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Michael Haugen Jr. wins. Barnes chokes again by missing a 1-pin spare.
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Unbeleiveable...i have never seen a pro choke in the big spots like Barnes does
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All I can say is WOW!
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One of the best shows Ive seen in my life! Way to never give up for Haugen. I knew once Barnes started leaving 9s that it was gonna be close. Congrats to Haugen! Barnes sucks! WOOOOOOOO
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It was a choke but give props to Michael for keeping his mind in the game and he made a key ball change. Radar Lock on Right and changed to Max Velocity on the left..
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barnes has the worst nerves of any pba bowler. BARNES =CHOKER
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This show is going straight to ESPN Classic. It was that good. I'm glad to see Michael Haugen Jr. comeback like that.
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DITTO! He had the match sewn up..what the heck happened? It was one of the best matches this season. Thoroughly enjoyed it. I thought Haugen, Jr. was out of it early.
Wow! Barnes...OMG!
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Warning, Suicide Watch Needed! I cannot comprehend what I just watched.
You said it. I don't know that Barnes can mentally recover from this.
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Does he have to bowl doubles now lol?
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Barnes is everything I teach my kids not to be on the lanes.
A good bowler??
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You are right bowl me over. Chris was very nervous. I told my wife he is going to choke.Nice win Mike
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Warning, Suicide Watch Needed! I cannot comprehend what I just watched.
You said it. I don't know that Barnes can mentally recover from this.
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Barnes looked absolutely empty after leaving the open frame. I mean total emptiness. Never seen that before in a pro bowler.
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Let's keep it civil but here is why there is no denying he choked: he missed a 10 pin. It wasn't a split. It wasn't bad luck. It wasn't the lanes. It was him. Chris is a great bowler but he lacks the internal mental state that the greats have in any sport like Michael Jordan or Tiger Woods. It is a shame really.
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Don't you just love it you've got to hand it to Haugen he never quit . After 5 frames I'm thinking its over ,This is a good lesson for all of us never quit regardless of how far down we are. Great job Michael
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Carl
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some of you are right he is a good bowler but he is such an a** that not to many people want to see him do good I myself was happy as hell when he CHOKED my wife and I were laughing are heads off.
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I dont want to get chewed out for this but I dont think he choked when he missed the 10! I think he was in such a frickin hurry from being so estatic about winning his 2nd ToC that he just didn't pay much attention on the spare, just kinda got up and threw it. He did however SUCK in the 10th frame!! Overthinking it something huge, before he just got his spot took aim and threw the ball, 10th frame he is sweating bullets and having a heart attack... a deserving lose when you are 50+ ahead.
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Nerves of cotton.
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Well said...if michael hadnt given up, he wouldnt have stood a chance. Big kudos to him for his mental game...
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It was a choke but give props to Michael for keeping his mind in the game and he made a key ball change. Radar Lock on Right and changed to Max Velocity on the left..
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Earl Anthony 'choked' 42 times.
No, Earl Anthony lost 42 times in the finals. Im guessing he may have had a couple questionable losses---but Barnes losses are always questionable. Every time, its not a matter of pin carry---its the killer instinct he lacks. Its the one bad shot in a key time. Or where he cant identify that as a professional he is catching small breaks to win an earlier match and then never makes the adjustment necessary to win---Hell Scroggins did that a couple weeks back and everyone hates him. Im not saying Scroggins is better than Barnes.
My comment for the day......
Shafer does the most with the least. (Maybe not in wins, but to be where he's at the way he stiff legs it---thats crazy)
Barnes does the least with the most. (He is like Pennsylvania sports teams---they find a way to lose and usually they hurt more each time)
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when barnes first came out he had the killer instinct..he didnt care and showed his emotions...after a few years he tried to become more mental about everything and it has screwed him up bigtime...he started caring what everyone thought about him instead of getting into the match like he did before..he needs to get back to not caring what all of you think about him, about being the nice guy, and just bowling...more of the p allen attitude he had before..
