OKG system is basically asking for yes men and there is no room for overt individuality or personalities who can disrupt the system. It just so happens that this OKG mantra does not extend to a specific demographic. So like its not straight up racism, but you can argue that the system disadvantages or discriminates against the recruitment of African Americans. I'm not saying that I believe this but in today's PC culture everything is racist and it's honestly really easy to make the argument that OKG is racist. Personally I don't care how they act as long as they can ball but as long as Pete is the coach, his OKG system will stay in some capacity.
Pretty sure that we don't look for "yes men" in the program
We look for people willing to work their ass off, willing to put the work in to develop, and are going to embrace the process. The rest we only care about if you can play.
I am a Duck fan and this is part and parcel of the “everything is racist” cultural milieu.
Part and parcel of the “I don’t acknowledge inherent biases“ culture
Bias is different than racism and it’s important enough to distinguish between the two.
Exactly why I said that, cause there is a whole segment of society today that see's anytime someone points out that something may be biased against a different racial group, their default response is "Are you calling me racist?". When asking people to recognize that the language we use, the processes in place or the manner in which we reach out may not appeal the same way to African American households, isn't calling someone racist. It's asking people to recognize that it exists and if we want to avoid that perception we need to actively change how we go about it.
There's a reason every time @Dennis_DeYoung has brought up this issue over the past couple years, he has to preface it with "I don't think Pete is racist". Because Pete isn't racist, but he has a major blind spot if he thinks his messaging and the perception of it is being received equally across all racial and other demographic lines.
I largely agree with what you're saying ...
I get a little sideways when people start talk about "messaging" and "appeal" type things ... I get why it is important, etc. and been through a number of different examples via trainings that this stuff becomes so transparent.
The reality is that we're never going to all speak some kind of universal language. It's not going to happen. And there's so many different ways that people grew up, etc. that you're never going to be able to convey and connect in someone else's language at all times.
But to your point, I think that what is highlighted may be nuanced and change depending on the subject. That's a very fair point.
I don't think that Pete has a blind spot as much as that there are characteristics of what he's looking for that doesn't probably correlate as well to certain segments. I don't think it's race driven as much as what Dennis has pointed out regarding slow vs fast strategy.
I don't think Pete is a racist. But it's like saying 'i don't think Pete actually wants his dog to bit people' - if the dog bites people and Pete explains it away every time as a product of unique circumstances, you have to be like 'does Pete REALLY want the dog not to bite people if he's not doing anything to prevent it?'
Yeah, there may be an issue of bias and you didn’t throw the racist term around but more referring to the negative recruiting. Btw, I heard it was a player saying this and not the staff at Oregon. That was the insinuation at 247, I was told.
I actually heard from a relatively reliable source that it was a concerted effort by the staff. I don't know specifically who.
But honestly, the data is damning. So, it's an easy point to make. If I were Oregon, the first fucking thing I would say to Sav'ell's parents is - 'we know you want your son to play close to home. How about playing somewhere that isn't using him up and doesn't respect him or his culture? Almost all players on UW have one white parent and usually the white parent was dominant in acculturating the kids. It's a white washed program. Here, we don't think there's anything wrong with being black, and we aren't trying to turn Sav'ell into a white guy.'
1) This type of recruiting strategy isn't happening unless it comes from the top. It may be something that Cristobal isn't directly doing to make sure that he retains distance, but if this was something he didn't endorse this wouldn't happen. I can speak for myself personally that if I was a head coach and it got back to me that I had staff members advancing this kind of narratives they'd be fired on the spot. This would also be known and communicated well in front. This doesn't happen by coincidence.
2) Data can be skewed and leveraged for whatever narrative that you want to spin if you want to advance a faulty message.
3) I'd be surprised to hear anybody tied into UW under Pete that views him or his staff "using up players" ... in fact it's pretty easy to argue that so much of what they do is to sustain their players.
This whole narrative that Oregon's advancing makes me sick and honestly pissed off. It's absolutely fucking loser talk.
Avalos would be Small’s position coach. You think he’s bad mouthing Peterson?
You never know who is or isn't unless you are in the room. And likewise, hard to know how much validity any of this has when you aren't in the room.
