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Time to turn up the heat on sleepy Rick Barnes
Posted on 12/30/17 at 2:44 pm
Posted on 12/30/17 at 2:44 pm
Just leaving BWA.
Villanova, UNC and Arkansas have all been gifted wins by this senile old frick due to to his inability to hold massive second half leads.
In year 3 and Retirement Rick’s teams are still folding like a tent down the stretch.
Anything less than 2-0 against AU and UK and you have to question the coaching job imo.
Villanova, UNC and Arkansas have all been gifted wins by this senile old frick due to to his inability to hold massive second half leads.
In year 3 and Retirement Rick’s teams are still folding like a tent down the stretch.
Anything less than 2-0 against AU and UK and you have to question the coaching job imo.
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Posted on 12/30/17 at 2:44 pm to volfan30
Posted on 12/30/17 at 2:45 pm to volfan30
Your expectations as a Vols fan need to be tempered down a bit. You guys aren’t a perennial power or anything. Barnes fits at Tennessee.
Posted on 12/30/17 at 2:45 pm to volfan30
But Rick Barnes is a way better coach than MA...
Posted on 12/30/17 at 2:46 pm to volfan30
Tennessee has a legit Top 25 team with 2 and 3* star talent and you're melting? Not a good look
Posted on 12/30/17 at 2:48 pm to GatorsGators
Today’s game and the UNC game were games we had no business losing. I will give him a pass for the Novs meltdown.
I understand BWA is a tough place to play but this Arkansas team is nothing to write home about. No excuses for blowing an 8 point lead in final 3.
I understand BWA is a tough place to play but this Arkansas team is nothing to write home about. No excuses for blowing an 8 point lead in final 3.
This post was edited on 12/30/17 at 2:49 pm
Posted on 12/30/17 at 2:52 pm to volfan30
id be more upset at his recruiting. yall had no business even being in any of those games with the disparity in talent
Posted on 12/30/17 at 2:52 pm to volfan30
To be fair, y’all had no business in any of those games ( from a talent standpoint). Y’all have been a pleasant surprise this year, and that’s due to your coach. Besides, who else will you get?
Posted on 12/30/17 at 2:57 pm to JD West
This is a tired story. We have blown 2nd half leads over and over against quality opponents the last 2 years. Outside of the Purdue win this year we have not closed the deal in any of them.
He is responsible for his own talent.
The game today was an unacceptable result any way you look at it.
He is responsible for his own talent.
The game today was an unacceptable result any way you look at it.
Posted on 12/30/17 at 2:58 pm to volfan30
quote:Barford and Macon are both all-SEC guards and both took over at the end. Williams fouled out on a BS call. shite happens.
I understand BWA is a tough place to play but this Arkansas team is nothing to write home about. No excuses for blowing an 8 point lead in final 3.
Arkansas may be "nothing to write home about" but this was UT's second hardest conference game according to Sagarin (easier than only UK at Rupp). UT will be fine and will probably get a Top 5 seed.
Watch any coach long enough and you'll see your share of collapses. Donovan's teams had a reputation for blowing late leads until suddenly they didn't. Running off Barnes would be incredibly stupid. He's a flawed coach but every coach is flawed.
Posted on 12/30/17 at 2:58 pm to volfan30
No excuse to lead 38 minutes in both this game and the UNC game only to fall apart.
Posted on 12/30/17 at 2:59 pm to mountain D values
Come home Bruce, I want goons again 
Posted on 12/30/17 at 3:04 pm to mountain D values
quote:Barnes has the program in good position to at least replicate Pearl's run
Come home Bruce, I want goons again
Posted on 12/30/17 at 3:05 pm to mountain D values
He'll be there Tuesday to collect a win.
Posted on 12/30/17 at 3:05 pm to GatorsGators
Lol we are nowhere close to where Pearl was able to take us, take away his couple victories over UK and Prick is still searching for a sig win. Bruce was slapping the frick out of Memphis under Calipari, Kentucky, Florida the two years they won the title, Oklahoma State, Kansas, etc.
Posted on 12/30/17 at 3:06 pm to GatorsGators
Gafford and Macon are very good but they didn’t get much from anybody else. A day like today when the rest of the guys aren’t helping is a day you should beat them.
At some point blowing all these leads becomes a big problem. Not saying Arkansas is bad but this is a game Tennessee had no business losing.
At some point blowing all these leads becomes a big problem. Not saying Arkansas is bad but this is a game Tennessee had no business losing.
Posted on 12/30/17 at 3:10 pm to volfan30
You forgot barford.
At one point, Arkansas was shooting 44% from the free throw line.
Tenn should have won by a dozen by the way Arkansas was playing.
At one point, Arkansas was shooting 44% from the free throw line.
Tenn should have won by a dozen by the way Arkansas was playing.
Posted on 12/30/17 at 3:10 pm to volfan30
quote:Yeah, Barford's quiet 28 points was "not much"
Gafford and Macon are very good but they didn’t get much from anybody else
Posted on 12/30/17 at 3:14 pm to mountain D values
quote:Pearl's signature wins resulted in one Elite Eight run. Otherwise it was early exits.
Lol we are nowhere close to where Pearl was able to take us, take away his couple victories over UK and Prick is still searching for a sig win. Bruce was slapping the frick out of Memphis under Calipari, Kentucky, Florida the two years they won the title, Oklahoma State, Kansas, etc.
UT should make the tourney the next three years. Beyond that who knows but Barnes has the program in a very stable position. Melting over a loss on the road to a Top 25 team is silly. Three losses doesn't necessarily indicate a pattern. Need a bigger sample in basketball.
Posted on 12/30/17 at 3:21 pm to volfan30
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Arkansas team is nothing to write home about.
Only a top 25 team with the best back court in the SEC and one of the best freshman big men in the country. But ya, obviously shoulda been an easy win for UT. I mean, it's not like Arkansas had beaten UT 6 times in a row or anything....oh wait
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