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Hey catchaclue61, why dont you get a clue!!! You state you teach your kids to be everything Barnes is not. What a shame for those kids. Chris Barnes is a guy that you should be modeling the future off of. He is a class act on and off of the lanes. The guy has great family values and should be looked at as a role model for the PBA tour. In my experience he has always been very open to talk to and always willing to sign autographs for kids. There are some of the top players you cannot say the same thing about. Chris is very focused on his job and you will not see him hanging out at the bar afterwards getting smashed, or starting conflict like other PBA professionals have. So I guess it all depends on what you are wanting to teach the kids, to be a true professional of the game or just another house hack.
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They say it every week Chris is on the show that he has one of the best physical games. I have always enjoyed watching him when he is on the show. He made a poor shot at the 10 pin. You can't tell me that none of us have ever made a bad shot at the 10 pin, I know I have had plenty of bad shots at it. Yeah the HUGE difference is he is out on tour I know that. I would love to have the talent he has on his off day. When I am able to start teaching my son how to bowl Chris will be one that I try to show him a lot. As far as him being a choker I am not getting into that conversation.
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Chris does have all the tools even Randy said that he is the most talented player out there , he has just got to find a way to have a great mental game, which I am sure everyone will say that he doesn't have
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Lets give a shout out to Haugen...he is a class act and had the focus to come back with several strikes..i bowled with him at the us open a few years back...i was very poor, but all he did was give me encouragement and support, setting goals for me to make...great guy and i'm happy he won!
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same here...i got to know haugen in 2001, he is a great guy..crossed with him in several tourneys..barnes is a great guy away from bowling as well...i didnt have a problem with either winning, just hated to see barnes lose the way he did..thats gonna sting for a while..
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Chris Barnes is the Phil Nickelson of Pro Bowling......What happen in that match is, right after he threw first 9 spare (in the 8th frame i think) he started playing not to lose instead of, trying to strike and win. Just like Randy said all he needed was to mark out.
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Couldn't happen to a better guy...Barnes is everything I teach my kids not to be on the lanes.
and for those lessons you pass on to your kids, they will never be in position to do what Barnes did today. As sick of situation that Chris is going through, I would rather be going through it and having half of his talent on lanes.
Congrats to MHJ what a performance... way to take control of your own destiny and come through when everyone including myself, pretty much crowned Chris..today is a great lesson in not shutting yourself out people..even when it looks grim, it takes one JUST ONE mistake by you or you opponent to turn the tide of the match
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Did anyone hear the comment from PA about Barnes? If he could PRY it off his hand on Sunday he'd win every week!!! Of course that applies to a lot of us I'm sure. You would think after all of these meltdowns (chokes) that he would maybe seek some type of mental sports psychology to strengthen his mental approach to Sunday's. Just my .02
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Barnes doesn't always choke, and coming in second (I'm waiting for the Earl supporters to say something like "he didn't lose, he just ran out of games") isn't always a choke. I've seen Barnes lose to a better opponent, it isn't always his head that stops him.
But today it was his head. There was no way he was going to strike on that fill ball, not after failing to strike for the last four or five frames, not after flagging that 10-pin. As soon as he missed the first one in the tenth, Haugen had it.
A blowout 7-10 on a pocket shot ain't chokin', flagging a 10-pin when you just need a mark is.
SH
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Some of you posting in this thread need to be realistic.
Pros are not above analysis from the masses simply because they're more talented than us. That's a given. But fans in all sports have a "right" to speak. Don't think for a minute they don't.
Some of you can't equate a very factual point of analysis with anything other than a slam. I've never met Barnes, so I can't speak for or against him as a person.
But as a bowler, today in the TOC? He choked. Choked. Say it, learn it, live it, he choked. A professional bowler in that spot in that tournament should NEVER miss a 10-pin or any other single pin.
It's not about how many 10s I've missed in my life, or if I'm as good as Barnes. If we limit criticism of Barnes to it coming from people who are as good as he is, no one on this site could say anything and neither could 75 percent of the exempt field, either.
But that's not how analysis works. The only thing that matters when analyzing something is if you are smart enough to know what you're talking about.
Today's miss was, IMO, bigger than Ballard's gutterball. Ballard needed something like 7 pins to win and had been playing an outside line all day when he guttered. Barnes needed to throw a plastic ball straight at the 10. He didn't have to play an angle or worry about revs. Just hit one pin.
