Rod Barnes
Rod Barnes
Rodrick Kenneth Barnesis an American college basketball coach and current head coach of the Cal State Bakersfield Men's Basketball program. He previously served as head coach for the Georgia State University men's basketball team of the NCAA Division I's Colonial Athletic Association. Barnes was also head coach of the men's basketball team at the University of Mississippi...
gave shot
He gave me a look before he shot them that didn't make me feel too comfortable. He frowned.
definitely guys move player position special toughest year
He'll go down to me as one of the quietest, toughest guys in our league. To me, he's the player of the year in our league. Glen definitely has the numbers, but when you move a guy to a new position and he's exceptional at it, that's pretty special to me.
chance expect work
I expect him to be back. He won't get a chance to work out with us, but we expect to have him back in uniform.
coach felt kids played relax relaxed saw statement wife yelling
My wife made the statement that she felt like the kids were pressing, because I was pressing. She said, You've got to relax and have fun.' Once they saw that coach was relaxed and wasn't yelling and screaming, they relaxed and played well as a result.
nine paper pick
I won't have to pick up the paper and read that it's nine in a row.
action last saw
He was good, not great. You could tell he had not had live action in the last two games. But I saw some aggressiveness.
coach excitement great hard kids pearl places playing tennessee toughest
I think Coach Pearl has done a great job. There's a lot of excitement at Tennessee and their kids are playing hard and playing well. It's become one of the toughest places to go and play.
great kentucky played second
I thought Kentucky played a great second half.
against challenge chance definite georgia loss played road taken time year
We get a chance to find out where we really are. We had a disappointing loss against Georgia and now we're on the road again at Arkansas. This is the first time this year that we've taken back-to-back road trips. We've played well. This will be a definite challenge for us.
deserved either lead second
We just didn't play well in either half. We were up by 14 in the second half, but I didn't think we deserved to have a lead like that.
excited feeling game guys kids obviously ready realize time
We're obviously going into this game feeling better about ourselves. I think our guys will be excited about playing. By the time we get there, they'll (State) be ready to play, and our kids realize that.
accept believe character choose determines either fight lay
What you do as a family, that determines your character and what kind of person you're going to be. We can either lay down and we can accept this or we can get back up and fight. I told them I choose to fight and I believe they're going to choose to fight.
expect guys
We expect those guys to really come out and get after us.
guys maturity
Those guys are talented; they're young; they're inexperienced. They need some maturity.