After 17 years the University of Texas has decided to fire their head coach, Rick Barnes, after a disappointing 2014-2015 season. Texas went 20-14 and lost the first round of the tournament to Butler. Barnes' contract goes until 2019, but includes a $1.7M buyout if he is fired this spring. In his time with Texas, he has taken Texas to the NCAA tournament 16 times, but has never made it past the third round.
I think it is always sad to see a good coach get fired. I believe Rick Barnes will find a new destination, and it will help to improve that teams' program. I think the the departure between Texas and Barnes, will help to bring a new fresh start for both. Coach Barnes will be missed by Texas and athletes like Kevin Durant and TJ Ford highly praised their former coach.
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Good Coach. He won't be out of coaching for long
ReplyDeleteI think they should not done that to fire him. They took them to the bracket 16 of out of his last 17 seasons. That is saying something. Not a lot of coaches can not say that.
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