Barnes to Get Extension

The rumors that have been circulating for months have finally been printed. Current Ole Miss Head Basketball Coach Rod Barnes is rumored to be receiving a two-year contract extension. Barnes has coached the Ole Miss basketball program to three straight losing seasons. Here's the catch: the new contract will basically lower his buy-out clause to $0. You have to give a coach some job security if you expect him to be able to recruit at all. So this is not as bad of a deal as it looks to many Rebel fans. The bad rumor this week is that Ole Miss Assistant basketball coach and All-Star recruiter, Tracy Dildy, is applying for a jobs at colleges in Indiana and Illinois. This coach is the one many Rebel fans have been praising for his recruiting skills, let's all hope he does not leave.