Haugen deserves major credit for hanging in this game and never giving up. Luck is when preparation meets opportunity and Haugen was prepared for his opportunity when it arrived.
However, he never would have had a chance had Barnes not committed a completely indefensible mistake at a crucial moment in a tournament of epic proportions. That, folks, is the working definition of "choke" in the professional athletic sense.
I don't hate Chris Barnes. But he choked.
Jess
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first of all, congrat to michael haugen, jr. what a comeback. never gave up. took advantage of an opening-----that's being a true pro.
why wouldn't you want your children to bowl like chris barnes ? i'd give anything to be half that good. he's a better example of what a pba member should look like and act like than most you'll run into.
would you rather your children acted like chris collins ?
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What were the odds of Haugen winning this week? Makes you kinda wonder if Barnes had some money on him to win after missing that easy 10 pin spare in the 9th.
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Let's keep it civil but here is why there is no denying he choked: he missed a 10 pin. It wasn't a split. It wasn't bad luck. It wasn't the lanes. It was him. Chris is a great bowler but he lacks the internal mental state that the greats have in any sport like Michael Jordan or Tiger Woods. It is a shame really.
Well put. I feel terrible for Chris Barnes. He is arguably one of the three most physically talented bowlers of our time.
Yeah, he choked. But I urge others not to pile it on and instead root for Barnes' restoration. Who among those of us reading this forum has never choked?
I for one hope to see the restoration of Chris Barnes and hope he wins many championships and majors. The battle becomes more difficult now--all the more reason to root for him in my book.
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Anyone have this match on u-tube yet? I missed it and I would like to see it.
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This match reminded me of another finals match a few years back between Joe Ciccone and Jason Couch. Joe had a 43 pin lead in the 6th and had the match all sealed up for his first career victory when he started making mistakes in the 7th and 8th frames. Joe could never recover and Jason took full advantage of it by striking the from the 6th frame onwards to comeback and win the title. Joe looked as dejected as Chris.
Chris is a great bowler. He has all the talent in the world. When I watch him, I think he puts way too much pressure on himself and tends to make mistakes because he's overthinking. Yes, he's human and he will make mistakes. I just wish I could just tell him to just clear his mind on the approach and just pry it off.
Congrats to Michael on his second victory, and first Major. He deserves this for all the years he's struggled to get a single victory.
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He choked it, plain and simple. He will never be the elite PBA player until he can lock it up. Until today I thought Barnes just had bad luck and wasn't a choke artist. But that whiffed ten pin today changed my mind. I told my wife, if Haugen can put alittle pressure on him, he'll crumble and choke this one away....
Andrew
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was the stat 8-18 in title matches?
He may not be the mother of all chokers, but, with that much talent, he should have won a LOT more than eight times.
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Ill give Barnes this---I do believe he is a great bowler, Id be an idiot not to.
Ive always said that he makes ok shots on tv---not professional shots. His off shots are 2 pins or 4 pins that could be 4-9s. Im not saying that he is horrible. Its just how many times have you seen him guide a shot in by 3-4-5 boards and then act dumbfounded as to why it hooked? I know some of us want to believe with is wonderful physical game, that he cant make mistakes---watch the replays in the past. Too many times Ive seen him cave buckets for key strikes to win a match, then he comes back the next game---leaves a bucket, and wonders where it came from??? He just never seems to make the right move on the shows. I remember when he used to match up with Walter Ray periodically he would always seem to try to play Walters A game, even though it wasnt his A game. He would try to pipe it up 10. Walter would shoot 258 and Chris would shoot 225 with 1 BIG MISTAKE. It is what he does.
Shafer was the perfect person for Chris Barnes to draw in the semis---someone who just doesnt win. Its a confidence thing. Everyone is siting when they knew Chris would lose the match---how about when Haugen came back and said "Make him show up at least." That planted a seed in Chris' head. He is thinking at that point, "I just need to show up, just stay clean and I win". And look what happens. People say he rushed, or whatever---he missed. He made a HUGE mistake. As many times as Ive trashed him in the past, I will say this....
