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
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Greg never has been a 'me' person. He's never had a 'me' week or a 'me' month.
call definitely great happened
He's definitely stronger. He's always had great stamina. I don't know that I would ever call what happened to him a blessing, but he made the most of it, I know that.
skill
He's got such a feathery touch. He's physical, but it's his skill that really impresses you.
improved iron man might player
He might have improved as much as any player that I've ever coached. And he has become an iron man.
happened tougher year
He's been through tougher things. What he went through a year ago, what happened (against A&M) pales to that.
execution upset
I think they know I'm upset because I think they know how much I want execution. It's always disappointing when you don't execute.
demanding selfish start touches
He does need to get more selfish and start demanding the ball. If you want the touches then you need to go and get them.
guard guys matter smaller worried
Our big guys will have to guard their smaller players, so it?s a matter of defense. I?m not worried about us offensively.
anywhere terrific
He's a terrific guard. He can play anywhere at any level.
allowed ball understand whether
J.J. was terrific. He got comfortable and whether we allowed him to or not, he got going and they understand to get the ball in his hands.
couple depends games next season
If the season was over today, you could make a case. There's too many games to speculate. It depends on what we do these next couple of games.
august due last middle next year
He went over in August last year and he was due back over here the middle of next month.
fine goes jumping leaves line mind slow trouble
It is a fine line between where you don't want him to not be aggressive. But then again, I don't mind if he leaves his feet. As long as he goes up in his area. Where he has been getting in trouble is he is jumping in to people. He just has to slow down.
tight time
This is what it is this time of year. For us to do what we did today, in a tight game, it was terrific.