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Coach O says he will not tolerate racism
Posted on 6/3/20 at 12:53 pm
Posted on 6/3/20 at 12:53 pm
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Over the last few days, Ed Orgeron’s phone buzzed more than normal. For Orgeron, one of the nation’s elite college football recruiters and the head coach of the reigning national champion LSU Tigers, an active phone isn’t something new. But this was different. Messages flooded in from his former players reacting to a nationwide upheaval over the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died May 25 while pinned between concrete and the knee of a white Minneapolis police officer.
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“My players and former players are hurting, and they let me know they’re hurting,” Orgeron says in an interview Tuesday with Sports Illustrated. “When they’re hurting, it hurts me. I love all my players like they were my own. I know some are hurting right now, and I totally support them. I will not tolerate racism, and they know it.”
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On Tuesday, in his first meeting with the team since the COVID-19 pandemic suspended on-campus activities, the coach addressed the movement with his players before he spoke to SI. Orgeron wished to first deliver a message to his team, he says, before giving one to the general public. “I told them my feelings, which stays in house, but they know I will not tolerate racism,” he says. “Everybody has a right to voice their opinion. We’re not going to stop that. I told them to be careful.”
Sports Illustrated
This post was edited on 6/3/20 at 12:55 pm
Posted on 6/3/20 at 12:55 pm to SidewalkTiger
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Coach O he will not tolerate racism
What a hero!
Posted on 6/3/20 at 12:57 pm to SidewalkTiger
You can tell he doesn't like racists by the beat down he put on Dabo in January.
Posted on 6/3/20 at 1:03 pm to Buzz Killington
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What a hero!
Thank God the headline didn't read "Coach O hates black people."
Posted on 6/3/20 at 1:04 pm to HogX
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You can tell he doesn't like racists by the beat down he put on Dabo in January.
I see a Clemson fan downvoted you.
Posted on 6/3/20 at 1:07 pm to HogX
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You can tell he doesn't like racists by the beat down he put on Dabo in January.
Posted on 6/3/20 at 1:08 pm to HogX
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You can tell he doesn't like racists by the beat down he put on Dabo in January.
Very underrated post
Posted on 6/3/20 at 1:27 pm to HogX
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You can tell he doesn't like racists by the beat down he put on Dabo in January.
Posted on 6/3/20 at 1:28 pm to SidewalkTiger
Is this part of the greatest season ever?
Posted on 6/3/20 at 1:31 pm to FourThreeForty
Did he say that or was that the translation from his native tongue of Cajun blabber?
Posted on 6/3/20 at 1:38 pm to FourThreeForty
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Is this part of the greatest season ever?
O wouldn't tolerate 14-1 either
Posted on 6/3/20 at 1:39 pm to BigB123
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Did he say that or was that the translation from his native tongue of Cajun blabber?
I was trying to think of some smart arse comment about that when you beat me to it.
Posted on 6/3/20 at 1:42 pm to BigB123
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Did he say that or was that the translation from his native tongue of Cajun blabber?
So you consider all languages besides English to be "blabber"?
Looks like we found a racist.
This post was edited on 6/3/20 at 1:43 pm
Posted on 6/3/20 at 2:14 pm to Rex Feral
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Did he say that or was that the translation from his native tongue of Cajun blabber?
I was trying to think of some smart arse comment about that when you beat me to it.
If that's better than what you can come up with, please don't share your wit with us in the future.
Posted on 6/3/20 at 2:17 pm to SidewalkTiger
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Looks like we found a racist.
Not enough evidence for that.
Just a plain old bigot
Posted on 6/3/20 at 2:18 pm to SidewalkTiger
Bold statement from a white man whose $5 million a year salary is dependent almost entirely on young black men. Golf clap.
Of course he’s going to say this. Any civilized person should. But you don’t get a pat on the back from me for being ‘against racism.’ Duh. You better be against it.
Of course he’s going to say this. Any civilized person should. But you don’t get a pat on the back from me for being ‘against racism.’ Duh. You better be against it.
This post was edited on 6/3/20 at 2:23 pm
Posted on 6/3/20 at 2:18 pm to SidewalkTiger
quote:Big facts!
O wouldn't tolerate 14-1 either
Posted on 6/3/20 at 2:18 pm to SidewalkTiger
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When they’re hurting, it hurts me.
Well said, Coach.
Posted on 6/3/20 at 2:19 pm to HogX
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You can tell he doesn't like racists by the beat down he put on Dabo in January.
Damn
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