Real sad Harrison

[Clonefan32]

Here is what it comes down to:

On his visit to UNC he gets to meet Michael Jordan. Here, maybe we can get Marcus Fizer on a red-eye back from Turkey to say hi.

On his visit to UNC he got to play pick up ball with NBA pros. Here, we could see if Julius Mikalec could take a few days off from pushing cars, or see if perhaps if Curtis Stinson could take a day off from his Iowa Energy try-outs.

On his visit to UNC, they should him their trophy case full of national champsionship trophies. At Iowa State we could show off a Big 12 title or two.

On his visit to UNC he got to sit down and talk with one of the most successful coaches in college basketball. At Iowa State, he got to sit down and talk to his buddies dad that he has known for four years already.

It hurts me as much as all of you, but I suppose all you can do is try to put yourself in the shoes of an 17 year old kid. These are all very powerful forces, and I guess I can't hardly blame him for his decision.

 

[AmesCloneFan]

It was almost cold and cruel the way it happened and not the way you'd expect a "cyclone fan" to handle things. He is just a kid so he's probably oblivious to the pain he has caused. And he'll be coddled by plenty of "his fans" from here on out.

Had Harrison announced months ago that ISU was not a finalist, everyone would have been on here saying "Barnes never even gave us a chance"...

 

[Cycsk]

I respect the decision and wish him the best. But the way his family and him invited us all (Cyclones) to come and celebrate was very shameful on their part. He really showed today his lack of maturity and that he can put up a good front. You had to know what we all would be thinking and to pull a public stunt like that was pure BS. I hope ISU can meet up with you on the court and ruin your day.

Signed

A real Cyclone

Perhaps we didn't like it, but his friends at AHS seemed to enjoy the opportunity to cheer him on this opportunity. It wasn't ISU fans being cordial in the applause, it was his true friends congratulating him on making the decision that he thought was best for him.

 

[ISUonthemove]

I'm as upset as anyone, but some of you are childish. Just move on.

 

[st8]

Here is what it comes down to:

On his visit to UNC he gets to meet Michael Jordan. Here, maybe we can get Marcus Fizer on a red-eye back from Turkey to say hi.

On his visit to UNC he got to play pick up ball with NBA pros. Here, we could see if Julius Mikalec could take a few days off from pushing cars, or see if perhaps if Curtis Stinson could take a day off from his Iowa Energy try-outs.

On his visit to UNC, they should him their trophy case full of national champsionship trophies. At Iowa State we could show off a Big 12 title or two.

On his visit to UNC he got to sit down and talk with one of the most successful coaches in college basketball. At Iowa State, he got to sit down and talk to his buddies dad that he has known for four years already.

It hurts me as much as all of you, but I suppose all you can do is try to put yourself in the shoes of an 17 year old kid. These are all very powerful forces, and I guess I can't hardly blame him for his decision.

This. :biglaugh:

I found myself laughing at this, followed shortly by being disappointed when I realized how truly crappy ISU looks compared to an elite program.

 

[checker21]

I agree. The production they put on made me puke. If he was going to sign with NC, fine I have no problem with that. But to put on this show and invite Ames and the ISU community to watch you go somewhere else is classless. He really added insult to injury. If it was a chance to be anyone but Iowa State he should of had a small press conference at home. Again, it's not what he did. It's how he did it. I lost some respect for the kid.

 

[cyclonesyayaya]

Ya ur exactly right.
But just the way he did it.
and the fact that i skipped playing poker (making money) in SH to waste ten HEARTBREAKING min. of my life but it was heartbreaking

 

[st8]

Had Harrison announced months ago that ISU was not a finalist, everyone would have been on here saying "Barnes never even gave us a chance"...

IMO it wouldn't have hurt as bad then as it did today though.

 

[only4cy]

The AHS "screamers" were there to simply act the part for the TV audience.

 

[cyclonesyayaya]

He gave us like 4 years. so ya he shoulda took us out earlier.

 

[Clonefan32]

I just hope that someone at Iowa State has been keeping track of the hours he has been spending at the ISU facilities and charges him at a rate of about 20 bucks an hour.

 

[ISU_REV]

Ya know...A week ago I told myself "Just as long as he does not play for Ol' Roy (isn't that a Wal Mart dog food?)"

