The Rant Board WAS once named for Gary Barnett.

[FeralFelidae]

@stpaulcat
"The Gary Barnett Memorial Rant Board"

https://web.archive.org/web/20011213234946/northwestern.rivals.com/forum.asp

 

[CatManTrue]

@stpaulcat
"The Gary Barnett Memorial Rant Board"

https://web.archive.org/web/20011213234946/northwestern.rivals.com/forum.asp

So you’re saying it should be brought back? Just like Gary returned in 2015 after a near 20 year hiatus?

 

[TheC]

Great find! Of course, back in those days, we also would meet on the main football board to discuss things "intelligently".

 

[FeralFelidae]

Great find! Of course, back in those days, we also would meet on the main football board to discuss things "intelligently".

It's more a memory than a find. I just remember having a discussion with @stpaulcat and he didn't believe me that the Rant Board was once named for Gary Barnett. Well, here is the proof.

 

[TheC]

It's more a memory than a find. I just remember having a discussion with @stpaulcat and he didn't believe me that the Rant Board was once named for Gary Barnett. Well, here is the proof.

That might be the first Rant Board associated debate you ever won!!

😜

 

[NUCat320]

That might be the first Rant Board associated debate you ever won!!

😜

I always thought Rant Board was about reaching shared understanding of the issues. We’re all human, after all.

 

[FeralFelidae]

So you’re saying it should be brought back? Just like Gary returned in 2015 after a near 20 year hiatus?

I think that ship has sailed. However, hypothetically, if the Rant Board were brought back, whom should it be named in honor of?

I would vote JON: the hypothetical JON Memorial Rant Board.

Or maybe Mr. Wickerpark...

 

[IGNORE2]

I think that ship has sailed. However, hypothetically, if the Rant Board were brought back, whom should it be named in honor of?

I would vote JON: the hypothetical JON Memorial Rant Board.

Or maybe Mr. Wickerpark...

I think they should bring it back as separate paid page. I would join. And the fees would pay for moderation.

 

[stpaulcat]

I always thought Rant Board was about reaching shared understanding of the issues. We’re all human, after all.

Never quite to mutual understanding, but at least the opportunity was there for that possibility. Today's boards are like Russian TV news.

 

[stpaulcat]

I think that ship has sailed. However, hypothetically, if the Rant Board were brought back, whom should it be named in honor of?

I would vote JON: the hypothetical JON Memorial Rant Board.

Or maybe Mr. Wickerpark...

The former is cruel, the latter, not so much.

 

[FeralFelidae]

The former is cruel, the latter, not so much.

Watching our defense the last two seasons was cruel.

 

[stpaulcat]

Watching our defense the last two seasons was cruel.

True, although we no longer need to pile on (if only piling had happened in the past two years).

 

[FeralFelidae]

True, although we no longer need to pile on (if only piling had happened in the past two years).

It's a good thing this new Rant Board is only hypothetical.