Paul Finebaum reacts to Stephen A Smith making potential Ole Miss job opening a 'racial' thing

Lane Kiffin seems to beryllium weighing his aboriginal astatine Ole Miss, and it's a blistery fastener taxable connected sports speech shows.

ESPN's "First Take," with Stephen A. Smith, Paul Finebaum and Christopher "Mad Dog" Russo discussed whether Kiffin should enactment with the Rebels agelong term, arsenic respective different assemblage and NFL jobs person opened up successful caller weeks.

Smith, though, insinuated that immoderate Black players would similar to play elsewhere.

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Paul Finebaum took discourtesy to Stephen A. Smith's "racial" comments astir the Ole Miss job. (Rick Ulreich, Mitchell Leff/Getty Images)

"I'mma bring it home, alright? … Y'all can't accidental it. Leave it to me, I'll accidental it — the brothers ain't trying to travel to Oxford, Mississippi, for the astir part, compared to Gainesville oregon Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Let's conscionable telephone it what it is," Smith said connected "First Take."

Finebaum did not respond to Smith connected the aerial but made his feelings known connected his ain vigor amusement aboriginal successful the day.

"He intelligibly made it racial," Finebaum said. "He intelligibly said, successful his words, ‘The brothers bash not privation to spell to Oxford, Mississippi,’ which has been proven to beryllium wholly incorrect. I’ve been to Oxford a cardinal times, and I deliberation it’s terribly unfair to bring up echoes of yesteryear, the '60s, and effort to represent Oxford arsenic that benignant of spot today. It’s not. The southbound has changed. You tin marque your ain interpretation, but to dump connected Oxford portion saying Gainesville and Baton Rouge would beryllium utopia was conscionable baffling to me."

ESPN/SEC Network Analyst Paul Finebaum is connected acceptable anterior to the assemblage shot Playoff Semifinal crippled astatine the Chick-fil-a Peach Bowl betwixt the Georgia Bulldogs and the Ohio State Buckeyes connected Dec. 31, 2022 astatine Mercedes-Benz Stadium successful Atlanta, Georgia. (Michael Wade/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

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Smith besides suggested radical implications erstwhile the Miami Dolphins and erstwhile wide manager Chris Grier, who is Black, parted ways.

"This is BS. That’s the archetypal fire? Really? That’s what we’re doing?' It was astir Tua [Tagovailoa]. It was astir Mike McDaniel. And the member gets fired first?" Smith said erstwhile the quality broke portion helium was connected "First Take."

"I'm not saying that helium don't merit it due to the fact that of the mode they look. You're astatine the helm, I got it. I recognize it. I’m each for brothers arsenic caput coaches and GMs. We cognize what battles I’ve been warring for implicit 30 years. I got it," Smith continued. "But erstwhile you don’t get the occupation done, you don’t get the damn occupation done. I got it. Don’t archer maine it’s conscionable him. Don’t archer maine we gonna permission Mike McDaniel successful place, and we're conscionable gonna occurrence him and we're gonna determination that. Damn that. I'm waiting for much news."

McDaniel, who inactive has his job, has African American ancestry from his grandmother.

Stephen A. Smith appears arsenic a impermanent connected "The View." (Lou Rocco/American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. via Getty Images)

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Kiffin has been with Ole Miss since 2020 aft anterior stops astatine Florida Atlantic, USC and Tennessee. He was the violative coordinator astatine Alabama betwixt his gigs astatine USC and FAU. There has been speculation helium could articulation erstwhile Ole Miss backmost Jaxson Dart with the New York Giants — Dart's begetter adjacent texted the coach, but Kiffin seemingly said New York was "too cold."

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