I do appreciate the term "slapdick" though, I'll have to work that into conversation some day.

cretinbob:

Except, when was he ever a nice guy?

Slapdick, not to be confused with weinerslap and ballflapper.

The Onanist: Benevolent Misanthrope: If the coach didn't know better, the reporter certainly should have. Dumbass Slapdick.

FTFY

/"Slapdick" isn't a racial slur

I was about to say, when the hell did "slapdick" become a racial slur??? Glad to know people just dont know what the fark their talking about.

Haha, everyone who read the headline and posted before reading the thread is an imbecile. The reporter is quoting the Oklahoma AD:

"And then Donnie Duncan flat-out told me he gave it to him because he was black because they were worried about what [name indecipherable] was going to do with recruiting."

Yes, this reporter is so racist for saying that the Oklahoma coach got his job because he was black when the AD who hired him told the reporter (off the record) that ... wait for it ... he gave him the job because he was black.

I have barely any idea who any of the people involved are, but would it kill the Subby to make a reasonably accurate headline?

Also, by all accounts, regardless of his color ... John Blake (the coach being discussed) was indeed a slapdick. Here's some of his career highlights:

1. He was the head coach of Oklahoma for three years - it's worst three year stretch in school history.

2. When he left Oklahoma, he destroyed all the recruiting files believing he was under investigation for cheating.

3. He's the homophobic bigot who (as a Dallas Cowboys assistant coach) called star QB Troy Aikman a racist and said he was a closeted homosexual. Predictably, the black players on the team rallied to Aikman's defense and Blake was subsequently fired.

4. Just recently, it appears Blake is the catalyst that destroyed the North Carolina football program and got the entire coaching staff fired. There is an on-going investigation into Blake being on the payroll of an NFL agent under-the-table while working as an North Carolina assistant coach.

White, black, or polka dot with yellow sprinkles, John Blake is a cancer where ever he goes.

SunsetLament: Also, by all accounts, regardless of his color ... John Blake (the coach being discussed) was indeed a slapdick. Here's some of his career highlights:

4. Just recently, it appears Blake is the catalyst that destroyed the North Carolina football program and got the entire coaching staff fired. There is an on-going investigation into Blake being on the payroll of an NFL agent under-the-table while working as an North Carolina assistant coach.

Blake had ties to Gary Wichard, and the only reason it hasn't been proven yet is Wichard got a reprieve of death by diabetes. Blake was a royal farkstick, and Davis knew damn well what he was getting into. It doesn't excuse any of the reporter's racism, though.

I had never heard slapdick before the article about Gruden came out, now this one. I'm not sure I like it as a way to insult someone yet though. Does it mean you slap dicks, or you slap others with your dick, or your dick got slapped, or you're a dick who slaps instead of punches?

SunsetLament: Also, by all accounts, regardless of his color ... John Blake (the coach being discussed) was indeed a slapdick. Here's some of his career highlights:

1. He was the head coach of Oklahoma for three years - it's worst three year stretch in school history.

2. When he left Oklahoma, he destroyed all the recruiting files believing he was under investigation for cheating.

3. He's the homophobic bigot who (as a Dallas Cowboys assistant coach) called star QB Troy Aikman a racist and said he was a closeted homosexual. Predictably, the black players on the team rallied to Aikman's defense and Blake was subsequently fired.

4. Just recently, it appears Blake is the catalyst that destroyed the North Carolina football program and got the entire coaching staff fired. There is an on-going investigation into Blake being on the payroll of an NFL agent under-the-table while working as an North Carolina assistant coach.

White, black, or polka dot with yellow sprinkles, John Blake is a cancer where ever he goes.

yep.

/wut?

SunsetLament: Also, by all accounts, regardless of his color ... John Blake (the coach being discussed) was indeed a slapdick. Here's some of his career highlights:

1. He was the head coach of Oklahoma for three years - it's worst three year stretch in school history.

2. When he left Oklahoma, he destroyed all the recruiting files believing he was under investigation for cheating.

3. He's the homophobic bigot who (as a Dallas Cowboys assistant coach) called star QB Troy Aikman a racist and said he was a closeted homosexual. Predictably, the black players on the team rallied to Aikman's defense and Blake was subsequently fired.

