I'm sure these things have already been addressed but here is my 3 cents on Ol' Alfredo the person:
- By all accounts a decent family man
- Did some charitable things here without needing cameras there for it or any public praise
- Was well-liked by some* players that still defend him today
- Cradled Malcolm Lewis after his injury
- Has a questionable resume with other players being hurt and our training staff
- His excuse to responsibility accepted ratio here was about 10:1
- He lied about multiple things while here and on the way out
- He never really showed any actual gratitude toward the fans or for his time here and went instantly into p-r and then legal mode following his firing
Sooooo like many things in life (but not on social media or the interwebs) there is more nuance than to just label Golden a complete ****bag. I am finding it comical though seeing that pic of him and Lewis being posted repeatedly and people claiming that he was an "elite" recruiter or that he was lied to about the "cloud" and would've been successful here if he jusssst would've fired Dorito.
Let’s be honest, we’re talking about football coaches. They are people just like anybody else.
Mostly, your average person isn’t all good nor all bad. Some are real demons, some are saints, but most are mixed bag, but I think in general most, not all, but most people are mostly good. But no matter how bad the coach is, none of them are Hitlers or Stalins. Sure there were some bad actors. Especially in the south, where they just couldn’t get rid of their racist beliefs, like Bear Bryant who had to have his *** kicked by black players, to realize that he had to give in and play the guys he so steadfastly refused to let on his team before.
So it always kind of rubs me the wrong way when people that say they hate this coach or that player. It’s just not a reason to hate somebody. Hate the murderers, hate the racists, but don’t hate a coach because he lost when he shouldn’t have. It’s not normal.
I know people are using the term pejoratively, rather than actually hating, but it’s still not a good thing to see written.
Except for gators. It’s OK to hate them.