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
beginning goal handled knew looking obviously proud start target team
Obviously it was a goal we had at the beginning of the season. At the start of the year, looking at our schedule, we knew we had a target on our backs, and I am proud of the way the team handled it.
handling sixteen time year
Right now, if there's any one thing I can change, it's handling the basketball. Sixteen turnovers at this time of year just kills you.
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.
came talked
We've talked about it a lot. The real story would have been if he came back.
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.
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.
settle
We didn't want him to settle for that.
seem trend
It does seem like there's a trend of doing that.
basketball good
I still think we should be a good basketball team.
knows sure
P.J. will make sure every knows about it.
bit harder worked
P.J. still a little bit over-aggressive. I like him being that way. Some of those turnovers we can take. He's working harder than he's ever worked before.
anybody coach love player today
P.J. showed today why he's the player he is. Not only you look at his line, but defensively what he did for us. You love anybody as a coach that's going to give you everything he's got.
glad mean seeds team today
P.J. said it best, seeds mean nothing. You got a team today that was going to shorten the game. I'm glad we get to play one more time. ... If we made mistakes, they had a lot to do with it.
along beat expect guys himself lets moves next time
P.J. is special, he really is. He's just one of those guys who lets things go and moves along to the next play. He's not going to beat himself up very long. This time of year, you would expect him to do what he's done.