Comments on: What’s the Big deal? (02/18)

By: B Moe

B Moe — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 22:05:07 +0000

No one who knows anything ever accused Barnes of being a great coach.

He’s a “let ‘em play” talent collector, and that’s what you get from him when it counts.

By: steve dave

steve dave — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 19:14:05 +0000

I give Doc Sadler an “A” for this coaches conference. Frank Martin gets a “C-”.

By: yosh

yosh — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 19:09:59 +0000

J-Mart

Sure he knew it, but that doesn’t make the point any less valid. I guess you could say it’s poor coaching to recruit one-and-done types (I disagree) but I’m never going to fault a coach who doesn’t make the final four with a team composed entirely of underclassman. It’s the difference between KU now and KU two years ago.

Beasley and Walker could very well be dominating the Rookie game next year. I’m not going to fault Frank Martin for not making the final four this season. If this freshman class stayed until they were JRs I might…

By: cire

cire — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 18:41:36 +0000

look at what coach k has done at duke, he shied away from recruiting one and done guys. sure they have taken lumps for the last couple years but look how good the team is now. great coach.

By: J-Mart

J-Mart — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 18:28:15 +0000

C’mon, Yosh. He KNEW these kids were the types who would leave early. Before last season started, he was telling people how good Durant was. Gibson was supposed to be a monster and Aldridge thought about leaving after one year. If you pursue these type of kids, you know you’re not going to have them long. You need to win in that small window.

By: yosh

yosh — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 18:13:53 +0000

I cut Barnes a little slack due to the constant turnover he experiences. Yes, he has a ton of talent, but he has players leave early for the NBA every single season…in addition to losing SRs.

Think about this: all three of those guys you mentioned could all be on this years Texas team with DJ Augustine running the point. Had that happened and UT failed to make a big run, criticism against Barnes would be warrented.

By: cire

cire — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 17:59:30 +0000

Jmart do not question Rick Barnes’ coaching ability. He and Mack Brown are 2 of the greatest coaches in the history of their respective games. any other coaches with that much talent would implode into 9-3(fb) and perrenial 3rd place finishes in confrence.

By: J-Gro

J-Gro — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 17:08:21 +0000

No questions for Bdzelik or did I miss something? Man… Coloradans really hate college athletics.

From the way Pat Knight talked, it sounds like Vaskuil requires physical protection to be decent. That’s precisely what he got from Ed Hightower and company when they play the Cats last week.