In the course of a person's career, there are going to be a handful of times where you have an ethical decision about the manner in which you go about doing things, who you work for, etc. If this is happening at Oregon this is probably one of those times for Avalos.
I am a Duck fan and this is part and parcel of the “everything is racist” cultural milieu.
That's because you're white and see things through the white people lens.
Oh, we just happened to not recruit Tre'Shaun (Sav'ell's friend) and we are just happening to not recruit Gee Scott and DJ Rodgers (insert white people 'case by case basis' excuse here). And now Justin Flowe, Kayvon and Darnell Washington are all guys that haven't really been on our radar.
And, under Pete we have gotten one white parent or African parents on almost everyone... white people are like 'this is nitpicky' because they don't understand how stupid that sounds to people who live in black culture (which is not a monolith). This is like a little kid thinking that them saying they didn't eat a cookie when chocolate chips are all over their face is convincing.
White people are like 'HOW DARE YOU ACCUSE ME OF RACISM' and black people are like 'uh, look around'.
I don't think Pete is a racist, but I think Pete defines OKG in such a way that it so heavily slants toward slow strategy 'at least one white or African' parent, private school light skin u kids.
If you don't understand the difference between Kevin King's household and Aaron Fuller's or Ariel Ngata's then you just aren't really familiar with modern black life in America on any level.
This is dumb. Rogers and Gee Scott are half white, so your "we only recruit players with 1 white parent, polynesians, or black kids with African names" schtick doesnt really apply.
Ive said it before...our recruiting is impacted by demographics. We dont have as many black players because not a ton of black people live on the west coast. Also, you dont see a ton of polys and a chinese american safety at fucking Iowa or
This shit is actually really embarrassing for some here and is very flawed
Okay. What does that have to do with our recruiting demographics vs say, Auburn.
Look at all the Pac 12 teams. They all have slightly more white people, more mixed people, and way way more polynesians than schools from the big 12 or SEC. We also had a Chinese all american player...Saban doesnt because he is a racist?
It's demographics, that's it. Some here way overthink it.
I am a Duck fan and this is part and parcel of the “everything is racist” cultural milieu.
That's because you're white and see things through the white people lens.
Oh, we just happened to not recruit Tre'Shaun (Sav'ell's friend) and we are just happening to not recruit Gee Scott and DJ Rodgers (insert white people 'case by case basis' excuse here). And now Justin Flowe, Kayvon and Darnell Washington are all guys that haven't really been on our radar.
And, under Pete we have gotten one white parent or African parents on almost everyone... white people are like 'this is nitpicky' because they don't understand how stupid that sounds to people who live in black culture (which is not a monolith). This is like a little kid thinking that them saying they didn't eat a cookie when chocolate chips are all over their face is convincing.
White people are like 'HOW DARE YOU ACCUSE ME OF RACISM' and black people are like 'uh, look around'.
I don't think Pete is a racist, but I think Pete defines OKG in such a way that it so heavily slants toward slow strategy 'at least one white or African' parent, private school light skin u kids.
If you don't understand the difference between Kevin King's household and Aaron Fuller's or Ariel Ngata's then you just aren't really familiar with modern black life in America on any level.
This is dumb. Rogers and Gee Scott are half white, so your "we only recruit players with 1 white parent, polynesians, or black kids with African names" schtick doesnt really apply.
Ive said it before...our recruiting is impacted by demographics. We dont have as many black players because not a ton of black people live on the west coast. Also, you dont see a ton of polys and a chinese american safety at fucking Iowa or
This shit is actually really embarrassing for some here and is very flawed
Okay. What does that have to do with our recruiting demographics vs say, Auburn.
Look at all the Pac 12 teams. They all have slightly more white people, more mixed people, and way way more polynesians than schools from the big 12 or SEC. We also had a Chinese all american player...Saban doesnt because he is a racist?
It's demographics, that's it. Some here way overthink it.
Bingo. It's like saying Saban hates white people. Which he does.
I am a Duck fan and this is part and parcel of the “everything is racist” cultural milieu.
That's because you're white and see things through the white people lens.
