Originally posted by RayRay99
Please give me examples where he has been classless and selfish? Answers such as "there are too many to name" are not acceptable.
As far as Strong goes, he didn't address his Louisville players when he bolted for Austin
http://www.thecardinalconnect.com/2014/01/05/charlie-strong-will-not-meet-with-current-louisville-players/
He barred the media from practices because he was jealous of the attention the basketball team at Louisville was getting
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1142673-college-football-2012-charlie-strong-picks-up-his-ball-and-goes-home#articles/1142673-college-football-2012-charlie-strong-picks-up-his-ball-and-goes-home
And he played the race card and his interracial marriage as the reason it took him so long to get a head coaching job
http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2009-01-07/sports/strong07_1_head-coach-hiring-a-coach-interracial-marriage
Talk about classless, selfish, immature, and douchey...
First off, we don't know why he didn't address his players. He met with his AD to inform him that he was taking the Texas job and then the AD addressed the players. We don't know whether Jurich requested to speak to the players rather than Strong or whether Strong felt it would be better since he was no longer their coach by that time. A coach taking a promotion is nothing classless or selfish. Also, I love your use of the word 'bolt' as the descriptor for him leaving Louisville. He got offered a better job and took it. That's not bolting, that moving up.
Your second article has absolutely zero credibility. Strong closing practices is nothing new; it's simply a coaching preference. The statement that it was due to jealously of the basketball team was complete conjecture coming from a tweet that doesn't even exist anymore. Like almost all of the articles you link from crap websites like bleacher report, it has zero credibility.
As for your third link, if you think that his race and his marriage had nothing to do with it taking so long for him to get a head coaching job, you've got your head in the sand. Your accusation that 'he played the race' card speaks more to your mindset towards race than to his. If you actually read the article you'd see that Strong was told he didn't get jobs because of he and his wife's race, just like people spoke out about Gill not getting the Auburn job due to he and his wife's race. Strong wasn't making some baseless excuse for not getting a job, he was restating what he was given as a reason for him not receiving a job offer. The article actually does the exact opposite than what you claim it does in that it shows that, despite the racist treatment he received, he responded with nothing but class.
As for Manziel being classless, let's name a few:
- attacking a black man after hearing his friend use a racial slur towards the black man (fucking racist aggies)
- presenting a fake ID to the cops after being arrested for said assault
- signing autographs for money in violation of NCAA rules
- after getting away with said violation of NCAA rules, making money/signing gestures during football games to mock people
- partying and drinking while underage and very publicly while being the face of A&M athletics
With the exception of the last item in the list, all of those are incredibly classless. All of the items in the list show an amazing amount of immaturity and selfishness. He was not the only person on the A&M football team and each of those actions could have and did have negative consequences on the team. As the leader of the team, he should have lead by example with class and humility and put the team ahead of himself. Rather, he risked sanctions against the team, risked criminal punishment that would prevent him from playing, and put his celebrity over his status as a teammate. Selfish, immature, and douchey.
Please give me examples where he has been classless and selfish? Answers such as "there are too many to name" are not acceptable.
As far as Strong goes, he didn't address his Louisville players when he bolted for Austin
http://www.thecardinalconnect.com/2014/01/05/charlie-strong-will-not-meet-with-current-louisville-players/
He barred the media from practices because he was jealous of the attention the basketball team at Louisville was getting
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1142673-college-football-2012-charlie-strong-picks-up-his-ball-and-goes-home#articles/1142673-college-football-2012-charlie-strong-picks-up-his-ball-and-goes-home
And he played the race card and his interracial marriage as the reason it took him so long to get a head coaching job
http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2009-01-07/sports/strong07_1_head-coach-hiring-a-coach-interracial-marriage
Talk about classless, selfish, immature, and douchey...
First off, we don't know why he didn't address his players. He met with his AD to inform him that he was taking the Texas job and then the AD addressed the players. We don't know whether Jurich requested to speak to the players rather than Strong or whether Strong felt it would be better since he was no longer their coach by that time. A coach taking a promotion is nothing classless or selfish. Also, I love your use of the word 'bolt' as the descriptor for him leaving Louisville. He got offered a better job and took it. That's not bolting, that moving up.
Your second article has absolutely zero credibility. Strong closing practices is nothing new; it's simply a coaching preference. The statement that it was due to jealously of the basketball team was complete conjecture coming from a tweet that doesn't even exist anymore. Like almost all of the articles you link from crap websites like bleacher report, it has zero credibility.
As for your third link, if you think that his race and his marriage had nothing to do with it taking so long for him to get a head coaching job, you've got your head in the sand. Your accusation that 'he played the race' card speaks more to your mindset towards race than to his. If you actually read the article you'd see that Strong was told he didn't get jobs because of he and his wife's race, just like people spoke out about Gill not getting the Auburn job due to he and his wife's race. Strong wasn't making some baseless excuse for not getting a job, he was restating what he was given as a reason for him not receiving a job offer. The article actually does the exact opposite than what you claim it does in that it shows that, despite the racist treatment he received, he responded with nothing but class.
As for Manziel being classless, let's name a few:
- attacking a black man after hearing his friend use a racial slur towards the black man (fucking racist aggies)
- presenting a fake ID to the cops after being arrested for said assault
- signing autographs for money in violation of NCAA rules
- after getting away with said violation of NCAA rules, making money/signing gestures during football games to mock people
- partying and drinking while underage and very publicly while being the face of A&M athletics
With the exception of the last item in the list, all of those are incredibly classless. All of the items in the list show an amazing amount of immaturity and selfishness. He was not the only person on the A&M football team and each of those actions could have and did have negative consequences on the team. As the leader of the team, he should have lead by example with class and humility and put the team ahead of himself. Rather, he risked sanctions against the team, risked criminal punishment that would prevent him from playing, and put his celebrity over his status as a teammate. Selfish, immature, and douchey.
