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Originally Posted by tk13
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansas...s/16118327.htm
“I wouldn’t pay attention,” Johnson said of playing under Vermeil. “My eyes, I would be up in the sky. You know, I would be sleeping in my locker. I wouldn’t carry my playbook because I was just trying to get away from this building, you know, when Dick was here.”
Carter asked LJ, “Do you think Herm Edwards, being an African-American and you being raised, of course, by an African-American, that you see a lot of similarities in Herm that you saw in your dad that made you open up to him?”
LJ’s response: “I think so. I could relate to Herman. I couldn’t do that with the other coaches I had because they had not done it. You know, they haven’t put those pads or they haven’t been in the situation as a young black athlete and know what we had to go through.
“You know, when we go out, you know, we like to go out. You know, we like to hang out. We like to have fun. But then you got to worry about the guy around the corner with the gun. You got to worry about this girl on the block. You got to worry about, you know, your parents. You got to worry about your homeboys taking advantage of you.
“There’s so much things you got to worry about being a young black athlete."
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WTF?!?! First of all I dont care that DV didn't start him or how stubborn he was at times etc, thats just disrespectful to any coach. Now wonder he said take the diapers off, LJ was really acting like a ****ing baby. He gets the chance to play in the NFL, make millions, and live a dream playing a GAME you love and getting paid for it. LJ just lost some credibility with me IMO.
First of all this isn't the 1960's or 70's. I would really like to know what LJ really had to go through, you know, being a black athlete in the 90's where every HS team has black athletes and being that his dad was his coach. Gimme a ****ing break LJ. No one feels sorry for you. Talk to Tamba Hali for a reality check. He had it rough. Being raised in a middle class community is NOT rough unless you make bad decisions with the wrong group on YOUR OWN TERMS. He says theres so much to worry about because he likes to go out. That has nothing to do with being black, he just needs to make better choices. If he likes to go out on the streets and party with his "homeboys", then hell yeah theres gonna be trouble but he put himself in that position.