You’re listening to Bolton’s ex teammates story of the situation instead of Bolton’s story himself?... Got it.
Bolton on why he left Penn State
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You’re listening to Bolton’s ex teammates story of the situation instead of Bolton’s story himself?... Got it.
Rasir wasn't calling for Coach Chambers to be fired. He was simply giving his account of the situation. You can call it whatever you want, but it was a harmful thing to say.
As does Tyrese Haliburton, who supported Bolton on twitter today.
Both things can be true: Stevens had a good experience with their coaches, and Bolton did not. Bolton didn't call for him to be fired, he's just pointing out his experiences as a young player. I'm positive there are others out there at schools all over the country that have experienced the same or worse that have not spoken up yet.
And Bolton should be allowed to discuss why he left. He obviously knew there would probably be problems in telling the truth and that is why he didn't last spring. I'm glad he's speaking out now.
Another thing that hits me is that he still didn't seem to acknowledge that what he said is terribly inappropriate, but rather how his words made someone feel. In this article, he says, “I didn’t realize that word would hurt him, and I am truly, truly sorry for that.”
HIS ACTIONS are what need apologized for, NOT ONLY the way it made someone feel.
When I tell my wife, "I am sorry you feel that way," we all know it is not a real apology...
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I would say none of us message board posters know Lamar Stevens.
Rasir transferred for a reason. He wanted to share the reason he transferred given the current social climate. I think he handled it very professionally. I’m sure Lamar does not know all the details of Rasir experience.
Sending Rasir to a psychologist to be able to learn "how to deal with the coach is nothing but (1) a flavor of victim blaming and (2) white male privilege. I agree - how PSU handed this was just terrible. What was PSU thinking? Wanting Rasir to tolerate the coach's racially insensitive remarks?
Rasir showed a helluva lot of courage to confront the coach.
The coach clearly has some issues. First he uses "noose" then compliments Rasir and his mom for being "organized and well-spoken." What did he'd think they'd be when the came to see him?
I saw it on the 6:00 pm news but didn’t catch the 10:00 news
His former coach, Pat Chambers, just resigned after the school investigated his actions.
Rasir brings down a program by asserting racism.
Meanwhile at eiu,..........racism is being worked on.
www.espn.com
Meanwhile at eiu,..........racism is being worked on.
PSU's Chambers resigns after probe into conduct
Penn State coach Pat Chambers resigned Wednesday following an investigation into inappropriate conduct that stemmed from a former player saying that Chambers made a reference to a noose around the player's neck.
www.espn.com
[QUOTE="CloneGuy8, post: 7370149, member: 37437"Rasir brings down a program by asserting racism.
Meanwhile at eiu,..........racism is being worked on.
PSU's Chambers resigns after probe into conduct
Penn State coach Pat Chambers resigned Wednesday following an investigation into inappropriate conduct that stemmed from a former player saying that Chambers made a reference to a noose around the player's neck.
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Asserting makes it sound like he wasn’t telling the truth.
