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Slur puts Saban in midst of uproar
Orlando Sentinel ^
| Feb 1. 2007
| Alex Marvez
Posted on 02/01/2007 11:19:21 AM PST by balch3
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posted on
02/01/2007 11:19:25 AM PST
by
balch3
To: balch3
The apology is merited because?
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posted on
02/01/2007 11:22:09 AM PST
by
Williams
To: balch3
Audio of the interview was recently aired on WQAM (560-AM) .
BWHAHAHA! That's the Dolphins radio network flagship. The sports fans in South Florida,and QAM especially are out for Saban's head.
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posted on
02/01/2007 11:22:19 AM PST
by
zarf
To: Williams
The apology is merited because?coon ass?
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posted on
02/01/2007 11:23:00 AM PST
by
zarf
To: zarf
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posted on
02/01/2007 11:24:13 AM PST
by
AppyPappy
(If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
To: AppyPappy
You have to apologise to rednecks now? A lot of people identify themselves as rednecks.
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posted on
02/01/2007 11:25:04 AM PST
by
Williams
To: balch3
...Saban told the reporters that "you guys won't be able to print this"...Saban's an idiot for trusting the media.
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posted on
02/01/2007 11:26:24 AM PST
by
FReepaholic
(If daydreaming were an Olympic sport I'd be a gold medalist.)
To: balch3
Sort of rude.
But what's vulgar about what he said?
Not acquainted with the term coon-butt--is that the vulgarity mentioned?
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posted on
02/01/2007 11:27:38 AM PST
by
Jedi Master Pikachu
( WND, NewsMax, Townhall.com, Brietbart.com, and Drudge Report are not valid news sources.)
To: Williams
Coon ass is kind of like the N-word. It's ok for Cajuns to use it on each other (I'm a transplanted Cajun) but offensive if someone else does.
To: balch3
Seriously... I can't believe this is even a news story. If he were any other schools coach this would be a none issue, IMHO.
While I didn't grow up in LA, I was born there and lived there until I was 4. I've jokingly referred to myself as a CoonAss.
Should I send myself to rehab???
10
posted on
02/01/2007 11:30:24 AM PST
by
sweet_diane
("They hate us 'cause they ain't us.")
To: Rocky Mountain High
i toss the work "cracker" around with my friends, but get offended when others call it.
/dripping sarcasm.
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posted on
02/01/2007 11:33:29 AM PST
by
IllumiNaughtyByNature
(If voting really changed things, it would be illegal.)
To: Rocky Mountain High
Gee. Some folks are sensitive. I didn't think the term C-A was limited to Cajuns. I think hubby's cousin married someone they called C-A, and they were from Michigan. (OK. So they were all transplanted rednecks, but they were not from Louisiana.)
Roll Tide!
To: balch3
I live in the Houston area, and the word is fairly often used down here. In fact, I remember seeing a sign for a "Coon-ass Festival" somewhere in town last year.
I would not equate use of the word to that of blacks using the "N" word. Coon-ass is not really related to coon.
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posted on
02/01/2007 11:34:21 AM PST
by
Sans-Culotte
("Thanks, Tom DeLay, for practically giving me your seat"-Nick Lampson)
To: sweet_diane
100% dyed in the wool coonass here. Saban saying coonasses talk funny is merely a statement of fact. Cajun accents are cool most everywhere I have been in this country. I've never taken offence at being called a coonass.
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posted on
02/01/2007 11:34:49 AM PST
by
sinclair
(When they come down from their Ivory Towers, Idealists are very apt to walk straight into the gutter)
To: balch3
Guess his next trip to Baton Rougue might be worth watching.
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posted on
02/01/2007 11:36:51 AM PST
by
rod1
To: balch3
I knew a captain whose wife was from Louisiana and he used to call her that. And he eventually made general.
To: petitfour
I think all this has more to do with where Saban went to coach than what he said.
I just don't think anyone would care had it been Fulmer, Meyer, Tuberville or any other SEC coach.
Goodness...next time I'm referred to as a Bammer I'll just have to get my back up and cause a stink! not
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posted on
02/01/2007 11:38:04 AM PST
by
sweet_diane
("They hate us 'cause they ain't us.")
To: FReepaholic
Saban's an idiot for trusting the media.
Why is it a matter of trust? Saban was such a moron, he knew what he was saying was vulgar but thought he could get away with it because it was too vulgar for the media to quote him on.
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posted on
02/01/2007 11:38:08 AM PST
by
drjimmy
To: balch3
They think Saban was talking about blacks, not Cajuns.
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posted on
02/01/2007 11:38:21 AM PST
by
rightinthemiddle
(Without the Media, the Left and Islamofacists are Nothing.)
To: AppyPappy
Coon ass = redneck
Nope. A coon ass is from South Louisiana; a redneck (aka a stump jumper) is from North Louisiana.
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