(09-22-2020 07:24 PM)EigenEagle Wrote:  https://www.kvue.com/article/sports/texas-state-accepts-danny-kaspar-resignation/269-ea0adecc-fac5-4974-81d2-3504dbac43fd

Snowflakery wins.

Quote:Shead explained how Kaspar told players to "chase that chicken" to get them to run faster, threatened to have players deported if they messed up and prohibited players from wearing durags or earrings because it made them look like "gangsters."

(09-22-2020 08:34 PM)AZcats Wrote:  

Quote:Shead explained how Kaspar told players to "chase that chicken" to get them to run faster, threatened to have players deported if they messed up and prohibited players from wearing durags or earrings because it made them look like "gangsters."

So, no white person has ever chased chickens or been a gangster? I'm white and I've chased chickens a few times. Hearing a phrase like that would make practice more enjoyable. It's not uncommon for coaches to have requirements on players' appearance; my college football coach did not allow any facial hair.

(09-22-2020 09:40 PM)OsageJ Wrote:  They are all victims. The whole freaking world.

(09-22-2020 10:11 PM)Saint3333 Wrote:  Buddy Garrity retires?

(09-23-2020 07:27 AM)slycat Wrote:  I will try to explain and maybe some will read, listen, digest, and understand.

The basic summary is that if there are actions or words that make people uncomfortable then don't do it. The mentality that it was done this why when I was a kid or this makes people stronger is outdated. Yes, many successful coaches are a**holes and build up hate so players are pushed further. But many coaches are very successful without that type of behavior and to dismiss multiple players issues with it is wrong. This in no way means players should be coddled. It means to not use basic stereotypes as insults. I don't know how this is a hard concept. I think many don't understand life from the perspective others. Sure you chased chickens or eat fried chicken. So what? That has a different meaning to others. There are decades of oppression where these ideas come from, no matter how innocent and small. We can do better and should expect better. There are a million insults or "jokes" to yell at players that don't involve race, gender, or other identifier. It is the same reason we shouldn't call someone a r****d and then dismiss it like "oh they were doing something stupid, I wasn't saying to someone who is mentally challenged".

I think we can continue to coach and live in ways without stepping on eggshells while easily cutting those types of comments out of our lives. And we should hold our leaders to a higher standard than the rest.

(09-23-2020 08:27 AM)chiefsfan Wrote:  I think we need to understand as a society that there is a reason things worked in the 60’s and 70’s that don’t now. Society has changed and we need to learn to adapt.

Admittedly I’m not a big fan of everything in the Social Justice movement, but we have to grow a better understanding of those around us in the future. That’s not easy though in a country where racism was accepted for years as part of life. It’s going to take multiple generations dying off to see a change happen