I am not an expert of Texas Basketball/Rick Barnes but talk like this concerns me a great deal if we were to hire him.
http://grantland.com/features/mark-titus-march-madness-ncaa-tournament-mailbag/
"With Haith and Crean relegated to the NIT and LOL, which coach will baffle the country with questionable rotations and terrible decisions during this year’s tournament? What team will advance in spite of this coach? I think you’re gonna say Rick Barnes. In fact I will be really surprised if you don’t say Rick Barnes.
—Phil A.
My two favorite things involving coaches that I like to remind people about:
1. Rick Barnes lost by 19 in the second round with Kevin Durant and D.J. Augustin.
2. Ben Howland had a week to prepare and a starting five of Darren Collison, Russell Westbrook, Josh Shipp, Luc Mbah a Moute, and Kevin Love in 2008, and he lost to what was essentially just Derrick Rose and Chris Douglas-Roberts by 15 in the Final Four.5
This should be each of these guys’ versions of “Craig James killed five hookers while at SMU.”"
Yeah, that 'lost in the final 4' is a real tragedy.