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Can someone explain why the breakup with Rick Barnes and Clemson
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Can someone explain why the breakup with Rick Barnes and Clemson


Jan 23, 2019, 10:35 PM

Happened? I’m not exactly sure what happened behind closed doors so anything would be appreciative.

TIA

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Re: Can someone explain why the breakup with Rick Barnes and Clemson


Jan 23, 2019, 10:37 PM

Really just gossip. No one knows for sure but the admin, him, his wife, and the cheer leader.

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Re: Can someone explain why the breakup with Rick Barnes and Clemson


Jan 23, 2019, 10:40 PM

Co-eds.. they called him slick Rick for a reason

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It wasn't a break up with Clemson........


Jan 23, 2019, 10:50 PM

So the story goes.

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Re: Can someone explain why the breakup with Rick Barnes and Clemson


Jan 23, 2019, 10:52 PM

All you need to know is that he burned the bridge to the piling on his way out of town. Don’t care how many wins he had not a Clemson man.

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Jan 23, 2019, 10:56 PM



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He got a better job offer and left...Simple as that...


Jan 23, 2019, 10:59 PM

Anything else is a fairy tale invented to soothe butthurt

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Re: He got a better job offer and left...Simple as that...


Jan 24, 2019, 7:15 AM

Was he not cheating on his wife? Is that urban legend?

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That's what the butthurters cling to, but I haven't seen


Jan 24, 2019, 11:49 AM

a shred of evidence to back it up

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As I remember, Barnes attempted to blame it on SC’s public


Jan 24, 2019, 7:31 AM [ in reply to He got a better job offer and left...Simple as that... ]

school system. It was insulting on a couple of levels, and he took a lot of heat for it.

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Re: As I remember, Barnes attempted to blame it on SC’s public


Jan 24, 2019, 7:35 AM

he could have blamed it on not being able to keep his zipper zipped up. it aint rocket surgery. op had the same problem.

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Eggzachly how far back


Jan 24, 2019, 9:00 AM

do you and OP go?

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Why do dogs always race to the door when the doorbell rings? It's almost never for them.


any proof other than hearsay?***


Jan 24, 2019, 11:59 AM [ in reply to Re: As I remember, Barnes attempted to blame it on SC’s public ]



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Re: As I remember, Barnes attempted to blame it on SC’s public


Jan 24, 2019, 9:37 AM [ in reply to As I remember, Barnes attempted to blame it on SC’s public ]

haha, I am a product of said education system and can insure all of you that this is knot true.

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His children weren't going to public schools, that's not why


Jan 24, 2019, 11:50 AM [ in reply to As I remember, Barnes attempted to blame it on SC’s public ]

he left

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Maybe not, but it's exactly what he himself said.***


Jan 24, 2019, 3:37 PM



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"I've played multiple sports and would bet any amount that I'm still more athletic than you at this present time...."


Re: Can someone explain why the breakup with Rick Barnes and Clemson


Jan 23, 2019, 11:04 PM

He also said that one of the reasons he was leaving was that S.C. public schools sucked, and his kids would get a better education in Texas.(Paraphrasing, but that was the jist of it.)It’s like he tried to #### off as many people as possible on his way out.

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Re: Can someone explain why the breakup with Rick Barnes and Clemson


Jan 23, 2019, 11:46 PM

His wife said that. And not true - the schools his kids were going to would be blue ribbon if they had that program back then. Consider the source and the gist of the rumors. As someone else said he is not a Clemson man.

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This is 100% True - Public Education was his reason


Jan 24, 2019, 7:28 AM [ in reply to Re: Can someone explain why the breakup with Rick Barnes and Clemson ]

https://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-xpm-19980419-1998-04-19-9804190018-story.html

This was so well documented at the time, I'm curious as to why it's now considered a myth. Everyone knew this when he said it and he was pilloried for it. This wasn't a situation where he just decided to go to another program, like Charlie Pell. Rick Barnes left AND crapped all over the state of South Carolina.

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^ This***


Jan 24, 2019, 7:32 AM



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"I've played multiple sports and would bet any amount that I'm still more athletic than you at this present time...."


Even the author knew it wasn't the reason, it was his excuse


Jan 24, 2019, 12:03 PM [ in reply to This is 100% True - Public Education was his reason ]

He left because it was easier to win at Texas...period...Not because a millionaire was worried about public schooling

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Re: This is 100% True - Public Education was his reason


Jan 24, 2019, 3:03 PM [ in reply to This is 100% True - Public Education was his reason ]

Well he didn’t lie

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Lots of people use the "family" as the reason they quit


Jan 24, 2019, 11:49 AM [ in reply to Re: Can someone explain why the breakup with Rick Barnes and Clemson ]

when it's not about family, or when it's completely about family, i.e. hurting them.

