re: Ryan Clark mocks Stephen A Smith (updated with link)

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Except that exchange makes it clear that he wasn’t.

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Ehh Stephen A didn’t respond at all except with a smug look like “I could tell them the truth, you know”

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and 2-what exactly did he say? I'm fully ready to stand corrected on this and that's fine, but this sounds like one of those classic tiger rant exaggerations that somehow get repeated enough to where people just accept it as fact, without doing the actual research.

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He was on Moscona and was asked about the hire. He said the hire was good and BK would do well. But in his words, LSU was doing what we always do and that was to hire a "Middle-aged old white dude" and how LSU could have done something different like hire a young guy like Billy Napier. He never complained about BK's race as much as woodword wen big game hunting and not looking for a younger coach with a lot of upside. He liked Mel Tucker bc he was Ryan Clark's DB coach the year Tucker was at LSU. Clark also mentioned he'd have liked to have seen Aranda hired.

AFR on demand. Go to about 15:!5 mark.

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1-I can separate Ryan Clark the LSU fan (and he is a big one, whether some may like it or not) from Ryan Clark the activist,

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Why do you separate the 2 when Ryan Clark does not?

I get tired of Clark’s take that your opinion doesn’t matter if you didn’t play in college, or the nfl, or go to LSU.

As an LSU Alumni, I’m aware that most people don’t understand our culture, but I’m glad to have any and everyone support the Tigers.

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Guess because we were wrong, that means we'll never be right again, huh?

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Well did you say that we don't need another old white guy?

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and 2-what exactly did he say? I'm fully ready to stand corrected on this and that's fine, but this sounds like one of those classic tiger rant exaggerations that somehow get repeated enough to where people just accept it as fact, without doing the actual research.

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It's this. I haven't heard every Clark regarding the Kelly hire, but I was listening to Mascona right after the hire and Clark was on. Yes, he said he was leaning Tucker and seemed disappointed even, but he did not in any way make a comment about Kelly being some old white guy, or anything of that nature. In fact he was complimentary of Kelly as a coach and optimistic about the job he would do. So in my opinion, yes, all this hooplah is exaggerated, as usual.

Edit to add: apparently he did reference hiring an older white guy. I didn't remember that. But still wasn't disrespectful or overtly racist about it.

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I guarantee you've never held an original thought of your own

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Many more than you, sonnyboy. Geppetto cut your strings? I doubt it. Stay programmed.

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You’re thinking too much

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Words you don't often hear when directed towards a TD poster.

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Except that exchange makes it clear that he wasn’t.

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All that it makes clear is what they want people to believe.

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Edit to add: apparently he did reference hiring an older white guy. I didn't remember that. But still wasn't disrespectful or overtly racist about it.

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LOL. How convenient.

Tweet Racist Ryan that Tucker or Freeman are just "some old black dudes" that are failing at their current jobs and see WTF Ryan and his merry band of idiots would say about it.

Another blatant double standard that just destroys programs when allowed to manifest itself. Ryan Clark needs to stay the frick away from this program and this team.