TigerOne 1,138 Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 Saturday at 11 at the scholarship entrance at Auburn Arena. Should be entertaining Appreciation night for Charles is Friday evening during the Winthrop game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravejd 3,267 Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 Not sure how i feel about a Barkley statue and i really like Charles. Easily the most recognizable bball player to ever play at AU but what did he accomplish at AU to deserve having a statue? I'm cool to open up the statue's to non-football athletes but wondering what the criteria is for getting one. Football is pretty cut a dry....have a heisman or you don't get a statue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jared52 4,354 Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 Yeah, I think there were guys who did more at AU, but Barkley is the most recognizable to recruits. And let's be honest, this is about impressing recruits, not honoring Barkley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUGoo 2,659 Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 The next most significant AU player would likely be in line for one as well. That guy was incredible! He could hit that turn around jump from the top of the key and would have been even more dominating if the three point line had been in play in his day. He was like a rifleman. I say time to consider one for Chuck P............ Ooh. Wait. Nevermind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KolchakAU85 430 Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 Oh no, not another statue of a someone whose greatest life achievements came from playing a game. I love sports, Auburn, and Barkley. But I hate to see people idolized by making statues of them. Where's the statue of the guy who live-donated a kidney to my wife 14 years ago? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger 8,817 Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 I'm all for it. A basketball HALL OF FAMER is an Auburn Man and deserves to be recognized. We need to be super proud that Charles Barkley came through the Auburn program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randman5000 4,223 Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 Jesus Christ, bunch of whiners on here. #facepalm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaker 2,457 Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 I am super happy Barkley gets a statue. The univ is for the students and recruiting will benefit from recognizing iconic figures. The next obvious statue is Frank Thomas. I think Mel Rosen should be considered for some kind of recognition at the track. Hang on, surely we have a new track somewhere don't we? I saw the old track 2 yrs ago and .... How about our swim program? Do they recognize their great athletes/olympians? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUBwins 10,064 Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 He is considered a top 50 basketball player in the NBA all time (obviously there have been some new players that would make the list since then) and a Hall of Famer. He is still being recognized every day during the NBA season on TNT. He is as close as we get to top echelon basketball players in comparison to Heisman winners getting football statutes. Chuck deserves a statue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUTigersfan89 256 Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 20 hours ago, Beaker said: I am super happy Barkley gets a statue. The univ is for the students and recruiting will benefit from recognizing iconic figures. The next obvious statue is Frank Thomas. I think Mel Rosen should be considered for some kind of recognition at the track. Hang on, surely we have a new track somewhere don't we? I saw the old track 2 yrs ago and .... How about our swim program? Do they recognize their great athletes/olympians? I think Marsh certainly deserve a statue, but if we honored all of our individual NCAA championship or even just Olympic gold medalist with a statue, we might blow the budget. #bringbackMarsh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aucanucktiger 1,789 Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 In the same era, Jordan (surrounded by a better team IMO) was a scoring machine typically dropping 40 ppg + 10 assists while Barkley dominated with a typical 30-35 ppg + 10-15 assists + 5 rejections/5 steals. He was almost unstoppable for almost a decade in the NBA and was not "close to legendary", he was epic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CR 2,427 Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 On 11/22/2017 at 1:15 PM, KolchakAU85 said: Oh no, not another statue of a someone whose greatest life achievements came from playing a game. I love sports, Auburn, and Barkley. But I hate to see people idolized by making statues of them. Where's the statue of the guy who live-donated a kidney to my wife 14 years ago? It's in front of a basketball arena. That's where basketball statues belong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger 8,817 Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 Do people hate the football icon statues too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WFE12 9,191 Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunInRed 16,360 Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CR 2,427 Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 That's the way you do it folks. Barkley always comes through for Auburn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jj3jordan 2,039 Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 Sir Charles is missing about half of his "round mound of rebound". Must be a post AU statue. He had a tad bit more meat on him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustache eagle 2,388 Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 On 11/25/2017 at 12:36 PM, Tiger said: Do people hate the football icon statues too? I’m one of “those” people. I don’t like the statues for any sport. I also didn’t like the field being named after pat dye. I’m big on tradition but quite honestly (not talking about changing anything) my vote decades ago would have been against naming Jordan Hare anything but Auburn Stadium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AU64 10,122 Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 On 11/25/2017 at 3:14 PM, jj3jordan said: Sir Charles is missing about half of his "round mound of rebound". Must be a post AU statue. He had a tad bit more meat on him. Do you know how much bronze costs these days? I'm guessing the materials budget ran tight...like those shorts they wore back in the day. Those loose trunks don't look too authentic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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