Vermeil rips LJ in HBO interview

Hammock Parties · 11-29-2006, 02:59 PM

Dick Vermeil, appearing in a feature with Peter King on HBO’s “Inside the NFL” this week, makes it clear again that he really wasn’t all that interested in playing Larry Johnson.

“I wouldn’t pay attention to him,” Vermeil said of playing Johnson. “My eyes, I would be up in the sky. You know, I would be sleeping in my office. I wouldn’t carry my playbook because I was just trying to get away from this building, you know, when Larry was here.”

King's interview with Vermeil, which appears at 9 tonight, also focuses on Vermeil's relationship with Greg Robinson.

King asked Vermeil, “Do you think Robinson, being a white guy and you being raised, of course, by a white guy, that you see a lot of similarities in Robinson that you saw in your dad that made you open up to him?”

Vermeil's response: “I think so. I could relate to Robinson and I couldn’t do that with the other coaches I had because they had not done it. You know, they haven’t made those calls or they haven’t been in the situation as a white coach 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 Larry Johnson 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 an old white coach. And to be able to have a father like mine and have a coach like Greg, I was able to escape a lot of those realities and find myself in a new ray of light.”

Robinson also contributes to the show.

“First time I saw (Dick), I said: ‘Are you ready? Are you ready to give up 30 points a game?’ " Robinson said. “And he kind of looked up at me, and he probably thought, ‘I haven’t even met coach yet, and he’s — what, is he messin’ with me?’ ”

PastorMikH · 11-29-2006, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by GoChiefs

Dick Vermeil, appearing in a feature with Peter King on HBO’s “Inside the NFL” this week, makes it clear again that he really wasn’t all that interested in playing Larry Johnson.

“I wouldn’t pay attention to him,” Vermeil said of playing Johnson. “My eyes, I would be up in the sky. You know, I would be sleeping in my office. I wouldn’t carry my playbook because I was just trying to get away from this building, you know, when Larry was here.”

King's interview with Vermeil, which appears at 9 tonight, also focuses on Vermeil's relationship with Greg Robinson.

King asked Vermeil, “Do you think Robinson, being a white guy and you being raised, of course, by a white guy, that you see a lot of similarities in Robinson that you saw in your dad that made you open up to him?”

Vermeil's response: “I think so. I could relate to Robinson and I couldn’t do that with the other coaches I had because they had not done it. You know, they haven’t made those calls or they haven’t been in the situation as a white coach 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 Larry Johnson 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 an old white coach. And to be able to have a father like mine and have a coach like Greg, I was able to escape a lot of those realities and find myself in a new ray of light.”

Robinson also contributes to the show.

“First time I saw (Dick), I said: ‘Are you ready? Are you ready to give up 30 points a game?’ " Robinson said. “And he kind of looked up at me, and he probably thought, ‘I haven’t even met coach yet, and he’s — what, is he messin’ with me?’ ”

With all of the mistakes, this must have been the writeup over at WPI.

siberian khatru · 11-29-2006, 03:02 PM

I like the last paragraph.

Calcountry · 11-29-2006, 03:28 PM

I always thought DV was much more articulate than it appears in this article.

Hammock Parties · 11-29-2006, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by bunnytrdr

I always thought DV was much more articulate than it appears in this article.

It's all the wine.

Logical · 11-29-2006, 05:15 PM

The part about Robinson as the white guy does not even make sense.

KCCHIEFS27 · 11-29-2006, 05:21 PM

yeah, why would he go on to talk about how hard it is for an old white coach? I thought this was LJ talking at first, but even he's more articulate than what this article shows

**wazu** · 11-29-2006, 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by KCCHIEFS27

yeah, why would he go on to talk about how hard it is for an old white coach? I thought this was LJ talking at first, but even he's more articulate than what this article shows

Man, great first post.

Snowman · 11-29-2006, 05:28 PM

Where did this transcript come from? I think it's bullshit.

**wazu** · 11-29-2006, 05:29 PM

Good lord.

**KcMizzou** · 11-29-2006, 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Adam

Good lord.

JonesCrusher · 11-29-2006, 05:31 PM

Great job on that.

Funny how when you just change the perspective of that interview it goes from a very stupid interview that makes it on a has been HBO show into something that if it was real DV would gang-raped by this PC society of ours.

siberian khatru · 11-29-2006, 05:31 PM

FAX · 11-29-2006, 05:33 PM

Maybe it's just me, but this seems a little out of character for DV.

FAX

boogblaster · 11-29-2006, 05:37 PM

Tell something long enough it will become truth...

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Hammock Parties I'll be back. Join Date: Nov 2002 Casino cash: $850478	Vermeil rips LJ in HBO interview Dick Vermeil, appearing in a feature with Peter King on HBO’s “Inside the NFL” this week, makes it clear again that he really wasn’t all that interested in playing Larry Johnson. “I wouldn’t pay attention to him,” Vermeil said of playing Johnson. “My eyes, I would be up in the sky. You know, I would be sleeping in my office. I wouldn’t carry my playbook because I was just trying to get away from this building, you know, when Larry was here.” King's interview with Vermeil, which appears at 9 tonight, also focuses on Vermeil's relationship with Greg Robinson. King asked Vermeil, “Do you think Robinson, being a white guy and you being raised, of course, by a white guy, that you see a lot of similarities in Robinson that you saw in your dad that made you open up to him?” Vermeil's response: “I think so. I could relate to Robinson and I couldn’t do that with the other coaches I had because they had not done it. You know, they haven’t made those calls or they haven’t been in the situation as a white coach 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 Larry Johnson 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 an old white coach. And to be able to have a father like mine and have a coach like Greg, I was able to escape a lot of those realities and find myself in a new ray of light.” Robinson also contributes to the show. “First time I saw (Dick), I said: ‘Are you ready? Are you ready to give up 30 points a game?’ " Robinson said. “And he kind of looked up at me, and he probably thought, ‘I haven’t even met coach yet, and he’s — what, is he messin’ with me?’ ”
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