Papabear wrote:NardDogNation wrote:...'cause Patrick Ewing sounds like a moron, anytime he speaks in an interview. It doesn't seem like he has the cognitive abilities to be a head coach, which might be why no team has ever offered him a position.
Papabear Says
Why are you calling the man a moron? He left everything out on the court for the Knicks. The man went 4 years to college. Maybe you are profiling that anyone who dosen't speak the way you wan't them then they are stupid. What would it be like if I said Kerr looks like a weakling and a chump. Now that would be wrong because I am viewing him the way in my mind as I see him.
Just because he "left it all out on the court", doesn't mean that he isn't dim-witted. Him going to college doesn't mean much either, especially as an athlete. The Huffington Post and several other media outlets had a story a few months back about how several UNC football players were barely literate and how this is a pervasive trend on other campus' as well. Hell, it isn't just the athletes. I went to a pretty reputable school and there were several students there, who were only there because their parents had enough money to build a new dormitory or science building.
For the record, I'm not some pompous ass that judges people "on the way (they) speak". I come from a working class background and raised in government housing, so I knew early on that a way a person speaks, isn't reflective of how smart they are. When I suggested that Pat was dim-witted, I was pointing to his inability to connect thoughts, his inability to offer or develop insights, his poor reasoning abilities, etc. It might be a poorly formed assumption on my part but clearly the league thinks that he is damaged goods as well. We just don't know the exact reason(s) why.
4/21/2014 7:24 PM