I'm not going to claim to know what Fagan was thinking, but here is what it looked like to me; he felt that his strength his playing inside and powering the ball back into the pocket, and if he was going to go down, he was going down with his "A" game. As many have learned though, you have to play the lanes how they want you to play them. Obviously, he is capable of adjusting, he proved that in the second half of the game. He will be on the show again, I believe this season (he better hope for his sake), and he will be tough to deal with next time.
As for Chris Barnes, I like the guy. Barnes has the total package, but I think he is still in the learning process of when to use what line and ball combination. Being versatile brings with it it's own set of problems, you give yourself more options and more chances of making the wrong choice, Norm Duke has it mastered, but there was a lot of trial and error with him as well. I think we will begin seeing Chris Barnes making the show as often as anyone on tour in the very near future, and turning those 2nd's into 1st's.