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Charles Barkley still believes in old school parenting and he doesn’t care what anyone thinks.
The Basketball Hall of Famer, in his annual role as a March Madness analyst, hopped on “The Dan Patrick Show,” where the two discussed the tournament and even Barkley’s colleague Kenny Smith potentially being interested in the UNC job.
But that conversation got Barkley a little fired up about the state of athletes as a whole and how he believes they can’t be coached.
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Former Phoenix Suns player Charles Barkley in attendance against the Minnesota Timberwolves during an NBA Cup game at the Mortgage Matchup Center. (Mark J. Rebilas/Imagn Images)
“You can’t even yell at them anymore,” Barkley said of today’s players.
But it quickly turned into a parenting discussion.
“People talking about you can’t yell at your kids. Yeah, hell you can yell at your kids,” Barkley said. “You want to mess with them too… That’s why these kids are crazy.”
Of course, Barkley, who said he “believe(s) in discipline,” obviously supports limits on said craving.
Basketball player Charles Barkley speaks on stage as Fall Out Boy takes the stage at the American Express All-Star Live at Hammerstein Ballroom airing live on TNT to tip off the 2015 NBA All-Star Game on February 12, 2015 in New York City. (Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images for American Express)
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“I don’t go around telling people to spank their kids, but I think if you don’t spank your kids and discipline them, they turn into some of these brats that we have today,” Barkley said. “I’m not here for child abuse, but how do kids know they’re doing something wrong? First of all, you can’t rationalize with kids, they’re dumber than rocks. They don’t know they’re doing things wrong, but when you hit them, it gets the message across because they don’t want to.”
He then left a stern message to those who disagreed with him.
“You guys can blast me on social media. You know I don’t do social media. I never read any comments. I don’t care what you think. Y’all can kiss my big black ass,” he said.
College basketball analyst Charles Barkley on air before the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament Final Four championship game. (Mitchell Layton/Getty Images)
“I’ll say what I have to say. Some of you will like it and some of you won’t. And you’ll get over it.”
