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Argentina Is Coached By Rick James, AKA Diego Maradona

May 20, 2010, 6:40 PM UTC

â†µYou know, when you hire a guy who’s famous for ingesting more drugs than the entirety of the 80s hair metal scene, sometimes he’s just going to run over a cameraman. Here’s Argentina coach and former cocaine enthusiast Diego Maradona doing what comes naturally:â†µ

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â†µIf that’s unclear, what comes naturally is driving your car over a cameraman. Literally adding insult to injury, Maradona’s response to the cameraman’s cries of anguish as a car drove over his leg:â†µâ†µâ‡¥â†µâ‡¥“What an asshole you are,” Maradona shouted from the car. “How can you put your leg there where it can get run over, man?”â†µâ‡¥

â†µâ†µâ†µEven Rick James felt bad after doling out random punishment to Charlie Murphy. Maradona feels nothing. Cocaine is a hell of a drug.â†µ

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â†µAs a bonus, one million points to the Guardian for slipping in this bone-dry passage that highlights how weird the Maradona experience is:â†µ

â†µâ†µâ‡¥â†µâ‡¥Maradona’s World Cup preparation was disrupted in March when he needed minor facial surgery after being bitten by his dog.â†µâ‡¥

â†µâ†µâ†µWho gets bitten by his dog in the face? What was Maradona doing? Was he head-butting the dog? Was he attempting to chew on the dog’s lip? Was he trying to figure out how far down the dog’s gullet his enormous head would fit? All of these theories have one fatal flaw: they are nowhere near strange enough.â†µ

â†µâ†µThis guy is coaching Lionel Messi! This isn’t the coach of some rinky-dink African or Asian side looking for some notoriety and possibly a late substitute appearance as they bow out of the World Cup in three games, but rather the coach of Argentina, one of the best teams in the world. Argentina is being run by Rick James. Rick James runs Argentina. What a country.â†µ

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