Rick Barnes
Rick Barnes
Richard Dale Barnesis the current head coach of the Tennessee Volunteers men's basketball team, a post he has held since 2015...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth17 July 1954
came talked
We've talked about it a lot. The real story would have been if he came back.
demand passive time worst
We want him to want the ball. He's going to have to demand it. ... The worst thing he can do is be passive this time of year.
bench bring deal mike small whether williams
Whether we bring Mike Williams off the bench or go small like we did, we have got to deal with those situations.
continue group played
We're better than we played tonight. I've said all along, 'We've got to improve. We need to continue to get better.' I think this group has responded all year. I'll be disappointed if we don't try to improve.
coaching hopefully learned less save
When I was at Providence, I'd feel like every day I was coaching to save my life. As you get older, hopefully you get smarter. I've learned that sometimes less is more.
settle
We didn't want him to settle for that.
aggressive allowed dictate hit needed style
We hit them, they hit back and we didn't respond. We were not as aggressive as we needed to be, and allowed them to dictate to us our style of basketball.
aggressive night offensive open taking team turned
We're a better offensive team than we were the other night. We turned down some open shots, so we need to be aggressive. Being aggressive is taking an open shot.