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Post by superpower on Nov 8, 2007 12:53:16 GMT -6
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Post by gunslinger on Nov 8, 2007 13:28:10 GMT -6
I was at a clinic several years ago and a coach (that I won't name) made a comment about how his daughter had just graduated.
I really think that he was just going to make a couple of comments like any proud dad would but he started breaking up.
He lost it. He started crying and talking about how he was never home and he really didn't even know her.
This was a D-I Defensive Coordinator well respected by everyone in football.
He pulled it together and gave his usual great clinic speech.
I can't remember one thing that he said about football that day.
However, I do remember the pain that he expressed for spending so much time at work and missing out on his family.
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Post by pantherpride91 on Nov 8, 2007 17:28:36 GMT -6
Im sorry but I think this article is way out of line. I have never been, and never will be, a fan of anything Jason Whitlock says or writes. Why is he trying to make this into a black/white thing? Why is he trying to compare this situation to a tv drama?? He is way out of line on this story
Now is Andy Reid in the wrong for what was taking place in his home? Of course. Somewhere along the line the communications lines broke down in his family and this is one result. Did how long he was away at football have something to do with breakdown? Proably Two parents at home is always better than one
However, for him to say that no one is would believe they did not know what was going is crazy. I lived with my parents every summer in college and for a time after college and they had no clue what I was doing most of the time. I was on my schedule and they were on theirs.
The one quote that drove me mad was "white sports figures aren't required to have a social conscience." Black, white, green, or yellow this was just a shot at a man while he is down. What does the goings on in the Reid household have to do at all with a social conscience? Why does a man trying to keep as much of his life private as possible make him a social deviant?
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Post by wingt74 on Nov 8, 2007 21:42:07 GMT -6
I stopped reading after the second sentence...give me a break.
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Post by saintrad on Nov 8, 2007 22:05:50 GMT -6
Im sorry but I think this article is way out of line. I have never been, and never will be, a fan of anything Jason Whitlock says or writes. Why is he trying to make this into a black/white thing? Why is he trying to compare this situation to a tv drama?? He is way out of line on this story Now is Andy Reid in the wrong for what was taking place in his home? Of course. Somewhere along the line the communications lines broke down in his family and this is one result. Did how long he was away at football have something to do with breakdown? Proably Two parents at home is always better than one However, for him to say that no one is would believe they did not know what was going is crazy. I lived with my parents every summer in college and for a time after college and they had no clue what I was doing most of the time. I was on my schedule and they were on theirs. The one quote that drove me mad was "white sports figures aren't required to have a social conscience." Black, white, green, or yellow this was just a shot at a man while he is down. What does the goings on in the Reid household have to do at all with a social conscience? Why does a man trying to keep as much of his life private as possible make him a social deviant? i agree competely |
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Post by 1ispread on Nov 9, 2007 15:58:17 GMT -6
Andy Reid worked longed hours & didnt spend as much
time with his family as maybe he would have liked. That said he provided quite handsomely for his family & Im sure created oppurtunities for them to advance & succeed. His sons have no one to blame but theirselves for their troubles. Heck my dad worked long hours & wasnt around much, we were poor & he wanted a better life for us & believe me he did it for a lot less than the Eagles paid Andy Reid. Thats what dads do. They work. Now I might have a problem with Andy reid if he hadnt worked & provided for his family.
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Post by brophy on Nov 9, 2007 16:17:25 GMT -6
Andy Reid worked longed hours & didnt spend as much time with his family as maybe he would have liked. That said he provided quite handsomely for his family & Im sure created oppurtunities for them to advance & succeed. His sons have no one to blame but theirselves for their troubles. Heck my dad worked long hours & wasnt around much, we were poor & he wanted a better life for us & believe me he did it for a lot less than the Eagles paid Andy Reid. Thats what dads do. They work. Now I might have a problem with Andy reid if he hadnt worked & provided for his family. That is a real great point, brother |
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Post by coachd5085 on Nov 10, 2007 12:11:38 GMT -6
You know... i have to agree with Jason Whitlock on this one. Not on the "what someone should do", BUT... he (and Khalfie) are right about how the public perception is different. About how if this was a lower socioeconomic situation, people would be saying "OH the parents knew, they must be facilitating the problem" and I agree with Whitlock on how the situation would be handled differently if the family was a lower Socioeconomic family.
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