He has come back from what I would consider chokes, so many times. Now this is a by definition choke---if he comes back in the same way---even if its just to finish 2nd all the time like he does now, Ill be impressed. Todays loss had to be, at best, disheartening. He is a professional bowler---in the 6th frame he throws a shot through the break and leaves a 2 pin. Then in the 8th on the same lane, he gets it out and throws it soft---he leaves a 4 pin. Then in the 10th frame he throws it through the break again.
Did anyone else find it curious that he hooked at the 2 pin??? I know you all may not read this whole post---but he always goes hard and straight at spares unless its the 2-8 or 3-6-9-10. That just basically said that he had lost faith in what got him there. For most bowlers, that would be the perfect position to do what you need to do, make the spare and stick with the program.
Then he throws his fill ball---pulls it a couple boards---and would have been VERY fortunate to carry.
He just never seems to be able to make that one move. That one adjustment that will win him a tourney. I know he has won. 8 times. I know he has a ton of 2nds. I know he is an incredible talent. Still put his talent with some other guys brains and you have the best bowler EVER.
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Chris Barnes' career is over. $400,000 of his winnings are from a Brooklyn strike from the Motel 6 Roll to Riches. Yes he has 8 titles, 8 more than me, but he will never win again. He is like Notre Dame, a has been.
Never win again? Want to lay some money on that?
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And in regards to Earl Anthony, he was a left hander with no competition except Dave Davis and Johnny Petraglia. Earl would not win a single title today. Mike Aulby would struggle too.
Do you honestly believe that Earl Anthony would be a non factor today? I've read some interesting opinions over time, but this just might take the cake. Earl dominated during weeks when no other lefty made the top 24 and even during weeks when they made an effort to shut out the lefties. He wasn't flashy, but was insanely accurate, knew how to adjust his carry, and never beat himself.
I did notice that Barnes threw his strike ball at the 2 pin. He hadn't missed a single pin all week and made all the previous ones during the telecast. I've had a bad day where I've flagged a few corners and eventually switched to something different for spares, but losing confidence after one blown spare was something else.
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Chris Barnes' career is over. $400,000 of his winnings are from a Brooklyn strike from the Motel 6 Roll to Riches. Yes he has 8 titles, 8 more than me, but he will never win again. He is like Notre Dame, a has been.
And in regards to Earl Anthony, he was a left hander with no competition except Dave Davis and Johnny Petraglia. Earl would not win a single title today. Mike Aulby would struggle too.
Uh, sure.
Barnes will win again. I sure about that. It will be win nobody puts pressure on him.
That last paragraph is ridiculous.
Andrew
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Earl in his prime can bowl in today's game. I just look at Walter and see not the perfect form but just the able to be so consistent in hitting a mark which was learned from yesterday's game. Put a resin ball in Anthony's hand, he would be a top player.
Barnes will win again. One thing I would give him is the ability to overcome his bad breaks and choke jobs. I would not be shocked if he makes it close to the show if not make it the next tourney.
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Barnes is very resilient that's for sure!!! He'll bounce back from this.
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i don't see how you can tell his personality by the smirk on his face. that is just an asinine comment. his mental game is far outstripped by physical game it appears. Chris unfortunately did choke again. I wonder if he has ever worked with a sport psychologist? my mom said to me after 5th frame well there is no need to watch the rest of this match. i concurred and boy we were wrong. i hope michael bought chris a drink. a double.
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No other lefties????????
The name Steve Cook comes to mind.
Earl not being able to compete with today's players,conditions and equipment????? We already had this debate a few weeks back concerning Tiger and Jack Nicklaus. With the ability that we have to be able to match a player's ball speed,rev rate,etc to todays equipment,and with his mental game,Earl would easily win tournaments.
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one more comment. what was said here about ryan is completely true. he does the best with his more limited game/style. i think that applies to michael haugen as well. i don't think is very versatile (in comparison to people like norm duke or even barnes) and likely won't win a boatload of titles when it is all said and done. does that mean he is not incredibly good. absolutely not. i (along with everyone here) would kill to be 1/2 as mediocre as he is. i was impressed that he didn't give up. served him well today.
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Like many, I can't say I'm unhappy to see Barnes choke yet again. I lost all respect for him a few years ago when he was in the Philly area.
