Please feel free to point or any racist posts and explain how they are. I've not seen one. Btw, I thought the Cam Newton incident was blown out of proportion. I don't believe he is sexist at all. He had an honest moment of thinking it was funny to hear a woman talk about routes, just like a woman may think it odd to hear a guy talk about makeup. Bottom line: people of all color are too uptight theses days, and overreact to everything. Chill out and quit whining about everything.
Adande: African-American assistant coaches are the victims
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I have no doubt that many young black coaches are hired because they are close to the AAU coaches and players. I have no doubt that they are under pressure to deliver. I would hope that many black coaches are hired for their coaching abilities.
It doesn't make sense to me that coaches are held back just because they are black but I bet it happens. If the young black coaches feel a lot of pressure to deliver players for their team, they might be desperate enough to resort to illegal schemes. Doesn't excuse it.
You also have head coaches making millions of dollars who are smart enough to distance themselves from illegal activity so they can be "shocked, I tell you , shocked" that any of this happened on their watch. The powerful let their minions take the risks and the blame when bad things happen. Most of those rich head coaches are white so I can see why blacks can look at who got arrested and who didn't and see the unfairness of it. Hopefully, the FBI takes care of that and indicts a few head coaches who participated "at a distance". I wish I could say that I believe it will happen but rich, powerful people somehow manage to get away with a lot including crimes that you or I would be locked up for.
It doesn't make sense to me that coaches are held back just because they are black but I bet it happens. If the young black coaches feel a lot of pressure to deliver players for their team, they might be desperate enough to resort to illegal schemes. Doesn't excuse it.
You also have head coaches making millions of dollars who are smart enough to distance themselves from illegal activity so they can be "shocked, I tell you , shocked" that any of this happened on their watch. The powerful let their minions take the risks and the blame when bad things happen. Most of those rich head coaches are white so I can see why blacks can look at who got arrested and who didn't and see the unfairness of it. Hopefully, the FBI takes care of that and indicts a few head coaches who participated "at a distance". I wish I could say that I believe it will happen but rich, powerful people somehow manage to get away with a lot including crimes that you or I would be locked up for.
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Adande is a loser racist. He hates white people.
For a bunch of guys who claim they’re not bigots, a lot of you sure say a lot of racists comments.
Geez... I hope recruits don’t read these boards and think this is an accurate snapshot of our fan base.
Or maybe you guys should post a disclaimer before and after each post that: These views in no way represent the University of Kentucky or their basketball team.
Geez... I hope recruits don’t read these boards and think this is an accurate snapshot of our fan base.
Or maybe you guys should post a disclaimer before and after each post that: These views in no way represent the University of Kentucky or their basketball team.
Well you have a black gf.... my bad long time. How open minded of you. Good thing you prefaced your comments with that.
You are the racist. How can you not see that?
Brilliant comeback. You should print out your reply, laminate it and mount it with the rest of your debate trophies.
"Hey, I'm the White Goodman of the thread. I'll cry racist and ignore the real issues because It helps my cause politically and I feel so warm inside from practicing soft bigotry."
Call me old fashioned but I believe you should point out what you view as racist when calling someone racist.
He might be but you couldn't get that from the article. Aside from the view that because there is a lower percentage of black coaches than black players there must be something nefarious going on, I don't see any problem with the article. Even with that, it is hard to explain why there aren't more black assistant and head coaches. It is also not possible to deny that four black assistants have been charged and the head coaches have not been charged. Were all the associated head coaches white? Pitino, Miller, Enfield, are. Boynton is black but is Lamont Evans in trouble for what he did there or at South Carolina? I see the arrests as the powerful using underlings to do the dirty work, like Pitino did with McGee.
But you can't expect a professor of Journalism not to be part of the social justice league. You couldn't get that position without being one so I can't see why anyone should be surprised. Even if he felt differently, he couldn't write differently without being subjected to attack by other social justice warriors. They are a vicious bunch.
Why is it hard to explain why there aren't more black coaches?
Would the fact that it's a highly competitive job market, and that there are qualified candidates of all races have anything to do with it?
I don't buy into the narrative that you have to be a high level basketball player in order to coach at a high level. You certainly don't have to play at a high level to aspire to top tier jobs. Perhaps you feel differently.
I think Mr A dance missed the point that no matter what color Chuck Persons skin is, he took a bribe outright.
If that's in his job title, I'm shocked.
If that's in his job title, I'm shocked.
Generally speaking the better the player, the worse the coach. Most of the better coaches and managers were guys on the fringe, they didn't have the great talent but they were around the game and learned the game.
I don't think he missed the point at all. He is using victimology to make his point that black coaches are paying a heavy price but that's what social justice warriors do. I don't though. I see they broke the law, but they had partners or bosses that pushed and prodded them to do it. And people were willing to throw money around which is hard to resist. That is still no excuse.
Now, if we were to find that the FBI decided not to investigate white assistant coaches doing the same thing, well that would be racism.
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You’re welcome??? Is to prove the color of ones skin only matters to those that use it as a crutch or those ignorant enough to treat others differently because of such a small difference.
If you do not play into using race as a motivating factor in the way you treat anyone I find it very hard to be racist in any way, shape or form. Does not matter what color you are, playing the role of the victim because of your skin color after breaking the law is low.
Not to mention cowardly.
You are right about that. Average players, J Calapari, B Knight, B Stevens, T Smith, Then you have great players who did awful on the bench Isaiah Thomas, Larry Bird.
Bird won a coach of the year award, went to a nba finals and 2 conference finals in his 3 years as coach and went 147-67.
I'm a negra. I find his comments offensive. Is your mind blown?
That's the problem with our society...its black vs white.....just stop!
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The racism of low expectations on display right here. Disgraceful.
The Director of Sports Journalism at Northwestern ..... re-read that if you need to wrote a piece perpetuating low expectations.
Got it. Pretend racism doesn't exist and it will go away. What a novel idea. Why didn't anyone think of this earlier?
I'm sure your actually read the article right?
I'll wait for the... "No, because I know what the fake news media is going to write anyway." type response.
I'm 19% Cherokee and I have a cat named "Whitey"!! :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye::stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye::stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:
Wrong, I realize that because of people like you racism does and will continue to exist. Racism lives because it seems to be in some people’s best interest.
And, of course, you have an ignorant minority that is actually racist. I choose to pay them no mind because you can’t fix stupid. If you want to spend your time focusing on that vast minority of trash be my guest.
I don’t believe I was trying prove that racism doesn’t exist. If I did that I apologize. I am trying to say that some people grasp at straws playing the race cars when it is uncalled for and unwarranted.
Peace.
I am sorry, I have read every post and have not found any that are racist. It is a stretch, I mean a big stretch to say any of these posts are insensitive to the issues of African-Americans. Which statements are racist that have been posted on here? Not being a smart azz, just trying to see what I should not be saying that is racist. I believer the writer doesn't give enough credit to the assistant coaches.Several Caucasian coaches have been implicated in this too. I would honestly like to hear the racist comments made in this thread. Unless you consider saying" actions are not racist" as being racist.
I'm so tired of everyone of acting like it's the 1700's.
It's the cause for everything nowadays. It's beyond ridiculous. When you have absolutely no reason or excuse for behavior, cry racism. Just pathetic.
Again, what is being said in this thread that is racist? For the love of God, saying that something isn't racist, does not constitute racism?