Rupp wasn’t a monster when he got to Lexington.
by usaf_irish (2024-03-22 10:21:08)

In reply to: Somewhere, that bigot Rupp & Joe B. Hall commiserate...  posted by Scoop80

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He actually coached an integrated team in Illinois. But most people argue that Lexington changed him into the bigot that he was at the end of his career. There’s some minor evidence that he softened a little after he was forced into retirement.

Hall did what he could given the political and social environment in Kentucky at the time. He was t Dale Brown or CM Newton, but he did what he could.

I know it’s deeply unpopular these days to give people a pass because “that was just the era”, but it’s a legitimate argument.

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