"We would love to win a national championship, but we're not obsessed with it because we're...

"We would love to win a national championship, but we're not obsessed with it because we're obsessed with these guys trying to live their NBA dream,"

Rick Barnes Just Blew Your Mind

btw, when did Eamonn start writing @ ESPN? Going to have to check that more often.

almost 2 years ago Warden11 9 comments 0 recs |

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Good thing we have a coach

that can do both!!

by rockchalks7 on Mar 4, 2010 6:36 PM CST reply actions

Wow

I’m not quite sure what to say about that.

Oh my dear lord...this is RETARDED boss...

by tequilaprophet on Mar 4, 2010 7:12 PM CST reply actions

Would any of those three guys not have made the NBA if it weren’t for Rick Barnes? Doubt it. On the other hand, we’ve turned guys like D-Block, Chalmers, and likely Marcus Morris into professionals, when their first years didn’t suggest they had that kind of potential.

I guess what I’m saying is, is that if that really is Barnes’ focus, he’s even worse than I thought.

OTOH, it could be a recruiting ploy- “come to Texas and I’ll prepare you for the NBA, but we won’t let any of those mean people actually expect you to win or anything.”

"Here are our top priorities: recruit, beat Missouri, recruit, win the North, recruit, win the Big 12, and in most cases if you win the Big 12 then you're playing for a National Championship. And then we're going to recruit."

by KennyGregoryRockThaCradle on Mar 4, 2010 7:27 PM CST reply actions

Yeah, I'm guessing this is his side of it.

"come to Texas and I’ll prepare you for the NBA

Glad I came, just wish I hadn't stayed so long.

People ask me what I do in winter when there’s no baseball. I’ll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.

by Warden11 on Mar 4, 2010 7:32 PM CST up reply actions

I like how we do that better.

Just have recruits walk down a hallway filled with all the current jerseys of every Jayhawk in the NBA right now. Then, at the end of that hallway, they come to our beautiful new practice gym, which was funded entirely by NBA dollars.

Pimpin’.

by KennyGregoryRockThaCradle on Mar 4, 2010 7:35 PM CST up reply actions

Also

I would get it if he said he was more focused on helping players “develop as men” or “reach their full potential in life.” But to say he’s mostly focused on getting guys in the NBA just seems silly and dangerous to me. If you went to UT with that kind of mentality- either I use this team to get to the NBA, or I fail- how would you ever succeed? No wonder they’re having chemistry problems this year.

by KennyGregoryRockThaCradle on Mar 4, 2010 7:32 PM CST up reply actions

Love to hear that first practice

“Son, the first thing you need to understand is that you’re not here to win basketball games. That’s right. We’re here to make you look good. Now, we’re going to do just about everything we can to make you look good, we’re gonna get you the ball, schedule some weak-ass non-conference teams, get you on TV, all that stuff. But rest assured the one thing we aren’t gonna be doing is winning a whole lot of basketball games or teaching you how that’s done. We clear? Good, now get to makeup, we got a photoshoot to attend!”

by sax solo on Mar 4, 2010 7:49 PM CST reply actions 1 recs