How about we think long term about Harrison...

[San Francisco Cy]

I know everybody is bitter about this decision. But, let's remember that Harrison still claims to be a Cyclone fan, and claims that he always will be. Let's also remember that he stands to make a lot of money in the coming years. How about let's not lynch him and wish him well. Maybe some day he will reward ISU and the fans financially down the road.

I personally wish Harrison Barnes well. I hope our coaches continue to let him hang out with and practice with our players in our facility. It can only make our own players better, playing with one of the best basketball players in the nation. Carry on...

 

[Spam]

We currently have plenty of alumni who are today richer than HB might ever be (unless ofcourse he has a legendary NBA career. I am, for now assuming, he will have the typical NBA career). And those alumni don't give one dirty dollar.

 

[singsing]

You are dreaming. HARRISON BARNES WILL NOT HELP ISU IN ANY WAY. Have you ever been used? Users aren't accountable to anyone but themselves.

 

[moforisu]

I know everybody is bitter about this decision. But, let's remember that Harrison still claims to be a Cyclone fan, and claims that he always will be. Let's also remember that he stands to make a lot of money in the coming years. How about let's not lynch him and wish him well. Maybe some day he will reward ISU and the fans financially down the road.

I personally wish Harrison Barnes well. I hope our coaches continue to let him hang out with and practice with our players in our facility. It can only make our own players better, playing with one of the best basketball players in the nation. Carry on...

Totally disagree! He may make sure Ames High has $ but why would he give to ISU, we aren't good enough for him. No way would I let him play with my players anymore and especially in my facilities. We don't need HB, obviously he don't need us. Move on!

 

[San Francisco Cy]

I think it's hilarious how many people have been saying how classy he has been throughout the process and would wish him well, no matter who he decided on (excluding kansas). And now many are calling him classless and telling him to f*** off. Well, stay classy Cyclone fans...

 

[rebecacy]

I know everybody is bitter about this decision. But, let's remember that Harrison still claims to be a Cyclone fan, and claims that he always will be. Let's also remember that he stands to make a lot of money in the coming years. How about let's not lynch him and wish him well. Maybe some day he will reward ISU and the fans financially down the road.

I personally wish Harrison Barnes well. I hope our coaches continue to let him hang out with and practice with our players in our facility. It can only make our own players better, playing with one of the best basketball players in the nation. Carry on...

You are grasping at straws....................he's gone and ISU loses out big time once again -- ISU will never see a dime from Harrison, his mom will donate more money.

 

[joefrog]

I know everybody is bitter about this decision. But, let's remember that Harrison still claims to be a Cyclone fan, and claims that he always will be. Let's also remember that he stands to make a lot of money in the coming years. How about let's not lynch him and wish him well. Maybe some day he will reward ISU and the fans financially down the road.

I personally wish Harrison Barnes well. I hope our coaches continue to let him hang out with and practice with our players in our facility. It can only make our own players better, playing with one of the best basketball players in the nation. Carry on...

His dad played at ISU. His mom has been employed at ISU for years. He has had all sorts of access to ISU sports for years. If he wanted to pay us back, he could have signed to play for the university that has done so much for him and his family. He chose not to.

You really think down the road he is going to be sitting on a ton of cash and just decide to give some to ISU? In what world does that happen?

And for letting him hang out and use ISU facilities, umm, I think he has used ISU quite enough already. He can go shoot hoops outside in the cold like I did back in the day. He has forfeited any special access at ISU. Real lifelong Cyclone fans do crazy things like actually attend ISU.

He can drive on down to Chapel Hill on weekends and get his practicing in down there if he wants to.

 

[aauummm]

You are dreaming. HARRISON BARNES WILL NOT HELP ISU IN ANY WAY. Have you ever been used? Users aren't accountable to anyone but themselves.

ISU was totally used and didn't even get a kiss out of it.

 

[San Francisco Cy]

We currently have plenty of alumni who are today richer than HB might ever be (unless ofcourse he has a legendary NBA career. I am, for now assuming, he will have the typical NBA career). And those alumni don't give one dirty dollar.

Many rich ISU alums didn't grow up Cyclone fans. Many didn't play alongside current players for years, and use the facilities. Many don't have a mother working for the institution. I will withhold my judgment on Harrison until it gets to be 10 years down the road, and he's given nothing to ISU, a school/program that has given so much. Until then, there's no reason to spit fire. They are defending national champ North Carolina and we are Iowa State. The last two times we played them, they destroyed us. It shouldn't be that shocking to us...

 

[joefrog]

I think it's hilarious how many people have been saying how classy he has been throughout the process and would wish him well, no matter who he decided on (excluding kansas). And now many are calling him classless and telling him to f*** off. Well, stay classy Cyclone fans...

Was he classy in how he treated ISU?

Hell no.

And I said I would not support him if he went anywhere other than ISU, same as Heinrich, Collison, LaFrentz.

His actions today were very classless. He used ISU and its fans, plain and simple.

I am sick of being preached to by HB fanbois. I believe UNC has fan sites for people to go talk HB on. Feel free to find them.

This is Cyclone Fanatic. Emphasis on Cyclone.

 

[Tornado man]

His dad played at ISU.