Oh, we just happened to not recruit Tre'Shaun (Sav'ell's friend) and we are just happening to not recruit Gee Scott and DJ Rodgers (insert white people 'case by case basis' excuse here). And now Justin Flowe, Kayvon and Darnell Washington are all guys that haven't really been on our radar.
And, under Pete we have gotten one white parent or African parents on almost everyone... white people are like 'this is nitpicky' because they don't understand how stupid that sounds to people who live in black culture (which is not a monolith). This is like a little kid thinking that them saying they didn't eat a cookie when chocolate chips are all over their face is convincing.
White people are like 'HOW DARE YOU ACCUSE ME OF RACISM' and black people are like 'uh, look around'.
I don't think Pete is a racist, but I think Pete defines OKG in such a way that it so heavily slants toward slow strategy 'at least one white or African' parent, private school light skin u kids.
If you don't understand the difference between Kevin King's household and Aaron Fuller's or Ariel Ngata's then you just aren't really familiar with modern black life in America on any level.
This is dumb. Rogers and Gee Scott are half white, so your "we only recruit players with 1 white parent, polynesians, or black kids with African names" schtick doesnt really apply.
Ive said it before...our recruiting is impacted by demographics. We dont have as many black players because not a ton of black people live on the west coast. Also, you dont see a ton of polys and a chinese american safety at fucking Iowa or
This shit is actually really embarrassing for some here and is very flawed
Okay. What does that have to do with our recruiting demographics vs say, Auburn.
Look at all the Pac 12 teams. They all have slightly more white people, more mixed people, and way way more polynesians than schools from the big 12 or SEC. We also had a Chinese all american player...Saban doesnt because he is a racist?
It's demographics, that's it. Some here way overthink it.
It’s not strictly demographics, but yeah, to ignore that is FS. Pete doesn’t recruit players that have families that want to get paid. That eliminates some. Others like Gee Scott aren’t a fit with Pete and we also could have players higher on the board. That seems to be the case with Rogers. They think Redman is better and probably Yurosek as well.
This argument is stupid and a bi-monthly tradition on the board. It’s creating a problem that doesn’t seem to actually exist.
The real problem with the program is the offense. Everything else is fine.
We win and put guys in the NFL. Recruiting has gotten better. Fix the shitty offense and maybe that would actually entice more big tome recruits to play here.
Seems weird that that would work all of a sudden when he already withstood years of hearing the same thing from Joey T.
Heard they hit him and his parents with a LOT of evidence.
The evidentiary value of information depends on your default assumption.
If the assumption is that (as white people always happily see as the case) no one is biased, then you have to prove bias beyond a reasonable doubt.
However, any black person knows there is bias everywhere and now Pete is going to have some splaining to do. Which is good. It's weird what's happening to our program.
We are getting very non-black.
We are getting EXTREMELY non Black American Culture.
We have like 1 starter out of 22 who is from a 'traditional' black home? Salvon. Everyone else has one white parent, is African, etc.
White people think that this all adds up to nothing and are FRANKLY SHOCKED that you would DARE to question their OBVIOUSLY PURE motives and processes.
Black people are like 'uh, yeah, can you explain why that is?'
You say our roster is getting more "non-black". I would say it's getting more diverse. I don't think there's a team in the country that is more racially and culturally diverse than UW is right now. We have American black kids, African black kids, Biracial black kids, Mainland Poly kids, Islander Poly kids, White kids of course, and a Fillipino. Our roster is the personification of the West coast talent pool. That's exactly what West Coast football talent demographics look like. Oregon recruits black kids from the South East because that's where Cristobal's recruiting connections are from his time at Miami and Alabama. That's fine. Most of those guys are the shit leftovers from the big schools down there and are high transfer risks when they don't play.
This racism or racial bias bullshit is just ridiculous and there are no facts to support it. We wanted Drake Jackson. We wanted Stephon Wright. We want all the black kids who work hard, give a fuck about their grades, and are good human beings. It's the same standards for all the other races on the team.
