On Monday, ESPN host Stephen A. Smith accused the New England Patriots of considering race when firing head coach Jerod Mayo after just one season with the team.
The sports journalist said that the firing of Mayo, who led the Patriots to finish 4-13 this season, was “about Mike Vrabel,” who recently worked as a coaching and personnel consultant for the Cleveland Browns but who is now on the market for a new position.
But Smith added a racial component into the equation, given that Mayo is black and Vrabel is white.
“I don’t like this. They call it Black Monday for a reason. This certainly typifies it. I don’t know why it’s not called White Monday,” Smith contended, as highlighted by the social media
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