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Well the fact that he insulted his race by calling him a Mexican was considered to be a slur, and was why the thing blew up, and proved to be Issel's undoing in the end.

​@@freakyfornash no the fact that the Nuggets were a joke under his watch was his undoing.

@@randallaufrecht5377 That too, but this incident surely accelerated his inevitable demise at the same time though.

You must be proud of your racist P.O.S. coach. 🤷🏻‍♂️🙄🤦🏻‍♂️

How were the Nuggets that night

@@silewis9396 They lost to the Hornets by 3 points.

@Whitemaninventedeverything Go drink another beer, you Mexican #@^%$

no one cares

No, Issel called him a Mexican POS. Who knows- maybe the fan was a POS? You can’t pour a beer on somebody, but Issel was the head coach. You have to control your emotions. Go have a beer w the guy & move on. The Nuggets did suck then, though.

At one point combining ABA and NBA stats Issle was 3. Karem,Wilt and Dan

make the difficult (yet necessary) decision to wrap up your stay here on earth

It was the words "Mexican" (which was bleeped as it was used as a racial slur towards the fan's ethnicity), along with "shit" at the end of the sentence that were censored to be exact.

Yeah, and it was mainly them bleeping out the word "Mexican" (since it was used as a racial slur towards the fan's ethnicity) that confused everyone for days about what exactly Issel said when he spouted off at that fan who insulted him first.

Issel said " go drink another beer you Mexican piece of s***

He called the fan a "Mexican piece of shit." Stating his nationality in a derogatory sense such as that is what was considered to be one.

@@freakyfornash That was wrong , should never say that , even if the fan provoke a return comment. Dan was wonderful when i met him and his wife

@@stever1791 Issel is definitely a good man I'm sure, which I'll never dare say otherwise. He was a Denver icon for many years, which nothing can ever take away. He made one bad mistake, which he should also never forever be crucified for. That being even if we all said things we shouldn't have in the heat of the moment, and immediately regretted like he clearly did shortly thereafter.

@@freakyfornash good point

@@stever1791 And I do 100% guarantee that this incident wouldn't have come even close to being the debacle it was for him, and his career, had if the fan not had been a minority of any kind (though am sure that Issel wouldn't have said anything like that to an African American, since his players, and part of his coaching staff were obviously a good part of that race), and/or if he just simply didn't mention the fan's ethnicity when he went off on him for that matter either. That of which was what caused the blowup over what he said much more than anything when he got into it with him at the moment.

Yeah, but he still shouldn't have used that ethnic slur, especially for his sake though. The whole thing wouldn't have blown up the way it did if the fan was either white, or if Issel simply didn't refer to him as what his race was when he fought back and yelled at him.

So a legend can piss on you and it wouldn't matter simply because they are a legend🤣🤣🤣 man if you don't get yo celebrity dick eating ass outta here punk yell

Yeah, which proved to be the end of his basketball career too!

@@freakyfornash the guy that issel yelled at was Bobby bowman

@@Juice_Triggz45 Yeah I know! I remember hearing about it at the time, and they even interviewed him on ESPN after this happened. Do you personally know him by any chance?

@@Juice_Triggz45 Right

This was back in day tho when people.didnt get so hurt over words. People was just tougher back then

​@@oldmansportsog2514 OK Boomer

Agree. As a Mexican, and growing up loving the Nuggets, Issel fucked up by saying that, but he was a true Nugget. Emotions ran high. If somebody poured a beer on me I may say some things I shouldn’t. Apologize & move on. No harm no foul.

I applaud Dan Issel's right to call a fan (Bobbie Bowman) or anyone he wants - "a Mexican piece of shit" because - if he says it - it's probably correct. I am a fan of Dan Issel's - not some drunken loser of a fan. Go Dan go!

The "horse" was allen Feldhaus..

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