Harrison Barnes Interview
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FWIW- HB's mother apparently was at Foot Locker a few weeks back and asked if they had anything in DUKE blue...then proceeded to fumble around and act like she didnt say it...
That would make some sense if it was before they flew out to Durham...
FWIW, the Foot Locker in the Ames Mall doesn't, or I at least don't think it does, since I was in there yesterday :biglaugh:
Right, because we know every Iowa State fan has posted here on this subject.
I don't mean to be an ***, but I think you'd be surprised how small of a percentage that CF actually represents to the fan base. From my personal experience, knowing the ISU fans that I know, my assumption is it's pretty small. Just in my group that are fans. My wife, My parents, both huge supporters that donate as well and never went to school here. My brother, his wife, two of my roomates from college, my neighbors (husband ISU grad, wife still a fan), and me. Of all of them, I'm the only one that visits these boards. So, in my poll, that's what, about 10% of fans that visit here?
I'm not trying to Bash CF and for all I know, it could be 90% of fans that actually visit here and chat, but I doubt it. I guess what gets me and got me riled up about this post, is how the fans somehow get bashed on again. With all the crap we put up with year after year, day after day, I'd say we deserve a little venting room. That's what message boards are for. I am sick and tired of the fans though, somehow being the scapegoat for everything that goes wrong with ISU athletics. We don't cheer enough, we are loud enough, we only put 40,000 people in the stands for a team that went 2-10 or 10,000 for a team that can't win the majority of their confernce games in Hilton anymore.
I know this isn't really what you meant by this, but it sparked me and I apologize for that. It's not the fans fault though. If the fans here had anything to do with it, ISU would be in the BCS and the NCAA final four every year. If HB doesn't want to come here, believe me, it has nothing to do with the fans.
Right, because we know every Iowa State fan has posted here on this subject.
I don't mean to be an ***, but I think you'd be surprised how small of a percentage that CF actually represents to the fan base. From my personal experience, knowing the ISU fans that I know, my assumption is it's pretty small. Just in my group that are fans. My wife, My parents, both huge supporters that donate as well and never went to school here. My brother, his wife, two of my roomates from college, my neighbors (husband ISU grad, wife still a fan), and me. Of all of them, I'm the only one that visits these boards. So, in my poll, that's what, about 10% of fans that visit here?
I'm not trying to Bash CF and for all I know, it could be 90% of fans that actually visit here and chat, but I doubt it. I guess what gets me and got me riled up about this post, is how the fans somehow get bashed on again. With all the crap we put up with year after year, day after day, I'd say we deserve a little venting room. That's what message boards are for. I am sick and tired of the fans though, somehow being the scapegoat for everything that goes wrong with ISU athletics. We don't cheer enough, we are loud enough, we only put 40,000 people in the stands for a team that went 2-10 or 10,000 for a team that can't win the majority of their confernce games in Hilton anymore.
I know this isn't really what you meant by this, but it sparked me and I apologize for that. It's not the fans fault though. If the fans here had anything to do with it, ISU would be in the BCS and the NCAA final four every year. If HB doesn't want to come here, believe me, it has nothing to do with the fans.
True.
Right, because we know every Iowa State fan has posted here on this subject.
I don't mean to be an ***, but I think you'd be surprised how small of a percentage that CF actually represents to the fan base. From my personal experience, knowing the ISU fans that I know, my assumption is it's pretty small. Just in my group that are fans. My wife, My parents, both huge supporters that donate as well and never went to school here. My brother, his wife, two of my roomates from college, my neighbors (husband ISU grad, wife still a fan), and me. Of all of them, I'm the only one that visits these boards. So, in my poll, that's what, about 10% of fans that visit here?
