Yannick Noah on Joakim: Big freaking deal

May 27th, 2008 | Posted by PostmanR

Ah, the father-son relationship. Dad teaches son right from wrong, how to throw a ball, how to tie his shoe, so on and so forth. And when the son gets caught for something as trivial as drinking a beer on the sidewalk at a legal age, they defend him.

“I don’t understand all that fuss for just drinking a beer on the street,” Yannick Noah said Tuesday at the French Open.

Yannick Noah won the French Open in 1983. He created a sensation a few years before when he told a magazine writer he smoked marijuana.

While I agree with Yannick’s sentiment here, when you throw the marijuana charge into the ring as well, it sort of ramps it up a notch. Although, this is coming from a father that’s admitted to smoking weed somewhat recently. Basically what I’m saying here is this: Yannick Noah is like Amy Poehler’s character in Mean Girls and Joakim Noah is Regina George.

“I just want you to know, if you ever need anything, don’t be shy, OK? There are no rules in the Noah household. I’m not a like a regular dad, I’m a cool dad. Now hit that bowl and pass it my way, huh guy?”