I wonder if he reached out in person or just the statement. If it’s just a statement then it counts for nothing and is just a PR stunt.
Many out there will come out with the 'yeah well coaches used to say this type of stuff all of the time back in my day' schtick, like it was OK ever.
And yet, the TOE football coach can't even do that. And he is dealing with 50+ speaking out...not one like the case here.Chambers is a dickasaurus rex.
He is only doing this because he got caught and doesn't want to get fired.
But he is apologizing -- heartfelt or not.
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By the way, we are really lucky to have Rasir. Not only is he a great player about to flower into a star (and I hope he has the chance to do that and take over the leadership of the team from Tyrese this year), but that letter was some "I will" level eloquence.
This is something I've thought about recently and really appreciate about Prohm and Campbell. There seems to be a notion that coaches can give "tough love". Since it falls under the ambit of "coaching", it's acceptable to act in ways that would not be acceptable in an other adult setting. If you tried doing that to your employees, you'd be fired. But because it's "coaching", and hell we are trying to teach these kids some life lessons!
Maybe a good place to start in teaching life lessons is how to effectively communicate with other adults without losing your mind.
Is it just me or did he still not apologize?
"I can't apologize enough" isn't actually an apology
Well, the "thugs" comment is just part of systemic racism, not like that will stop anytime soon especially on anonymous boards. Hell, the stuff people post publicly on FB is even worse since it's not moderated. Surprised at some of the stuff people will post under there real names. Some FB groups at least police themselves as FB won't. Saw a bunch of posts last month deleted by admins of my local city civics page.
No clue how Penn State can go on with Chambers.
You beat me to it...was going to share the same. Still LOTS of folks that fall into the "when I was in high school....." and "it made me tougher" and fail to realize that things can and should change. There are reasons why "running someone till they puke" is not a good idea, etc.
I've also heard recently folks defend these types of comments "can't you take a joke" or stuff like that and don't realize that you shouldn't joke about this.
Somewhat related, but that story of the young man in Charles City that "fans" shouted racially insensitive comments.....I literally saw folks in comments sections saying "show me the video evidence" (even after both schools and witnesses said it happened). We (all sides of issues) always want to justify our beliefs or find ways to not believe those counter "what happened before the video" etc.
The in action of Penn State after it happened is alarmingYeah, pretty sure it wasn't just poor wording if a guy feels like he needs to get his parents and administrators involved. Who talks about nooses in everyday conversations? This is either coming from a place of stupidity or hateful racist stupidity-neither one is something you want to see in your basketball coach.
The timing of this story coming out could put on the kind of pressure it takes to fire Chambers, but Penn State doesn't have a great history of dealing with bad actors...so he probably stays?
The in action of Penn State after it happened is alarming
The fact that no one did anything when it was happening really pisses me off.
You beat me to it...was going to share the same. Still LOTS of folks that fall into the "when I was in high school....." and "it made me tougher" and fail to realize that things can and should change. There are reasons why "running someone till they puke" is not a good idea, etc.
I've also heard recently folks defend these types of comments "can't you take a joke" or stuff like that and don't realize that you shouldn't joke about this.
Somewhat related, but that story of the young man in Charles City that "fans" shouted racially insensitive comments.....I literally saw folks in comments sections saying "show me the video evidence" (even after both schools and witnesses said it happened). We (all sides of issues) always want to justify our beliefs or find ways to not believe those counter "what happened before the video" etc.