“Hobbs said Scalley “doesn’t know his own ignorance,” a common sentiment among those players who feel they were treated unfairly by Scalley during their years at Utah. Lee said he still doesn’t believe he was intentionally trying to make black players feel uneasy, but that “he just doesn’t know any better.”
Former Utah linebacker Stevenson Sylvester was part of that 2008 team with Johnson. Sylvester, like Johnson, stayed in Utah during his post-collegiate and post-NFL days. Sylvester declined an interview opportunity but did send a message to The Athletic .
“My experience with coach Scalley was a good one,” Sylvester wrote. “As a player and a friend of the program, coach Scalley has been nothing but good to me. I can and will NOT speak for others on their experiences. I DO NOT believe Morgan Scalley to be a racist or a bigot. I do believe Mr. Scalley to have been victim to his comfortability and completely overstepped boundaries that should’ve never been crossed.”
This is the challenge of having bubble coaches; Not racist but the just don’t know any better. Not having the cultual understanding outside of the bubble will do this. Again, I don’t think black players think Scalley is racists ,,, just culturally naive.
Which for recruiting might just be as bad.
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