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over "monkey" business

 

 

Edited by Gil Bang

4 minutes ago, 6th Street said:

Ah yes, brings back memories of Buck Burnette 

I thought about the same thing.  I had classes with Buck.  Actually seemed like a really nice guy.  Was shocked when that stuff came out. 

Racism in football is just bizarre to me.  I mean, it's bizarre anywhere I guess, but in the context of a sport where most of your teammates will be black, and in this case your coach is as well, harboring those feelings just seems like it must be a constant internal dissonance. 

Edited by Bill Lumbergh

1 minute ago, Bill Lumbergh said:

I thought about the same thing.  I had classes with Buck.  Actually seemed like a really nice guy.  Was shocked when that stuff came out. 

Racism in football is just bizarre to me.  I mean, it's bizarre anywhere I guess, but in the context of a sport where most of your teammates will be black, and in this case your coach is as well, harboring those feelings just seems like it must be a constant internal dissonance. 

Are you under the impression racism is logical? It has no rules.

10 minutes ago, Bill Lumbergh said:

I thought about the same thing.  I had classes with Buck.  Actually seemed like a really nice guy.  Was shocked when that stuff came out. 

Racism in football is just bizarre to me.  I mean, it's bizarre anywhere I guess, but in the context of a sport where most of your teammates will be black, and in this case your coach is as well, harboring those feelings just seems like it must be a constant internal dissonance. 

There's some kind of dichotomy thing going on.  Kind of a paradox.  I think there are people in this world that 99.9% or some other great percentage of the time wish people of other races no ill and harbor no "racist" thoughts. But in a moment of anger or frustration might resort to the lowest common denominator type of insult: race or possibly other aspects of physical appearance.  Maybe it's a revelation of their deepest, most sincere thoughts, or maybe it's just being an asshole in the moment.  I don't know.

 

This would probably not apply to Burnette, who was talking about nagger hunting, IIRC.  Might apply here and there to others, though.

Edited by TwiceHorn

2 minutes ago, pacman said:

Are you under the impression racism is logical? It has no rules.

Yeah, that's fair.

I would just be less surprised if people do their best to avoid interacting with groups of people they generally hate.  Choosing to involve yourself in an activity that ensures your daily interaction with, and dependence on, groups you hate seems like an odd choice. 

But as you say, I'm expecting rational decision making or basic intelligence from racists, so yeah. 

Poor aggy. This schmo showed up at AZ just long enough to ensure that the dirty laundry in CS got a good airing.

I'm so confused. This kid is such a racist that he committed to Kevin Sumlin once at A&M and then transferred to be with him again at Arizona? Someone may want to inform him that Kevin Sumlin is black. Perhaps he should swing by the Houston Country Club so somebody can set him straight.

He probably shows up at Independence CC in next season's Last Chance U

7 minutes ago, MonkeyDoughnut said:

Well time for Marchiol to go full McMurphy and burn things down

Aggy will just use this as a narrative that the guy is vindictive and unstable and therefor nothing he came forth with with regard to aggy violations should be taken seriously.

1 hour ago, Mitch Cumsteen said:

I'm so confused. This kid is such a racist that he committed to Kevin Sumlin once at A&M and then transferred to be with him again at Arizona? Someone may want to inform him that Kevin Sumlin is black. Perhaps he should swing by the Houston Country Club so somebody can set him straight.

Remember the Golden Rule of Recruiting: You pick the school, not the coach. I am pretty sure Santino felt very comfortable in aggyland.

19 minutes ago, Quasimofo said:

What does Marcellus Wallace look like?

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48 minutes ago, Quasimofo said:

What does Marcellus Wallace look like?

He looks like a bitch.

 
 
 
Should have been in the post above!
 


Brett actually survived this. Went on for years until he died in a warehouse fire at a top secret facility. He met a guy named Wade Wilson who had cancer.
3 hours ago, 6th Street said:

Ah yes, brings back memories of Buck Burnette 

Buck Burnette was let back on the team after he made amends. Dunno if the same will happen to Marichol.

Oh, okay.  I thought it was for hitting John Roseboro over the head with a baseball bat.

3 hours ago, Wishbone said:

Aggy will just use this as a narrative that the guy is vindictive and unstable and therefor nothing he came forth with with regard to aggy violations should be taken seriously.

Reported that aggy detectives discovered the comments.

 

Arizona dismissed linebacker Santino Marchiol from the program Monday, coach Kevin Sumlin announced, after a video surfaced over the weekend in which he twice appeared to refer to former Texas A&M teammates as monkeys.

The source of the video, which was uploaded just last week, was Marchiol’s Hudl account, a Web site where film and other analytics are stored. The offensive clip was discovered by Texas A&M fans and then circulated on social media before it was deleted. 

