IRVING, Texas -- Bill Parcells apologized Monday for calling the surprise plays used in practice "*** plays," saying the remark was inappropriate.
The Dallas Cowboys coach was talking to reporters at the team's minicamp about how his quarterbacks coach and defensive coordinator try to outdo each other when he made the comment, perhaps a reference to ***an's 1941 surprise attack on Pearl Harbor.
"You've got to keep an eye on those two, because they're going to try to get the upper hand," Parcells said about quarterbacks coach Sean Payton and defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer. "Mike wants the defense to do well, and Sean, he's going to have a few ... no disrespect for the Orientals, but what we call *** plays. OK. Surprise things."
After a murmur in the room of reporters, which included a ***anese journalist, Parcells repeated, "No disrespect to anyone."
"Bill Parcells is a brilliant coach," John Tateishi of the ***anese-American Citizen's League, a national civil rights group told DallasNews.com. "Unfortunately, he is ignorant about racial slurs. I take great offense by what he said. Parcells ought to know better. He sorely needs more education on what is offensive and non-offensive to ***anese-Americans. I am shocked that he would say this."
is calling trick plays "*** plays" really offensive?
I can understand how the ***anese might take offense to this, but history does speak for itself. Assuming that he and his team understand the context, I don't find it over the top. Frogs and krauts stereotype Americans left and right, and it makes me laugh, not scream.
Big deal about nothing, although he should be smart enough not to say it since he knows he is supposed to be PC infront of the media
You know, you just made me realize something. The First Amendment, which the media holds so dear, goes right out the window when we speak to them. They have the power to manipulate messages, take things out of context, and sensationalize otherwise unimportant events. Much of the time we have no incentive to practice Liberty in their midst.
You know, you just made me realize something. The First Amendment, which the media holds so dear, goes right out the window when we speak to them. They have the power to manipulate messages, take things out of context, and sensationalize otherwise unimportant events. Much of the time we have no incentive to practice Liberty in their midst.
Coooooome on. You have been interviewed for a story before, right? I mean, you obviously have first-hand experience about how things are taken out of context by the media? It's simple really: If a person doesn't want something to appear in print or appear on television, don't say it!
Now, as for Parcells and his comment... It's absolutely ludicrous that someone has to apologize for a comment like that. I guess people are offended about anything anymore. The next time I hear the word "redneck" on TV, I'm gonna demand an apology from someone.
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All this political correctness!
We've had a road just outside of town with the name *** Road for 60 something years! A couple of years ago the PC crowd raised a stink, until they finally got the name changed! To my knowledge, none of the people raising the stink were ***anese!
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