Rick Barnes is History

enisthemenace · Mar 28, 2015

Per Jeff Goodman, it's official. Texas is now in the coach searching game.

Mumbai1986 · Mar 28, 2015

Oh man, the Greg Marshall sweepstakes shall begin!

BigJCy · Mar 28, 2015

Damn, probably bad news for rest of conference.

TensasCy · Mar 28, 2015

Could they pay Calipari enough to entice him?

Mumbai1986 · Mar 28, 2015

TensasCy said:
Could they pay Calipari enough to entice him?

No.

Goothrey · Mar 28, 2015

BigJCy said:
Damn, probably bad news for rest of conference.

I could easily see Texas joining the ranks of TCU and Texas Tech. Basketball just isn't supported that well down here.

Rick Barnes had as much success in his time in Austin as Texas had seen in the combined years before him.

Cy$ · Mar 28, 2015

Our new basketball coach

Whats the chance of making a fresh start with Tony Bennett or Fred Hoiberg? During our last game you could just see a repeat of coaching mistakes . Lucky to get by Azona State.

http://www.shaggybevo.com/board/showthread.php/143905-Our-new-basketball-coach

from last year, lol

enisthemenace · Mar 28, 2015

ESPN: "You could argue nobody does less with more than Rick Barnes".

Now, that might be true, but OUCH! I've exchanged brief words with the guy and thought he was a really good dude. Everything you read about him seems to back that up as well. X's and O's were sketchy, and they weren't as successful as they probably should have been, but the guy went to the NCAA tournament 16 out of 17 years. Pretty rough first thing to say when "breaking the news".

Erik4Cy · Mar 28, 2015

Will Barnes go to Tennessee since that job is open?

Goothrey · Mar 28, 2015

enisthemenace said:
ESPN: "You could argue nobody does less with more than Rick Barnes".

Now, that might be true, but OUCH! I've exchanged brief words with the guy and thought he was a really good dude. Everything you read about him seems to back that up as well. X's and O's were sketchy, and they weren't as successful as they probably should have been, but the guy went to the NCAA tournament 16 out of 17 years. Pretty rough first thing to say when "breaking the news".

It's a stretch of basketball that is unprecedented in Texas hoops. I understand the issues of complacency and needing new blood, new energy. But the arrogance of Texas fans has them expecting elite eight appearances every year. Their new hire will undoubtedly fail.

ISUChippewa · Mar 28, 2015

Erik4Cy said:
Will Barnes go to Tennessee since that job is open?

He could, but I can also see Barnes go to a mid-major school were expectations aren't as high and where he doesn't have Top 100 recruits to work with that lead to those high expectations.

I do think he was a better coach back when he first started than he showed his last few seasons in Austin, but I can see an under the radar kind of program making a big play for him, and possibly being successful in doing so.

BigJCy · Mar 28, 2015

Jeff Goodman ‏@GoodmanESPN 8m8 minutes ago Texas top candidates are Gregg Marshall and Shaka Smart -- and both have heavy interest in the opening, sources told ESPN

CyStalker · Mar 28, 2015

Rick doesn't need a coaching job. My guess is this is it for him by choice. Enjoy the years you have and the money you have made.

I could see him being more of an analyst for ESPN over coaching again.

jsb · Mar 28, 2015

BigJCy said:
Jeff Goodman ‏@GoodmanESPN 8m8 minutes ago Texas top candidates are Gregg Marshall and Shaka Smart -- and both have heavy interest in the opening, sources told ESPN

I have a hard time believing that Shaka is interested in Texas. But we'll see.

Final42b · Mar 28, 2015

ISUChippewa said:
He could, but I can also see Barnes go to a mid-major school were expectations aren't as high and where he doesn't have Top 100 recruits to work with that lead to those high expectations.

I do think he was a better coach back when he first started than he showed his last few seasons in Austin, but I can see an under the radar kind of program making a big play for him, and possibly being successful in doing so.

I could see him going back to George Mason, A 10 is good but not so good it's over whelming and they do have that final 4

Final42b · Mar 28, 2015

Texas could be scary with the right guy

CyStalker · Mar 28, 2015

Final42b said:
Texas could be scary with the right guy

There is truth in that statement. The sad thing about it is if they had tremendous success, they would still have lack luster support.

CarlHungus · Mar 28, 2015

Smart and Marshall are the obvious names, but I wouldn't be surprised if they got a guy like Mark Few or Jay Wright

CyFan61 · Mar 28, 2015

jsb said:
I have a hard time believing that Shaka is interested in Texas. But we'll see.

All of these coaches are "interested" when their agent calls up their current AD to talk about getting a raise.

CyFan61 · Mar 28, 2015

CarlHungus said:
Smart and Marshall are the obvious names, but I wouldn't be surprised if they got a guy like Mark Few or Jay Wright

If Jay Wright goes to Texas, I think McCaffery would be interested in Villanova. Don't think they'd take him though.

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