SAS hasn't changed at all. He's always been this way. People just focus on 1 or 2 moments where they don't agree with him and call him a c00n when they don't even know what the word means. This year, he defended Mike Tomlin after the NFL punished him, saying it was too much, he's keeps talking about black QBs and their lack of chances in the furor of Tebow mania, he's defended Cam when someone wrote a racist story/cartoon, He's always defend Kobe/Lebron/Wade, always says Doc Rivers is the best coach in the NBA...