Yeah, we know. An NBA head coaching job makes your average Ford SUV in a hairpin turn look stable by comparison. But with Eddie Jordan in season two as the Eastern Conference's Old Man of the Z with the 'Zards, we've got to wonder what's going on.

Is it a money thing or a player control thing or is it that black players just don't respect black coaches? For the latest BV Sports Town Hall we went right to the BV Sports Corner message board and let you have your say.

Read the posts below and then you tell us: Do black players respect black coaches and do they play as hard for them as they do white coaches? Drop us an e-mail and let us know what you think. We'll print the best responses.

Your Call

You know, it really tees me off to see brothers treat a black coach like those jacks in Portland did Mo. Here you have a great guy who goes out of his way to relate to those dimbos and all he gets is a kick in the butt from them. The more he took up for them, the more they acted like zip damn fools. I've seen it in the private sector as well and I'm getting sick of it. Being a business owner with an all-black staff, we damn near have to beg them to just come to work and do a good job. Then, they break their backs for a white one. Same thing in sports. What the hell is going on with our people these days? Mo is better off leaving that bunch of cry baby losers behind. Maybe if he had put a foot in some of their butts, they would have given him more respect.

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I was thinking the same thing myself. There's been quite of few articles over the years about black coaches and their relationship to players, especially in the NBA. And though none of the articles addressed this particular issue, I think a major factor is that a lot of these dudes come from single-mother households. I'm really starting to believe that these young black players adopt many of the anti-black male attitudes that many of their mothers have. None of them have any idea how to deal with a black male authority figure when they come in contact with one. It’s especially true when the fools tend to make more money than most of the coaches. When I lived in Portland, Cheeks faced nonstop criticism from Oregon's media, some of which I felt bordered on racist. When comments are made about how the Blazers need a warden to keep the inmates in check, etc, it’s clear that the dude was destined to fail. It was only a matter of time. I agree with you. Cheeks should have related to the players more as an authority figure than a pal/dad. That demeanor wasn't working at all. Plus he inherited a bunch of expensive, knucklehead players, thanks to the former GM Bob Whitsitt.

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