I'm not trying to Bash CF and for all I know, it could be 90% of fans that actually visit here and chat, but I doubt it. I guess what gets me and got me riled up about this post, is how the fans somehow get bashed on again. With all the crap we put up with year after year, day after day, I'd say we deserve a little venting room. That's what message boards are for. I am sick and tired of the fans though, somehow being the scapegoat for everything that goes wrong with ISU athletics. We don't cheer enough, we are loud enough, we only put 40,000 people in the stands for a team that went 2-10 or 10,000 for a team that can't win the majority of their confernce games in Hilton anymore.
I know this isn't really what you meant by this, but it sparked me and I apologize for that. It's not the fans fault though. If the fans here had anything to do with it, ISU would be in the BCS and the NCAA final four every year. If HB doesn't want to come here, believe me, it has nothing to do with the fans.
No apology needed. Great post.
Unless he gets a 4.0 GPA and takes advantage of every learning opportunity at Duke, then going to the number 1 business school is not much different then going to a good business school from a "learning" perspective. It may help to get a job but I think it's clear he's NBA bound so I don't think "school recognition" is a valid claim that he needs to be concerned about on his resume.
I hope people didn't take my HB post the wrong way. I really like the guy and he is an impressive young man. It would be great if he chose the good guys and decided to become a Cyclone, much like Hoiberg, one of my all-time favorites. If he chooses someplace else, my point is that I am not going to follow or cheer for him any more than I cheered for AT when he was a Hawkeye. It just goes with the territory.
Right, because we know every Iowa State fan has posted here on this subject.
I don't mean to be an ***, but I think you'd be surprised how small of a percentage that CF actually represents to the fan base. From my personal experience, knowing the ISU fans that I know, my assumption is it's pretty small. Just in my group that are fans. My wife, My parents, both huge supporters that donate as well and never went to school here. My brother, his wife, two of my roomates from college, my neighbors (husband ISU grad, wife still a fan), and me. Of all of them, I'm the only one that visits these boards. So, in my poll, that's what, about 10% of fans that visit here?
I'm not trying to Bash CF and for all I know, it could be 90% of fans that actually visit here and chat, but I doubt it. I guess what gets me and got me riled up about this post, is how the fans somehow get bashed on again. With all the crap we put up with year after year, day after day, I'd say we deserve a little venting room. That's what message boards are for. I am sick and tired of the fans though, somehow being the scapegoat for everything that goes wrong with ISU athletics. We don't cheer enough, we are loud enough, we only put 40,000 people in the stands for a team that went 2-10 or 10,000 for a team that can't win the majority of their confernce games in Hilton anymore.
I know this isn't really what you meant by this, but it sparked me and I apologize for that. It's not the fans fault though. If the fans here had anything to do with it, ISU would be in the BCS and the NCAA final four every year. If HB doesn't want to come here, believe me, it has nothing to do with the fans.
I don't mean we have a bad fan base, I'm just stepping down from my pedistal when talking about our fanbase. I no longer feel that "We're better fans" than other schools have. We're simply humans just like them, no better, no worse.
He's good in basketball and we know he is a good student too, but I didn't know he was going straight to grad school out of high school. Wow.
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How many schools averaged 12,000 fans for men's basketball after 3 years of bad ball?
How many schools averaged over 40,000 fans for a 2-10 football team?
We either have good fans or stupid fans. You choose.
The best undergrad business school is Penn.
The best graduate business school is Harvard.
Either Harrison isn't as smart as he thinks or he's fooling a lot of people, including dook and Kryzdakl;gfnasdklf.
Either way, who cares.
LOL It was actually from the manager at the store in Ames himself...hes a good friend of mine:wink:
Personally, I find the two quite different and I (again, this is just me here) will cheer for HB and follow his career with interest as long as he doesn't go to a team we play against or are rivals with. If he went to Iowa, I would be obligated to hate him with a firey passion, or Kansas I would have to hate him for however many years he's with them. I dislike Duke as much as the next guy, but I can't fault him for wanting to play for a tradition like that...he'll get lots of tv time and NBA scout time, too.
That I can live with. I'll still follow him but mostly because of the Ames connection, but I wouldn't expect everyone to.