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Originally posted by sugar and spice
I don't think it was the comment that she was an "awful player" was what got him suspended -- it was the fact that he brought it up in the middle of rape allegations like somehow that MATTERED to the charges. I think we can all agree that her ability as a player had nothing to do with the alleged rape, and the juxtaposition of the two is, at its most innocent, extremely strange, and at it's worst, extremely frightening -- as if he's saying that since she wasn't a great player, she shouldn't have been there, and since she was, it's her own fault that she got raped and assaulted and who knows what else.
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S&S,
I think you're reading too much into the suspension. The stated reason is his attitude, and the instance they keep using is his comments about her being an awful player. At this point, I take that at face value.
In reality, Barnett's problem (beyond coming off as incredibly arrogant and uncaring) is that his program was/is rife with runaway problems that he should have been on top of and either wasn't, didn't care or encouraged them behind the scenes. It is important to realize, though, that the reason he is only suspended at this point is that these are still allegations. Inncocent ulntil proven guilty.
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