Add Charles Barkley to Very Long List of People Who Hate Gene Chizik

YOU SO RIGHT BRO. ...BARKLEY ALWAY THINKS A BLACK SHOULD BE OVER THE WHITE HES SO RACIST THEY SHOULD RUN HIM OUT OF THIS COUNTRY ALONG WITH MOST OF THE REST OF THEM TROUBLE MAKER

BARKLEY IS THE ULTIMATE RACIST,HIS REMARKS ARE PUBLICISED ONLY BECAUSE OF HIS DOTTED CELEBRITY,WHY DO WE GIVE THIS BLOWHARD ANY CREDIBILITY?

I don't understand the double standard!?!

First off, it it WERE true, why is it OK to elect a black president based on his race, but no one else can hire a white man on the same premise.

Second, I don't think at all that race is the reason that this man was elected. Unless you were in the decision making process, only those people will know.

i am with you mr bauer

I meant to say that race was not the only reason this man was HIRED.

You don't know what you are talking about. You cannot compare the difference between the white and black player on the team. That never has to do with nothing about race. Not for any sport. Players are picked based on skill level. Hockey has a billion white people in it and so does soccer. No one complains because it is all about skill level. If you are good enough you will make the team. Auburn are not hiring black coaches or even coaches that are better qualified. It is like putting a disabled person an a hockey team when their is Wayne Gretsky on the sideline trying to be on the team. Don't get me wrong, I dont like Charled Barkley either but he has a point.

Are you KIDDING me? To pretend that this move - IN ALABAMA - to hire the least successful candidate is something other a white power play is delusional.AND I AM CAUCASIAN. Who has more power, the coaches or the players? There was no reason OTHER than color NOT to hire Turner Gill. We do not know what people in power whisper behind closed doors.

I agree Geoff and I am Black.

Do not pay attention to Charles... I know him and where he grew up in Leeds Alabama (Clan Central). He is a product of his enviornment and that "stinkin thinkin" has been embedded in him.

How ever, his mother Ms. Chauncy did her best to raise Charles and his crazy-butt little brother in this "Alabama / Mayberry" town of Leeds.

If you focus on one mans ignorance, you will miss what 10,000 intelligent men has to say.

lack of white players???? well very simple

is because white players can't play :)

Geoff, Lori, et al -- The right word is MERIT. If you hire on THAT basis, you can be absolutely color-blind -- something it seems hard for those born Southern to grasp. And,yes, MERIT is the reason there are so many black players, though certainly NOT the reason for there being so few black coaches! And, I think Charles Barkley would agree on that.

Geoff,
Wake up blind man. Sounds like you are too young to remember when your kind segregated schools as well as atheletic competition. As to why there aren't as many white p;ayers. Well for the first and only time the coaches are taking the most qualified players to compete.
You might say the strongest "bucks" are filling the trenches.
As usual, you guys only see things through rose colored lenses.

I agree they have the young people looking up to this guy as a god and he is the biggest racist there is. How this could happen is beyond belief. Philadelphia 76ers got rid of him for being a racist and he goes on. It is time they do something about it and fire him from whatever he is into and he continues to get away with it.

No the world is not against all blacks, just most blacks, whether they be from Australia, Africa, the USA, or wherever. I’m not a fan of the sport of football, so I can’t say whether there is a lack of white players or not, but I would think it’s a matter of what position you are talking about in where there might be a shortage of white players, say running back, where speed is obviously an issue. I think you are right about racism going both ways but black Americans as the song goes ‘didn’t start the fire’ no doubt racism was a learned behavior that was pounded into them. I think in most high-profile job position that the majority of the time a black is going to be passed over for that position, more qualified or not. And finally, I really don’t think that Charles Barkley is a racist, just an idiot and through that idiocy has developed a pseudo-narcissistic view of himself when in reality he’s just country-slow with a limited vocabulary.

Amen....I totally agree with you. When white people are looked over (& are more qualified) and a black person is hired, nothing is said. They are filling a quota of minorities as the stated reason. WEll what does that say for being qualified and educated? Nothing ...don't bother. The color of your skin will get you somewhere.....or nowhere!

If only you knew how ignorant you sound...It has nothing to do with Charles being racist it has EVERYTHING to do with Gil Turner being BETTER qualified than Chizik. EVERYONE saw this and for them to hire him anyway it had to be something deeper, like race, that didn't allow them to hire Turner.

you are 110% percent right!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bauer,
Go to Hell. You don't know what you are talking about. If anyone a racist, you are. Auburn need a change and a lift to their program. The answer to your comment about no one is complaining about more white athletes on the team. Well, because they aren't as talented as the black. There are a few, but not many. Look at your 3 major sports in america and see who dominate the playing field. Football......Blacks, Basketball.......Blacks, and Baseball.....Hispanics/Blacks. Why not have a black coach for a change and a uplift for the school program for moral. If the country can make a change with our new elected president with higher expectation, so can Auburn University. Yes, We Can!

let's not lose sight of the big message Barkley gave. He is an active sports alum at Auburn and served on one of their search committees and he has donated millions of dollars to the Auburn program. He has earned and deserves the right to criticize his own "family". They chose coaches to run their basketball and football programs that at best would not be in the top 25 of any coach selections for such major posts. Racism is out there. Many white men are in position that have not been earned or deserved, just entitled. That's a reality. It's getting very old giving these jobs to same old men that fail and fail again. The reason it is such a hot topic in sports is because most of the athletes or impact athletes are black. But this sense of entitlement exists in politics and business. Black, Asian, Hispanic and Women have to do SOOOO MUCH more to get a legitimate shop. People in Iowa are celebrating Auburn's decision!

your so in the dark its unbelievable ,people should hire on the basis of qualifications not race and too many times that not the case . You still refuse to except the fact that too many times the issue is RACE and nothing else The playing field is not level ,never has been .things wont change until the athletics themselves speak out . america still need the Charles Barkley, Al Sharpton & Jessie Jackson,s to bring these matters to the forefront other wise they will stay on the back burner with people like yourself with blinders on