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Is Barker liked?
Sep 17, 2012, 6:02 PM
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whats his Clemson approval rating? I saw him cheered to the heavens on saturday for being the Tiger(which crushed the dreams of many kids).
what do students, professors, faculty, others think of the man?
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Crushed the dreams of many kids?
Sep 17, 2012, 6:04 PM
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What in the world are you flapping on about? Do you think the students with the mini bottles on the hill were drunk enough to think the tiger was real?
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the little kids
Sep 17, 2012, 6:05 PM
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when I was little I thought Big Al was real.
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you need some mini-bottles.
Sep 17, 2012, 6:07 PM
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poot
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I smell chicken !! *****
Sep 17, 2012, 6:07 PM
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LOL***
Sep 17, 2012, 6:09 PM
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I think he is well liked by those groups for the most part.
Sep 17, 2012, 6:10 PM
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He is accessible and a good listener even when he has to make unpopular decisions. The groups you mention are not nearly as focused on athletics as those of us on this board, needless to say. He is also hugely popular with the Board of Trustees. He has always been an ACC man through and through.
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Thank you for the real answer***
Sep 17, 2012, 6:11 PM
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Re: I think he is well liked by those groups for the most part.
Sep 18, 2012, 9:09 AM
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When I was in school a few groups I was involved in had events at the President's house and Barker always took the time to speak to everyone who wanted to talk to him, even with hundreds of guests in attendance. When I spoke to him he seemed nice and quite genuine. He'd be a pretty good politician if he wanted to do that.
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Re: Is Barker liked?
Sep 17, 2012, 6:18 PM
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Rooter, you should change your Tigernet name.Come
on man,we know you.Barker is our Pres. and he is
Clemson all the way.He was an athlete at Clemson.
Your AD is from NC St.
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Re: Is Barker liked?
Sep 17, 2012, 6:34 PM
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I lost respect when he manipulated the US News results to get a higher ranking. If he wants to be President at an Ivy league school maybe he should do that
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Point. Exactly. And "manipulated" is being kind, it was more
Sep 17, 2012, 8:17 PM
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like fraud & gross cheating.
He also devalued football & athletics in general, despite the desires of fans & alumni.
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I think he's done a remarkable job as Clemson's President.*****
Sep 17, 2012, 9:24 PM
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For the most part yes
Sep 17, 2012, 9:29 PM
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One of my daughters graduated in 2009 and one in 2011. They both like him as did most of their friends.
Barker played the game with the rankings just as probably most presidents do. He didn't break the rules but he probably went too far. At the end of the day I would rather have a president thinking about Clemson instead of his next job like most college presidents.
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Re: Is Barker liked?
Sep 17, 2012, 9:45 PM
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CBS news college rankings article mentioned 4 schools known for cheating and Clemson was the first one named. Pres. Barker doesn't believe rules apply to him. Thus he has no problem manipulating rankings or saying screw it to the rule that the Tiger doen not take off the Tiger head. This had never been done in the history of our mascot until Barker decided he was bigger than Clemson and he would do what he wanted to to being attention to himself.
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Did Barker eat all your cookies? **
Sep 17, 2012, 11:54 PM
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NM
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Re: Is Barker liked?
Sep 18, 2012, 12:16 AM
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I loved when he took the head off. I don't care what the circumstance it was awesome, that he was trying to connect with the students like that, I have told my friends from other schools and they think it's the coolest thing. I'm in favor of him, he is a Clemson man and he tries to do what's best for this school so I support him.
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Re: Is Barker liked?
Sep 18, 2012, 8:40 AM
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He has NO clue what land grant stands for
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Taking off the head really has you that worked up?
Sep 17, 2012, 9:50 PM
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The guy is over 50 and sweating his a$$ off to get the students riled up and that's what you have???
Tell me exactly how Barker cheated. I believe he rated Clemson really high and some other schools really low. Taking advantage of the rules yes. Breaking them? Post proof.
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Does that mean you finally learned Cocky isn't real?***
Sep 17, 2012, 11:14 PM
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Re: Is Barker liked?***
Sep 18, 2012, 12:17 AM
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he is a good man***
Sep 18, 2012, 7:26 AM
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I know The Tiger used to get out of sight before he removed
Sep 18, 2012, 9:05 AM
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his head - to this day I don't recall ever seeing a headless Tiger.
But I know my kids never thought it was anything but a person in a Tiger suit. At an early age (3 maybe) they would look into the eye hole or The Tiger's mouth to try to see the person inside.
People are giving you grief, but I get your point. But I think even young kids know The Tiger is a person.
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