My goodness, how the mighty have fallen. Yes, Portland is a good team. But a year ago, could you have ever imagined any Stanford team falling at home in the first round of the WBIT to a mid-major?
It was definitely a year to forget. Will be interesting to see if this was a blip on the radar or the new reality.
Sashayed? Lead was at least 20 several times, including I think 38-18 at one point. Won by 15.I wouldn't say cruised
I've been critical of her and there has been a down trend, but it would be incredible if she hasn't bought herself more of a grace period there and they are ready to show her the door. Do they really not remember what life was like before she took over?
Isn’t she rumored to be interviewing elsewhere? I forget where?
Here’s a novel idea. How about Barnes saying something to the effect of, “I didn’t do my job getting the team ready to play.” That would have been honest.
Okay, I get that. Teams do decline invitations sometimes. I don't know if the players get to vote, or if the coach decides unilaterally, or maybe it's up to the AD.
There's that too.
I wonder? Tearing up after losing to the Big Sky runner up for the second time this season at home may also motivate the tears. I would think prudence would be for the powers that be to hold off on extension or extension talk till after next year, but we do know that financial prudence had never been a concern for the kitty administration (*or any higher ed administration for that matter).
A REALLY bad look, am I the only one thinking about the double bird from a few years ago?
On point. Neither am I. BUT, she is a legend in the dirty t and the dirty t folk love their legends.
Inconsistent in her shots, I think the failure to clearly address play preparation, turnover, motivation is a missed shot. Further her failure to should some of the responsibility for development - I am thinking of Cunningham is a clear missed shot.
Only with an extreme case of recency bias. Come on now.
Look at the last 3 years under Bonvicini and then the 8 years of Butts and compare to Barnes. She should have some grace period because she lifted them up from the ruins.
I don't read it that way. I was there, and the players played hard. I'm not sure she wasn't including herself in the "didn't really want to be there" grouping, although really the only thing that they (consistently) didn't do was rebound. Cunningham, Jones, and Swann played extremely well. Williams was in a boot and didn't play.
Nah regarding the attendance. It wasn't "pushed", it was the best of any game played on the day. Low non-big dance attendance is the norm for post-season 2nd rate tournaments, especially in the early rounds.
The preview in the paper including remarks on NAU by Salvo was very complimentary. We didn't just lose to them in the regular season, we were beat on. At their place, but still.