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

[Fishbone]

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

No!

 

[Stymie]

Win with class.
Lose with class.
Will not forget.

 

[uconnfan68]

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.

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And I loved it!

 

[Plebe]

I just heard Tara say damn. Classless. Worthy of 4 or 5 pages of derision.

Why didn’t she just save it for the locker room?!
What happened to our pristine Western civilization?!
What would John Wooden, the Pope, the Spanish Inquisitors, and Christopher Columbus say?!?!

 

[Stinger92860]

She has no idea what war is. In war people die. She should apologize for that.

 

[Nyskier]

It’s just so pathetic and classless. It should be beneath any coach to act this way. Glad Stanford beat them

 

[tomcat]

Well, it's classless, but a powerful way to continue to motivate her team with "us vs. Them." She gave the finger to those who disrespected her team. On one level;, I guess I don't blame her.

 

[Gus Mahler]

Great one.

My parent always taught me, be honest, be humble and be respectful. I guess time has changed and I am old.

Old is a relative term. That times have changed (compared with 40-50 years ago) is beyond dispute.

 

[Gus Mahler]

For John Wooden a comparable expletive would have been, “GOLLY SHUCKS”, after which he would have apologized for losing his temper.

It would have been "gracious sakes alive" or some such. He forbade swearing during practices (as did, e.g., Bobby Bowden). Not sure about games.

 

[nwhoopfan]

A Baylor player said the same word late in the men's Championship game. Mic picked it up very clearly. Will this get the same kind of reaction as Barnes? Absolutely not.

 

[Cuango]

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

A Baylor player said the same word late in the men's Championship game. Mic picked it up very clearly. Will this get the same kind of reaction as Barnes? Absolutely not.

First, most, if not all of the people who disapproved of the Coach are also disapproving of the player. Second, if you can’t see that there is a big difference between the Coach and the player, then I guess we’ll just have to agree to disagree.

 

[meyers7]

There are quite a few poster's views in this thread I wouldn't mind giving the middle finger to.

 

[Waquoit]

A Baylor player said the same word late in the men's Championship game. Mic picked it up very clearly. Will this get the same kind of reaction as Barnes? Absolutely not.

It's a player, why would it get the same reaction as a person in charge?

 

[ucbart]

I have serious issues with anyone who thinks she did anything wrong. I love that she did that.

 

[LwrcasefaN]

Come on. She was emotional and fired up. Not like she kidnapped the Lindbergh baby. Me personally...I admire the raw emotion of competing versus the interviews with rehearsed and worn cliches. It's better than wondering...what was she really thinking...or what did she really want to say. NOW...we know.

 

[HuskyNan]

A Baylor player said the same word late in the men's Championship game. Mic picked it up very clearly. Will this get the same kind of reaction as Barnes? Absolutely not.

Well, she’s a woman and, of course, women are supposed to be the men’s definition of a lady all the time. Otherwise, she’s low class.