The North? Was he Santa Claus' neighbor?

It's always important to know the context in which those comments were made, but pretty much regardless the fact that he used that as even an analogy is troubling. While not on the same level as Kaspar's comments at Texas State, it is still bad. Got to know and be better than that. Lamar Stevens (a senior this past year at Penn State) seems to have come to his defense for what it's worth. Despite a solid year last season, I have never been sold on Chambers from a basketball standpoint, so wonder if his subpar .500 record at Penn State will play a role as well if he gets terminated. A late statement doesn't help much, but at least there was no finger pointing in it.

I always think the biggest blame should be put on the school. The fact that Bolton was told to see a psychologist but no action was taken on Chambers looks bad. Not to mention only hearing back from the integrity office six months later. Hopefully in the future things like this will not be brushed under the rug any more and will be handled as soon as they are brought to the school.
 

Only my opinion but I don't believe the initial comment had any racial intent, at least on the surface.  (I don't know Chambers and could therefore be very wrong about this.)  Even Bolton acknowledged that Chambers was trying to alleviate any pressure that was on him.  I know that there are certain things that just should never be said and bringing up a noose to a black person certainly qualifies.  That said, saying you are from the North and not apologizing is a more reprehensible move from an intent standpoint than making what you thought was an innocuous comment to begin with.  Hopefully, Chambers learns a lot from this.

Last edited by Gwmayhem (7/06/2020 3:18 pm)

Down below, I've posted the full statement that Rasir Bolton wrote on his twitter account. R.Bolton mentioned that Pat Chambers told him during the final players/coach meeting in April/2019 that he was, "Really Impressed With How Well Spoken and Organized My Parents Were" All of us who post here know what that type of CODED language that is coming from a guy like Pat Chambers to a black player, and it probably indicates what type of person Pat Chambers really is deep down!!           https://twitter.com/rasir_9/status/1280141282623598594  

Last edited by Thomas (7/06/2020 9:46 pm)

Looks like Chambers is stepping down. Seems like only a matter of time before Marshall and Wichita State "part ways".

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Penn State brushing "things like this" under the rug?!!!??   NAH!!!

Glad they learned their lesson.

Channeling Susan Collins