Commentary: Scott Barnes Leaves Oregon State as neither Villain nor Hero

Commentary: Scott Barnes leaves Oregon State as neither villain nor hero

He certainly won’t leave Oregon State in a better position than he found it.

The Scott Barnes Era Ends At Oregon State, Now Comes The Decision That Matters Most

Scott Barnes was never going to get a simple ending. When the Scott Barnes era at Oregon State University closed this week, it landed somewhere in the middle. Not a triumphant farewell. Not a scandal-driven exit. Just… complicated. Which, honestly, feels fitting. Barnes helped stabilize Oregon State athletics in ways that are easy to forget if you only look at the last year. He oversaw facility upgrades, pushed fundraising forward, and hired coa…

Canzano: A price to pay for a change of leadership

Scott Barnes is out as the Athletic Director at Oregon State. (Photo: Naji Saker)Oregon State gently ushered Athletic Director Scott Barnes into retirement on Thursday, sprinkling a trail of Benjamins on the road to his beach house.The official announcement came just three hours after I wrote a column noting that there was smoke filling the Gill Coliseum halls and an inferno raging beneath Barnes’ chair. Ready for another prediction involving Or…