Jimmy on barkley

[PauliePeppas]

"charles is an idiot"

 

[Upstate]

"Charles is an idiot." on the Score1260 today

 

[marz09cuse]

Would anyone really disagree with that?

 

[Marsh01]

He is an idiot. Should stick to the NBA game

 

[shermstheman]

Too bad JB holds how he really feels in check

 

[priestp]

JB is smarter than that. Kinda disappointed.

 

[jncuse]

Charles style works with the NBA game, not the NCAA game.

 

[rrlbees]

on one hand, it's great that he is open and honest and doesn't hold back. but on the other, i don't know if this stuff is always in his or the teams best interest. he's right, but i'm not sure he should be saying it publicly.

 

[armory]

Charles Barkley on games 1-48: "Too many jumpshots"

 

[SmilinBob]

I agree with some things Barkley says but his overall quality of analysis is pretty low.

 

[marz09cuse]

JB is smarter than that. Kinda disappointed.

Barkley called out his specialty in basketball, the zone and ripped it by saying it was the easiest defense to play against. Obviously this is not true in college, or else we would not regularly rank among the countries best in defensive statistics. Pretty stupid thing to say on national TV when you have zero facts to back it up. But most of Barkley's opinions fit that bill, especially when it comes to CBB.

 

[priestp]

Why make another enemy in the booth?
JB should have proved Barkley is an idiot instead of stating it.

 

[djcon57]

"charles is an idiot"

 

[cspades99]

I didn't see it, but didn't Lavin cut Charles and Kenny to shreds in studio on Saturday?

 

[moqui]

Barkley is the anti-Gottlieb - he doesn't do any homework and relies entirely on schtick and cliches

 

[br801]

Barkley called out his specialty in basketball, the zone and ripped it by saying it was the easiest defense to play against. Obviously this is not true in college, or else we would not regularly rank among the countries best in defensive statistics. Pretty stupid thing to say on national TV when you have zero facts to back it up. But most of Barkley's opinions fit that bill, especially when it comes to CBB.

Last year, Barkley openly celebrated his lack of preparation and knowledge of college basketball. He obviously didn't feel compelled to approach things differently this year. He's merely there to entertain, and he knows it. But his act is still disrespectful of the game.

 

[Scotiacuse]

If that bothers Charles he can can ask Rony how he dealt with it.

 

[pfister1]

I wouldn't say he is an idiot, more of a clown. He can be entertaining just because you never know what he'll say, but I certainly don't watch Charles for the insightful analysis of the college game.

I don't know what prompted JB to offer his opinion of Charles, but it would be nice sometimes if JB would keep his thoughts to himself. Why pick a fight with Charles? Who cares what he has to say about the zone defense. Anyone who knows anything about college basketball knows that Syracuse's zone is not easy to play against.

 

[SmilinBob]

Barkley is the anti-Gottlieb - he doesn't do any homework and relies entirely on schtick and cliches

I agree, he knows the same information now as he did 20 years ago...fat, drunk and lazy is no way to go through life.

That said, Jimmy has to learn some couth(sp) but that old dog ain't learning no new tricks.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

This is the same Barkley who was asking around the studio the other day: "Is Scoop his real name?"

He's an idiot.

 

[moqui]

on the regular TNT crew, the only persone worth listening to (as far as the NCAA tournament goes) is Greg Anthony . . . Charles is the worst, but Kenny and Ernie clearly have not done much prep, either, and think that their nightly clown act is good enough.

The reason they bring 2 or 3 guests on for every segment is because the producers know that their jagoff "talent" is both utterly ignorant of the college game and also completely disinterested in learning anything below the surface of the handful of games they are watching.

 

[Garbs]

love it

 

[djcon57]

on the regular TNT crew, the only persone worth listening to (as far as the NCAA tournament goes) is Greg Anthony . . . Charles is the worst, but Kenny and Ernie clearly have not done much prep, either, and think that their nightly clown act is good enough.

The reason they bring 2 or 3 guests on for every segment is because the producers know that their jagoff "talent" is both utterly ignorant of the college game and also completely disinterested in learning anything below the surface of the handful of games they are watching.

I love Kenny and Charles on the NBA...because they, ya know, WATCH THE NBA and KNOW THE NBA.

College basketball is a different game and they are applying NBA-logic to it like "They just need to hit an open shot vs a zone". Sounds great why don't they just sign Craig Hodges. Oh that's right, they are college kids who don't always hit open shots.

 

[jr4750]

I didn't see it, but didn't Lavin cut Charles and Kenny to shreds in studio on Saturday?

yeah said JB makes adjustments and wants you to take those bad shots. I like Lavin a lot!

 

[br801]

on the regular TNT crew, the only persone worth listening to (as far as the NCAA tournament goes) is Greg Anthony . . . Charles is the worst, but Kenny and Ernie clearly have not done much prep, either, and think that their nightly clown act is good enough.

The reason they bring 2 or 3 guests on for every segment is because the producers know that their jagoff "talent" is both utterly ignorant of the college game and also completely disinterested in learning anything below the surface of the handful of games they are watching.

And if the producers can't find knowledgeable guests they can always play the "let's photoshop the heads of the hosts on to something stupid" card.