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Rick Barnes Out At Texas

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Rick Barnes has been fired as the coach of the Texas Longhorns after 17 seasons, multiple sources told ESPN.

Two coaches interested in the Texas opening and who will be in the mix to replace Barnes are Wichita State's Gregg Marshall and VCU's Shaka Smart, according to sources.

One source said Patterson could go for an outside-the-box hire with NBA ties. Patterson has NBA connections as a former executive with the Houston Rockets and Portland Trail Blazers.

Barnes, 60, went 402-180 during his tenure in Austin. He won three Big 12 regular-season championships and reached the NCAA tournament in each of his first 14 seasons there. Under his direction, Texas reached the Final Four in 2003 and made two other Elite Eight appearances. The Longhorns were ranked No. 1 in the country for the first time in school history during the 2009-10 season.
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Before taking over at Texas in 1998, Barnes was the head coach at Clemson for four seasons. He went to the NCAA tournament in his final three seasons with the Tigers, reaching the Sweet 16 in 1997. Barnes previously was the head coach at Providence (six seasons) and George Mason (one season).

He also spent time as an assistant coach at Ohio State, Alabama, George Mason and Davidson.

Barnes received a two-year contract extension after last season that ran through the 2018-19 season. A clause in the coach's contract, which had a base pay this season of $2.55 million, calls for a $1.75 million buyout if he is fired before April 1, according to the Austin American-Statesman. The payout would have decreased to $1.5 million on Wednesday.

Entire article: http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/12571138/rick-barnes-coach-texas-longhorns
 
:slappy: oh Tejas & Steve Patterson .... you of the "blended 6% football ticket" increase (noone has spoken up about their ticket price decreases most of the people speaking up are talking about a 25% increase), the loyalty points for seating in the Alumni foundation, "fire your assistants or you're fired" , so many more to continue with.

As bad as Gene is... He does look like AD of the year compared to Gordon Gecko who's now running the UT AD.
 
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I learned a lot from this guy, was much more than a coach but a father figure! Love you, Thank you
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Rick Barnes coached a college team with Kevin Durant, DJ Augustin, Damion James, and Dexter Pittman and lost in the second round of the NCAA tournament. It's just unfathomable how he's remained their coach for 8 more seasons.
 
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matcar said:
I think he's a good coach.
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Not sure if serious, 538 has it on their website, out of ever coach that has coached a game in the tourney since 85 Barnes ranks LAST by comparing his actual wins to the number we’d expect of a team with the same seedings and pre-tournamentSimple Rating System (SRS) ratings. He's -7. He's had 1 final 4 run.. He is by all accounts a Great person but probably an average to slightly above average. His track record speaks for itself.. You want to make the tourney and that's your only goal then he's your guy.
 
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AuTX Buckeye said:
Not sure if serious, 538 has it on their website, out of ever coach that has coached a game in the tourney since 85 Barnes ranks LAST by comparing his actual wins to the number we’d expect of a team with the same seedings and pre-tournamentSimple Rating System (SRS) ratings. He's -7. He's had 1 final 4 run.. He is by all accounts a Great person but probably an average to slightly above average. His track record speaks for itself.. You want to make the tourney and that's your only goal then he's your guy.
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Ok, I am not going to argue with you. If you look at the threads of 75% of the coaches on this board, they all suck according to the wisdom here. It's sad.
 
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AuTX Buckeye said:
Not sure if serious, 538 has it on their website, out of ever coach that has coached a game in the tourney since 85 Barnes ranks LAST by comparing his actual wins to the number we’d expect of a team with the same seedings and pre-tournamentSimple Rating System (SRS) ratings. He's -7. He's had 1 final 4 run.. He is by all accounts a Great person but probably an average to slightly above average. His track record speaks for itself.. You want to make the tourney and that's your only goal then he's your guy.
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So really, Barnes is kind of Cooper-esque, in terms of being a very good recruiter and program-builder but not having the kind of success you'd expect in terms of conference titles or the postseason. But that first 10 years at Texas was really impressive: 2 Sweet Sixteens, 2 Elite Eights, a Final Four.
 
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