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

[Bajan Best]

LOL, instead of swearing at Whomever, she should thank them for giving her and her team some extra incentive to perform at a higher level and win a meaningful game...

I on the other hand see it as a bit premature because there is no trophy or banner for winning an NCAA semifinal game, even if it's against a successful and storied program like UConn, ask Mississipi State because it is safe to guess that no one will remember this game/triumph 3 years from now.
But perhaps she did it then because she does not truly believe she and her team can beat their next opponent

And It's not like the rest of the world wants to see UConn win, only us fans over here want that, So if she really wanted to piss the NCAA off, perhaps she should have allowed the team that is so bad for women's basketball to advance and win another one. 😂 😉😂😂

 

[Skeets]

Did the BY really have 62 posts on this nonsense (well 63 now). Did it show a lot of class? No. Have all of these college age adults heard the word and seen the finger before? Yes. Have we all? Yes. I'll go out on a limb here, are there any BY'ers similarly guilty? Dare I say Yes?

 

[HuskyNan]

I guess you guys never saw UConn’s Shabazz Napier after the men won the championship in 2014. The men felt disrespected by the NCAA after they’d been banned from the post season in 2013 because a previous UConn team, before any on the 2014 team were there, hadn’t earned a certain cumulative GPA. Shabazz let the world know what it could do with the disrespect after they won, on TV. Adia didn’t know the cameras were on her, Shabazz did. And it was more than popping his jersey.

 

[oldude]

Time for a little history lesson. The display of the middle finger goes back a very long time. The ancient Roman historian Tacitus wrote that Germanic tribes extended their middle fingers as a gesture of defiance towards advancing Roman legions. Even earlier, the ancient Greeks displayed the middle finger to symbolize male genitalia.

In this country, the use of the middle finger is believed to have first originated with Italian immigrants. What a surprise? The first documented use in America occurred in 1886 when Charles “Old Hoss” Radbourn with the Boston Beaneaters baseball team flipped off a photographer during a team photo. I wonder what Ebby Calvin “Nuke” Laloosh would have to say about that.

 

[huskyd]

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

Let he who is without sin

win the NC.

 

[Bigpetunia]

Well, Gee Willikers, fellow Boneyarders, I can certainly see why so many of you are shocked by this coach's behavior. So am I! One just has to wonder how some folks are brought up! Truth to tell, I was just yearning for a tall glass of milk and I was thinking of bringing my laptop into the kitchen with me so I could share this despicable video with Mom, but I thought the better of it. She's in there with our boys, Rick and Dave, and they're doing what they do every Sunday morning before we all head off to church...baking cookies 'n apple pie. Well, the fellas are still just teenagers so I wouldn't share this with them anyway and I surely don't want to upset Mom. I still remember the day, I dont know, this was maybe four years ago, on yet another Sunday morning, and I went in there to pull a six pound chuck roast out of the freezer and the darned thing slipped out of my hands and fell right on my big left toe. I'm deeply embarrassed to admit this, but, in the moment, I screamed out, "Dammit!." Mom turned as white as one of our bedsheets then and I was ashamed of myself for weeks afterward. We just don't need, and certainly shouldn't condone, this kind of behavior, especially from someone who's supposed to be setting an example for our youth!!

 

[huskyd]

Time for a little history lesson. The display of the middle finger goes back a very long time. The ancient Roman historian Tacitus wrote that Germanic tribes extended their middle fingers as a gesture of defiance towards advancing Roman legions. Even earlier, the ancient Greeks displayed the middle finger to symbolize male genitalia.

In this country, the use of the middle finger is believed to have first originated with Italian immigrants. What a surprise? The first documented use in America occurred in 1886 when Charles “Old Hoss” Radbourn with the Boston Beaneaters baseball team flipped off a photographer during a team photo. I wonder what Ebby Calvin “Nuke” Laloosh would have to say about that.

