Why would “The Bionic Man” or “The 6-Million Dollar Man” make me think about conscienceless murder? Where are you getting that?

I think the issue is that hardcore Bucs fans are too close to the issue– too familiar with the “Radio” nickname. Think about it this way — imagine that you’re in Indy and you’ve never heard about “Radio” used as a pejorative nickname in Tampa. And then you hear Wingo refer to your head coach as “Radio Jim”. Would you ever, ever think he’s referring to the Gooding character? I sure as hell wouldn’t. I would be confused, but I woudn’t ever make that link.

So why assume that Wingo is making that connection? Do you really think that he’s dug down into the interwebs to find the stinking, racist posts by certain Tampan assholes? And that he liked those rants so much that he took the nickname, and twisted it from “Radio” into “Radio Raheem”? No.

There’s a much simpler explanation. Wingo’s taken an uncommon name, and linked it to the most famous usage of that name. Raheem -> “Radio Raheem”. If our head coach’s name was “Steve Austin”, I’m pretty sure what the nickname would have been. And while one could interpret that nickname to mean that Wingo’s saying the coach is a conscienceless murderer, that would be a really, really strained inference.

Also, you really ought to watch Do the Right Thing sometime. If something good can come out of this whole brouhaha, it should be that more people become aware of and then get to see this very good, and impactful, film.

Hint: You won’t find it.

Nice try tough Pat.

Too bad Joe: I did find it.

Call me crazy, but it seems pretty clear that nicknaming the Bucs head coach for either the profanity-spewing Radio Raheem character in the 1989 film “Do The Right Thing,” or for the mentally challenged, football-loving Radio in the 2003 movie Radio is insulting.

Not giving a fair description of the character Radio Raheem in “Do The Right Right” obviously shows that you are prejudice against Spike Lee. I certainly would not describe the Radio Raheem character as profanity-spewing. Overall, the Radio Raheem character was actually a positive character in the movie. It is obvious you do not approve of Spike Lee’s movies and therefore not approve of any reference to any of his movies. Again, it all goes back to you being the one who is racist which explains why you would be so upset about a white person being positive about an individual but referencing a Spike Lee movie to do it.

The thing about “Do The Right Thing” that makes the Raheem Radio reference perfect for Raheem Morris is that the song coming from Radio Raheem’s boom box was “Fight The Power.” That is exactly what Coach Morris is doing. He is proving that the media was wrong about him not being qualified for the head coaching job or that he was way over his head. Seems to me that you are forgetting that is was racism that was the root of many of the negative comments about Coach Morris in the first place.

That is why it is odd that you knocked Trey Wingo for saying something positive about Raheem Morris when Tampa Day airwaves have been full with negative comments about Morris before the season started.

Last thing-I believe the word is “though” not “tough”. Maybe you should watch Spike Lee movies so you can be properly educated.

And NO I am not an ESPN apologist because most of the people who work there are vapid unaware jackasses who are one one-liner away from getting suspended.

If anyone is racist it is Joe. It is racist to think that a white person would not/should not like Spike Lee or his movies.

Feel free to document where Joe wrote white people “would not/should not” like Spike Lee flicks.

Hint: You won’t find it.

Nice try tough Pat.