DON’T DUMP DORRELL! LOVE, LA TIMES GUY.
We thought we were making this up.Karl Dorrell doesn’t deserve to be fired. He doesn’t! Trust me. I know, because I talked to him once. In fact, I’m aiding and abetting any claim he may make–post-firing or not–that he is being judged differently because he’s black.
Does he feel as if he is not getting a fair shake because he is black?
“Let me put it this way,” he said. “In every opportunity that I’ve had in my coaching career, it was never in my mind that I was dealing with a level playing field. I’ve had to do more to accomplish what I’ve accomplished.
“It’s getting better. But still, that’s just the way it is.”
Well put. I’m convinced that race plays a role in what some of you critics are saying. To think otherwise would be plain foolish. Some of you just don’t know what to make of a coach who does not fit into your convenient stereotypes.
Like Chan Gailey, another black coach with a similar record (37-27, .578 winning percentage) I believe he’s being singled out because of his race, not his 34-26 record, .567 winning percentage, and inability to field a consistent football team from week to week. Both are victims of the same profiling. I guess some of you really can’t handle something different, can you?
Oh, and I’ll also create a website to say this from even though I’m a columnist who covers the guy from time to time. Not odd or fishy at all, really.
Sincerely,
Karl Streeter
LA Times Columnist.
(HT: Signal 2 Noise.)
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As the founder and editor of Dump Dorrell I come back to this post now these many months later to cap it with my reflection on his tenure at UCLA.
C ya later!
oh, and Lawrence Ross … you’re a sad joke, a cartoon. No one can criticize a black man but a black man. Go take your self-serving all-knowing holier-than-thou preaching back to the stone age. Lawrence Ross - Taking racism back a few decades at a time. Nyyyyce. Dorrell sucked as a coach .. he’s gone. Deal with it.
Heh.
Comment by DumpDorrell — July 29, 2008 @ 10:35 pm
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Ah, I love how most of y’all think you have the moral standing or understanding to determine when race matters and when it doesn’t. There’s no better argument for one aspect of racism when those who are in the offending group can control how those affected by their actions should react. It would be like men on a campus telling women that they’ll be the determiners of what is sexual assault and not them. So in the meantime, wait until we men get back to you on it. Yeah, like that will ever happen.
I honestly feel sorry for most of you. I really don’t care if you’re conservative or liberal, you really should be able to move beyond the clever phrases and go start a bit of critical thinking. Most of you seem to think racism is colored only signs and someone calling another person nigger. It ain’t that. And to have all of this combined college education and not get that is really, really sad.
Comment by Lawrence Ross — November 21, 2007 @ 8:09 pm
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#44…
So black coaches have to be extraordinary to keep a job and white coaches can be mediocre and it’s okay? Seriously, I think you’ve explained it perfectly. In order for a black coach to receive equal treatment, he must perform above and beyond the white coach. If they’re both mediocre, the white coach will get the benefit of the doubt because of reasons #42 so eloquently explained. I see clearly now…
Comment by Lawrence Ross — November 21, 2007 @ 8:03 pm
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@ 26
Uh, yeah. Got both those parts. Unfortunately, for you, you missed part 3.
@34
You, on the other hand, did not. Congrats.
Comment by CLTDawg — November 20, 2007 @ 9:25 pm
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Willingham and Dorrell are setting back the cause of black coaches everywhere. I don’t know why anyone who would want to see more black HCs would take up for those two twits. Check the history of baseball if you want to see how to successfully “integrate” something in sports. Satchel Paige, Hank Aaron, etc. = quality production, thus long, well paid careers. Dorrell, Willingham = mediocre at best, thus they’ll get sacked. If you want fair, don’t worry, America rewards winners regardless of color. Ask Tony Dungy.
Comment by Boudreaux — November 20, 2007 @ 3:16 pm
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Stacy Keibler, you have grasped my point exactly. Some questions are unanswerable.
Comment by Reasonable_Bama_Fan — November 20, 2007 @ 1:17 pm
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#21 -
You wrote:
“But why is it not a word or peep about him [Weis]needing to go from his fanbase after generating the worst record ever.”
There have been those who offer the sentiment you refer to, but there aren’t that many of them. So why is Weis still here after 3 years with the same record as Ty?
Weis: 2 BCS bowls, followed by historically awful year.
Ty: Gator Bowl, followed by awful 5-7 season, then a 6-5 season (they would lose the Insight Bowl to finish 6-6).
Weis: On his way to signing his third straight Top 10 recruiting class, something ND has not had since 1988-90.
Ty: Signed one Top 10 class; his second class was the worst ND had had in 40 years. His third class, as of Nov. 30, 2004, was shaping up to be even worse, as he had only 6 verbal commitments, none from a 4- or 5-star recruit.
Weis: Makes changes to staff, makes changes to coaching strategy, seeks out advice to help program.
Ty: Nope, nope, and nope.
Weis: Loves ND, embraces its tradition, truly wants to be there.
Ty: By the start of his 3rd season, from the way he interacted with the local media and the alumni, it was rather clear he didn’t want to be there. The expectations and pressure at ND are enormous for any coach - both Ara and Lou looked like they aged 25 years in their 11 years there. Ty was already talking to Washington in Oct. 2004.
Rest assured, Weis vs. Willingham complainers, that if Weis has another lousy year next year, he will probably be gone….
Comment by GeronimoRumplestiltskin — November 20, 2007 @ 10:29 am
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#40
All it tells me is that there are black dudes that don’t get laid due to their nerddom, as well.
Some matters transcend race, such as the above.
Comment by Coop — November 20, 2007 @ 9:45 am