Nice stories. But the raising the middle finger at one's opponents showed that the archers of yore still had their shooting finger intact. A captured archer had his middle finger cut off to deter future aggression. Perhaps Tara will get to amputate Ms. Barnes' middle finger for the 3rd time this year . . .

 

[hart2hart]

Oldude-I think you’d do really well on Jeopardy! Have you considered it? Thanks for the history lesson!

 

[HuskyNan]

Time for a little history lesson. The display of the middle finger goes back a very long time. The ancient Roman historian Tacitus wrote that Germanic tribes extended their middle fingers as a gesture of defiance towards advancing Roman legions. Even earlier, the ancient Greeks displayed the middle finger to symbolize male genitalia.

In this country, the use of the middle finger is believed to have first originated with Italian immigrants. What a surprise? The first documented use in America occurred in 1886 when Charles “Old Hoss” Radbourn with the Boston Beaneaters baseball team flipped off a photographer during a team photo. I wonder what Ebby Calvin “Nuke” Laloosh would have to say about that.

Ancient Greece? Man, you really are an old dude 😉

 

[LCConnFan]

What would John Wooden say. The times they are a changing.

Yeah and not for the better.

 

[CL82]

Where are my pearls so I can clutch them.

In the drawer next to your pills.

You’re welcome.

 

[CL82]

Ancient Greece? Man, you really are an old dude 😉

But still relevant. For example, last night on the way home from out of state Mrs. 82 and I stopped at a Mexican place that we’ve liked in the past. Although still fine, it wasn’t quite as good as our memories of it. After some reflection it occurred to me that my burrito had that vague aftertaste of fryer oil that may not of been changed in a while. I shook my head and realized that was probably the problem - ancient grease.

 

[hoopsfan22]

Some of you guys are being jerks towards Coach Barnes just because her and her team beat the Huskies.

 

[Artifact]

With the hand- finger jester's & voice profanity, is not to me acceptable expression ! It is a sign of Hate.

 

[Centerstream]

I guess you guys never saw UConn’s Shabazz Napier after the guys won the championship in 2014. The men felt disrespected by the NCAA after they’d been banned from the post season in 2013 because a previous UConn team, before any on the 2014 team were there, hadn’t earned a certain cumulative GPA. Shabazz let the world know what it could do with the disrespect after they won, on TV. Adia didn’t know the cameras were on her, Shabazz did. And it was more than popping his jersey.

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Swerve. @HuskyNan , who is your latest avatar? It appears to me to be Jodie Comer, but not really sure. Thanks.
Now, back to the thread.

 

[Golden Husky]

I definitely agree that she has nothing to apologize for.

Calling basketball "war?" When I was a sports journalist--back when typewriters were in a press box not a museum--we never used the word "veteran" unless it applied to military personnel.

Words matter.

Okay, I'm trying to remove that stick from my...

 

[Plebe]

Time for a little history lesson. The display of the middle finger goes back a very long time. The ancient Roman historian Tacitus wrote that Germanic tribes extended their middle fingers as a gesture of defiance towards advancing Roman legions. Even earlier, the ancient Greeks displayed the middle finger to symbolize male genitalia.

In this country, the use of the middle finger is believed to have first originated with Italian immigrants. What a surprise? The first documented use in America occurred in 1886 when Charles “Old Hoss” Radbourn with the Boston Beaneaters baseball team flipped off a photographer during a team photo. I wonder what Ebby Calvin “Nuke” Laloosh would have to say about that.

This post is so good, I daresay it nearly redeems this thread, and that's saying a lot

Thank you @oldude for this and many others.

 

[bluedevil]

Stanford is going to whoop them anyway. So this will all be forgotten.

 

[Kaizen]

Some of you guys are being jerks towards Coach Barnes just because her and her team beat the Huskies.

I hope you don't teach your kids (if there are any) to grown as jerks. Oh I mean jerky beef teriyaki flavor.

 

[Nyskier]

Classless and pathetic. Save it for the locker room, if you must.

 

[Kaizen]

Stanford is going to whoop them anyway. So this will all be forgotten.

