Yelnick McWawa said:
impavidus said:
Anyone could have told you how this thread would go. We have grown men attacking Mond, can't accept he has the right to his own views and saying it's fair game to to boo an aggie player for what he believes and says.
Imagine if a football player had the exact opposite views of Mond and voiced those publicly... The same people booing Mond would be furious if the other guy got booed. That sums up our fan base situation. Neither kid should be attacked or booed for having his own beliefs and voicing them.
I hope Jimbo goes OFF on the fan base if one of his players get booed. It should be broadcasted on a national level too if it happens. Similar to what KC fans did to the unity presentation to open the season.
So if a white player came out and voiced his support for the KKK and stated that black folks are responsible for the majority of crime in the country, you'd be fine with it right? I mean after all, he's entitled to his opinion after all.
And surely you'd be fine with Jimbo's deafening silence through it all?
And when that player got booed for voicing his opinions and then Jimbo went off on it in the PC and it made national news, surely you wouldn't criticize Jimbo for his hypocritcal stance of chastising fans but staying quiet as a church mouse while his player was pissing off said fans for months?
I don't think he's saying you have to be "fine" with the substance of Mond's opinion. The discussion has been about how and when its appropriate to engage with Mond about his opinion.
As far as Jimbo, I don't think he's been silent. He's made a number of comments about the current atmosphere and he's talked some about how they've handled it inside the Bright Complex. If you're waiting for him to come out and rebuke Kellen Mond, then yeah, you're not getting that. Especially for things Mond has done on his own time.
And coaches generally are going to defend their players and be protective of their players in a way they're not going to be for fans. Especially in public.