Barnes' 20-year-old daughter Milanna, a former basketball player at Utah State, is dealing with a medical issue and his 83-year-old mother is in declining health in Spokane, Wash., he said, compelling the family to re-connect with loved ones on the West Coast.
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“Certainly, we had no intention of leaving,” he said. “A window opened and during that time we struggled with some family health issues. That compelled us to look now.”
Barnes declined to talk specifically about his daughter's situation.
That is detailed enough.
However:
But what about the place he is leaving?
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“Certainly, we had no intention of leaving,” he said. “A window opened and during that time we struggled with some family health issues. That compelled us to look now.”
Barnes declined to talk specifically about his daughter's situation.
That is detailed enough.
However:
But what about the place he is leaving?
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Barnes said when he arrived at Pitt 20 months ago he found a “close-to-the-vest culture” that led to some members of the senior leadership team not speaking to each other.
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“We had to chip away at that over time,” he said.
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Meanwhile, Barnes said he sought transparency with everyone, including donors, staff, coaches and the Board of Trustees.
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“We were methodical. We listened to the fans, changed the culture in terms of transparency, in term of listening to each other and our fans.”
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“We had to chip away at that over time,” he said.
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Meanwhile, Barnes said he sought transparency with everyone, including donors, staff, coaches and the Board of Trustees.
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“We were methodical. We listened to the fans, changed the culture in terms of transparency, in term of listening to each other and our fans.”
Some members of senior leadership not speaking to each other, wtf? The Cathedral of Learning is factionalized? There is in-fighting?
"Close-to-the-vest culture": I have read similar stuff in the past. Bob Smizik, a former Pittsburgh Post-Gazette columnist, once wrote, of a generation-ago athletic department shakeup that when one got any information at all out of the Pitt administration it was "lies." They were otherwise ensconced within Fortress Cathedral. That is the same opaque culture that Barnes encountered. Which BLOWS.
Good reporting by Jerry Dipaola of the Puttsburgh Tribune-Review.
