Flanagan: LJ rips Vermeil in HBO interview

[Mr. Kotter]

Originally Posted by BigRock

Something like this? Something like what?

What did LJ say in this interview... or, more specifically since none of us have seen the actual interview, the portions quoted in this article?

He said he didn't like playing for Dick Vermeil. No surprise there.

Then, in response to a direct question about race that compared Herm to LJ's own father, LJ said he liked playing for Herm because he can relate to him. Both as a former player, which is the first thing LJ mentions, and because Herm is black and understands what young black athletes go through.

What is controversial about those comments? Absolutely nothing. Like Flanagan said in the article, the only thing that will come out of this is that Vermeil doing the commentary on the KC @ Oakland game might be more interesting.

I highlighted the portions of the article, which I consider attempts to invoke the race card....to embrace the victim/thug/gangster persona....back in post #143. (It was in an "edit" in case you missed it the first time.)

That he made these sorts of statements in response to a direct question, only mitigates the matter slightly. The message is one of division, of an "us versus them" mentality....and that only aggravates the racial divide remains in this country, IMO.