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Re: Can someone explain why the breakup with Rick Barnes and Clemson


Jan 23, 2019, 11:28 PM

The reason he gave for leaving was with Duke and North Carolina it was a futile situation to stay at Clemson.

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Re: Can someone explain why the breakup with Rick Barnes and Clemson


Jan 24, 2019, 7:04 AM

This was not too long after he said he was going to stay at Clemson for the rest of his coaching career.

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Re: Can someone explain why the breakup with Rick Barnes and Clemson


Jan 24, 2019, 5:08 AM

Sounds like from all the posts Barnes had a lot of so called “reasons “ for leaving - and just threw them all against the wall to see what would stick ....

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Re: Can someone explain why the breakup with Rick Barnes and Clemson


Jan 24, 2019, 7:37 AM

Many reasons lead to Barnes leaving and some were mutual between him and Clemson but the biggest reason - MONEY! The university wouldn't pay him what he thought he was worth. Clemson threw up that the school is a state university and he fired back calling B.S. and then end of story.

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Had not heard that one .....


Jan 24, 2019, 7:43 AM

at least the state university part saddis56. Interesting....

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He won the coin toss and decided to play defense 1st


Jan 24, 2019, 7:38 AM

Next day he was gone

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Geville Tiger on Clemson football , "Dabo's only problem is he has to deal with turd fans questioning every move he makes.”


He probably just got tired of banging his head against the


Jan 24, 2019, 7:44 AM

Triangle Mafia....

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Re: Can someone explain why the breakup with Rick Barnes and Clemson


Jan 24, 2019, 8:21 AM

Barnes left on bad terms, but I think it was his wife that was griping about the school systems. But, to be honest, Texas is a better job than Clemson in basketball. In fact, MANY schools are better than Clemson in basketball. I wish I could say that that will change one day, but I don't think it will.

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Jan 24, 2019, 8:21 AM



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No. But very useful post.***


Jan 24, 2019, 9:26 AM



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Brad Brownell: Only Larry freaking Shyatt has a WORSE overall winning percentage among Clemson basketball coaches since 1975. Let that sink in. It's Larry Shyatt & then Brad Brownell.


Re: Can someone explain why the breakup with Rick Barnes and Clemson


Jan 24, 2019, 8:40 AM

Pretty sure Rick seen Dabo in the early stages of building something special here and he didn't want to compete with that. Shyatt was more versital in his expectations for this program

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I can tell you one reason


Jan 24, 2019, 9:33 AM

Was his appreciation for the fairer sex. Not saying it was the only factor in his leaving, but it was definitely a contributor.

Old girlfriend and I used to work in a restaurant together while at Clemson. Rick brought the team in for dinner one night and she was his waitress. He was interested in developing a personal relationship outside the restaurant is the kindest way to describe it...

Clemson does have the best looking women, but not sure moving to a different college town could fix his wandering eye. Rumor on campus at the time was his wife caught him with someone and said they had to leave Clemson or get divorced.

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Lucky for him that Texas came a calling just as his


Jan 24, 2019, 2:52 PM

marriage was faltering huh?

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Re: Can someone explain why the breakup with Rick Barnes and Clemson


Jan 24, 2019, 9:43 AM

https://clemsontigers.com/rick-barnes-leaves-clemson-for-texas/

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Not sure any of the things mentioned above


Jan 24, 2019, 9:57 AM

were the real reasons, they were just contributing factors.

The reality is, at the time he was a hot commodity and was a climber in the coaching ranks. I think he saw an easier path to winning conference titles and NCAA tourney bids in the BIG XII where Kansas was the only blue blood program. I think he did feel that the NC Triangle schools were at an advantage particularly Duke and UNC. I'm also not sure that he ever viewed Clemson as more than a stepping stone to a better job. In addition he was going to lose the core of the team that had been to 3 straight NCAA tourneys and I think he knew that the team would struggle to compete at the same level the following year so he struck while the iron was hot. Had he stuck around and had a mediocre season I think his leverage for another job would have dropped.

I'm not sure what the offer was, but at the time I'm sure Texas was capable of offering more money than Clemson.

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Re: Can someone explain why the breakup with Rick Barnes and Clemson


Jan 24, 2019, 11:40 AM

Whitney Walters

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Re: Can someone explain why the breakup with Rick Barnes and Clemson


Jan 24, 2019, 12:31 PM

https://sportsspectrum.com/sport/basketball/2018/01/16/tennessee-basketball-coach-rick-barnes-lives-life-lord/

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What about her?***


Jan 24, 2019, 3:34 PM [ in reply to Re: Can someone explain why the breakup with Rick Barnes and Clemson ]



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Re: What about her?***


Jan 24, 2019, 4:17 PM

I think he is saying the Paw Patrol was bumping uglies

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