Brandon just might be ours for at least another year!

BGSU33 · Post by **BGSU33** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 4:31 pm

Syracuse has hired a coach. It looks like we might just get to hang onto Brandon for at least another year!

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=1964414

Warthog · Post by **Warthog** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 4:38 pm

Like I said before, I will say Brandon is our coach when he is standing on the sideline in Madison on Sept 3. You never know when some idiot is gonna pull the next Ric Neuhiesel-Mike Price type incident and be shown the door. BTW, former Colorado kicker Katie Gnida was on TV again talking about her sexual assualt at Colorado. Don't know if anything will come of it. But if Barnett was forced out, I think Brandon would surely be a candidate and he would be interested in the head job in Boulder.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 4:41 pm

There was an article on Katie this morning about her new claims but I did not read it. Not sure if it is still there or not.

Bleeding Orange · Post by **Bleeding Orange** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 4:43 pm

Barnett became one of my favorite non-BG coaches a couple of weeks ago when, in reference to Katie Gnida he said:

"She was a girl. But not only was she a girl, she was also a terrible kicker. I mean, she couldn't even put it through the uprights."

That almost made me wet myself.

hammb · Post by **hammb** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 4:54 pm

Bleeding Orange wrote:Barnett became one of my favorite non-BG coaches a couple of weeks ago when, in reference to Katie Gnida he said:

"She was a girl. But not only was she a girl, she was also a terrible kicker. I mean, she couldn't even put it through the uprights."

That almost made me wet myself.

Glad you enjoyed it. I thought it was about the dumbest thing I have ever heard from a coach. The idiot rationalized everything that happened, and his lack of support, by saying that she was a bad kicker. Who gives a rat's ass how good she was at kicking a football throught the uprights!? Refute her claims, don't attack her.

I saw her on SportsCenter last night...she's pretty hot. But that in no way justifies any of what she alleges, if found to be factual.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 4:55 pm

Maybe Maurice and Katie should hook up. They both want to take down their coaches.

1987alum · Post by **1987alum** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 4:58 pm

hammb wrote:
Bleeding Orange wrote:Barnett became one of my favorite non-BG coaches a couple of weeks ago when, in reference to Katie Gnida he said:

"She was a girl. But not only was she a girl, she was also a terrible kicker. I mean, she couldn't even put it through the uprights."

That almost made me wet myself.
Glad you enjoyed it. I thought it was about the dumbest thing I have ever heard from a coach. The idiot rationalized everything that happened, and his lack of support, by saying that she was a bad kicker. Who gives a rat's ass how good she was at kicking a football throught the uprights!? Refute her claims, don't attack her.

I saw her on SportsCenter last night...she's pretty hot. But that in no way justifies any of what she alleges, if found to be factual.

Agreed. Show some class and integrity. What he did was present a bad example for his team.

HoustonFalcon · Post by **HoustonFalcon** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 5:04 pm

Coach Barnett will not be fired for what is going on right now. If he were going to be fired, it would have happened last spring when this whole thing started. They are rehashing things that have already been known.

Bleeding Orange · Post by **Bleeding Orange** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 5:09 pm

I don't know guys. I'll admit that I don't know everything about this situation, but it seems to me that Barnett has been cleared on all of this, yet this girl is determined to take him down. And, based on some of her comments in the past, it has always sounded to me like she was more bitter about not getting to play and these allegations seemed to pop up afterward. Plus, I know several people who live in the Boulder area and all of them have told me that it was nothing more than a feminist witch hunt. I just don't buy anything she says anymore, and I can understand why Barnett would be fed up to the point of making a comment like that. I think for him, its not about these false allegations, its about the media giving a terrible kicker a forum to continue harassing him.

But I could be wrong and I'm sure you'll all tell me and remind me of how insensitive I am...

1987alum · Post by **1987alum** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 5:11 pm

Bleeding Orange wrote:I don't know guys. I'll admit that I don't know everything about this situation, but it seems to me that Barnett has been cleared on all of this, yet this girl is determined to take him down. And, based on some of her comments in the past, it has always sounded to me like she was more bitter about not getting to play and these allegations seemed to pop up afterward. Plus, I know several people who live in the Boulder area and all of them have told me that it was nothing more than a feminist witch hunt. I just don't buy anything she says anymore, and I can understand why Barnett would be fed up to the point of making a comment like that. I think for him, its not about these false allegations, its about the media giving a terrible kicker a forum to continue harassing him.

But I could be wrong and I'm sure you'll all tell me and remind me of how insensitive I am...

Bleeding:

Regardless of whether this girl is credible or not, He should be taking the high road. Her skills are not relevant to the situation and he should be setting an example by handling the situation with dignity and class.

Bleeding Orange · Post by **Bleeding Orange** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 5:17 pm

87, I realize what you are saying, but to me this whole thing has gotten absolutely ridiculous. I can't help but think how I would feel if I were in Barnett's situation. I mean, what the hell is this girl doing giving national T.V. interviews about this situation for right now? Everytime she opens her mouth she screams louder so that someone will listed to her, and everytime she does Barnett gets more and more questions about it from the media when he would rather focus on his team. All coaches should take the high road as much as possible, no doubt. This girl, however, is doing everything she can to put a roadblock on it. What should he do when she comes out in 6 months and says that Barnett personally beat her?

I honestly don't know why he hasn't sued her for character defamation yet, and I wouldn't be at all suprised if it comes to that soon.

transfer2BGSU · Post by **transfer2BGSU** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 6:42 pm

Bleeding Orange wrote:Barnett became one of my favorite non-BG coaches a couple of weeks ago when, in reference to Katie Gnida he said:

"She was a girl. But not only was she a girl, she was also a terrible kicker. I mean, she couldn't even put it through the uprights."

That almost made me wet myself.

Actually he made that dumb-ass remark back when the scandal first came to light, not a couple of weeks ago. That comment was the reason he was suspended until the internal investigation was completed (or almost completed).

She has no reason to lie. Hell, she didn't say a word for over two years about anything. I can't blame her for speaking up now when other ladies claim the same thing happened to them. She didn't appear to be out to get Barnett, just stating that he supported his male players over her if an allegation would have been brought forth (and he did).

I'm off the soap box now.

bgsuarkie · Post by **bgsuarkie** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 8:24 pm

It would be kind of weird if Barnett, Big 12 coach of the year, were indeed fired. Has that ever happened before? A coach of the year fired?

Class of 61 · Post by **Class of 61** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 10:04 pm

Bleeding Orange wrote:Barnett became one of my favorite non-BG coaches a couple of weeks ago when, in reference to Katie Gnida he said:

"She was a girl. But not only was she a girl, she was also a terrible kicker. I mean, she couldn't even put it through the uprights."

That almost made me wet myself.

I think that quote was made LAST YEAR, when all the original charges were being made, not several weeks ago.... either way, he could've handled it better than he did, but I'm almost positive that the quote you refer to was made last year.

Bleeding Orange · Post by **Bleeding Orange** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 10:14 pm

That could very well be true. All I saw was the interview on Sportscenter when I flipped it on and missed the beginning. I just assumed it was recent. In that case, yes the comments were inappropriate. I still think this whole thing is ridiculous.