Friday night, Game 7 against Voss, everyone else was finished. The best Voss could shoot was in the 240's, and Barnes had the front nine with the match wrapped up. With everyone in the center watching, what does he do? He picks up his Miller Lite spare ball and throws at the 1-2 pocket and gets a 6 count (1-3-6-10). He totally ignored the fans who wanted to see the 300. Or, maybe he didn't want to take the chance he couldn't perform in the 10th...hmmmm...
Joe
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joegunn - it's a "respect" thing. If the match is locked up and total pins has no bearing on the standings, it's sometimes considered rude to bang out a 300 against your opponent. It has nothing at all to do with the fans. Anyway - in today's inflated scoring environment, it's unlikely that bowlers and fans haven't already seen enough 300 games.
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Some of you posting in this thread need to be realistic.
Pros are not above analysis from the masses simply because they're more talented than us. That's a given. But fans in all sports have a "right" to speak. Don't think for a minute they don't.
Some of you can't equate a very factual point of analysis with anything other than a slam. I've never met Barnes, so I can't speak for or against him as a person.
But as a bowler, today in the TOC? He choked. Choked. Say it, learn it, live it, he choked. A professional bowler in that spot in that tournament should NEVER miss a 10-pin or any other single pin.
It's not about how many 10s I've missed in my life, or if I'm as good as Barnes. If we limit criticism of Barnes to it coming from people who are as good as he is, no one on this site could say anything and neither could 75 percent of the exempt field, either.
But that's not how analysis works. The only thing that matters when analyzing something is if you are smart enough to know what you're talking about.
Today's miss was, IMO, bigger than Ballard's gutterball. Ballard needed something like 7 pins to win and had been playing an outside line all day when he guttered. Barnes needed to throw a plastic ball straight at the 10. He didn't have to play an angle or worry about revs. Just hit one pin.
Haugen deserves major credit for hanging in this game and never giving up. Luck is when preparation meets opportunity and Haugen was prepared for his opportunity when it arrived.
However, he never would have had a chance had Barnes not committed a completely indefensible mistake at a crucial moment in a tournament of epic proportions. That, folks, is the working definition of "choke" in the professional athletic sense.
I don't hate Chris Barnes. But he choked.
Jess
Couldn't have put better myself if I had all weekend and a dictionary. This is probably the best statement I've read yet. Way to hit the nail on the head, Jess.
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Probably one of my favorite matches in a long time. Unbelievable and I was kind of half paying attention (so were the announcers) when he missed that 10 pin. Had to do a double take. Did that actually just happen? Then I all could do was root for Haugen more than I already was.
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Hey catchaclue61, why dont you get a clue!!! You state you teach your kids to be everything Barnes is not. What a shame for those kids. Chris Barnes is a guy that you should be modeling the future off of. He is a class act on and off of the lanes. The guy has great family values and should be looked at as a role model for the PBA tour. In my experience he has always been very open to talk to and always willing to sign autographs for kids. There are some of the top players you cannot say the same thing about. Chris is very focused on his job and you will not see him hanging out at the bar afterwards getting smashed, or starting conflict like other PBA professionals have. So I guess it all depends on what you are wanting to teach the kids, to be a true professional of the game or just another house hack.
Track900,
You say Chris Barnes is a class act on and off the lanes...did he act so after his loss yesterday? I don't think so, he stormed off the set barely shaking Haugen's hand. That isn't class. This was an opportunity to show real class and congratulate Haugen for his great bowling, he did not take it.
Barnes has also shown this lack of class in the past. During college, he felt he was better then most other bowlers (which he was) and made sure everyone knew it. He treated bowlers who were on what he considered inferior teams, as I was, like dirt and wouldn't even give you the time of day. To be fair, there were others on the Wichita team that acted that way as well, Lonnie Walicek comes to mind. Maybe these "chokes" are karma coming back to him for acting this way. To add to that Walicek has had his share of "chokes" too while on tour. I will not disagree with his taking the time for kids that you mentioned, probably the birth of his own sons showed him the joy that can come from children. But as far as showing class, Barnes has on more then one occassion showed none, yesterday being the most recent.
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All the Barnes bashing aside, how many of you would switch shoes with Barnes in a second to be on the tour?
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I would!
