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Barlow: Mike Nolan is Hitler

Re: Barlow: Mike Nolan is Hitler

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Originally Posted by mikey

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/24/sp...tml?ref=sports

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First of all your thread title should begin with OT:. Second I find it really annoying when people post links to articles with no excerpts, summary of what the article says or comments on it.

Re: Barlow: Mike Nolan is Hitler

http://www.profootballtalk.com/rumormill.htm

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POSTED 9:41 p.m. EDT; UPDATED 10:28 p.m. EDT, August 23, 2006

BARLOW BACKTRACKS ON "HITLER" COMMENT

Former 49ers running back Kevan Barlow is backtracking after comparing his former coach Mike Nolan to Hitler.

"If I could take it back, I would," Barlow said, according to the AP. "I was very emotional. All I knew at the time was San Francisco, that was where I started my career, that's where my house was. It was a shock to me."

Said Barlow on Tuesday, according to the Contra Costa Times: "Nolan just doesn't know what he's doing. He's a first-time head coach with too much power. He has too much power as a first-time head coach. He walks around with a chip on his shoulder, like he's a dictator, like he's Hitler. People are scared of him. If it ain't Nolan's way, it's the highway."

But Barlow's contrition commenced in the same article in which he dropped the H-bomb. Reached a few hours after making his initial comments, Barlow backtracked. "I was kind of harsh on him, saying he's a dictator. That's bad. Saddam Hussein is a dictator. I was speaking on emotion."

Barlow also called Nolan a liar for telling him last week that he wouldn't be traded.

Re: Barlow: Mike Nolan is Hitler

It's also Old news,that he's apologised for:)

Re: Barlow: Mike Nolan is Hitler

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Originally Posted by HAMMERMILL

It's also Old news,that he's apologised for:)

It seems like once someone explained to him how hurtful and insensitive such a comparison and remark was he quickly apologized.

Some people would neve apologize for such an insensitive comment so I give him credit for his apology.

If he continues to make these remarks over and over in the future, now knowing how much pain he causes so many by minimizing the Holocaust, I'd be the first to blast him as the lowest of all lowlifes - but it seems like he's sincerely contrite so I think everyone will let it slide.

Re: Barlow: Mike Nolan is Hitler

He didn't say Mike Nolan was Hitler. I hate when people say this. He said he's a dictator, LIKE he's Hitler.

Re: Barlow: Mike Nolan is Hitler

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Originally Posted by PromisedLand

First of all your thread title should begin with OT:. Second I find it really annoying when people post links to articles with no excerpts, summary of what the article says or comments on it.

He did ADD his comments on it since the TITLE of his thread has NOTHING to do with what Barlow said. mikey put his opinion and own spin on it as Barlow said, "like he's a dictator, like he's Hitler. People are scared of him." ( about Nolan) He NEVER said Nolan IS Hitler. Which has a very different connatation to it. I don't think anyone should use Hitler as a personality example ever since it is always in bad taste, but people really need to get off the PC bus it gets silly. By most accounts Barlow is pretty much a jack*****, but I think a basic apology for using the wrong person as a comparision is more than enough.

Re: Barlow: Mike Nolan is Hitler

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Originally Posted by pats-blue

Yup - the guy apologized - and it was a sincere apology - he's not the brightest bulb and didn't fully realize what he was saying - I hope the media stops the witch hunt there

With the possible exception of mikey, I don't think anyone took Barlow's comments to mean that he actually thought "Nolan IS Hitler" - as if they are one and the same person

(....that Hitler evaded death, and somehow worked his way from Germany to Argentina, got a facelift, cheated old age, took a career in the coaching ranks of the NFL and now Barlow is the brave soul to blow the whistle on this amazing conspiracy...)

It's very offensive to a great number of people who's families have been ravaged by the Holocaust that anyone would compare a coach or even a political opponent to a genocidal maniac who systematically killed 6 million people, seeking to eradicate a people from the face of the earth

This is why the Anti-Defamation League has a very strong policy about such rhetoric and why I often rail against a certain Patsfans member who has "mistakenly" posted such rhetoric in this Football Forum on numerous occasions

Re: Barlow: Mike Nolan is Hitler

what i dont understand is why Barlow is angry for leaving the 49ers. Who actually wants to remain on that team?

Re: Barlow: Mike Nolan is Hitler

What surprised me was that the story was about Nolan at all. I had no idea he was so strict. The headline I read said something like Former player Compares Coach to Hitler and I thought someone must be complaining about Tom Coughlin or something.