So if black parents want to know why there aren't more black kids on UW's roster the answer is multifaceted but simple:
A. West coast demographics have changed. There are a lot more mixed race kids than ever before and that is represented in the available West coast talent pool. An idiot like Gee Scott Sr. will question what OKG "really means" and yet his no offer having son is a light skinned mixed kid just like a shit load of kid's on UW's roster and Gee's a hypocrite for chasing that white pussy just like most West coast brothas. They want to accuse good white people of racism where there is none and yet they're out here ignoring black women and impregnating white bitches and putting black women down for being too dark. It's disgusting and hypocritical. We're all against REAL racism. Not bullshit racism accusations because you see UW only taking black kids who get good grades, know how to work hard, and have good attitudes.
B. Some black recruits along with poly recruits and white recruits are eliminated from UW consideration because they don't fit the profile. They might not give a fuck about their grades. They might not have good attitudes. They might not work hard. They might not be coachable. They might not treat people with respect. I'm sure Sav'ell Smalls being the fine young man he is doesn't want to play with guys like that because all they do is put out negative energy and most guys like that turn out to be shit players in college anyways. We've had many players like that in the past when the program was fucking terrible. It just doesn't work. It's not fucking racist to hold black kids to the same standards as white kids. If black recruits don't have a UW offer but want to earn one, then they need to be more like Sav'ell and get their shit together, work harder, become better players, and get better grades. It's that simple. I'm completely against giving black kids a pass because it doesn't prepare them for the real world. Chris Petersen has high standards for all of his recruits across the board. Calling him racist or racially biased for having high standards is insulting towards black kids and it's bullshit. Black kids do not need anybody to lower the bar for them. They can either meet the standards just like everybody else or they can go be mediocre at schools like Oregon and ASU.
If you're a black recruit who gets a UW offer you should jump on it because UW will make your dreams come true and not only get you drafted, but get you drafted as high as you should be drafted. You will also be a part of a diverse team culture that's nothing but positivity, family, hard work, and WINNING ON AND OFF THE FIELD. You will also get an education that's respected in one of the best cities in the world, which you will need if a life changing injury occurs and pro football doesn't work out. The bottom line is the only color these kids should care about is GREEN! NOT OREGON GREEN! FUCKING MONEY GREEN! SECURE THE FUCKING BAG AND GET MONEY! UW IS GETTING DUDES PAID WHILE ALSO OFFERING A GREAT DEGREE TO FALL BACK ON. It's an all around winning situation. If you go to UW you can't lose. If you go to Oregon you will not only lose to UW and others on the field, but you'll LOSE MONEY by not being drafted as high as you should be because NFL GM's and scouts do not respect Oregon's coaching staff. There is a monetary value on being an OKG. The NFL wants to pay the big money to guys with less risk. To guys who won't get suspended. To guys they know are dependable, hard working, quality individuals that they can trust. OKG's have higher draft stocks BECAUSE they're OKGs. So come be an OKG and get this MONEY!
Seems weird that that would work all of a sudden when he already withstood years of hearing the same thing from Joey T.
Heard they hit him and his parents with a LOT of evidence.
The evidentiary value of information depends on your default assumption.
If the assumption is that (as white people always happily see as the case) no one is biased, then you have to prove bias beyond a reasonable doubt.
However, any black person knows there is bias everywhere and now Pete is going to have some splaining to do. Which is good. It's weird what's happening to our program.
We are getting very non-black.
We are getting EXTREMELY non Black American Culture.
We have like 1 starter out of 22 who is from a 'traditional' black home? Salvon. Everyone else has one white parent, is African, etc.
White people think that this all adds up to nothing and are FRANKLY SHOCKED that you would DARE to question their OBVIOUSLY PURE motives and processes.
Black people are like 'uh, yeah, can you explain why that is?'
You say our roster is getting more "non-black". I would say it's getting more diverse. I don't think there's a team in the country that is more racially and culturally diverse than UW is right now. We have American black kids, African black kids, Biracial black kids, Mainland Poly kids, Islander Poly kids, White kids of course, and a Fillipino. Our roster is the personification of the West coast talent pool. That's exactly what West Coast football talent demographics look like. Oregon recruits black kids from the South East because that's where Cristobal's recruiting connections are from his time at Miami and Alabama. That's fine. Most of those guys are the shit leftovers from the big schools down there and are high transfer risks when they don't play.