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just curious how some are saying that huagen made a "ballsy" move by switching balls after the 5th frame. For god's sakes he had a 76 in the 5th. He'd been an idiot for not making a move. What was he gonna blow, having a chance for a 152.
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he has continued to show class, he has lost his edge...just because he blew the TOC and didnt shake haugens hand doesnt mean anything...he needs to become more of an ars to people, more of a me against the world attitude and he wouldnt melt down as often...he had a million things running through his head and im sure being happy for MH wasnt one of them...MH should have run to him and thanked him for giving him the tourney!
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he has continued to show class, he has lost his edge...just because he blew the TOC and didnt shake haugens hand doesnt mean anything...he needs to become more of an ars to people, more of a me against the world attitude and he wouldnt melt down as often...he had a million things running through his head and im sure being happy for MH wasnt one of them...MH should have run to him and thanked him for giving him the tourney!
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Nice way to think there Chad.....based on your signature if the Alabama QB throws an interception to LSU that costs his team the game, should the Alabama coach not go shake hands with the LSU coach? Should Miles Thank Him for handing them the game? This is the lamest thing I have ever heard. You can still have the "killer instinct" and have class. Earl Anthony was a prime example. This is just an excuse to try to rationalize Barnes' classlessness, nothing more.
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"Hell of a situation we got here. Two on, two out, your team down a run and you've got the chance to be the hero on national television... if you don't blow it. Saw your wife last night. Great little dancer. That guy she was with? I'm sure he's a close personal friend, but tell me, what was he doing with her panties on his head?
Uh-oh, Rexie, I don't think this one's got the distance."
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I missed the telecast...when did Barnes miss the single pin? 10th frame? If so, come on, guys, you would have been pissed also. Maybe he shook his hand in a more gentlemenly manner after the cameras stopped rolling.
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No. he missed the ten in the 9th
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if alabama was leading and chose to throw a pass that wasnt necessary and lsu won because of it yea..miles should thank him for being an idiot...barnes has class and always thanks the crowd as well as congratulates his opponent..the one time he doesnt all of you want to kill him...im not taking nothing away from MH..he made a great move and made barnes show up and barnes couldnt respond..im happy for MH..but barnes did implode and hand it to him..
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Edited on 1/28/2008 10:43 AM
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Chris Barnes does see a sports psychologist from time to time...I see Barnes a few times a year when he is in town.
That is I see him in the bowling alley with the doc.
Edited on 1/28/2008 10:56 AM
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Barnes botched it.
Like the old saying goes "Its not over until its over"
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I think I've seen him lose a tournament in every fashion now. I've never seen him miss a single pin spare. He was probably so furious with himself that he had to leave the set to vent. I don't blame him a bit. TV is a mental hurdle for him, he needs to just stick with the gameplan and not overthink it. If it's not there, use your physical game adjustments to find something else. And for God's sake, trust yourself to make the shot.
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First off, it couldn't have happened to a nicer guy...
Maybe the PBA will start to feel sympathetic for Barnes, and let him bowl to the 7th-8th frame of his tv matches, and then let Lynda finish off his game for him. I am sure she could handle it better!
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Edited on 1/28/2008 1:52 PM
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It seems like everybody enjoys seeing barnes miss a spare on television and all the bad luck in the past telecasts.I dont think anybody realizes how successful he has been throughout his career.
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Choke of the Year goes to Chris Barnes. When you have commentators comment about this on live TV (not using the term "Choke" of course) and seeing the photo of Chris on the ground after he lost game emphasizes the fact that Chris choked and lost a match where he had a distinct advantage and huge lead.
Hopefully he can pick up the pieces, joke about this and start winning again.
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What some of you are failing to realize is that, in general, people are not "bashing" Chris Barnes because of jealously or envy. The consensus seems to be that he is a jerk!!! That is the underlying overtone. People do not like him, and revel in his failures. Is he a bad person? I cannot say for sure. However, from my observations, he is smug, pompous, surly, and a whiner. To be honest I cannot think of anyone who has something to positive to say about his core character. Other than his wife and children. All that being, he is a supremely talented bowler and I do feel some sympathy for him in this situation. Defend him as bowler as much you would like, but as a human, he leaves more than a lot to be desired. Bad things usually happen to bad people............
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