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Sports Title: Charles Haley told 49ers rookies to 'act like the white guys' Say this for Charles Haley: the man doesn't hold back in conversation any more than he did on the football field. The five-time Super Bowl winner and impending Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee recently spoke to the rookies at 49ers training camp, and delivered some blunt advice. "I know they probably got mad," he said, according to the San Jose Mercury-News, "but I said, ‘Why don’t you all act like the white guys? You never see them in the paper getting high or hitting people. Why don’t you act like that?’ They all looked at me crazy.” Haley acknowledged that he made the statement "for the shock value," regardless of whether it was actually rooted in truth. (As the Mercury-News noted, fullback Bruce Miller, who is white, had just been charged with misdemeanor vandalism in connection with an argument with his then-fiancee. Miller later pleaded no contest.) "The hardest thing is these guys, they have an attention span of a 5-year-old," Haley said. "I’m not the most gentle and kind person to sit there and deal with that crap. I’m a little more confrontational. I think I got my point across.” Haley embodies a do-as-I-say, not-as-I-did approach; he was a legendarily destructive force both on the field and in the locker room. The 49ers grew so tired of his problems that they dealt him in 1992 to then-rival Dallas, and Haley carried anger for that deal for many years afterward. He retired in 1999 after a short reunion with the 49ers. Worth noting: This isn't the first time someone has acknowledged that young players on the 49ers see the world a bit differently than their predecessors. Last month, the team revealed that it will allow players break times every half-hour to check social media and update their statuses. “I’m thinking, ‘My gosh, we sit in two-hour meetings,'" new 49ers coach Jim Tomsula said at the time. "'You are telling me after 27 minutes no one’s getting anything?'" Chances are they got Haley's statement regardless of what point it arrived in his lecture. Unfortunately for San Francisco, it's going to take a lot more than Twitter breaks and fiery speeches to make the 49ers a relevant team this season. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest Begin Trace Mode for Comment # 20. "but I said, ‘Why don’t you all act like the white guys? You never see them in the paper getting high or hitting people. Why don’t you act like that?’ They all looked at me crazy.” Damn willie I guess that hurts when even black guys see a problem with the black community! The solution? Act like whitey! Oh thats got to hurt your brain! Lets see if blacks acting more like whitey. Murder and rapes would drop in half. People could walk down the street without fear of being assaulted by black kids acting out the music they hear pimped out by big corps looking to make a buck off stupid ass blackies! The biggest problem with the black community is well
#2. To: Justified (#1) Charles Haley is mentally ill and suffers bipolar disorder.
#6. To: Willie Green (#2)
Fixed. Get help, Willie. There's nothing sadder than a guy who becomes a self-loathing white Marxist who's self-lobotomized himself.
Lemme guess -- you also now refer to yourself these day as "Caitlin"?
#8. To: Liberator (#6) " Lemme guess -- you also now refer to yourself these day as "Caitlin"? " Probably more like " Sharonda "
#9. To: Stoner, Sharonda Green, LaQueesha Green (#8) Heh! I'm guessing, "LaQueesha."
#10. To: Liberator (#9)
#18. To: Willie Green (#10) Your angry bigotry is coming through loud and clear Thats precious, Hey pot meet kettle! LOL You and Vic have an abnormal if not down right rabid hate for the south. You guys have probably never actually been in the south. Why is that? We do not buy that progressivism works? We don't and won't bow to radical communist christian views?
#19. To: Justified (#18) You and Vic have an abnormal if not down right rabid hate for the south. You guys have probably never actually been in the south.
Actually, I've lived here in Houston for the last 10 years and previously lived in North Carolina back in the '80s. I have no rabid hatred of the south... only for the southern heritage of born-again Confederate ignorance & bigotry. The good news is that that hateful culture is rapidly dying off... even though it can't die rapidly enough to suit my preference.
#20. To: Willie Green (#19) America is the most polarized I have seen in my life time. The most racist people I see are minotities and progressives. Being a rebel is a good thing not a bad thing.
Replies to Comment # 20. The most racist people I see are minotities and progressives. I'm betting you are wishing he had stayed in N.C.
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