Rick Barnes first coach to go there...benches Chaz Lanier, says Tennessee's leading scorer wasn't doing what he's 'getting paid to do'

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If players are getting paid, they deserve to be called out if they aren't doing what he's "getting paid to do."

Per CBS:

Tennessee coach Rick Barnes gave leading scorer Chaz Lanier a quick hook just 11 seconds into the second half on Saturday at Texas, benching him for peeling off a screen and hurling an errant pass into the bench area. Barnes said after the game the decision had nothing to do with the turnover and everything to do with his decision to decline a shot, which Barnes made sure to note that Lanier is "paid to do."

"I took him out the first play of the second half because he didn't shoot the ball," Barnes said. "That play is designed for that shot. I told him, 'If you're not going to do what you're getting paid to do, then you're going to sit over here.' Because he is getting paid to do that."

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Rick Barnes benches Chaz Lanier, says Tennessee's leading scorer wasn't doing what he's 'getting paid to do'

Barnes was unhappy his leading scorer turned down a shot on a play designed for him
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Go Gophers!!
 


MNVCGUY said:
This story and the one about Cronin are giving us a little peak into how toxic a lot of these locker rooms have probably become due to the "NIL" BS going on right now.
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Maybe not along the same lines, but I thought Garcia's quote (paraphrasing) about "this is our livelihood and how we pay our families" was also telling.

Cronin and Barnes are good coaches, full stop. They also have boatloads of NIL to play with, and that has - perhaps unconsciously - changed their attitude, and probably not for the better.
 




Reminds me of the challenges NBA coaches have been addressing for years. Is this all about you or the team? Barnes sent a great message. The power of the clock! Be a team player or an assistant coach on the bench.
 


howeda7 said:
We've come a long way since Rick Majerus getting in trouble for buying a player a burger while giving him the news one of his parents died (IIRC).
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Crazy to think that at one point in time that was seen as a big deal. Now....nobody would bat an eye at it.
 






Found an old SI article I remembered because it still pisses me off. (The life of a Gopher BB fan is being perpetually pissed off with some intermittent moments of joy.)


What Thompson did that got him in trouble with the NCAA was sell two season tickets—worth $78—to a pair of Minnesota fans, who paid him $178. It was scalping, pure and simple. But the incident took place in December 1974, when Thompson was a freshman and scalping was a more common practice among major-college athletes. Coming as it did during the last days of the ill-starred regime of Gopher Coach Bill Musselman, whose abuse of power led to an NCAA investigation that turned up more than 100 violations, Thompson's misdemeanor might have been overlooked if he had not freely admitted it in an in-house investigation by Minnesota's own attorney. He gave the money back immediately, and the university thought that would be the extent of his personal troubles. However, in March 1976, when the Gopher basketball team was placed on probation for two years, an NCAA memorandum stipulated that Thompson should be declared ineligible because of the scalping. After the university refused to do this and continued to play him, the NCAA slapped an indefinite probation on all Minnesota teams.
 

Rather than "If you're not going to do what you're getting paid to do, then you're going to sit over here.' Because he is getting paid to do that."

How about "if you're not going to execute the offense, then you're going to sit over here............."

Oh wait, those days are long gone.
 




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