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I will listen to the dude from time to time if nothing else is on...Once in a while he will spit some truth...But most of the time he seems too desperate to be viewed as the "holy shit...he actually said that???" guy....
That Wall/Rose shit turned me off....Because it was completely personal and type racist...Like who questions a player's character because he does a fucking dance in the huddle as a rookie and was raised by his mother? I'm glad fans and his media breathren came down on him hard and made him slow down on that bullshit...Cuz he was doing way too much with that...
And for folks who have no idea what we are talking about here, here's a refresher....I will be the first to admit that Cowherd has gotten better...But the smell of this racist bullshit below still lingers...
--- Washington Post.com (2010) Colin Cowherd now doesn't like John Wall's dad By Dan Steinberg
John Wall had an ok game Wednesday night. Triple-double. Crazy dunk. One turnover. Home win.
This meant a couple things to radio host Colin Cowherd.
1) Time to brag about how many people paid attention last time he ripped Wall. He said he got more than a dozen e-mails about Wall within 10 minutes after Wednesday's game ended.
"Why do I host a radio show? That's why. Wednesday night, irrelevant NBA game, people in D.C. rushed to their computers. You have an opinion on John Wall. Mines's not yours. I don't want him as my long-term future."
2) Time to again talk about the Dougie, making him the only person in America (besides me) still talking about it.
"He's gonna be a fast break of 1, he's not gonna be a lot-of-titles guy, he's not gonna be that guy....Just because I don't jump into the hype fest of the Kentucky media to the D.C. media, who have an agenda, an emotional conviction toward him? Sorry. But I hated the Dougie. It's absurd, it's not what leaders do in any industry, it's childish, it's bad judgment, and I don't care if the guy at the arena told you to do the Dougie. I hated it."
3) Time to rip on John Wall's dead father.
"Let me tell you something: I'm a big believer, when it comes to quarterbacks and point guards. Who's your dad? Who's your dad? Because I like confrontational players, I don't like passive aggressive. Strong families equal strong leaders. Talent? Overrated. Leadership? Underrated. And you can say, well, Colin, can you just go out and say anything crazy and get people to e-mail. That's not the point. You wouldn't e-mail if I was an idiot, because you wouldn't listen to the show. You listen to the show because we make good points.
"I simply have a different opinion than you do on John Wall. I like the character of Derek Fisher, the rebounding and distribution ability of Rajon Rondo, that's what I like. That's what I want from my point guards. You celebrate the assists more than the buckets.....I know he's great. So don't confuse John Wall's no good. No, John Wall's an A+ talent. I don't think he's ever gonna be an A+ win-championships point guard."
Who's your dad? Pure class.
(As Chris Littmann and others have noted, Rondo's father left his family when he was 7.)
(Some have suggested that Cowherd meant "Who's your team's dad," as in, who's your team's leader. If so, I would take this back. But Cowherd returned to the family issue later, and seemed to reinforce my original interpretation.
"One of the things I've always knocked against Derrick Rose of the Chicago Bulls, Derrick Rose has a passive-aggressive personality. He's not confrontational. What does that mean? That's not a good husband, and it's not a good point guard, and it's not a good CEO. They have brain types. And people who test for brain types knew that Peyton Manning would be much more successful than Ryan Leaf, because of Peyton Manning's family background and his confrontational style. Derrick Rose pouts, gets moody, is passive-aggressive. I'm not a fan of Derrick Rose as my point guard. Rajon Rondo? Very confrontational. Argues with Doc Rivers, argues with teammates, argues with officials. I love that in my point guard. Magic would yap, Manning yaps, Brees yaps, Brady yaps, McNabb yaps. I want guys who are confrontational."
Later still, he sort of linked Wall with Michael Vick, for no particular reason.
"You know, John Wall and Vick are very similar. I"m not disputing their talent. I mean, Michael Vick and John Wall are fun to watch. But building my franchise around him, leadership position? I'm not giving Vick four-year deals, I'm not giving him $40 mil. No way. No. Way."
So I'm not totally sure what any of this means any more. I give up.)
GOAT of his era......long live Prince.....God is alive....
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