Anyone see the racist hate mail Sumlin received from a "fan"?

[Deep Creek]

Who does shit like that?

Cult members?

 

[gpm1976]

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Houston county club. Shocking it would come from a rich white golf club

Please note - photo just shows that Houston traffic is shit even at 9:30 am

No one would be that dumb.. that address is probably someone this dude hates.

 

[Deep Creek]

No one would be that dumb.. that address is probably someone this dude hates.

Most aggies are book smart, but................

 

[gpm1976]

Most aggies are book smart, but................

good point

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

Why? No laws were broken

I believe sending threatening letters in the mail IS actually a federal criminal offense

 

[Sgt Brutus]

I believe sending threatening letters in the mail IS actually a federal criminal offense

Threatening seems like a strong word. An asshole, yes. But I doubt the guy who wrote it (or Mrs Sumlin) intends any real harm.

 

[BTHOtu]

Probably sent by a sip troll

 

[huskers1217]

Threatening seems like a strong word. An asshole, yes. But I doubt the guy who wrote it (or Mrs Sumlin) intends any real harm.

If sumlin was the president (Kathy griffin aside) he would be arrested

 

[bamabear82]

Threatening seems like a strong word. An asshole, yes. But I doubt the guy who wrote it (or Mrs Sumlin) intends any real harm.

The "or else" part did up the creepy factor a good bit imo.

 

[mcnabb7542]

I'm sure a lot of coaches (black or white) get tons of this crap mail from fans when teams are not winning...

 

[Goldbug]

The guy who wrote it is obviously an asshole. But now do the social justice warriors get on their high horse and insist Sumlin should be given an extra amount of sympathy in spite of his being a shitty coach? I've never seen a time when there were so many extremists in every damn thing in life. Oh well. I still have my potato salad and hot fudge sundaes.

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

Threatening seems like a strong word. An asshole, yes. But I doubt the guy who wrote it (or Mrs Sumlin) intends any real harm.

Maybe not, but they don't know for sure until they investigate. The last two words on the note are "Or else." Those are generally agreed upon as being threatening. Better to take it seriously and be proven wrong, than to ignore it and have something awful happen.

USPS has a pretty robust inspections department that people aren't aware of. They bust quite a few criminals and potential criminals without much fanfare. Also, Texas may be one of those states that takes a hard-line stance on abusing the mail; there may be some state laws on the books that could lead to harsh prosecution.

And finally, there's the racial element and recent federal laws on hate crimes. Whomever the tard is who posted that, whether they meant it or they thought it would be funny or whatever, it's gonna suck to be them shortly.

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

The guy who wrote it is obviously an asshole. But now do the social justice warriors get on their high horse and insist Sumlin should be given an extra amount of sympathy in spite of his being a shitty coach?

He can have all the sympathy the public is willing to allow him, but the SJW's have nothing to do with whether or not he gets canned for being a shitty coach. That's completely up to the AD and the university. I doubt, when the time comes, that it will be based on anything much other than W's and L's

 

[eaglesnut]

I'm sure a lot of coaches (black or white) get tons of this crap mail from fans when teams are not winning...

Phil Martelli said, just this morning, he used to write back to some. Tell them they have their perspective and to come to practice if you really think that's what's going on. Some people's wives just bitch about it on the internet.

Anyway this was most likely a commie trying to create fake racism to further their cause.

 

[Goldbug]

He can have all the sympathy the public is willing to allow him, but the SJW's have nothing to do with whether or not he gets canned for being a shitty coach. That's completely up to the AD and the university. I doubt, when the time comes, that it will be based on anything much other than W's and L's

W's and L's are all that should count. I agree. But we've both seen a lot of nonsense lately out of people and I have no doubt someone (I'm looking at you, ESPN) will try to spin it as a story about how The Man did someone wrong. It's a shame because all of us should be hired/fired on our own merits and no other criteria should be given any weight. We'll see but I'm expecting someone to be stupid enough to make his firing (if it happens) a racial issue.

 

[NU_FTW]

I heard he had it written to him for a distraction piece

 

[Wild Turkey]

Dude guy put a legit return address on that?

No it's a country club.

 

[4down20]

I think it's more someone looking for hateful words than it is racism and they took the easy route.

 

[MarkOU]

At some point in their lives almost all coaches get hate mail and/or threats. Like @4down20 said, it's just someone looking to sling hateful words More than a racist motivated attack. Afterall it started of with you suck at coaching.

 

[Hook'Em0608]

Probably sent by a sip troll

We are distracted with our own problems right now. We can't be bothered with your dumpster fire. We got our own to put out.