Think Larry Johnson Might Want to Apologize to Dick Vermeil?

From the moment in 2006 when Larry Johnson was spewing his dislike towards white coaches and applauding Herm Edwards because he's a black head coach and "gets it" his on-field performance took a nose dive.  After his fourth incident with the law involving women over the bye week I believe Dick Vermeil had Larry's personality pegged long ago.  Vermeil didn't want to draft him preferring to take a defensive player such as Polamalu or a D-lineman in the draft but Peterson insisted. 

After all these troubles and the fact that Vermeil put LJ on the map with a high flying offense perhaps Larry should call his old coach and offer an apology. 

 Larry Johnson from 2003-2005 under Vermeil:

476 carries 2416 yards 5.1 ypc   30 TDs; 56 receptions 623 yards 11.13 YPC 3 TDs

Larry Johnson from 2006-Present under Herman Edwards:

667 carries 2765 yards 4.15 ypc 23 TDs; 77 receptions 608 yards 7.9 YPC 3 TDs

 So let's see a full yard per carry better, 7 more touchdowns with less touches and 3 yards per reception better with more yards on less receptions.  Larry Johnson may have been a product of a great offense and not vice versa.  Take out the Denver game this season and Larry's numbers are dreadful in 2008.   I know you can't discount the 198 yards but the Denver run defense is a joke. 

So Larry,  as much as I have defended you in the past I think your past comments which were borderline racist combined with your brushes with the law over women have led me down the road that overall you are a troubled individual who owes quite a few people in your life a sincere apology.  That should include one head coach who tried to get you to "take the diapers off."

***Here are Excerpts of his Cris Carter HBO interview in 2006 for those that didn't see or forgot***

"The one thing we hate is to have somebody who is not African-American come in and say, 'You've got to do this,'" Johnson said. "No matter how you put it, it looks like you're telling me what to do and you don't know where I'm from and what I've got to live through."

"They hadn't been in a situation as a young, black athlete and know what we had to go through when we go out," Johnson told interviewer Cris Carter about the previous coaching staff under Dick Vermeil. "We like to go out. We like to have fun, but then you have to worry about the guy around the corner with the gun. You've got to worry about this girl on the block. You've got to worry about your parents, your homeboys taking advantage of you. So many things you have to worry about being a young, black athlete. And to be able to have a father like mine and a coach like Herm, I was able to escape a lot of those realities and find myself in a new ray of light."