I love his honesty and realism....that's one smart cookie that works wonders in front of the camera!

He just trashed the NBA.....cracked me up....

TNT isn't too happy right now.....

Sir Charles definitely makes march madness coverage more interesting and entertaining.

I hate Sir Chuck

(03-23-2014 02:25 PM)techdawg88 Wrote:  I hate Sir Chuck

you don't get his humor then....that's a bummer for you....

this group is infinitely better than any NBA or NFL studio crew

He's from Leeds Alabama which is not very far outside of the city.

He should have been a UAB player instead of AU... He claimed UAB to be his first choice, but he was a HS senior when we went to our first sweet 16 and had a lot of seniors coming back which lead to us going to the elite 8 in 1982. His side of the story is that Au had more playing time to offer him as a freshman. In spite of him going to Auburn and not UAB, he comes to our games fairly regularly when he is in town. He's also donated plenty of money to our medical school

http://blog.al.com/comebacktown/2014/01/...er_default

(03-23-2014 02:49 PM)Dracorex Wrote:  He should have been a UAB player instead of AU, but that's for another day.

He comes to our games fairly regularly when he is in town.

and he's donated plenty of money to our medical school

http://blog.al.com/comebacktown/2014/01/...er_default

I love b'ham....is some of the prettiest southern countryside....have always been envious of that and the surrounding tributaries....fishing rules in bama vs. ms...oxmore valley and ross bridge....yeah, played both many times too....

the scribe describes why I love CB's candor.....he's speaks from the heart and wears it on his chest....the gods of media are not supposed to allow that in front of the camera

they can't stop this man and his message....he is required viewing in my mind....

disclaimer: I'm white and grew up fairly privileged

(03-23-2014 03:14 PM)stinkfist Wrote:  

(03-23-2014 02:49 PM)Dracorex Wrote:  He should have been a UAB player instead of AU, but that's for another day.

He comes to our games fairly regularly when he is in town.

and he's donated plenty of money to our medical school

http://blog.al.com/comebacktown/2014/01/...er_default

I love b'ham....is some of the prettiest southern countryside....have always been envious of that and the surrounding tributaries....fishing rules in bama vs. ms...oxmore valley and ross bridge....yeah, played both many times too....

the scribe describes why I love CB's candor.....he's speaks from the heart and wears it on his chest....the gods of media are not supposed to allow that in front of the camera

they can't stop this man and his message....he is required viewing in my mind....

disclaimer: I'm white and grew up fairly privileged

Privileged?

Dude, we play basketball in a yurt.

(03-23-2014 04:24 PM)AndreWhere Wrote:  

(03-23-2014 03:14 PM)stinkfist Wrote:  

(03-23-2014 02:49 PM)Dracorex Wrote:  He should have been a UAB player instead of AU, but that's for another day.

He comes to our games fairly regularly when he is in town.

and he's donated plenty of money to our medical school

http://blog.al.com/comebacktown/2014/01/...er_default

I love b'ham....is some of the prettiest southern countryside....have always been envious of that and the surrounding tributaries....fishing rules in bama vs. ms...oxmore valley and ross bridge....yeah, played both many times too....

the scribe describes why I love CB's candor.....he's speaks from the heart and wears it on his chest....the gods of media are not supposed to allow that in front of the camera

they can't stop this man and his message....he is required viewing in my mind....

disclaimer: I'm white and grew up fairly privileged

Privileged?

Dude, we play basketball in a yurt.

which I choose to use as a term of endearment....it's unfortunate that you choose the other view (and completely whiffed my point as usual)....btw, the yurt is getting ready to get a facelift....sorry, you will not get the ribbon cut invite....

(03-23-2014 02:25 PM)techdawg88 Wrote:  I hate Sir Chuck

Luv him!

(03-23-2014 02:25 PM)techdawg88 Wrote:  I hate Sir Chuck

You hate fun.

Barkley is the best period! ONly reason I watch NBA games is to watch him on halftime shows..

Love Charles Barkley. He has so many great quotes out there. One of my favorites was from this past football season: "The only thing saving Johnny Manziel right now is Miley Cyrus."

Agree that the TNT NBA crew are way better than ESPN talking heads when discussing hoops.

(03-23-2014 02:03 PM)stinkfist Wrote:  I love his honesty and realism....that's one smart cookie that works wonders in front of the camera!

He just trashed the NBA.....cracked me up....

TNT isn't too happy right now.....

I like Barkley with the NBA.

He doesn't know college basketball, though. And I get tired of him and Kenny analyzing teams they don't know anything about.

At least he keeps Gottlieb off my screen for at least a little while. That is the one person in the history of television to become more insufferable AFTER leaving ESPN.

(03-23-2014 06:32 PM)stinkfist Wrote:  

(03-23-2014 04:24 PM)AndreWhere Wrote:  

(03-23-2014 03:14 PM)stinkfist Wrote:  

(03-23-2014 02:49 PM)Dracorex Wrote:  He should have been a UAB player instead of AU, but that's for another day.

He comes to our games fairly regularly when he is in town.

and he's donated plenty of money to our medical school

http://blog.al.com/comebacktown/2014/01/...er_default

I love b'ham....is some of the prettiest southern countryside....have always been envious of that and the surrounding tributaries....fishing rules in bama vs. ms...oxmore valley and ross bridge....yeah, played both many times too....

the scribe describes why I love CB's candor.....he's speaks from the heart and wears it on his chest....the gods of media are not supposed to allow that in front of the camera

they can't stop this man and his message....he is required viewing in my mind....

disclaimer: I'm white and grew up fairly privileged

Privileged?

Dude, we play basketball in a yurt.

which I choose to use as a term of endearment....it's unfortunate that you choose the other view (and completely whiffed my point as usual)....btw, the yurt is getting ready to get a facelift....sorry, you will not get the ribbon cut invite....

It was a joke. I don't get the Reed Green hatred... I love the way it blends into campus and I actually think the projector / screen approach is pretty clever. I'd be just fine with taking whatever money we're about to spend on it and spending it on coach salaries instead. Our football coach should be at $1,000,000 per year, as Fedora was. Tyndall probably deserves a big raise, too. But Reed Green upgrade hysteria is pretty strong right now...

And I guess I'm just not allowed to make jokes any more. Point taken.

Just one fan's opinion.......

Barkley is a bolt of fresh lightening in a corporate-money driven, NYC centric world of sports broadcasting.

While he makes mistakes on college ball because he's not involved daily, his comments (appear to) come from his heart and not some back-room manufactured scheme to drive up viewership/subscription rates.

He's one of the very few that has the confidence to admit a mistake when he makes one.

As a resident of San Antonio, I think he is a piece of ****. Just sayin.

No filter. Knows basketball. Admits when he is wrong. Funny.

What's not to like....

I like that his backdrop in his wikipedia profile picture is all pirated out. Did some crazed ECU fan do that. See below:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Barkley

what bones is referring to