Milton Knox on Karl Dorrell's firing
I had a long conversation with Milton Knox last night, regarding UCLA's decision to fire football coach Karl Dorrell last night. Milton was pretty disappointed, because he'd built a strong personal relationship with the coach and was looking forward to playing for him. Milton said coach Dorrell called him about once a week and they'd talk for 10-15 minutes at a time.
``Sometimes it was about football, sometimes it was about family,'' Knox said. ``Being the head coach of a major university like UCLA, he's someone you could look up to. It was cool to see a black man in that position. I wish there were more of them.''
The one conversation they had that seemed to resonate with Milton, was when Dorrell called the week of the Cleveland game. It wasn't big game by any means. Birmingham won 82-0. But Dorrell called and asked about Cleveland and how the team was preparing for the game.
``I just felt like he wanted me to be a successful person, not just a successful football player,'' Knox said.
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