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tk13 · 11-29-2006, 02:43 AM

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?’ ”

Hootie · 11-29-2006, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Taco John

I'm not making this into something it's not. It's no suprise to anyone who's followed LJ at all that he's pretty much a bigot. The only suprise here is that anyone would defend his bigotry.

HE CAN BE A MEXICAN FOR ALL I CARE AS LONG AS HE KEEPS PUTTING UP 150/2 AND A W UP EVERY WEEK!

Hootie · 11-29-2006, 04:20 PM

In other news, Denver fans officially miss Rueben 'I'm slower than Keith Traylor' Droughns!

Taco John · 11-29-2006, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Pootie

HE CAN BE A MEXICAN FOR ALL I CARE AS LONG AS HE KEEPS PUTTING UP 150/2 AND A W UP EVERY WEEK!

Your race baiting isn't going to work on me Pooter.

Hootie · 11-29-2006, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Taco John

Your race baiting isn't going to work on me Pooter.

your LJ labeling isn't going to work on me, spicoli.

**dirk digler** · 11-29-2006, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Taco John

I'm not making this into something it's not. It's no suprise to anyone who's followed LJ at all that he's pretty much a bigot. The only suprise here is that anyone would defend his bigotry.

He is not a bigot he likes white women

Hootie · 11-29-2006, 04:23 PM

Larry Johnson is going to rush for 1800 yards, amass over 2300 yards, and have 25 TD's...he can have sex with either one of my sisters all he wants...

Hootie · 11-29-2006, 04:23 PM

or both, at the same time.

Taco John · 11-29-2006, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Pootie

Larry Johnson is going to rush for 1800 yards, amass over 2300 yards, and have 25 TD's...he can have sex with either one of my sisters all he wants...

Why should anyone find it relevant that you have no respect for your sisters?

SPchief · 11-29-2006, 04:28 PM

Well this thread certainly took an odd turn.

**dirk digler** · 11-29-2006, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by SPchief

Well this thread certainly took an odd turn.

It's TJ's and Pootie's fault

Hootie · 11-29-2006, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Taco John

Why should anyone find it relevant that you have no respect for your sisters?

No respect?!

Larry Johnson sperm would sell for at least 1,000 dollars a teaspoon on the black market!

Hammock Parties · 11-29-2006, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by GoChiefs

Or perhaps a little dish known as UVAS AMARGAS?

Come on! This is hilarious!

Hootie · 11-29-2006, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by GoChiefs

Come on! This is hilarious!

I don't speak mexican...

siberian khatru · 11-29-2006, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Pootie

No respect?!

Larry Johnson sperm would sell for at least 1,000 dollars a teaspoon on the black market!

Oh, so the white market wouldn't want it? RACIST!

SPchief · 11-29-2006, 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by siberian khatru

Oh, so the white market wouldn't want it? RACIST!

11-29-2006, 02:43 AM
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