Shirley Barnes Blasts Tirrell and his report on Harrison

[Sportstalkmatt]

CONTACT: Shirley Barnes - ([email protected])

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Marty Tirrell, Mouth of the Midwest at it again

Ames, Iowa -Marty Tirrell of Mouth of the Midwest and Calling All Sports, acting apparently on his desire to be in the know, is again making inaccurate and uninformed statements about former Ames High student and current University of North Carolina freshman, Harrison Barnes.

Early Monday on Calling All Sports.com Tirrell reported that Barnes had made a decision about his collegiate future and would make those plans known on April 5th. Tirrell also made several tweets on the subject:

Harrison Barnes returning to Chapel Hill for sophomore years..."unfinished business " and cites desire to win a championship

2:38 PM Mar 29th via Mobile Web from Des Moines, IA
Harrison Barnes to make it official Tuesday.... Back to Heels-
about 19 hours ago via Mobile Web from Charlotte, NC

Harrison Barnes prattle 10a east at callingallsports.com Monday
about 16 hours ago via Mobile Web from Augusta, GA

Harrison Barnes commits to "work left to be done" at NC Tells family and friends wants and feel Heels can move forward and " win a title "
about 12 hours ago via Mobile Web from Georgia, US

In 2009 as Ames High was preparing for their first state tournament appearance in 18 years, Tirrell, who worked for KXNO Radio at the time, reported that then-junior Harrison Barnes would attend Oak Hill Academy, a college preparatory school in Virginia known for its basketball prowess, in the fall of 2009. This major distraction for the school and the team resulted in Barnes' family responding with a press release stating the report had no merit and was solely generated by those reporting it. Again, Terrill's statements have no merit and are solely speculation by the reporter.

Terrill has not spoken to the Barnes family or to anyone in their inner circle. His actions are irresponsible and amount to harassment. As a result, the family is fielding calls to rectify inaccurate reporting.

Harrison Barnes and members of his family will not field further questions on the subject of his future until a decision has been made.

 

[bos]

Thuper!

 

[Chipper]

Hey Matt

 

[bpmcclain]

Tirrell is such an attention *****

 

[IcSyU]

#2 Hey Shirley, just shut up. You only give Marty what he wants by sending that out.

 

[PabloDiablo]

Boom!
The Blogosphere strikes again with it's drive thru reporting.

 

[Jack & Hilton]

We don't care

 

[Yes13]

#2 Hey Shirley, just shut up. You only give Marty what he wants by sending that out.[/quote]
QFT

 

[Haverhill]

 

[rdubbs]

Hey look, it's Giggles.

 

[BryceC]

Honestly, if you listened to Marty ranting and raving during the 5:00 hour yesterday, this is hilarious. It honestly just made tonights show appointment radio to hear how he's going to try and squirm out of this one.

Although, seeing Perrault back on this board only reminds me the blessed peace we've had the last few weeks without him on the radio. Thanks for doing us all a favor Matt.

 

[linkshero]

Tirrell is such an attention *****

Yep, unlike HB, Shirley, and the whole 'inner circle'..........:unsure:

Seems like all involved should get along nicely.

 

[linkshero]

Honestly, if you listened to Marty ranting and raving during the 5:00 hour yesterday, this is hilarious. It honestly just made tonights show appointment radio to hear how he's going to try and squirm out of this one.

Then I guess his evil plan worked......

 

[A-town Cy]

Weird, the Barnes' want attention. Lebron James approves of that press release.

 

[pyrocyz]

Will there be a skype announcement when he does decide???

 

[vmbplayer]

Some of the ignorance displayed in this thread is impressive.

 

[Clones85']

Weird, the Barnes' want attention. Lebron James approves of that press release.

Completely disagree. Barnes was the #1 recruit in the country for a year and they never were craving attention. In fact the deflected attention. Yes the skypegate was a poor decision but for 3 years now the Barnes family has been classy and not seeking attention at all

 

[UNIGuy4Cy]

Why is she using ISU email when she no longer works for the school?

 

[Tornado man]

Completely disagree. Barnes was the #1 recruit in the country for a year and they never were craving attention. In fact the deflected attention. Yes the skypegate was a poor decision but for 3 years now the Barnes family has been classy and not seeking attention at all

Can't believe I'm agreeing with 85, but Shirley Barnes is a classy lady, and has raised classy kids. She's tired of the phone calls about Tirrell's rumors.

 

[Three4Cy]

First off - why would she use her ISU e-mail address to send out a non-ISU press release? Doesn't ISU have people who do official press releases for the school. I can't believe they would allow this practice to go on for a secretary.

Second - anyone else notice that Marty's last name is spelled two different ways. If you are sending a press release the first thing you do is make sure it is accurate in spelling, especially when using someone's name.

This looks a little fishy to me.