Stick to ... well, you know

 I lost track of Charlie Weis when Kansas gave him the gate as their football coach in 2014, so I don't know where he is now or what he's doing. But I do know what he hasn't been doing.

Boning up on political theory.

I know this because yesterday Mr. Schematic Advantage weighed in on the invasion of Ukraine by Russia's criminal mastermind Vladimir Putin, and he was ... well, let's say at a disadvantage.

Here's what Charlie tweeted: As I watch Russia continue their invasion of Ukraine this morning, I ask if Americans that want socialism are watching? Do you want to be a part of something like this?

Altogether now: I'm sorry, what? 

Look. I'll give Weis the benefit of the doubt here, because he's likely spent a lot of his time over the years drawing up plays for Tom Brady and Brady Quinn, and hasn't had a lot of time to study socialism. Same goes for Tommy Tuberville, who somehow got himself elected to the Senate despite having no qualifications other than beating Alabama seven times when he coached Auburn from 1999 to 2008.

Tuberville's contribution to the Ukraine dialogue was to tweet about the evils of communism, apparently having missed the breakup of the Soviet Union 30 years ago.

That neither he nor Weis would not know what socialism and communism are -- and, more to the point, what they aren't -- only makes them no different from a whole lot of right-leaning folks these days. But it's most assuredly not what Russia is.

In fact, Russia is almost exactly the opposite; for want of a better term, it's a neo-fascist state run by corrupt oligarchs and a brutal ex-KGB goon, masquerading as a democratic republic. Its invasion of Ukraine is reflective of that, because, according to people with some actual expertise, part of Putin's motivation is a wholly un-socialistic desire to prop up Russia's fossil fuel-based economy. 

The point here is the usual suspects who cry "Stick to sports!" when a LeBron James or Colin Kaepernick comment on political matters are conspicuously silent when a Weis or Tuberville do so. It's all about whose ox is being gored -- even if their oxen have no clue what they're talking about.

Stick to sports?

Yeah, OK. You first.