the reason people get labeled bullish on RT is because we have a group of posters who really bend over backwards to make excuses for RT, and to paint everything about him and his team in the most positive light at all times. people who make excuses for him only to then turn around and be dismissive of everything that barnes, or beard, or another coach does successfully.
thats why y’all get labeled bullish. a better term might be “RT homer” or “RT apologist”, but you can understand why that makes people think that you’re bullish on him. because you hold him to a different standard than you do any other coach out there.
without naming names, we have posters here who see rick barnes winning big all season with a team that’s been top 5 in kenpom all year and they say, “we all know he’s gonna implode and blow it” (he didn’t btw), who then turn around and insist that, “we have no idea what RT will do with this team, let’s wait and see!” we have posters here who say that chris beard should make the tourney with this team:
yet who act like RT has done a really great job this year even though he really hasn’t done a particularly great job despite having an experienced, athletic, highly rated team that can really shoot amd that returns key guys from an Elite 8 team. and forget about any of you guys even admitting that being no.250 in the country and dead last in the league in 3-point defense is a problem. y’all never address that giant elephant in the room. you’ll say, “if only we had won our close losses then we’d be a 4 seed!”, but you’ll never say, “if we weren’t absolutely pathetic at defending the three we’d be a 4 seed.
bottom line: you guys hold RT to a much different standard than you do anyone else. you treat him with kid gloves; you make excuses for him; you ignore his weak points; you blindly project success for him and praise whatever job he does while also predicting failure for/being way harsher on better coaches at different schools. so with all of this being the case, then a)you can see why people think y’all are bullish on RT, and b)if you truly aren’t bullish on him, then why all of the mental gymnastics and rose colored (gold rimmed) glasses for everything RT does?