with the population boom all over the Mid-South/East Coast plus proximity to the Midwest (that same geography benefits UK, Duke, Louisville etc.) and it will benefit and has benefited us when we've had good recruiters. If Barnes has a renewed interest in recruiting and recruiting this region can be easier than Texas when it comes to basketball then he'll be a great hire.

Of course, he could be spent BUT he should be a good hire for us at the right time. Hell, you don't have to be the best X's and O's coach to win it all, even more than once. You do need the right place at the right time and most importantly the Jimmies and Joes. Plenty of coaches have shown that.