Rick Barnes maybe the best coach at adapting to his talent and environment of any coach in the business. After losing Kevin Durant to the NBA many thought there would be a drop off. Starting 8-0 with a road win at UCLA is not looking like a step back. He has adjusted once again and created another formidable team…. I can remeber talking with him after practice during his first year at Providence. He had followed Rick Pitino and had enough smarts to know what his strengthes were and what the fans expected. He was expected to press like Pitino. However, his strength was in teaching man to man half court defense. So he adapted. Pressed for one pass and then fell back into a tough, in your face man to man defense. Therefore, he was able to combine both and put together another outstanding team and keep the fans happy.
Now at Texas he has done that again.
