i'm not a stephen a smith fan but he's been given doc rivers much love. unfortunately many white boys like espn's sports reporters Mike Lupica haven't been giving doc any credit. somebody said the players coach themselves, etc... I'm very hesitant at who i call coons but Jalen Rose really pissed me off the other day when he mentioned how big on of the Celtics assistant coaches is (some white guy. Jalen talked about how disturb there defense was until he came in. And now during halftime mike wilbon just mentioned how important of the assistance coaches have been. as if we're not gonna have enough white reporters giving credit to other sources other than doc rivers we don't need black reporters and analyst giving credit to white assistant coaches, etc....I saw that shyt happen when the Colts won the superbowl, all this credit was given to Manning and the offensive coordinator.
Also nobody is mentioning this shyt............but how many of ya'll remember george karl's comments a few years ago??? i'm talkn about denver nuggets george karl, back when doc was coaching the Magic, karl made a comment about he wouldn't have got the job if he wasn't black, since he didn't have much coaching experience. i couldn't find the actual quote i'm watching the game, no time, lol, but here's a quick article i found
colin powell alert
http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=27425&format=print
"Criticism for Karl isn't too personal
Posted: March 15, 2002
SportsDay
Bob Wolfley
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When the comments made by Milwaukee Bucks coach George Karl to Esquire magazine were made public, it was as if he hung a sign on himself.
You know, the sign that says: Kick Me.
And kicked he was.
Earlier this week, Karl expressed frustration that "NBA on NBC" commentators Tom Tolbert and Pat Croce ripped him for "a quote that's 6 months old" and that "then they go and character-assassinate on TV."
Karl could have avoided the hurt if he had used the term "retired NBA players" instead of "Afro-Americans," but he didn't and his comments suggested reverse discrimination in coach-hiring practices.
Then there was the underwear thing, which is best left unsaid and unexplored after it was said.
So Saturday on NBC's studio show the discussion lurched from underwear to comments about Karl's notions of hiring practices, to a suggestion about Karl's need to be the show, to comments about the wisdom of Karl's strategy to chastise his players in public.
For the record, let's examine what the alleged assassins said.
"Well, before we get into George Karl let's realize this guy has not worn underwear since college," Tolbert said. "So take that into consideration. He's a whack job is what he is.
"Whatever comes into this guy's head he is going to say. Is he right because maybe Doc Rivers has done a real nice job that four or five African-Americans, not Afro-Americans, will get jobs in the NBA without having to pay dues? Maybe. But look, there have been at least 40 to 50 guys in the last 20 or 30 years who haven't gotten jobs because of the color of their skin."