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Harry Grand Master

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Sounds like Patterson said you have to clean up your staff or you are out. My buddy heard on the radio Barnes wouldn't remove his staff members. It's a tough business.

CMJ Grand Master

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Give me Steven Lavin. St Johns just let him go and I think he is a fine basketball coach that we could realistically land.

He's coached in LA and NY. He's gonna either go back to broadcasting or wait for a job in a big city.

NM Green Experienced

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Steve L. Would be great but benford will be back and I like what we are building. Time to kick it up and compete in our solid league. Just say no to also ran Barnes.

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GMG24 Proficient

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Good for Barnes for having a sack and not canning all of his assistants to save his hide. I'd bet he ends up at the other UT, in Tennessee.

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KRAM1 Rookie

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Good for Barnes for having a sack and not canning all of his assistants to save his hide. I'd bet he ends up at the other UT, in Tennessee.

Yep...am thinking you are correct. I think Barnes lands quickly at Tennessee and takes an assistant or two with him.

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Army of Dad Enthusiast

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Steve L. Would be great but benford will be back and I like what we are building. Time to kick it up and compete in our solid league. Just say no to also ran Barnes.

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You like what we are building!?

Um, ok I guess.

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greenit Newbie

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Benford is basically a poor man's Barnes. Both are considered good/decent recruiters that can't seem to get the most out of their players (i.e. coach). Barnes coming here would be like getting June Jones or the pirate to coach the football team. He would not give two shits about results or what people thought.

We need to focus on finding up and comers that are happy to be here and will bust their arse to try and win.

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Mean_Green09 Newbie

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Benford is basically a poor man's Barnes. Both are considered good/decent recruiters that can't seem to get the most out of their players (i.e. coach). Barnes coming here would be like getting June Jones or the pirate to coach the football team. He would not give two shits about results or what people thought.

We need to focus on finding up and comers that are happy to be here and will bust their arse to try and win.

Completely disagree. He would care and he would do well here. If you saw any of the quotes or video of his press conference yesterday you'd believe the same thing. Hiring Barnes would vault us to the top tier in CUSA basketball.

He will be hired quickly by someone. He will have who ever he is coaching in the tourney next year.

Army of Dad Enthusiast

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He will have who ever he is coaching in the tourney next year.

That's a bit of a stretch. The other orange TU isn't good enough to make the tournament next year and Barnes wouldn't have enough time to really recruit for next season.

Give him a couple of years and he will be dancing again (assuming he remains in coaching of course).

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I would love to have Barnes here. I don't quite understand how any UNT fan wouldn't want him here over what we have had lately.

We'd take him in a heartbeat. But we're sticking with what we've got so it's not even an option. And like many said, he's going to have a lot of options. First-class dude that basically put Texas basketball on the map.

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If you want Barnes at UNT, I hope you have lots of money to buy-out Benny & fund Barnes' contract.

Otherwise, you're just daydreaming.

The buyout is one thing, but Barnes is already set from TU so we wouldn't have to pay him as much out of our own pockets.

/pipe dream

UNTLifer Grand Master

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Not a UT fan, but I had a chance to meet Barnes a number of years ago. He seemed like a pretty good man, and I admire him for his stance at UT. I've read a number of things about their new AD and not one is good.

KRAM1 Rookie

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I am pretty sure I called that :)

Well, me too! But let'ps be honest...it was published by the DMN as a rumor before either you or I mentioned it here.

And, sure, UNT would love him as a HC, but no way our fan base would be willing to step up with the cash to pay his salary. Got lots of folks who can talk big time though. Just sayin......

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UNT90 Newbie

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Well, me too! But let'ps be honest...it was published by the DMN as a rumor before either you or I mentioned it here.

And, sure, UNT would love him as a HC, but no way our fan base would be willing to step up with the cash to pay his salary. Got lots of folks who can talk big time though. Just sayin......

And that's a failure of your AD to raise the money.

Just sayin...

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KRAM1 Rookie

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And that's a failure of your AD to raise the money.

Just sayin...

Only at North Texas! Let someone else do it....keep leading the charge in giving folks excuses! Only at North Texas where everything is always someone elses's responsibility.

Talk to me about all the people I have emailed, phoned, and written to just in the last few months to help with a Mean Green Club membership...even at the $25 level. I could write the best comedy novel in the world with all the excuses...yes they are excuses...why they won't join. And, how many have told me to my face that they would, but have not.

Yep...all RV's fault. Got ya! Check! Only at North Texas where talk is big and cheap but action lacks. But, keep up that UNT needs to be BIG TIME stuff. Sounds great.

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