4. Just recently, it appears Blake is the catalyst that destroyed the North Carolina football program and got the entire coaching staff fired. There is an on-going investigation into Blake being on the payroll of an NFL agent under-the-table while working as an North Carolina assistant coach.

White, black, or polka dot with yellow sprinkles, John Blake is a cancer where ever he goes.

In short, what the reporter said was 100% true.

UNC_Samurai: SunsetLament: Also, by all accounts, regardless of his color ... John Blake (the coach being discussed) was indeed a slapdick. Here's some of his career highlights:

4. Just recently, it appears Blake is the catalyst that destroyed the North Carolina football program and got the entire coaching staff fired. There is an on-going investigation into Blake being on the payroll of an NFL agent under-the-table while working as an North Carolina assistant coach.

Blake had ties to Gary Wichard, and the only reason it hasn't been proven yet is Wichard got a reprieve of death by diabetes. Blake was a royal farkstick, and Davis knew damn well what he was getting into. It doesn't excuse any of the reporter's racism, though.

What racism? I can see a case being made, but when it's just the simple truth it's awful hard to tell most of the time.

The truth is racist?

TheBigBadCrystallineEntity: The truth is racist?

He didn't get the job because he was black; he got the job because he won a Super Bowl with Barry Switzer. And he turned out to be as qualified to move the head coaching role as some other Dallas assistants like Dave and Norv.

But a reporter trying to get a rise out of a coach by using the "he got the job because he's black", knowing what kind of public reaction would take place? That's race-baiting.

The Alamo Bowl is farking awesome.

9beers: The Alamo Bowl is farking awesome.

Absolutely ridiculous.

MisterLoki: 9beers: The Alamo Bowl is farking awesome.

Absolutely ridiculous.

I hope everybody is watching. There won't be a more entertaing bowl game this season.

UNC_Samurai: TheBigBadCrystallineEntity: The truth is racist?

He didn't get the job because he was black; he got the job because he won a Super Bowl with Barry Switzer. And he turned out to be as qualified to move the head coaching role as some other Dallas assistants like Dave and Norv.

But a reporter trying to get a rise out of a coach by using the "he got the job because he's black", knowing what kind of public reaction would take place? That's race-baiting.

... except, the reporter stated he received the information (that Blake was only hired because he was black) from the school AD (the guy who made the hire). At that point, it becomes either (a) recounting first hand information, or (b) lying. He might be racist, but nothing he said here was racist.

BSABSVR: I had never heard slapdick before the article about Gruden came out, now this one. I'm not sure I like it as a way to insult someone yet though. Does it mean you slap dicks, or you slap others with your dick, or your dick got slapped, or you're a dick who slaps instead of punches?


i heard that in the navy over a decade ago.

jellydick is another fun one. i had a chief giving a safety lecture once, and he was talking about red tagging circiut breakers (a process you were de-energize a circuit breaker so the gear it feeds power to to can be worked out without risk of electric shock) and he was like, "and if you see someone working on gear that may be energized, i don't care if he is a jellydick, you pull his farkin' ass off of that shiat!"

Only tell the truth when not being recorded
Only tell the truth when not being recorded
Only tell the truth when not being recorded

Bo Giggity: Only tell the truth when not being recorded
Only tell the truth when not being recorded
Only tell the truth when not being recorded

Every mic is a live mic, every camera is on red light.

The comment sounds racist if you are one of those "White Guilt" liberals who think anything accurate, but negative, about a minority is "racism"

Blake was a horrible coach at Oklahoma. Two years after he was canned, Bob Stoops won a National Title, with a lot of Blake's recruits.

If true about the UNC story...then Blake truly is a SlapDick. And anyone pushing to fire the OSU asst. for the comment...is also a SlapDick...and has major "White Guilt" issues

antidisestablishmentarianism: Slapdick? WTF. Damn you old people had some weird racial slurs.

I don't think its a racial thing, I have an uncle who calls everyone a slapdick.

zunkus: antidisestablishmentarianism: Slapdick? WTF. Damn you old people had some weird racial slurs.

I don't think its a racial thing, I have an uncle who calls everyone a slapdick.

Yeah. The whole 'he only got the job because he was black' thing is racist, but being a slapdick is a universal condition regardless of race, creed, national origin, or economic status. It does seem to pertain mainly to heterosexual males.