Billy Corben
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And now he struck you.
Like, yeah, we'll be liberal in saying, oh, that's so, like, come on, toughen up, America.
But, like, our cruelty is slapping this kid in the face.
Like, he cares about his job.
No, Greg's not agreeing with that.
No, it's not even just that it's fine.
Guys, to make this go away, you have to make it look punitive, as if you know that it's bad.
But it's only not as bad as it should be because everyone's yawning and doing what Greg's doing.
Look, he's in charge.
He's allowed to be frustrated.
The dude was an idiot.
What difference does it make if the boss hits him?
But I'm just... The part I'm laughing at is...
I've mentioned the demeanor of a head coach in the NFL how many times with us doing this history of the sport when I'm telling you that Tom Coughlin's not helping the kicker when the kicker's missed the field goal in Green Bay and the whole Giants building falls on the kicker and Coughlin yells at him because he's not disciplined to make a kick in the snow.
We've allowed this in football so that the guy in charge is in such power that, of course, he could hit the employee and Greg would yawn and it would be $100,000.
And we say that's a lot, but it's not enough.
This guy's job is to make sure that those players feel like they are allies protected with him, by him.
Like, you're not going to come touch me, coach, not unless you're willing for me to touch you back.
No, but I'm just saying that's what America's doing.
You might be more careful with your language, but what I'm saying is it must really stink to be the face of failure on aโ