Just shut up Charlie | Riffs of Reilly-MDPRIDE111 Musings

Since when have you become Jesse Jackson? We have all heard Charles Barkley's sound bite, so no need to go over it. Lets look at the comparisons of Turner Gill to Gene Chizik.

Gill, Buffulo (keep in mind they play in the MAC)- 15-22.

Chizik, Iowa St. (keep in mind they play in the Big 12)- 5-19.

But lets look at his experience before taking a next to impossible ISU job. DC at Texas (when they won their National Championship), Auburn (when they had their undefeated season). He has coached players like Michael Huff and Aaron Ross.

Gill's experience. QB coach at Nebraska, producing Eric Crouch (Heisman), and Tommie Frazier. He also was a WR coach. Nebraksa won 3 NC in Gill's tenure.

Chizik uses styles from some of the greats including Monte Kiffen, and Tony Dungy.

Gill's Bison's have been improving steadily every year. So they both are very good choices either way, but I would definitly take Turner Gill.

This is when I get mad. Turner Gill is a great coach, give him credit, but what Charles Barkley got me mad not only as a white man that respects everybody equally, but as a football fan.

"I'm just very disappointed," Barkley said. "I just thought Turner Gill would be the perfect choice for two reasons: He's a terrific coach and we needed to make a splash. I thought we had to do something spectacular to bring attention to the program. Clearly, if we'd hired a black coach, it would have created a buzz."

He is making it seem as if he should be hired BECAUSE he is a black man. Why not talk about his great coaching, or the fact that he is a good coach.

I am always upset with these people who say that it is 2008, yet there are still barely any black coaches. It upsets me greatly because I thought what people wanted was a world were everybody is treated fairly, but it appears this goal has gone astray. Maybe the white coach is just a better coach, and it isn't a race issue. I wonder if Gill and Chizik's resume were switched and they picked Gill, would white people act this way? Probably not. The bottom line is, is that it is 2008, and race is no longer an issue; so come up with something real to report. Thank you, God bless, and good night.

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December 16, 2008 11:15 PM ET

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With Barkley it's always about race whenever he says it's not. I guess whenever he runs for governor of Alabama and loses he'll blame white people for that too.

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December 17, 2008 09:23 AM ET

Not sure if I agree with you on all of this but you do make an excellent point about what if their records were switched and Gill was hired, and if white people get mad?

My guess would be no.

Auburn made a sub-par hiring. There is no questioning that, but I wouldn't hire Gill just for the fact he's black. I would hire Gill for taking a program that was the worst in 1-A before he got there to a conference championship. The talent at Buffalo was horrible before he got there because the talent in New York State is horrible. He did do a great job with that program.

Chizik had more talent in the states around him, more money, and better facilities and pulled a dud of two seasons, which is hard to believe in the very winnable Big 12 North. Nope, Auburn F'd up there.