That was hardly an "advantage" for ISU. He probably got sick of fans knowing who his absent, non-supporting father was, and wanted to play where no one had ever heard of Ronnie Harris...

 

[joefrog]

Many rich ISU alums didn't grow up Cyclone fans. Many didn't play alongside current players for years, and use the facilities. Many don't have a mother working for the institution. I will withhold my judgment on Harrison until it gets to be 10 years down the road, and he's given nothing to ISU, a school/program that has given so much. Until then, there's no reason to spit fire. They are defending national champ North Carolina and we are Iowa State. The last two times we played them, they destroyed us. It shouldn't be that shocking to us...

I guess we should just stop suiting up then and forfeit. I mean why try, we are ISU.

It had been since 1977 when we last beat Nebraska in their house, how could we ever hope to win there, what with all their rich tradition and great fans?

ISU needs to quit looking back like losers. Coach Rhoads and the football team are not, and we shouldn't either. Past results matters nothing in future performance.

 

[San Francisco Cy]

I guess we should just stop suiting up then and forfeit. I mean why try, we are ISU.

It had been since 1977 when we last beat Nebraska in their house, how could we ever hope to win there, what with all their rich tradition and great fans?

ISU needs to quit looking back like losers. Coach Rhoads and the football team are not, and we shouldn't either. Past results matters nothing in future performance.

There's no reason to forfeit. All I'm saying is that I think we need to keep it in perspective. It makes all the sense in the world for US to believe he should have chosen ISU. And I truly feel like he should have, and feel like I would have, if I was in his shoes. But, none of us really truly know how it feels to be in his shoes. Maybe he will come to regret his choice down the road. Maybe not. Either way, it was his choice, and he chose to play for the defending national champs and perennial contenders. It's hard to argue that decision, whether or not we are Iowa State...

 

[cystud]

I hope he lives a long, healthy, succesfull life, but after the ******** he pulled today, skyping Roy ******* Williams on the big screen to announce it. The hell with him, don't wish bad things on him, but I don't care if he is successful either.

Should have had enough courtesy to just pick a school, thank everyone and go home.

 

[BugDoc]

HB is dead to me. Move on...

 

[cygrads]

I know everybody is bitter about this decision. But, let's remember that Harrison still claims to be a Cyclone fan, and claims that he always will be. Let's also remember that he stands to make a lot of money in the coming years. How about let's not lynch him and wish him well. Maybe some day he will reward ISU and the fans financially down the road.

I personally wish Harrison Barnes well. I hope our coaches continue to let him hang out with and practice with our players in our facility. It can only make our own players better, playing with one of the best basketball players in the nation. Carry on...

I think we can wish him well and move on. You wanting people to be nice to him because he might be rich someday is ~ well let's let's just say phony.

Too bad I really thought he was thinking of his future but he is a kid and is thinking only of the here and now. Ten years from now he will be one of dozens of great players in UNC history - if he went to ISU he would always be remembered much like Fred (The Mayor) and Gary Thompson (The Roland Rocket). Yes I'm bitter but it is his decision and it's time for all of us to move on.

 

[Balls]

I think we will view him as another pompous basketball player that says all the right things but his actions will be all about himself. I doubt in 15 years after his splaying days are over pretty much no-one outside of his family and close friends will give a hoot about him. Could have been much different.

 

[atlantacyclone]

You are dreaming. HARRISON BARNES WILL NOT HELP ISU IN ANY WAY. Have you ever been used? Users aren't accountable to anyone but themselves.

Isn't that a bit extreme? The guy picked a college, he wasn't in the SS sending people to the fire. His Dad played at ISU and he said that he's a fan. That is good enough for me.

 

[Dolokaju]

I'm not bitter about the decision. He made his choice and if he feels its the right one for him then so be it.

As for "using" ISU, thats a bit too far. Now the press conference open to the public(being in ISU's backyard) may have been a bit far. I think doing it during the middle of the day as a pep assembly would've been much easier to take as it would be harder to read that ISU had a great shot.

That said, good luck, but I feel no obligation to root on the young man now that he isn't going to be a Cyclone. Which means I won't be going up to the Ames game at Hilton and will skip any article about him in the paper. And I sure as heck won't watch any UNC game as watch half the guys who play be able to half-a$$ it every game and they still win by 20 is boring.

 

[CloneAbuse]

Harrison joined Wesley Johnson and Gene Cheezit in my book today!

I don't owe him any respect and will root against him in all that he does athletically. Outside athletics, I don't care what he does. If you're not with us you're against us.

It's laughable to think that he'll ever give a thought to helping ISU out in the future, as others have said, we're not good enough for him.

He might go on to be a great professional ball player, but I will think more highly of Jeff Hornacek, Fred Hoiberg, and other Cyclones that share alumni status with me. Like LaFrentz, Collison, Hinrich...I don't follow, care about or even think about what they have amounted to. Barnes is now an outsider.

I would be surprised to see much of a crowd gather at Hilton in December to watch him play, and it won't surprise me if the HS gyms he plays in this winter will be indifferent to his performances on the court, many will root to see him play poorly. Hawk fans won't care how he plays, now Clones won't care either.

Good riddance, others may wish him luck, but I could care less what his future holds now...