How to talk to your kids about Chris Webber (Clickhole)

Submitted by van on

From Clickhole

 

What happened to my son is sadly all too common across this country, and it has to change. We need to stop teaching our kids that it’s acceptable to think Chris Webber was a complete basketball player.

 

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MichiganMAN47

April 14th, 2015 at 9:49 PM ^

Think it's well played analogy to all important talks parents are to have with their kids such as drugs and sex.

mgoblue0970

April 14th, 2015 at 10:39 PM ^

You tell them the truth.  Chris Webber was insular, took money despite being told not to have contact with Ed Martin, leading to a chain of events that killed MBB for 15~20 years, and is still defiant about his role in it to this day.

 

Unicycle Firefly

April 15th, 2015 at 3:31 AM ^

Tell them the truth: if we were ohio state, Webber would be lionized, the banners would still be hanging, and he would be carried off the court every time he returned to visit. Because we are an institution with class and dignity, the banners and Webber are no longer around.

Evil Empire

April 15th, 2015 at 9:46 AM ^

I recently learned that a colleague of mine is best friend's with the cousin of Mrs. CWebb.  My colleague met Chris when he was in town covering an NBA game for TNT.  My relationship with the colleague isn't strong enough that I would expect to meet Chris myself, which I suppose is just as well.  I wonder what his reaction would be to a Michigan grad whose time in Ann Arbor overlapped with his.  Could we really swap cool stories bro while ignoring the fish sandwich-shaped elephant in the room?

Naked Bootlegger

April 15th, 2015 at 11:01 AM ^

I would break the ice by asking "What did you think about that James Voskuil floater against (XXXX) in the '92 NCAA tourney?"   Things will go smoothly from there.

*What game did Voskuil hit that little floater in the lane late in the game?  That was a dagger of all daggers.

 

MGoBrewMom

April 15th, 2015 at 1:16 PM ^

without using his name...no need. I just teach them know incredibly fortunate they are, how to be accountable, own their mistakes and be a better person from their mistakes.