{"id":34954,"date":"2024-01-05T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-05T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=34954"},"modified":"2024-01-04T18:11:06","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T23:11:06","slug":"bye-bye-barry-2023-z-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=34954","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Bye Bye Barry&#8221; (2023) \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2024\/z010524zview_byebyebarry.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Bye Bye Barry <\/strong><\/em>(2023)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Director:\u00a0 <strong>Paul Monusky, Micaela Powers. Angela Torma<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stars: <strong>Barry Sanders, Tim Allen<\/strong><strong>, Jeff Daniels, Eminem, Jemele Hill, Calvin Johnson, Dan Patrick, Rodney Peete, Jalen Rose, Emmitt Smith <\/strong>and <strong>Bill Belichick.<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tagline: <em>The Greatest Mystery in Sports History.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Plot\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Barry Sanders played college football for the Oklahoma State Cowboys.\u00a0 In his junior year, Sanders rushed for 2,628 yards and 37 touchdowns in just 11 games.\u00a0 He was a unanimous choice for the All American team and he won the Heisman Trophy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The following year, Barry Sanders went into the NFL draft and was selected by the Detroit Lions.\u00a0 Sanders made an immediate impact and was named the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year.\u00a0 Barry Sanders went on to play ten years for Detroit.\u00a0 He led the league in rushing four times and in rushing touchdowns once.\u00a0 Barry Sanders was selected for the Pro Bowl every year that he played.\u00a0 He was named the NFL&#8217;s Most Valuable Player (1997), the NFL&#8217;s Offensive Player of the Year (1994, 1997), and led the league in rushing touchdowns (1991).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Barry Sanders had earned 15,269 rushing yards (the most ever by any NFL player in a 10-year span).\u00a0 He was just 1,457 rushing yards short of Walter Payton&#8217;s career rushing record.\u00a0 Fans everywhere knew that if Sanders had a healthy year, he would become the new NFL rushing king.\u00a0 But just one day before the Lions opened their training camp, Barry Sanders announced his retirement.<\/p>\n<p>By a fax.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Barry Sanders was healthy and in the prime of his career.\u00a0 Yet, he walked away from his multimillion dollar contract and never looked back.<\/p>\n<p>Why?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong style=\"font-size: inherit; color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--text-font);\">Thoughts (beware of spoilers)\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Barry Sanders is arguably the best running back to ever play the game.\u00a0 He was humble and cared more about the team than individual records.\u00a0 Although I&#8217;m a lifelong Chicago Bears fan, I always enjoyed watching Barry Sanders play.\u00a0 He was so good.\u00a0 And so likeable.<\/p>\n<p>After watching <em>Bye Bye Barry<\/em>, I found reasons to admire him even more.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--text-font); font-size: inherit;\"><em><strong>Bye Bye Barry <\/strong><\/em>(2023) earns 5 of 5 stars.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/logo\/zview_a.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2024\/z010524zview_byebyebarry2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bye Bye Barry (2023) Director:\u00a0 Paul Monusky, Micaela Powers. 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