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Hence his anguish over fact check tags
Reynolds and transfers slamming Narduzzi
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Hence his anguish over fact check tags
sounds right as he didn’t hold back. Below is an article where he calls his own player a Goon. Today he would probably be fired. He probably could not coach today because over sensitive kids would not allow him as he laid into kids with every word in the dictionary. But you know what...he really cared about his players and would do anything for them off the court to help them.
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/news/story?id=1998200
Quit acting like you know what he meant by thug because you do not! Do you know if he called a white player a thug? No you don't. Do you know if he told a white player to cut his hair? No you do not!
I don't associate the word thug with race but rather violence.
I don't associate the word thug with race but rather violence.
Thug is a problem when your only reason for calling them a thug is because they're black. It's not hard to figure out. Whether these things happened or not, it's a problem that needs addressed. Recruits are going to see this and assume where there's smoke there's fire. And it's not just one guy. Several have posted and even more are liking and or retweeting. When I saw this last night, I never thought it would get to this point. If HCPN and Lyke don't do or say anything publicly to address this, they should both be gone. This is not the right to climate to play ignorant. You'll get crushed by public opinion.
Famous thugs...
Al Capone, Machine Gun Kelley, John Dillinger.... and the worlds most famous thug.. Thug Behram.
Thugs are thugs and go get a haircut and while your at it cover up the tats..
The word thugs has been around forever and for a long time as others stated there was nothing racial about it. I don’t know how, when or why but that did seem to change.
Not infrequent either. For example when I was a kid the word midget was nothing. Wasn’t negative whatsoever. Somewhere along the way some decided this was an absolutely horrible word and that people in this category should be called little people. And maybe dwarfs is still acceptable - I don’t know. I used it then but refrain now. I don’t understand it but if it’s offensive I have no issue not using it.
Not infrequent either. For example when I was a kid the word midget was nothing. Wasn’t negative whatsoever. Somewhere along the way some decided this was an absolutely horrible word and that people in this category should be called little people. And maybe dwarfs is still acceptable - I don’t know. I used it then but refrain now. I don’t understand it but if it’s offensive I have no issue not using it.
"Real racism"?! WTF is that????
Does someone have to die in order for it to be classified as racism????
Who are you to tell someone whether their perception of racism is real or not?
I don't think that Narduzzi is a racist but I do have a problem with him or anyone just loosely referring to student athletes as thugs.
Facts are never irrelevant ..... in fact ( like what I did there ) facts are the only thing that is relevant!
Yep...that's the kind of silly arguments they want to make just to defend, rather than just saying that Narduzzi should listen to the criticism and strive to do better.
There are also, and have been several players every year with long hair on the team....black players and white players. So I have a hard time believing that from a player who was kicked off the team; or really any player on or off the team.
AGAIN....what does that have to do with someone wearing a hoodie or wearing a hat backwards?
Are those justifiable reasons to refer to someone as a thug?
IF he made the thug remark relating to hat or hood then yes that is wrong. I am not defending our coach but I also have a hard time believing an ex player without proof.
i highly doubt the guy has any anguish at all
no matter how much some snowflakes expect him to
Well said.
I agree with all your points, except I have no issue with the players coming forward now and expressing their feelings.
They were in a powerless situation and wasn't gonna air something like that out while on the team, nor do I neccesarily think they felt that they could have expressed it privately to Narduzzi. Most folks quietly say nothing in fear of retaliation by their superior.
What's telling is that haven't heard of one player as yet denying that what's been stated is not the truth. And again I don't think he's a racist, but he needs to be better.
Let me know when any current or former player has refuted it, cause I have yet to see it. And I think that speaks a lot.
This is easier said than done, especially when some authoritarian figures do not appreciate push back or they have a my way or the highway approach.
These are 20 yr old young men and pretty much still kids that are dealing with someone who has the power to alter their career through playing time or not renewing their scholarship.
I know how they feel in terms to have to just suck it up and say nothing in fear of retaliation. Just go along to get along.
As I got older I learned to start speaking and no longer being silent on issues that are just not right. It takes time and a level of maturity to get there.
I commend Reynolds for speaking his truth regardless of him no longer being on the team. He spoke his truth and all the Narduzzi defenders chose to attack the accuser, rather than examine the substance of what he's saying. I don't know the kid and to be honest I never heard if him until yesterday.
However, I haven't seen any players refuted what he's state and I have a problem with Narduzzi using the term. It doesn't make him a racist or a bad guy, but plain and simple he needs to BE BETTER.
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It was also once okay to call players retards, sissies, and fags. No matter how much you care for your players it's no longer okay to use those terms.
They're no longer okay and neither should thugs.
Either these old coaches learn to get with the times or move the hell on.
It's that simple. Yet, folks want to play defensive just for the sake of it.
Well said by Butler-Jenkins.
It's that simple!!!! And that also goes for all of you that's saying it's not a big deal and making up excuses.
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And you don’t know what you don’t know. I assume you’re not a young black man. So you’re not qualified to opine on how the word “thug” should be received by a young black man. Neither am I-but at least I’m smart enough and was raised with enough awareness to understand that I can’t pretend to know what it’s like to be black in this country. If you think the word thug doesn’t have racial connotations today, you’re way out of touch. This isn’t 1954.
No, he's an old, white, high school dropout posing as a Pitt graduate to make pitt fans look like complete idiots.
Sometimes young people say stupid things too. Let's all practice the art of forgiveness.
How do you know what was said and the entire context of the situation? Were you there?
I'm basing it off of what Reynolds stated, other players liking his comment, and not one player, coach, or even Narduzzi refuting the comments.
Has he caught a pass yet???? I didn’t know he was still on the team...Here is a suggestion...Instead of calling out your coach on twitter, go see him face to face and ask him why he’s been silent about the current situation. In the real world that you’ll be facing soon, it’s never a good idea to bad mouth your boss on social media...
In the meantime, catch a few more passes, it’ll improve your street cred...
Yea....he’s caught 10 passes for 77 yards over two seasons, and had a crucial fumble against Duke last year. He was sliding down the depth chart as it was.
Nice....disparage and attack the player just for speaking up and expressing himself ....both of you are despicable.....smh
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