 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/pac12/2018/08/27/santino-marchiol-dismissed-arizona-after-video-racist-term/1114260002/

Buck Burnette was let back on the team after he made amends. Dunno if the same will happen to Marichol.


Is this accurate? I thought he was booted and transferred to Abilene Christian.
8 minutes ago, Fico said:

Is this accurate? I thought he was booted and transferred to Abilene Christian.

 

You are correct. Buck went bye-bye.

Just now, Walden Ponderer said:

You are correct. Buck went bye-bye.

I guess I mis-remembered it. Thought Mack left it up to the players to make a decision. My bad.

If I remember correctly .............EDIT,   nope I was way off

dumbass  Buck posted this on his Facebook page the evening that Prez Obama was elected: 

"all the hunters gather up, we have a #$%&er in the whitehouse"

 

https://deadspin.com/5078513/texas-lineman-gets-kicked-off-team-for-racist-facebook-message-to-barack-obama

 

Edited by AUS-97HORN

51 minutes ago, phdhorn said:

Oh, okay.  I thought it was for hitting John Roseboro over the head with a baseball bat.

Juan is the loneliest number.

1 hour ago, UDontKnow said:

Buck Burnette was let back on the team after he made amends. Dunno if the same will happen to Marichol.

Username checks out.

50 minutes ago, AUS-97HORN said:

If I remember correctly .............EDIT,   nope I was way off

dumbass  Buck posted this on his Facebook page the evening that Prez Obama was elected: 

"all the hunters gather up, we have a #$%&er in the whitehouse"

 

https://deadspin.com/5078513/texas-lineman-gets-kicked-off-team-for-racist-facebook-message-to-barack-obama

 

Not that it matters that much, but the N-word was not the slur that Buck used. 

He used coon.

Not that it matters that much, but the N-word was not the slur that Buck used. 
He used coon.
I guess I can see how that might be perceived as racist. /s
58 minutes ago, AUS-97HORN said:

dumbass  Buck posted this on his Facebook page the evening that Prez Obama was elected: 

"all the hunters gather up, we have a #$%&er in the whitehouse"

 

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Edited by Bill Lumbergh

1 hour ago, torre said:

Reported that aggy detectives discovered the comments.

 

Arizona dismissed linebacker Santino Marchiol from the program Monday, coach Kevin Sumlin announced, after a video surfaced over the weekend in which he twice appeared to refer to former Texas A&M teammates as monkeys.

The source of the video, which was uploaded just last week, was Marchiol’s Hudl account, a Web site where film and other analytics are stored. The offensive clip was discovered by Texas A&M fans and then circulated on social media before it was deleted. 

 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/pac12/2018/08/27/santino-marchiol-dismissed-arizona-after-video-racist-term/1114260002/

They didn't seem to mind when Johnny Football was throwing racial slurs at people.

5 hours ago, Mitch Cumsteen said:

I'm so confused. This kid is such a racist that he committed to Kevin Sumlin once at A&M and then transferred to be with him again at Arizona? Someone may want to inform him that Kevin Sumlin is black. Perhaps he should swing by the Houston Country Club so somebody can set him straight.

Marchiole was the one who sent the note.

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11 hours ago, bmbmd said:

Juan is the loneliest number.

 

Edited by Steamboat1874

Now he is no longer committed to anyone, lets just hope he lets the cat out of the bag, or the sheep out of the barn and tells all.

17 minutes ago, Leanderman said:

Now he is no longer committed to anyone, lets just hope he lets the cat out of the bag, or the sheep out of the barn and tells all.

He's probably less likely to go scorched earth.  I expect he'll enroll at a JUCO and keep his mouth shut in hopes some other coach might give him a third chance.  I assume he and his parents still have NFL aspirations - despite his 5.1 speed.

If A&M really outed him, and he has anything other dirt on him, he'll go scorched earth.

Doubtful, but this is my hope.  Though at this point, his credibility may be shot.  

Edited by Ghost of Shag

17 hours ago, Quasimofo said:

What does Marcellus Wallace look like?

 

16 hours ago, Sock Drawer said:

He looks like a bitch.

Yeah?  Well I'll let you tell him.

what if the rest of the guys on the team really did refer to the player as the "monkey safety"?

Well time for Marchiol to go full McMurphy and burn things down
This^^ might as well get Rumlin along with Jimbo while he's at it..
Not that it matters that much, but the N-word was not the slur that Buck used. 
He used coon.

Coons? When raccoons try to get on our back porch, mama just chases off with a broom.
2 minutes ago, Jkwellborn said:


Coons? When raccoons try to get on our back porch, mama just chases off with a broom.

Rodentist

How hard is it not to call people of another race something shitty on camera when your entire planned future career depends on it? Racism aside it's just mindbogglingly stupid.

Lord knows I was a dumbass teenager at a not all that diverse high school, but the thought never even occured to me...

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