Don Cherry
03-10-2003, 01:39 AM
Folks, this is just plain moronic. Why anyone would even think of using racial slurs these days, is beyond, even my mind.
From ESPN.com:
Vanbiesbrouck steps down after admitting using slur
John Vanbiesbrouck has stepped down from his dual role as coach and general manager of the Ontario Hockey League's Soo Greyhounds after admitting using the "N-word" in reference to one of his players Sunday night.
Vanbiesbrouck, a former standout goaltender with the New York Rangers, Florida Panthers and Philadelphia Flyers, used a derogatory racial slur to describe team captain Trevor Daley.
Sources told TSN that Vanbiesbrouck held individual meetings with a number of Greyhound players after a loss on Friday night. The meetings were apparently in the billet homes of the players. It was during some of those conversations that Vanbiesbrouck is alleged to have used the derogatory racial slur to describe Daley, a 2002 second-round draft pick of the Dallas Stars.
"I did use the N-word. That is the truth," Vanbiesbrouck told MCTV of Canada on Sunday. "I used it in the heat of the moment. I don't know where it came from. It was wrong. I'm the first one to admit it."
Full story (http://espn.go.com/nhl/news/2003/0309/1520971.html).
Sounds like the Beezer, took diplomacy, and tact lessons, from John Rocker.
From ESPN.com:
Vanbiesbrouck steps down after admitting using slur
John Vanbiesbrouck has stepped down from his dual role as coach and general manager of the Ontario Hockey League's Soo Greyhounds after admitting using the "N-word" in reference to one of his players Sunday night.
Vanbiesbrouck, a former standout goaltender with the New York Rangers, Florida Panthers and Philadelphia Flyers, used a derogatory racial slur to describe team captain Trevor Daley.
Sources told TSN that Vanbiesbrouck held individual meetings with a number of Greyhound players after a loss on Friday night. The meetings were apparently in the billet homes of the players. It was during some of those conversations that Vanbiesbrouck is alleged to have used the derogatory racial slur to describe Daley, a 2002 second-round draft pick of the Dallas Stars.
"I did use the N-word. That is the truth," Vanbiesbrouck told MCTV of Canada on Sunday. "I used it in the heat of the moment. I don't know where it came from. It was wrong. I'm the first one to admit it."
Full story (http://espn.go.com/nhl/news/2003/0309/1520971.html).
Sounds like the Beezer, took diplomacy, and tact lessons, from John Rocker.