This racism or racial bias bullshit is just ridiculous and there are no facts to support it. We wanted Drake Jackson. We wanted Stephon Wright. We want all the black kids who work hard, give a fuck about their grades, and are good human beings. It's the same standards for all the other races on the team.
So if black parents want to know why their aren't more black kids on UW's roster the answer is multifaceted:
A. West coast demographics have changed. There are a lot more mixed race kids than ever before and that is represented in the available West coast talent pool. An idiot like Gee Scott Sr. will question what OKG "really means" and yet his no offer having son is a light skinned mixed kid just like a shit load of kid's on UW's roster and Gee's a hypocrite for chasing that white pussy just like most West coast brothas. They want to accuse good white people of racism where there is none and yet they're out here ignoring black women and impregnating white bitches and putting black women down for being too dark. It's disgusting and hypocritical. We're all against REAL racism. Not bullshit racism accusations because you see UW only taking black kids who get good grades, know how to work, and have good attitudes.
B. Some black recruits along with poly recruits and white recruits are eliminated from UW consideration because they don't fit the profile. They might not give a fuck about their grades. They might not have good attitudes. They might not work hard. They might not be coachable. They might not treat people with respect. I'm sure Sav'ell Smalls being the fine young man he is doesn't want to play with guys like that because all they do is put out negative energy and most guys like that turn out to be shit players in college anyways. We've had many players like that in the past when the program was fucking terrible. It just doesn't work. It's not fucking racist to hold black kids to the same standards as white kids. If black recruits don't have a UW offer but want to earn one, then they need to be more like Sav'ell and get their shit together, work harder, become better players, and get better grades. It's that simple. I'm am completely against giving black kids a pass because it doesn't prepare them for the real world. Chris Petersen has high standards for all of his recruits across the board. Calling him racist or racially biased for having high standards is insulting towards black kids and it's bullshit. Black kids do not need anybody to lower the bar for them. They can either meet the standards just like everybody else or they can go be mediocre at schools like Oregon and ASU.
If you're a black recruit who gets a UW offer you should jump on it because UW will make your dreams come true and not only get you drafted, but get you drafted as high as you should be drafted. You will also be a part of a diverse team culture that's nothing but positivity, family, hard work, and WINNING ON AND OFF THE FIELD. You will also get an education that's respected in one of the best cities in the world, which you will need if a life changing injury occurs and pro football doesn't work out. The bottom line is the only color these kids should care about is GREEN! NOT OREGON GREEN! FUCKING MONEY GREEN! SECURE THE FUCKING BAG AND GET MONEY! UW IS GETTING DUDES PAID WHILE ALSO OFFERING A GREAT DEGREE TO FALL BACK ON. It's an all around winning situation. If you go to UW you can't lose. If you go to Oregon you will not only lose to UW and others on the field, but you'll LOSE MONEY by not being drafted as high as you should be because NFL GM's and scouts do not respect Oregon's coaching staff. There is a monetary value on being an OKG. The NFL wants to pay the big money to guys with less risk. To guys who won't get suspended. To guys they know are dependable, hard working, quality individuals that they can trust. OKG's have higher draft stocks BECAUSE they're OKGs. So come be an OKG and get this MONEY!
Seems weird that that would work all of a sudden when he already withstood years of hearing the same thing from Joey T.
Heard they hit him and his parents with a LOT of evidence.
The evidentiary value of information depends on your default assumption.
If the assumption is that (as white people always happily see as the case) no one is biased, then you have to prove bias beyond a reasonable doubt.
However, any black person knows there is bias everywhere and now Pete is going to have some splaining to do. Which is good. It's weird what's happening to our program.
We are getting very non-black.
We are getting EXTREMELY non Black American Culture.
We have like 1 starter out of 22 who is from a 'traditional' black home? Salvon. Everyone else has one white parent, is African, etc.
White people think that this all adds up to nothing and are FRANKLY SHOCKED that you would DARE to question their OBVIOUSLY PURE motives and processes.
Black people are like 'uh, yeah, can you explain why that is?'
