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Just my two cents...
I played a collegiate sport, and I hate that society can't mirror the authenticity of a locker room. Very diverse. Merit-based hierarchy. Appreciation for what each person brought to the table. Open conversation about our differences in race, background, beliefs, without walking on eggshells.
How do we get there? Well, I blame institutionalized SEGREGATION that eventually leads to division and ultimately racism.
I am a man of faith, and I point first at the Church in America (so it's my fault). The most segregated few hours in our country are on Sunday morning. This HAS to change. Screw tradition. Until we worship together, these problems will continue. And if you are not a member of a faith, you at least must understand that connections and conversations of depth take place within a church body. It is where we get to know each other and talk about our flaws and what we believe. I have attended church my entire life and I have never had these conversations with people of color.
To a lesser extent, I see the same thing in social groups at college. Most sororities or fraternities are VERY segregated. And how many of these groups are the roots of networking when we leave college?
Again - the teammate culture is our goal (and the only reason former players will come out in support of Dabo, even if he makes mistakes), and our first step is to fix institutionalized segregation.
Hmmm, former player calls him out. Another player, including a white player, comes over top and says he remembers it vividly. No emphatic denial 48 hours later, instead they’re investigating.
Cmon guys, you don’t have to be Sherlock Holmes for this one.
Not lil ol Dabo!!!!
*clutched pearls*
"Bad things happen, and I don't care" bold statement given the universal condemnation of Floyd's murder. I don't understand why people like Dabo as he's always come across as fake. This has become even more apparent with his statements on paying players and his response to Floyd's murder.
In my opinion, Dabo is in a pretty sticky spot. It seems like there are two options.
One: Apologize for an incident that occurred years ago publicly. While this does seem more logical, it does still acknowledge the fact that he knew about the issue then and did nothing about it until now. Coupled with the only reason he is apologizing at all is because of public pressure and not out of integrity or genuine sorrow for the issue.
Two: You don't acknowledge anything and hope the situation goes away.
Either way it was badly played on his part specifically from a PR perspective.
Re-read my comment. He clearly said it and has acknowledged it. My overriding point was using a tweet as fact when there’s already a discrepancy between the tweet and the actual player’s account.
That said, this is not the hill I plan to die on because the coach was wrong any way you cut it.
More like "Bad things happen to bad people, but not me because I love Jesus."
The self-righteousness is revealing.
Dabo's schtick might play well sometimes, but man it is cringey in that interview and context. Even without factoring in the allegations
Fair point. Clearer on the re-read.
His true colors will be revealed the moment his players can profit off their likeness and he doesn’t quit.
Maybe he’s a nice guy, but something smells with him and it ain’t lavender
more like levander
If this happened its unacceptable period , but I need some more info on the specifics . I have a hard time believing that if a white coach called anyone or even uttered the N-word around 70+ African Americans the practice field just doesn't freeze or erupt immediately . Let alone that nothing happened at the moment , if the other players heard it I can't think there would not have been an immediate response of some kind , nor can I believe that Dabo could have heard that word uttered at a practice and not addressed it right then. If he did hear that and did nothing I don't see how he stays in place. Just one man's opinion..
Well timing is everything in life I wrote the entry above and failed to hit send...got on a business call and spent an hour doing that came back and saw I had not hit send...THEN I read the entire thread that now has a lot of context in it that I had not seen earlier...or I would not have written it..seems this incident was from a couple of years ago and has just come back to light? Sorry for my confusion...
I'm not going to join in the piling on since Dabo hasn't even addressed the matter yet and who knows the full story, but that is funny Yale.