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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.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.mikey said:
POSTED 9:41 p.m. EDT; UPDATED 10:28 p.m. EDT, August 23, 2006BARLOW 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.
HAMMERMILL said:It's also Old news,that he's apologised for
PromisedLand said: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.
pats-blue said: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 jacka**, but I think a basic apology for using the wrong person as a comparision is more than enough.
NEM said:BTW, who are you referring to?