Interesting comment by Barnes

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hookem2102

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He was just on Tirico's radio show and said of the Mizzou game they were terrible and he couldn't let it go. Said he coached angry for 2 weeks after and the team playing poorly was his fault. It stopped when he asked AJ to help him by stepping up on D which he did, very well.

I thought this was interesting due to the "4 Frosh" thread yesterday and what SLX had said regarding that stretch.

And FYI: I freaking love Barnes, always a great interview. Talked about how the administration was the main reason we have become a B-ball school too. Said (in jest) he would love to play the football team in a 3 game series...said "We would win, they aren't smart, or quick enough to keep up."

I vote Rick for president.
 
The thing I love most about Rick is that he says what's on his mind. I think he'd probably make a crappy politician, but he sure is a hell of a b-ball coach.
 
I also heard the same interview. He had Tirico and Herbstriet cracking up.

His comments about the Mizzou game were interesting. He blamed the team's lull on himself.

He said he made a huge coaching error by "coaching mad". That Mizzou loss messed with his mind.

I know that SL Express has noted his displeasure about the team's play during that time. I don't disagree with him. SL was pretty harsh on Coach about the way he handled the team during that stretch.

Well, it seems that Coach has realized he was as much of the problem as the players. And now, the team (and him) have come out of that lull better.

Coach Barnes is human. He made a mistake. But, what makes him great is that he saw that mistake and made the change in himself. And look at us now. A dangerous team with a killer instinct. We may not finish this regular season undefeated. But, we'll play as hard and as tough as any team.

His interview was great. Tirico asked him about coaching at a "football" school. He talked about the adminstration's (Dodds and Worley) big commitment to the basketball program. But, he also said he liked having to "hide" behind Coach Brown (tongue in cheek).

We've got a tremendous man leading our men's basketball program. I'm gald he's on our side.
 
I agree that Dexter is continuing to improve and that Alexis would benefit the most from a redshirt year. But I sure don't see how we would be better off with Hill starting instead of Connor.
 
I suspect that Matt/ Connor would have been the PF/ C combo to start the season with Damion at SF, AJ at SG, and DJ at PG. We ended up having to start Mason and have a 3 guard lineup. Not mentioning Gary Johnson since he was out until January. Having Hill would also have given Barnes the option of redshirting either Wangmene or Chapman, although I don't think either is as raw as a freshman Atchley or Klotz (i.e. comparing Wangmene/ Chapman as true freshmen to Atchley/ Klotz as redshirt freshmen).
 
"We've got a tremendous man leading our men's basketball program. I'm gald he's on our side."

Not trying to hijack here, but you are sooo right. However:

We've got tremendous men leading our men's sports teams. I'm gald their on our side.
 
Exactly right, Truck. I was referring to Dex' conditioning. He's maintained the same weight for the better part of a calendar year, but he doesn't seem to be getting in better shape.

He has definitely stepped up his play.
 
One other point re: Mizzou swoon...Gary Johnson was on the very early end of his learning curve. Coach immediately plugged him for significant minutes (starting even?) and had to backtrack from that. Johnson is developing just fine and Sexy Dexy is a joy to watch. He has a very nice feel around the basket.

Barnes' problem becomes getting the 5 best players at any point in time in the game, and that's a great problem to have.

Hook'em!!!
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great interview...worth hitting the link above and listening for yourself.

is there anywhere where we can hear post game comments, etc., from barnes? i rarely get to hear his comments on things, other than quotes in the papers.
 
Barnes does a post game radio interview after every game, you can hear it on the local affiliate that carries the game. For you hippie (if you are in fact in Tyler) that would be 600 AM.
Here's a link for the rest of you.

El Linko
 
i am, in fact, in tyler. i guess i'm usually either too
a) up and bouncing around after a big win (see vs Aggy)
b) nervous and trying to relax after a tight one or (see @BU)
c) frustrated after a stupid loss (mizzou...puke)

to stop and turn on KTBB to listen to Rick. i'll tune in this saturday after we throttle ou (sucks). i ALWAYS enjoy his interviews.

thx hookem.
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That refers to Mooney getting meaningful minutes in games after they lost to Michigan State and Wisconsin, instead of the young guys, because they just weren't playing the way Barnes wanted, in terms of setting picks, boxing out, and whatever other flaws they had.

This was SLX's dark period.
 
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