posted by Laley23
The players? Or the public backlash? I’d fire him because he is going to lose the locker room (if he hasn’t already).
More so the public backlash.
I agree that he should probably be fired because the players didn't like him before this but not for using "thugs."
The term "thug" has been around forever but now it supposedly only has a racist connotation?
Hockey players (a mostly Caucasian sport) have been "goons" and "thugs" since the 70's/80's and likely before. Back when the Cavs had Price, Daugherty, Hot Rod, etc, Bill Laimbeer (white guy) of the Pistons was known as one of the biggest thugs in the league but now it's racist to be called a thug or to have an NBA team have an "owner." Bunch of triggered bitches.
I'm sure the social media "justice warriors", likely lead by Lebron James, will make sure some 66 year old coach who slipped up and used thug instead of slug (which makes a helluva lot more sense) will lose his job over this. If anyone knew the history of the Cavs, they'd know he wasn't referring to them as thugs because the Cavs are THE softest bunch in NBA history (throughout their existence).