June 9, 2004

jap plays

Bill Parcells, the coach of the Dallas Cowboys, lets his sensitive side show:

Parcells was talking to reporters at the team’s minicamp about how his quarterbacks coach and defensive coordinator try to outdo each other when he made the comment, perhaps a reference to Japan’s 1941 surprise attack on Pearl Harbor.

“You’ve got to keep an eye on those two, because they’re going to try to get the upper hand,” Parcells said about quarterbacks coach Sean Payton and defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer. “Mike wants the defense to do well, and Sean, he’s going to have a few … no disrespect for the Orientals, but what we call Jap plays. OK. Surprise things.”

After a murmur in the room of reporters, which included a Japanese journalist, Parcells repeated, “No disrespect to anyone.”

Parcells later apologized…

“Today during my news conference I made a very inappropriate reference, and although I prefaced it with the remark, ‘no disrespect to anyone intended,’ it was still uncalled for and inconsiderate. For that I apologize to anyone who may have been offended,” he said.

don’t forget, the dallas cowboys are “america’s team.”

thus, what i learn from this, is that it’s ok to make questionable racial references, as long as i preface it with the remark, ‘no disrespect to anyone intended.’

ok, here goes: i will hereby reference any play where someone does something incredibly uncoordinated or acts like a big dumbass lout as a “whitey play.” no disrespect to anyone intended.

(btw, mr. parcells, it’s asian. i’m not a piece of furniture or a type of food.)

Posted at June 9, 2004 10:02 AM
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