Wait, you mean Tara cannot use her middle finger and f-bombom words if Stanford wins.?

 

[Sifaka]

I made a mistake, a bad one.

I neglected to take my anti-sanctimony pills before reading the many pious posts
attacking Ms. Barnes. Such self-righteousness should not be consumed on an empty stomach. Moralizing of that calibre takes practice, both by the purveyor and their witnesses. I'll gladly keep my amateur status and avoid these unctuous, Pecksniffian complaints.

I applaud the Arizona team and their coach.

 

[Essexdave]

So Arizona was so insignificant they get left out of the promo tape of the final four. The coach puts up a finger in her team huddle and the whole worlds watching.

 

[Superhuskies]

WHAT WILL SHE DO AFTER THEY BEAT STANFORD ????????????
¡¡ SANTA MARÍA !!!

APÁGUE LA TELEVISIÓN- ¡¡ LOS NIÑOS !!

 

[BristolN8TV]

Tasteless and classless gesture showing poor judgement and a poor reflection on her school. No excuse - you wouldn't see this from CD and Geno.

 

[Waquoit]

UConn threw a player off the team for giving the finger after a win.

 

[JoePgh]

Tasteless and classless gesture showing poor judgement and a poor reflection on her school. No excuse - you wouldn't see this from CD and Geno.

The only reason why you wouldn't see it from Geno is that he has enough experience with ESPN's television coverage of high-profile games to realize that saying that while his team is still on the floor will probably cause TV cameras to broadcast it.

Since this is Adia Barnes's first Final Four, I think that she should be forgiven for not having the same instincts about that. It was a spontaneous utterance, aimed at unnamed detractors, and certainly not directed to any specific opponent, or any racial or other commonly maligned group.

Much ado about nothing.

 

[oldude]

UConn threw a player off the team for giving the finger after a win.

Noriana Radwan, a freshman reserve soccer player, after UConn beat USF on penalty kicks, during the team’s celebration she flipped off USF on national tv. Radwan was initially suspended and subsequently lost her scholarship.

Radwan sued, claiming that men’s players were allowed to get away with more offensive behavior. The judge didn’t buy it.

 

[Essexdave]

I made a mistake, a bad one.

I neglected to take my anti-sanctimony pills before reading the many pious posts
attacking Ms. Barnes. Such self-righteousness should not be consumed on an empty stomach. Moralizing of that calibre takes practice, both by the purveyor and their witnesses. I'll gladly keep my amateur status and avoid these unctuous, Pecksniffian complaints.

I applaud the Arizona team and their coach.

I would have just tapped “like” but felt compelled to admit I had to look up pecksniffian. Nice.

 

[MD#12Fan]

I think the real issue is the "goofy" coverage and administration of the Women's NCAA Tournament. I created a post a week or so ago, questioning ESPN's coverage. I for one think some of these "antics" hurt the Huskies. Arizona was not represented in a Final Four video clip. How does something like that happen? Who's in charge? Who is out of a job? Was it fair to AZ, of course not! Was it fair to the beautiful UConn team to have to face additional adversity, of course not. Were some of the UConn stories of this great season pushed under the rug because we were covering the AZ vs the World story.
Obviously the NCAA's imbalanced planning between the Men's and Women's tournaments has been well documented.
How about the shoddy refereeing? I'm a huge fan of UConn Women largely because I really enjoy the women's game. Is the administration of the game up to speed with the quality of play of the women's game? Is Geno an anomaly? He is a wonderful spokesman for the game and he is committed to the advancement of the game. What was Mulkey doing? Coaches need to be held to standards! Sorry folks, the salute by the AZ coach was dumb! She's a professional! Act like one! how many little girls saw that? Many love UConn. It hurt my feelings to see that! What about the 10 year old player?
Women at the top of the sports world is NOT new. Olympic sports, professional tennis, softball, volleyball, golf, World Cup soccer (although they acted like fools jumping around while beating that country 13-0- another topic).
Quit the excuses! Is WCBB to be respected or not?