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Re: Matt McQuaid commits!

Postby Grant Carter » Wed May 07, 2014 4:06 pm

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JasonB wrote:Pretty sure it was a reference to some of the Ticket bits about descriptions of white players.

Probably so but you know those terms that the media uses about white players being smart, gym rats, hard working etc while they never hardly use those terms refer to black players. I think there is a least one black player that is smart, a gym rat, hard worker etc. :D

That is exactly the point of the Ticket bit he was talking about.
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Re: Matt McQuaid commits!

Postby ponyboy » Wed May 07, 2014 4:18 pm

I'm not normally PC, but such descriptions are racist. For instance the implication of "gym rat" is that white players have to work harder because they have less talent.
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Re: Matt McQuaid commits!

Postby SMU 86 » Wed May 07, 2014 4:23 pm

ponyboy wrote:I'm not normally PC, but such descriptions are racist. For instance the implication of "gym rat" is that white players have to work harder because they have less talent.

I think the implication of white players being smart and hard working imply that most black players are not smart and don't work hard which is prejudice. Jim Nantz was the worst at saying that stuff.
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Re: Matt McQuaid commits!

Postby couch 'em » Wed May 07, 2014 4:45 pm

Clearly is racist because calling him a gym "rat" rather tham "person of gym dedication" refers to his Scottish heritage, a people disparagingly called "rats" and "rat faced" for their weird facial features.
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Re: Matt McQuaid commits!

Postby SMU 86 » Wed May 07, 2014 4:48 pm

couch 'em wrote:Clearly is racist because calling him a gym "rat" rather tham "person of gym dedication" refers to his Scottish heritage, a people disparagingly called "rats" and "rat faced" for their weird facial features.

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Re: Matt McQuaid commits!

Postby ponyboy » Wed May 07, 2014 10:23 pm

Hahaha. Touché
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Re: Matt McQuaid commits!

Postby The PonyGrad » Thu May 08, 2014 10:48 am

Great to have early commits to help drum up later ones. Recruits can encourage others.
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Re: Matt McQuaid commits!

Postby whitwiki » Thu May 08, 2014 11:37 am

Who was the white kid from West Virginia who could jump out of the gym? Joe Morgan or something. He complained once that the always compared him to other white players when he had a 40" vertical
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Re: Matt McQuaid commits!

Postby whitwiki » Thu May 08, 2014 11:39 am

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Re: Matt McQuaid commits!

Postby whitwiki » Thu May 08, 2014 12:39 pm

I’m blown away by him,” one Western Conference executive said. “He’s a freakish talent. And it’s scary how good he could be, because he’s just now starting to figure it all out. He isn’t driven, he’s obsessed. I think he’s the next Tom Chambers.”

Alexander sighs. “How come,” he asks, “they only compare me to the white guys?”
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Re: Matt McQuaid commits!

Postby mavsrage311 » Thu May 08, 2014 4:56 pm

whitwiki wrote:Joe Alexander


Huge bust but hey...at least he was decent in the d league with the legends :-D
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Re: Matt McQuaid commits!

Postby whitwiki » Thu May 08, 2014 8:12 pm

Yeah I was hoping more for him just liked the quote.
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