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Flanagan: LJ rips Vermeil in HBO interview
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansas...s/16118327.htm
JEFFREY FLANAGAN TOP OF THE MORNIN’ Kansas City Star Johnson tuned out when Vermeil talked Larry Johnson, appearing in a feature with Cris Carter on HBO’s “Inside the NFL” this week, makes it clear again that he really wasn’t all that interested in playing for Dick Vermeil. “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.” (It should be interesting when Vermeil calls the Chiefs-Oakland game for NFL Network Dec. 23.) Carter’s interview with Johnson, which appears at 9 tonight, also focuses on LJ’s relationship with Herm Edwards. 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. And to be able to have a father like mine and have a coach like Herm, I was able to escape a lot of those realities and find myself in a new ray of light.” Edwards also contributes to the show. “First time I saw (Johnson), I said: ‘Are you ready? Are you ready to touch the ball 30 times a game?’ ” Edwards 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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Hey, Ive got a dog that can run circles around LJ ..what would you give for some of his sperm....
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The show is on here in 45 minutes or so.
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This seems as hypocritical as the Michael Irvin comments about Tony Romo.
What if they asked Trent Green if he played better for Dick Vermeil because he was a white coach and Green was raised by a white man? Or , instead of Michael Irvin commenting that Romo has a black ancestor because he is a good athlete is just like saying that black software engineer must have some whites in their ancestry. It seems like a double standard to me. |
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LJ should just run the rock 30 times a game &
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For what it's worth I still think LJ's comments are being misinterpreted. I'm pretty sure he doesn't have problems taking directions from Trent Green or Mike Solari. In fact, he sort of went to bat for Green when he did his fake Herm thing.
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