uh, wrong. and beyond that, just an oddly cynical (or possibly/probably uninformed) take. what you call a “glaring flaw” and “stubbornness” is literally just the natural give and take that essentially every single elite defensive program faces: it’s really really hard to be elite on both sides of the ball. it’s that simple.
five straight years with a top 5 defense, four straight years with a tourney win, theee straight trips to the S16, two straight trips to the elite 8 (tripling he number of e8 trips in program history) and his team lost today when his two all american perimeter players went ice cold on wide open catch and shoot looks. and yet here you are in here bitching about barnes and condemning his “stubbornness”, when in reality this roster of his should never have won 30 games, should never have featured two all americans, and should never have been an elite 8 team.
here you are, some guy who doesn’t even watch the sport, who couldn’t even name two tennessee players with a gun to your head, totally ignorant of the amazing job that barnes has done with this team, and you’re in here on the last day of his season bitching about what is undeniably an outstanding coaching job by barnes and one of the best seasons in tennessee basketball history. just great stuff all around.