bigunreal said:
It's interesting to watch a growing number of the jock- sniffers on ESPN start to turn on Philip Rivers. Once again, we are treated to the classic double standard that is the heart of the Caste System; if any black QB had a season like Rivers did last year, and "led" his team to a 14-2 record, he would have bought himself at least 3-4 years of immunity from jock-sniffing criticism.
All I've heard is how bad Rivers looked agains the Colts; uh, didn't he "win" that game? Look at how many games Vick "won" with horrible stats, and how many Vince Young has "won" in his brief career with almost no offensive numbers at all. I maintain that if Young's team had defeated the mighty Colts, all you would have heard is how "he beat them." Much like Vick was given sole credit for beating the Packers in a playoff game at Lambeau Field, you can bet that any black QB would have been credited for "beating" the Colts. They would have especially emphasized Manning's 6 interceptions and strongly implied that the black QB "beat" Manning. Instead, we are treated to serious faces and ominous voces on television, asking "what's wrong with Philip Rivers?" I also read that the fans have started booing Rivers. Have we read any reports about drunk white fans booing Vince Young, during any of his miserable games this season? Or even the legendary Tavarious Jackson?
Well, if anything is wrong with Rivers, it's his ridiculous head coach, Norv Turner. This guy has to have something on someone very powerful. His career record as a head coach is the worst in modern times. No one else- not even most of the black coaches- gets much beyond a 2-3 year chance to turn a team around. Turner had SEVEN years with the Redskins. During that time, he managed to start one season at 0-7 and also lose all his games down the stretch in another season after starting 7-1. He wasn't fired for either impressive accomplishment. Turner's reputation as an offensive coordinator is also absurd. He became a big name when he was the offensive coordinator for the Cowboys during their initial Super Bowl years. The offense he coordinated for the Cowboys was as bland and unimaginative as any in NFL history. He has not turned any offenses around as an offensive coordinator since then, except for last season with the 49ers. What he has done to the Chargers surprises even me; I didn't think he was such an awful coach that he could cause a team with that kind of talent to implode. Guess I was wrong.
A quick note on how deep the double standard is; I heard Ron Jaworski say yesterday on ESPN that Tavarious Jackson can be a solid QB in the NFL. Jaworski is one of the least obnoxious jock-sniffers on ESPN, so that tells you again just how difficult it will be to overthrow the Caste System.
I totally agree and for that reason also, I am not highly optimistic about the future of the QB postition in the NFL. I was listenting to Fox Sports Radio yesterday and Derrick Deese (who is black for what it is worth) was saying how Vince Young's numbers don't matter he just wins and that is the bottom line in the NFL. Derrick Deese of all people should know better. He played offensive line for Steve Young and won a Superbowl in San Francisco. He also saw some very poor quarterback play later in his career with San Francisco and Tampa Bay. If anyone should know the difference between winning with a good quarterback and winning despite a bad quarterback it is an offensive lineman, yet Deese apparently can't figure that out, or purposely ingnores that fact when talking about Vince Young. However he has never had a problem talking bad about a white quarterback, and even went so far as to say that Kyle Boller is not mentally able to win. Just imagine if a white person had said that about a black QB, they would lose their job.
I also look with a wary eye to all the praise that has been heaped upon black Quarterbacks in college this season. You can hardly get through a college game anymore with out the talking heads lavishing praise on the likes of Pat White, Dennis Dixon and that guy from Illinois. All you hear is how the spread offense is too difficult to stop. I was watching the Michigan/Ohio State game today and I believe it was Kirk Herbstreet who said to the effect of don't be surprised that in the coming years if schools turn en masse to the mobile QB's and the spread offense. He isn't the first one I have heard this year spout that as if it were fact ad nauseum. So in effect because coaches are lazy, the black players they recruit are not intelligent or patient enough to sit back in their basic package assignments without over pursuing to combat the spread, coaches are ready to throw defense out the door. If this comes to pass it will be a bad trend for college football, bad for the game and bad for whites athletes. It will be a good way to nip the white resurgence on defense in the bud. They already have the myth in place that whites aren't fast, and as everyone knows defenses will need more speed (which equals black players)
to combat this new spread phenomenon. If this becomes a norm, it will also ensure that it filters up to the NFL and ensure that many more poor throwing black QB's take roster spots.
If the black QB becomes the norm they will stink up the joint like Tavaris Jackson and Vince Young, but if the white talent has been shut out of the position im college, it won't matter. It will be the only style of play in town. I can't imagine watching an NFL where the likes of Vince Young are the norm rather than the oddity. Ultimately the NFl will be left with a choice. They will either have to start looking for obscure talent at QB to fill their need or they will have to allow the Vince Young type player to revolutionize the game, and not in a good way. It will have to be revolutionized in more of an NBA throw fundamentals out of the way solution. Who really knows how many Larry Bird's, John Stockton's, Kevin McHale's, even Chris Mullins's were shut out of the NBA after the Michael Jordan craze in college and the pro's? How fundamentally sound and enjoyable of a game could the NBA have been throughout the 90's if they had not thrown defense or shooting fundamentals out the window and went with ghetto ball? How many Peyton Manning's, Tom Brady's and Brett Favre's will we miss because college football and ultimately the NFL are looking for the Michael Vick that never was or will be unless you destroy the game in the process? Imagine the 2013 superbowl if all this were to come to pass. The Tennessee Titans with QB Vince Young vs the Tampa Bay Buccaneers with QB Dennis Dixon. The final score: Buccs 35, Titans 34 (fundamentals are out the window, they missed the 2 point conversion to go for the win). QB Young is 10-20 for 79 yards and 3 picks, 80 yards rushing and 2 rushing touchdowns and one fumble. QB Dixon has an exceptional day through the air going 16-30 for a whopping 200 yards passing 2 touchdowns only 2 picks. He aslo gained 70 yards on the ground with a touchdown and 2 fumbles (one resulting in a defensive TD) to win the Superbowl MVP award. The annalysts talk themselves into a frenzy about how exciting of a game this was. When was the last time we saw a superbowl with a 200 yard passer? The defenses played well and held each other to below 200 yards on the ground. Each team only had about 10 penalties and a couple of taunting penalities a piece. There were also only about a 50 or so missed tackles, a well played game wouldn't you say so Terry? Terry: "I tell ya, I ain't never seen a better played football game hyuck hyuck. They went up and down the field all day long, and what about my man Dennis Dixon? hyuck hyuck. He's special aint he? hyuck hyuck."
I won't watch it! Will you? I stopped watching the NBA, which was my first love growing up as a kid being a Celtics fan.
Edited by: Bear Backer