Now that he is playing for dog food I will never cheer for him, just as I would never cheer for anyone playing for that arrogant jerk. I will cheer against dog food just as strongly as before!!

 

[Clonefan32]

charge it on mom's pay.

like -5000?

Charge Roy. That will get him.

 

[rebecacy]

I think everyone needs to get over how he announced his decision. It's not his job to make you happy and he nobody had to accept the invitation, and you had to know there was no guarantee that he was going to pick Iowa State.

And it just so happens that he lives in Ames, Iowa, home to Iowa State and thousands of Cyclone fans. If he lived anywhere else it wouldn't be a big deal just because most of the people in attendance were Cyclone fans.

I think people need to let other people feel however they want to feel -- this holier than thou attitude makes my want to puke :yes:

 

[cyclonesyayaya]

Charge Roy. That will get him.

Ya just do both Roy and HB. haha

 

[Cyclonesrule91]

Ya know...A week ago I told myself "Just as long as he does not play for Ol' Roy (isn't that a Wal Mart dog food?)"

Now that he is playing for dog food I will never cheer for him, just as I would never cheer for anyone playing for that arrogant jerk. I will cheer against dog food just as strongly as before!!

Watch it....you might make vanillathrilla's dog poop list. I agree though, may the fleas of a thousand camels infest the armpits of anyone considering playing for tarheels. Not that I can think of anyone right now.....

 

[Cycsk]

My only thing is that if you aren't going to pick ISU eliminate us from the running as Ken Miller said. 9 out of 10 people there weren't there to celebrate with Harrison, they were there to celebrate him going to ISU.

9 out of 10 people there were his Ames High community who didn't want to miss the big event.

 

[isunorth]

All this talk of how mature and classy this kid is was absolutely crushed today.

Before I continue...let me make one thing clear. I have absolutely no problem with him attending UNC. It's a great school with a great basketball tradition and a legitimate NC contender. It's a logical choice that many of us (admit it or not) would make.

However, the selfish, arrogant 17 year old in this kid really came through today. Welcome back to mortality, Harrison.

I've never seen anyone use an entire coach, program, University, and city to advance his own agenda than this kid has. Then to put on the spectacle he did was absolutely outrageous. You're going to invite the city of Ames and the ISU community, then skype Roy Williams? Seriously. He f**king skyped Roy Williams.

The thank you's to the other coaches and the whole speach was the most contrived and fabricated speech I've ever heard from a high schooler. He should have been focusing on a school with a good public policy program instead of a business school. Seasoned politicians can't spin a story that well in public. The special thanks to McD and Iowa State was a joke. I knew it the minute he said he'd always be a Cyclone Fan. Game Over. Thanks for the consolation prize, Harrison.

You know what's mature? Tell someone that you aren't considering that they're not in the running. Don't use their practice facilities and team to make yourself better. You know what's classy? Hold a private press conference without the public there to annouce your intention to attend another University. Be humble and don't put on a f**king Disney production at your press conference to attend an out-of-state school.

The kid can talk about grades, and saxophones, and choir, and god all he wants. He can be as well behaved and well spoken as he wants. At the end of the day, he's still a pompous teenager who loves the spotlight. Kids do that and it's fine. It's natural. However, the coverup is worse than the crime. The act is over. You are too smart not to know exactly what you were doing all along. Your actions as of late and your show today is twisted and sadistic. No one is buying it anymore, Harrison.

There is no way ISU was in the running until today. I will never beleive it.

 

[singsing]

I can understand his reasoning, but don't understand all the drama leading up to it. He should have been honest waaaaaaaaay back, so for that I agree with a former post, **** him. Hope he flops.

 

[Cycsk]

There's something to that. It was years later than 18 when I realized that stuff I did really affected people. He was probably caught up in a pretty big life decision.

Hats off to him. He earned the right to write his ticket anywhere he wanted to go.

Selfish, maybe, but not cruel. He was just marketing himself really well for beyond UNC (NBA) and putting on an unforgettable event for Ames High.

The cruelty was brought on ourselves by the way we approached the event with our hopes on what was best for ISU, not what was best for HB. And I've been posting all week about how I thought choosing ISU was in his best interest.