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John Thompson On Georgetown: Needs More Thugs

Dashiell Bennett — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:15:02 EST

There are few people in this country who have done more for young black men than John Thompson. So if he tells you your basketball team needs more "thugs," well... you better trust him.

There's nothing wrong with going into the family business, but as John Thompson III can tell you, it does make things harder when your dad retires, hands the reins over to you, then gets his own radio show where he can criticize everything you're doing wrong. Like your team's rebounding—which has been highly deficient in Georgetown's Big East games this year. But certainly John Thompson, of all the people in the college basketball world, should know that suggesting his son add more "thugs" to increase the team's toughness might be a slightly uncomfortable way of phrasing things.

As Rush The Court points out, what would the younger John Thompson have said, if some pansy-ass white sportswriter has called the players on his mid-80s teams thugs? (Which they sorta were.) Or Allen Iverson, for that matter? (No comment.)

I mean, he is right—Georgetown's rebounding stinks and everybody can use a good thug—but how about a little sensitivity coach?

JT2 to JT3: Georgetown Needs More Thugs [Rush The Court]

Clinton Portis and Brian Mitchell Radio Interview Goes Entertainingly Off The Rails

Clay Travis — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:30:10 EDT

Yesterday, Clinton Portis went on John Thompson's radio show on WTEM 980 in Washington, D.C. and within minutes he and Thompson's co-host, former Redskin/Eagle Brian Mitchell , were at each others throats. B. Mitch has been critical of Portis in the past, which prompted the feud, and the DC Sports Bog has the highlights:

Portis: "You think that I'm gonna back down? I ain't gonna back down."
Mitchell: "If you ever want to go to that area, that'll be the wrong thing you do. Believe that. Believe that."

More quotes after the jump. Believe that.

In addition to questioning his desire, his work ethic, his conditioning, and basically anything else to do with him, the formerly most prolific kick returner in NFL history, were on the verge of throwing down with Portis in the studio:

Portis: What you go on TV and say, what you sit on your radio show and say, 'Portis need to shut up?' Portis gonna keep talking.
Mitchell: You keep talking. Keep talking, bro.
Portis: So the fools saying Portis need to shut up, they can kiss Portis's ass. I'm saying that. Ain't nothing gonna change, my man....
Mitchell: Clinton, I'm gonna tell you like this bro. I always talk. I'm an analyst. I analyze positive and negative. If you can't handle the negative....
Portis: You're a hater, that's what you are....
Host John Thompson: "Both of y'all are guys that we're both proud of, and when you see one another, eat a sausage sandwich, sit back and put your toes up and laugh about this crap."

Portis and Mitchell radio interview [WTEM 980]
Breaking down Portis vs. Brian Mitchell [DC Sports Bog]

Try as they might, John Thompson and David...

Leitch — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 17:35:02 EDT

Try as they might, John Thompson and David Falk can't get anyone to call Ball State racists. [The Big Lead]