POLL: Rupp Name Change

[kl40504_rivals]

I’d say it’s time to jerk Brook’s scholarship.

Hope you are joking. Definitely not something to do to an 18 year old kid that just made an off the cuff remark.

 

[UKRuppster]

wake up. It’s 2020. I could give a **** if Rupp recruited Blacks, if he resented getting beat by Texas Western, or how he felt about Black players. He is the man who made and put the University of Kentucky on the map. Wonder if Bear Bryant was a racist because it was years before he had a black player. Anyone who buys into this bs is an idiot.

Perhaps you're not saying this directly to me, but I've never said I believe any of this stuff about Coach Rupp being racist and resenting blacks. I actually believe the opposite. Only thing I was getting at was the film Glory Road didn't portray him in a very positive light and made him seem like a racist even though there's real life evidence to the contrary.

 

[gakat3]

Screw anybody wanting to change the name.

 

[crashtestdummy_rivals61973]

lets say...I don't know your mom was a racist ho. if you were to accomplish anything, should it be dissolved all because you came from someone with poor morals?

 

[John Henry]

I don't begrudge Keion Brooks his right to an opinion. Good for him. But he is a young person, saying what the media wants young people to say. He is a basketball player, and a good one. But let's not pretend he knows what he is talking about when it comes to Adolph Rupp.

Coach Rupp was a man of his times. He was one of the best basketball coaches of all time, maybe the best. Coach Rupp also integrated UK basketball. Was he perfect? No. Who is perfect? People in the 1960s and 1970s could not possibly have predicted societal norms 50-60 years later.

Nobody is calling for the renaming of Bryant-Denny Stadium, Jordan-Hare Stadium, Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, Williams-Brice Stadium, Neyland Stadium, or Thompson-Boling Arena. None of those men were any less guilty than Rupp of living and serving during different times, under a different set of social norms.

Coach Rupp's accomplishments in developing young men, teaching them discipline, and expanding their earning potential are worthy of the honors afforded to him at the time. None of us can predict what society will look like 50 years from now. The cancel culture has gone way too far.

Aside from protecting his players, Cal should recuse himself from this public discussion due to the obvious conflict of interest, not to mention professional courtesy and common sense.

Thank you for your voice of reason.

 

[BlueVelvetFog]

My impression was that Rupp was actually more open-minded and less prejudiced than his contemporaries. He obviously wanted to recruit black players.


George Wallace was a TRUE racist.”Segregation now—segregation forever”.

I imagine Rupp hates the likes of George Wallace

 

[akaukswoosh]

Auerbach on Rupp:
Which legendary coach Red Auerbach addressed in his current book, "Let Me Tell You a Story: A Lifetime in the Game," written with John Feinstein.

"He did hate black players -- who couldn't play," Auerbach said. "He also hated white guys who couldn't play, blue guys who couldn't play and green guys who couldn't play. He hated Jews who couldn't play, Catholics who couldn't play and Muslims who couldn't play.

"That was it. All these people who never met the guy said he was a racist. I knew the guy. I traveled with him, spent time with him. I never saw any sign from him that indicated to me that he was a racist or bigot in any way."

 

[ruppsrunt1]

If RUPP was a racist, why has NO person come out and claimed RUPP directly called them a racist name/term or treated them differently than others because of race, religion, color, etc?

Seems with such claims a ready contingent of people affronted by RUPP would be willing to appear and recite such events of a personal nature.

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