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ScottW
2024-01-08 06:01:53 UTC
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SMITH: You just wanted them to band-aid the issue for the moment to buy you some time before you did what you wanted to do. The Houston Texans organization are an atrocity. They are an embarrassment. And as far as I'm concerned, if you're an African American, and you aspire to be a head coach in the National Football League. There are 31 teams that you should hope for. You should hope beyond God that the Houston Texans never call you, not as long as that man is in there, and something needs to be said about it.

Why was Lovie Smith fired? The answer is that he went 3-13-1 in the prior season coaching the Texans and the organization decided he clearly wasn't the right fit. Sometimes, it's better to cut bait with a coach than waste multiple years trying to force a situation that isn't going to work. Lovie Smith is black, though, so the cries of racism from Stephen A. Smith and others echoed throughout the sports media.

Guess what the Texans just did? They just won the AFC South with a different black head coach. Yes, contrary to Stephen A. Smith's recommendation, now-head coach Demeco Ryans did not "hope beyond God" that the Texans would never call him. Instead, he interviewed with the team and accepted the job when it was offered. Now, his team is headed to the playoffs and Stephen A. Smith looks like an imbecile.

ScottW
mINE109
2024-01-08 17:19:31 UTC
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You get sports commentary from RedState? Unattributed, of course, and
with heaps of hindsight in calling out commentary from a year ago.
Art Sackman
2024-01-08 20:34:37 UTC
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Post by mINE109
You get sports commentary from RedState? Unattributed, of course, and
with heaps of hindsight in calling out commentary from a year ago.
Gimme a break.
He quoted the original source. It doesn't matter what website conveyed that.
What was said, was said.
Fascist Flea
2024-01-08 20:44:09 UTC
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The Sackbot is re-animated, and greatly improved.
They have learned how to quote text. Looks like the tune-up was successful.
mINE109
2024-01-09 16:22:35 UTC
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Post by Art Sackman
Post by mINE109
You get sports commentary from RedState? Unattributed, of course, and
with heaps of hindsight in calling out commentary from a year ago.
Gimme a break.
He quoted the original source.
Without attribution, so not a quote as such.
Post by Art Sackman
It doesn't matter what website conveyed that. What was said, was said.
Well, yes, it does. And what was said wasn't so great. Smith didn't
predict a losing season, he recommended black coaches not consider
working for the Texans, so a winning season doesn't make him "an imbecile."
ScottW
2024-01-10 00:45:37 UTC
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Post by mINE109
Post by Art Sackman
Post by mINE109
You get sports commentary from RedState? Unattributed, of course, and
with heaps of hindsight in calling out commentary from a year ago.
Gimme a break.
He quoted the original source.
Without attribution, so not a quote as such.
Post by Art Sackman
It doesn't matter what website conveyed that. What was said, was said.
Well, yes, it does. And what was said wasn't so great. Smith didn't
predict a losing season, he recommended black coaches not consider
working for the Texans, so a winning season doesn't make him "an imbecile."
Apparently you missed the fact that the new coach was also black.

ScottW
mINE109
2024-01-10 15:30:03 UTC
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Post by ScottW
Post by mINE109
Post by Art Sackman
Post by mINE109
You get sports commentary from RedState? Unattributed, of course, and
with heaps of hindsight in calling out commentary from a year ago.
Gimme a break.
He quoted the original source.
Without attribution, so not a quote as such.
Post by Art Sackman
It doesn't matter what website conveyed that. What was said, was said.
Well, yes, it does. And what was said wasn't so great. Smith didn't
predict a losing season, he recommended black coaches not consider
working for the Texans, so a winning season doesn't make him "an imbecile."
Apparently you missed the fact that the new coach was also black.
Smith's recommendation wasn't a prediction about the 2023 season, no
matter the ethnicity of the new coach.

Good thing the new guy had a winning season as the Texans have a history
of impatience with previous black coaches.

ScottW
2024-01-08 23:16:49 UTC
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Post by mINE109
You get sports commentary from RedState? Unattributed, of course, and
with heaps of hindsight in calling out commentary from a year ago.
Sports commentary? That's like calling something musical you wrote....a classic.

ScottW
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