Charles Barkley made a pretty big stink recently when he said, publicly, that he believed Gene Chizik's hiring at Auburn was racially motivated. It wasn't shocking to hear that someone disliked Chizik's hiring -- most people at Auburn did as well -- but what really stirred the pot was the race issue. Yesterday, Barkley appeared on PTI, and while he was sorry towards Chizik and his family, he's standing by the issue that the hiring was racially motivated.
To be honest, I'm not entirely sure that I believe the hiring was totally racial -- it's not like the school was really doing the smart thing by chasing Tommy Tuberville out so quickly anyway. However, the athletic department made a poor choice (something, as Ciskie noted, isn't entirely unusual) and veered away from an African-American candidate who might have been better for the job. So, yeah, they're going to hear about it.
After all the horrible publicity Auburn has received for seriously considering the hire of a black head coach, I doubt any other university in the south will dare interview a black man for fear of having the same problem.
Barkley is nothing more than a black N from Alabama who could jump and shoot a basketball and shooting his mouth off as usual. His star status is vanishing and running his mouth is the only way he can get publicity. Just a typical racist N from Alabama/ Gerald
At least he's not a coward. The "Klan" are a bunch of momma's boy cowards(meaning I can do it momma love's me anyway).Real men stand alone(with God)not with the numbers for what is right. The year of 2008 and Americans talk racism (as if to be American). I guess I should start signing my checks 1908.
How many shoes were thrown? How many security present there? The second shoe should have never been thrown.How many of you know I'm not talking about this article? How many at a police stop? What are they there for?
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12-19-2008 @ 4:04PM
David said...
After all the horrible publicity Auburn has received for seriously considering the hire of a black head coach, I doubt any other university in the south will dare interview a black man for fear of having the same problem.
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12-19-2008 @ 5:57PM
Gerald said...
Barkley is nothing more than a black N from Alabama who could jump and shoot a basketball and shooting his mouth off as usual. His star status is vanishing and running his mouth is the only way he can get publicity. Just a typical racist N from Alabama/
Gerald
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12-20-2008 @ 12:08PM
Tim Frenchko said...
At least he's not a coward, the "Klan" are made up of a bunch of momma's boy cowards. Real men stand alone not with the the numbers for what is right.
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12-20-2008 @ 12:17PM
tim frenchko said...
At least he's not a coward. The "Klan" are a bunch of momma's boy cowards(meaning I can do it momma love's me anyway).Real men stand alone(with God)not with the numbers for what is right. The year of 2008 and Americans talk racism (as if to be American). I guess I should start signing my checks 1908.
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12-20-2008 @ 2:11PM
tim frenchko said...
How many shoes were thrown? How many security present there? The second shoe should have never been thrown.How many of you know I'm not talking about this article? How many at a police stop? What are they there for?
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