You say our roster is getting more "non-black". I would say it's getting more diverse. I don't think there's a team in the country that is more racially and culturally diverse than UW is right now. We have American black kids, African black kids, Biracial black kids, Mainland Poly kids, Islander Poly kids, White kids of course, and a Fillipino. Our roster is the personification of the West coast talent pool. That's exactly what West Coast football talent demographics look like. Oregon recruits black kids from the South East because that's where Cristobal's recruiting connections are from his time at Miami and Alabama. That's fine. Most of those guys are the shit leftovers from the big schools down there and are high transfer risks when they don't play.
This racism or racial bias bullshit is just ridiculous and there are no facts to support it. We wanted Drake Jackson. We wanted Stephon Wright. We want all the black kids who work hard, give a fuck about their grades, and are good human beings. It's the same standards for all the other races on the team.
So if black parents want to know why their aren't more black kids on UW's roster the answer is multifaceted:
A. West coast demographics have changed. There are a lot more mixed race kids than ever before and that is represented in the available West coast talent pool. An idiot like Gee Scott Sr. will question what OKG "really means" and yet his no offer having son is a light skinned mixed kid just like a shit load of kid's on UW's roster and Gee's a hypocrite for chasing that white pussy just like most West coast brothas. They want to accuse good white people of racism where there is none and yet they're out here ignoring black women and impregnating white bitches and putting black women down for being too dark. It's disgusting and hypocritical. We're all against REAL racism. Not bullshit racism accusations because you see UW only taking black kids who get good grades, know how to work, and have good attitudes.
B. Some black recruits along with poly recruits and white recruits are eliminated from UW consideration because they don't fit the profile. They might not give a fuck about their grades. They might not have good attitudes. They might not work hard. They might not be coachable. They might not treat people with respect. I'm sure Sav'ell Smalls being the fine young man he is doesn't want to play with guys like that because all they do is put out negative energy and most guys like that turn out to be shit players in college anyways. We've had many players like that in the past when the program was fucking terrible. It just doesn't work. It's not fucking racist to hold black kids to the same standards as white kids. If black recruits don't have a UW offer but want to earn one, then they need to be more like Sav'ell and get their shit together, work harder, become better players, and get better grades. It's that simple. I'm am completely against giving black kids a pass because it doesn't prepare them for the real world. Chris Petersen has high standards for all of his recruits across the board. Calling him racist or racially biased for having high standards is insulting towards black kids and it's bullshit. Black kids do not need anybody to lower the bar for them. They can either meet the standards just like everybody else or they can go be mediocre at schools like Oregon and ASU.
If you're a black recruit who gets a UW offer you should jump on it because UW will make your dreams come true and not only get you drafted, but get you drafted as high as you should be drafted. You will also be a part of a diverse team culture that's nothing but positivity, family, hard work, and WINNING ON AND OFF THE FIELD. You will also get an education that's respected in one of the best cities in the world, which you will need if a life changing injury occurs and pro football doesn't work out. The bottom line is the only color these kids should care about is GREEN! NOT OREGON GREEN! FUCKING MONEY GREEN! SECURE THE FUCKING BAG AND GET MONEY! UW IS GETTING DUDES PAID WHILE ALSO OFFERING A GREAT DEGREE TO FALL BACK ON. It's an all around winning situation. If you go to UW you can't lose. If you go to Oregon you will not only lose to UW and others on the field, but you'll LOSE MONEY by not being drafted as high as you should be because NFL GM's and scouts do not respect Oregon's coaching staff. There is a monetary value on being an OKG. The NFL wants to pay the big money to guys with less risk. To guys who won't get suspended. To guys they know are dependable, hard working, quality individuals that they can trust. OKG's have higher draft stocks BECAUSE they're OKGs. So come be an OKG and get this MONEY!
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We look for people willing to work their ass off, willing to put the work in to develop, and are going to embrace the process. The rest we only care about if you can play.
I get a little sideways when people start talk about "messaging" and "appeal" type things ... I get why it is important, etc. and been through a number of different examples via trainings that this stuff becomes so transparent.
The reality is that we're never going to all speak some kind of universal language. It's not going to happen. And there's so many different ways that people grew up, etc. that you're never going to be able to convey and connect in someone else's language at all times.
