Arizona HC Adia Barnes on profane post-game pep talk: 'I’m not apologizing for it'

[Kaizen]

Arizona head coach Adia Barnes wants the NCAA world to know everyone disrespected her team. Following Arizona's stunning upset over UConn on Friday, Barnes was captured on video giving an animated pep talk to her players.

While talking to her players, Barnes appears to drop an f-bomb and stick up the middle finger. It was her way of telling her team to ignore the haters ... but Barnes used a stronger term.

Adia Barnes on profane post-game pep talk after beating UConn: 'I’m not apologizing for it'

Adia Barnes led Arizona to a stunning upset over UConn on Friday.

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[Kaizen]

 

[Kaizen]

Delete this post since it is not true, my apology.

 

[JoePgh]

I definitely agree that she has nothing to apologize for.

 

[drpepper]

How about being a role model for her young charges????????

 

[Dokey]

No apology needed. Glad to see passion.

 

[Plebe]

Where are my pearls so I can clutch them.

 

[Centerstream]

And as she also stated (paraphrasing) "it was a private moment between her and her team". She obviously momentarily forgot that the ESPN cameras were everywhere, capturing everything. Just ask Aliyah Boston how intrusive they are.

 

[Charliebball]

as long as it wasn't directed at UConn she can point fingers at anybody she wants........

 

[Geew1992]

Zero shame!! My daughters coach and team had a motto F this league because they were under appreciated

 

[Kaizen]

To repel you are underrated you don't need to use your middle finger. BTW who said Arizona is underrated, ESPN? She should use her whatever fingers to ESPN.

 

[triaddukefan]

Fake Black Girl?

That dude is a clown.

 

[Kaizen]

Fake Black Girl?

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That dude is a clown.

You can ask Steve Franklin @MyGuySteve in Twitter about this question.

 

[KnightBridgeAZ]

FWIW Sue Bird has chimed in with her support.

 

[oldude]

As someone who used to coach and has dropped more than one F-bomb in front of the players I coached, I’m sure glad nobody ever had a camera trained on me.

 

[Gurleyman]

It was just unlucky that a far away camera zoomed in that tight at that moment - I’m sure she thought she was obscured by the huddle. If it was a floor cameraman walking around, she would have been more cognizant of her behavior.

Probably would have been safer to do that in the locker room, but oh well. Non issue to me.

 

[lebronfan23]

Lobo is a fan for sure. It doesn’t seem like she roots for UConn. Paige yes, but not the other players.

 

[KnightBridgeAZ]

You can ask Steve Franklin @MyGuySteve in Twitter about this question.

Why should you have to ask anyone? Her father, Pete Barnes, was an NFL football player. Check it out. He apparently divorced her mother when she was quite young, I know absolutely no details.

 

[Kaizen]

If majority of the BYers think it is OK to use the middle finger and the "f"-bomb, I am OK.

 

[Vowelguy]

How about being a role model for her young charges????????

Lol.
Apparently Geno is a terrible role model for his young charges then.

 

[lebronfan23]

Also, sad to see Sue Bird saying she doesn’t have a problem with it. Lost all my respect for her. I’ve always thought Moriah Jefferson was the best PG to come out of UConn anyway.

 

[Vowelguy]

Where are my pearls so I can clutch them.

Not quite pearls, but ....

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[f1f1ferrari]

I'm kinda split on this. I don't have a problem with the use of the finger or the word, but do feel it would have been better in the locker room. As to whether she should apologize, probably not considering what public figures have been allowed to get away with lately

 

[Kaizen]

I think Adia Barnes has every right to use her middle finger since she wins the game she is the boss, and congrats to her.

My question: What happens if she loses to Stanford Sunday? What finger she will use?

 

[GoUconn7961]

Also, sad to see Sue Bird saying she doesn’t have a problem with it. Lost all my respect for her. I’ve always thought Moriah Jefferson was the best PG to come out of UConn anyway.

Oh Good Lord. Let he who is without sin...you know the rest I’m sure.