Charles Barkley still believes in an old-school parenting style, and he does not care what anyone thinks.

The basketball Hall of Famer, who is 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 co-worker Kenny Smith potentially being interested in the UNC job.

However, that conversation got Barkley a bit fired up about the state of athletes as a whole and how he believes they’re uncoachable.

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Phoenix Suns former player Charles Barkley in attendance against the Minnesota Timberwolves during an NBA Cup game at 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 pivoted to a parenting discussion.

“People talking about you can’t yell at your kids. Yes, hell you can yell at your kids,” Barkley said. “You’ll whoop their a– too… That’s why these kids are crazy.”

Of course, Barkley, who said he “believe(s) in discipline,” obviously supports limitations on said whooping.

Basketball player Charles Barkley speaks on stage as Fall Out Boy takes the stage at the American Express All-Star Live at Hammerstein Ballroom, broadcast live on TNT to tip-off NBA All-Star 2015 on Feb. 12, 2015, in New York City. (Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images for American Express)

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“I’m not going around telling people to beat their kids, but I think if you don’t spank your kids and discipline them, they turn into some of these brats that we got today,” Barkley said. “I’m not here for child abuse, but how are kids gonna 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 stuff wrong, but when you spank them, that gets the message across because they don’t want that.”

He then left a stern message for those who disagree with him.

“You can blast me on social media. You guys know I don’t do social media. I don’t ever read any comments. I don’t care what you think. Y’all can kiss my big Black a–,” he said.

College basketball analyst Charles Barkley on air before the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament Final Four championship game. (Mitchell Layton/Getty Images)

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“I’m gonna say what I gotta say. Some of y’all gonna like it and some of y’all not. And y’all will get over it.”

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EXCLUSIVE: A letter signed by former longtime Yale ice hockey coach Keith Allain, addressed to Yale President Maurine McInnis, alleged that current Yale Athletic Director Victoria Chun has created a “toxic environment” for the university’s sports teams. 

In the letter, Allain claimed other Yale coaches urged him to speak out against Chun to McInnis after his retirement. 

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Yale Coach Keith Allain on bench during game vs Cornell at Boardwalk Hall. Atlantic City, NJ 3/19/2011 (Lou Capozzola /Sports Illustrated/Getty Images)

“My name is Keith Allain, I have just retired after 19 years as Mens Hockey Coach and I am writing to you at the urging of several head coaches in our Athletic Department. They told me that you were soliciting feedback from a few coaches regarding extending the contract of our athletic director, and are concerned, that with the culture of fear that permeates the athletic department, you will not receive candid feedback,” the letter began. 

Allain went on to call Chun the “worst leader” he has ever been around and alleges she has prioritized “silencing any dissent.”

“As a Yale alum and someone who has a great affection for our University and the role of athletics within the greater Yale community I felt compelled write you as my former colleagues asked. Vicky Chun is the absolute worst leader I have ever been around in my life. She is dishonest, self centered and inaccessible. Vicky’s singular talent is self promotion and has created a toxic environment within the department where she is insulated by a cadre of administrators whose main task seems to be silencing any dissent,” the letter continued. 

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Coach Keith Allain of the Yale Bulldogs stands behind the bench during a game against the Boston University Terriers during NCAA hockey at Agganis Arena on December 13, 2016, in Boston, Massachusetts. The Terriers won 5-2.  (Richard T Gagnon/Getty Images)

“I know this assessment seems harsh and I am willing to provide detail if you were interested in learning more about my experience and how Vicky’s lack of leadership affect my program. As a point of reference, our teams record before Vicky was 220 wins-144 losses-39 ties, with Vicky 62 wins-110 losses-15 ties. Responsibility for that record is mine, but we all know organizational leadership or lack of it has an impact.”

A source provided the letter to Fox News Digital. Allain later confirmed to Fox News Digital that he wrote the letter and sent it to McInnis in October, shortly after he retired after 19 years leading Yale hockey. Allain declined further comment. 

Fox News Digital reached out to the Yale president’s office and athletic department for a response.

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Head coach Keith Allain of USA during practice before the 2011 IIHF World U20 Championship Group A game between USA and Finland on December 26, 2010 at HSBC Arena in Buffalo, New York.  (Tom Szczerbowski/Getty Images)

Allain, who played ice hockey at Yale from 1976-80, took over as head coach in 2006, leading the program to the NCAA championship in 2013 and seven Ivy League championships during his tenure. He finished his tenure with a record of 282–254–54. 

Chun, a former volleyball player and later head coach for Colgate University, took over as Yale Athletic Director in 2018 after serving in the same position at Colgate from 2012-18.

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The basketball gods apparently wanted Tyus Edney to see history repeating itself.

His history.

It’s the only explanation for how the former UCLA point guard known for his heroic coast-to-coast layup in the 1995 NCAA tournament came to yell, “Yeaahhh Baabyyy!” in a hotel lobby Saturday night after catching the end of his alma mater’s game against Illinois.

The final 4.9 seconds, to be exact.

Huddling around a phone with the Pepperdine team chaplain after the Waves played Oregon State, Edney arrived just in time to watch after the Bruins called a timeout to set up their final play while trailing by one point in overtime.

Edney, an assistant coach with the Waves, told the California Post on Sunday that he thought it was curious the Fighting Illini weren’t trying to deny UCLA point guard Donovan Dent the ball in the backcourt.

“I’m looking and I’m like, are they going to let Dent catch the ball?” Edney said. “Do they know that would not be ideal for them? And then he was kind of deep in the corner and then when I saw him cutting across, I’m like, oh my God, they’re letting him catch the ball and he was off to the races.”

Edney said he was struck by how Dent’s winning layup was similar to his against Missouri in the second round of the NCAA tournament. Like Dent, Edney took a pass while curling around in the backcourt and zipped past multiple defenders before being confronted by a big man at the rim. Contorting his body around Tigers forward Derek Grimm, Edney banked in a shot to lift the Bruins by a point in a victory that sparked their championship run.

Dent needed just two dribbles to get to midcourt, where he used a screen from Tyler Bilodeau to shed one defender. Splitting two more defenders near the free throw line, Dent twisted around Illinois’ final defender at the rim, scooping the ball off the backboard for the winning points in the Bruins’ wild 95-94 victory.

Edney started screaming “Yeaahhh Baabyyy!”, just like UCLA radio analyst Marques Johnson had in Boise that day after Edney went coast to coast in only 4.8 seconds.

“It was kind of perfect timing of being able to see that,” Edney said of getting to the hotel before Dent’s shot. “And then the announcer saying as he’s laying it up, like saying Tyus Edney. That was pretty cool too.”

Edney said he understood Dent not having watched his shot – widely considered the most iconic play in UCLA basketball history – given the generation gap. Dent was not even born when that play was made.

Edney saw Dent play in person earlier this season when Pepperdine lost to UCLA at Pauley Pavilion but has not met him. Edney texted Bruins center Steven Jamerson II, who played for San Diego when Edney was a Toreros assistant, to tell him to congratulate Dent.

When it came to Dent’s getting the chance to win the game in a moment that felt magnificently familiar, Edney said he understood coach Mick Cronin’s thinking.

“He’s fast,” Edney said. “He’s the one that I would have given it to.”