He should have knocked the shyt out of him and then asked him if he would like a player that hits like he does
Wilbon blames it on the arrogance of the NFL.hmmm
ARROGANCE. Knock the sh... out o him, crap on his face then give him the shaq quote
there are just some places you don't go. Even if his mother is/was a prostitute, that has no bearing on what type of person or player he'll be. Just plain inappropriate.
LOL. I am surpised Dez Bryant did not hit him. That right there shows the kid is not as much of a problem as people made him out to be, because a true problem kid would have went ballistic. It was totally inappropriate question.
The hell was the goal of asking something so pointless and blatantly offensive? What does it have to do with anything?
Most cats will knock the fire out of you just for looking at them the wrong way or brushing against their shoes, let alone what they would consider a tasteless and disrespectful remark towards their moms. Pretty much every man outside of Eminem is crazy protective of their moms. Even the mild-mannered type. If you wont fight for the honor of your mom, what would you ever stand up for? Thats just a place you dont go.
He could have raised the issue in a MUCH more respectful manner. He could have referenced Dez's troubled childhood and how he has dealt with that without being such an arrogant POS. He showed Dez no respect. As it stands, I dont understand how he's still with job. If that isnt an abusive of power, I dont know what is.
Big ups to Dez for holding his composure. Anywhere else, that GM would have gotten a face full of spit at minimum.
Dez has experienced a very troubled upbringing. I'm really rooting for him:
People close to Bryant said he was conceived when his mother was 12. He is the product of what can legally be described as statutory rape, as his father was approximately 40 years old at the time.Bryant's mother had three children by the time she was 18 and was in jail serving time for drug-dealing by the time she was 23.
Bryant's father? He has been out of the picture since that fateful winter night when he kicked his preteen son out on the street because the kid took too much food out of the refrigerator.
Bryant lived wherever he could after that. He stayed with friends. He stayed with coaches. He even lived in cars for a short time
http://www.herald-review.com/sports/foot...
Jeff Ireland should be suspended for conduct detrimental to the league. All anyone can talk about is what an asshole he is
What was the purpose of the question mark in the original post?
loweyecue wrote:What was the purpose of the question mark in the original post?
I'm not trying to speak for the thread starter, but there have been a lot of heads defending the question. Talking about --- well, they're paying him millions so they have the right to ask anything. That kinda bullshyt.
loweyecue wrote:What was the purpose of the question mark in the original post?
The question mark was for those who see the NFL as a plantation and the question being in bounds.
New slant on the story:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/jim_trotter/04/30/dez.bryant.jeff.ireland/index.html?eref=sihp
Two sources familiar with the situation contend that Ireland's question was nothing more than the logical follow-up to comments Bryant had made about his family. According to the sources, Ireland began the meeting by asking Bryant, 21, about his upbringing and his relationship with his siblings. Then he asked what Bryant's father did for a living when Bryant was growing up. The following exchange allegedly ensued:"My dad was a pimp."
"What did your mom do [for a living]?"
"She worked for my dad."
"Your mom was a prostitute?"
"No, she wasn't a prostitute."
Andrew wrote:New slant on the story:http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/jim_trotter/04/30/dez.bryant.jeff.ireland/index.html?eref=sihp
Two sources familiar with the situation contend that Ireland's question was nothing more than the logical follow-up to comments Bryant had made about his family. According to the sources, Ireland began the meeting by asking Bryant, 21, about his upbringing and his relationship with his siblings. Then he asked what Bryant's father did for a living when Bryant was growing up. The following exchange allegedly ensued:"My dad was a pimp."
"What did your mom do [for a living]?"
"She worked for my dad."
"Your mom was a prostitute?"
"No, she wasn't a prostitute."
Ireland should know better. He could have easily asked Bryant to elaborate on what his mother actual did while working for his dad.
Andrew wrote:New slant on the story:http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/jim_trotter/04/30/dez.bryant.jeff.ireland/index.html?eref=sihp
Two sources familiar with the situation contend that Ireland's question was nothing more than the logical follow-up to comments Bryant had made about his family. According to the sources, Ireland began the meeting by asking Bryant, 21, about his upbringing and his relationship with his siblings. Then he asked what Bryant's father did for a living when Bryant was growing up. The following exchange allegedly ensued:"My dad was a pimp."
"What did your mom do [for a living]?"
"She worked for my dad."
"Your mom was a prostitute?"
"No, she wasn't a prostitute."
If that's the way it actually went down, then Ireland is pretty much in the clear. The question is defensible because that is an obvious natural conversational progression.
So why did duke apologize? He should have defended himself and explained the context of the question in relation to the convo. He had everybody thinking that he just blurted it out cold to keep Dez off-balance.
I saw on the ESPN ticker that Dez is denying that version of the story. He said he never said his pops was a pimp.
Makes sense, because Ireland certainly would have defended the question if the conversation really went down like that.
