ESPN- Tenn Has Offered Rick Barnes MBB HC Job, 2 Sides Closing in on Deal**

[ipull4usc]

This post was edited on 3/30 4:17 PM by ipull4usc

 

[NaturalGC7]

That would stabilize that program for some years to come. No one will ever say that Barnes doesn't like Urange.

 

[jazzybelle]

Wonder if he will trash the state of Tenn. like he did SC when he left Clemson. People at Clemson were HOT about it at the time.

 

[Rod Dangerfield]

Joker owned us when he was at Clem, & we had some good teams then.

 

[Freddie.B.Cocky]

Originally posted by jazzybelle:
Wonder if he will trash the state of Tenn. like he did SC when he left Clemson. People at Clemson were HOT about it at the time.

Just for curiosity, how did he trash the state of SC?

 

[Rod Dangerfield]

Spoke negatively about the public school system in Pickens county.

 

[Mox94]

How unfortunate for Barnes. Having to spend the majority of his adult life wearing some hideous shade of orange.

 

[bhsrebel]

His wife hated living in Pickens Co. The swipe at the schools was just an excuse to get out of there.

 

[lazenge44]

Homerun hire in name only. He won't come close to recruiting the type of talent he had in Texas and with all the talent he did have, he certainly didn't deliver the expected results. I would've gone with a guy like Prohm at WKU or Miller at Dayton. Barnes is past his prime.

 

[4thgengamecock]

I'd say this is a "Dave Odom" kind of hire. A good coach past his prime that will bring passable results, without ever seriously breaking into the big-time. Considering the amount of chaos surrounding the program right now, it's probably a good hire. Bring him on board, let him maintain a decent program while things stabilize, then move onto better things.