But to your point, I think that what is highlighted may be nuanced and change depending on the subject. That's a very fair point.
I don't think that Pete has a blind spot as much as that there are characteristics of what he's looking for that doesn't probably correlate as well to certain segments. I don't think it's race driven as much as what Dennis has pointed out regarding slow vs fast strategy.
In the course of a person's career, there are going to be a handful of times where you have an ethical decision about the manner in which you go about doing things, who you work for, etc. If this is happening at Oregon this is probably one of those times for Avalos.
Look at all the Pac 12 teams. They all have slightly more white people, more mixed people, and way way more polynesians than schools from the big 12 or SEC. We also had a Chinese all american player...Saban doesnt because he is a racist?
It's demographics, that's it. Some here way overthink it.
This argument is stupid and a bi-monthly tradition on the board. It’s creating a problem that doesn’t seem to actually exist.
We win and put guys in the NFL. Recruiting has gotten better. Fix the shitty offense and maybe that would actually entice more big tome recruits to play here.
This racism or racial bias bullshit is just ridiculous and there are no facts to support it. We wanted Drake Jackson. We wanted Stephon Wright. We want all the black kids who work hard, give a fuck about their grades, and are good human beings. It's the same standards for all the other races on the team.
So if black parents want to know why there aren't more black kids on UW's roster the answer is multifaceted but simple:
A. West coast demographics have changed. There are a lot more mixed race kids than ever before and that is represented in the available West coast talent pool. An idiot like Gee Scott Sr. will question what OKG "really means" and yet his no offer having son is a light skinned mixed kid just like a shit load of kid's on UW's roster and Gee's a hypocrite for chasing that white pussy just like most West coast brothas. They want to accuse good white people of racism where there is none and yet they're out here ignoring black women and impregnating white bitches and putting black women down for being too dark. It's disgusting and hypocritical. We're all against REAL racism. Not bullshit racism accusations because you see UW only taking black kids who get good grades, know how to work hard, and have good attitudes.
B. Some black recruits along with poly recruits and white recruits are eliminated from UW consideration because they don't fit the profile. They might not give a fuck about their grades. They might not have good attitudes. They might not work hard. They might not be coachable. They might not treat people with respect. I'm sure Sav'ell Smalls being the fine young man he is doesn't want to play with guys like that because all they do is put out negative energy and most guys like that turn out to be shit players in college anyways. We've had many players like that in the past when the program was fucking terrible. It just doesn't work. It's not fucking racist to hold black kids to the same standards as white kids. If black recruits don't have a UW offer but want to earn one, then they need to be more like Sav'ell and get their shit together, work harder, become better players, and get better grades. It's that simple. I'm completely against giving black kids a pass because it doesn't prepare them for the real world. Chris Petersen has high standards for all of his recruits across the board. Calling him racist or racially biased for having high standards is insulting towards black kids and it's bullshit. Black kids do not need anybody to lower the bar for them. They can either meet the standards just like everybody else or they can go be mediocre at schools like Oregon and ASU.
If you're a black recruit who gets a UW offer you should jump on it because UW will make your dreams come true and not only get you drafted, but get you drafted as high as you should be drafted. You will also be a part of a diverse team culture that's nothing but positivity, family, hard work, and WINNING ON AND OFF THE FIELD. You will also get an education that's respected in one of the best cities in the world, which you will need if a life changing injury occurs and pro football doesn't work out. The bottom line is the only color these kids should care about is GREEN! NOT OREGON GREEN! FUCKING MONEY GREEN! SECURE THE FUCKING BAG AND GET MONEY! UW IS GETTING DUDES PAID WHILE ALSO OFFERING A GREAT DEGREE TO FALL BACK ON. It's an all around winning situation. If you go to UW you can't lose. If you go to Oregon you will not only lose to UW and others on the field, but you'll LOSE MONEY by not being drafted as high as you should be because NFL GM's and scouts do not respect Oregon's coaching staff. There is a monetary value on being an OKG. The NFL wants to pay the big money to guys with less risk. To guys who won't get suspended. To guys they know are dependable, hard working, quality individuals that they can trust. OKG's have higher draft stocks BECAUSE they're OKGs. So come be an OKG and get this MONEY!