According to my buddy Rick Barnes out at UT

[forevereagle]

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

Just sayin...

Frankly, I am surprised it took you so long to add this to the thread. You really need to step up your game if you hope to have this in every thread.

[UNT90]

Frankly, I am surprised it took you so long to add this to the thread. You really need to step up your game if you hope to have this in every thread.

I'll work on it.

[GMG24]

KRAM I don't read DMN honestly took that stab out of nowhere. Promise. Also, I was a MGC member out of graduation then never got anything on renewing, I will be joining once I pay these dang taxes... My wife and I will be lifetime members.

[Harry]

Looks like Shaka Smart may be the new hire: http://collegesportsblog.dallasnews.com/2015/03/report-shaka-smart-talking-with-texas-about-longhorns-basketball-coaching-vacancy.html/

[Army of Dad]

Looks like Shaka Smart may be the new hire: http://collegesportsblog.dallasnews.com/2015/03/report-shaka-smart-talking-with-texas-about-longhorns-basketball-coaching-vacancy.html/

Wow

[CMJ]

Dang, Shaka could make Texas scary good. I think he's one of the best young coaches in the country.

I hope he somehow decides not to take it.

[MeanGreenTexan]

Dang, Shaka could make Texas scary good. I think he's one of the best young coaches in the country.

I hope he somehow decides not to take it.

With the amount of money Texas can throw at him, in a prospect hotbed like Texas, he'd be crazy not to take it.

[CMJ]

With the amount of money Texas can throw at him, in a prospect hotbed like Texas, he'd be crazy not to take it.

Well, UCLA made at a run at him a couple of years ago. Southern California has a lot of the same advantages, and he didn't really listen to them.

[UNTFan23]

Barnes to Tennessee.

http://1tn.co/BarnesHired

[BillySee58]

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

Barnes will be getting $2.25 million at UT. You've made this argument when I said Grant from Alabama would be out of our price range, and it's a good point, but the truth is coaches who are making a lot of money usually want to be paid at least close to the same at their next job. Even if they are getting paid from the buyout, that usually doesn't mean they're going to take a 50% (or more, in our case) decrease in salary, unless they're desperate.

Which is why those guys are still out of our price range, despite the buyouts.

Edited March 31, 2015 by BillySee58

[Army of Dad]

Barnes will be getting $2.25 million at UT. You've made this argument when I said Grant from Alabama would be out of our price range, and it's a good point, but the truth is coaches who are making a lot of money usually want to be paid at least close to the same at their next job. Even if they are getting paid from the buyout, that usually doesn't mean they're going to take a 50% (or more, in our case) decrease in salary, unless they're desperate.

Which is why those guys are still out of our price range, despite the buyouts.

Yeah that doesn't really apply for guys in Barnes' level. (One reason why I used the '/pipe dream' line)

[greenjoe]

He can save at least $2.5 million in embroidery savings recycling "UT" gear.