ESPN’s Colin Cowherd has long been on record as not being a fan of Wizards guard John Wall. Cowherd made the following remarks after John Wall did “The Dougie” after a 2010 win. Wall’s father died when he was eight years old.

“Let me tell you something: I’m a big believer, when it comes to quarterbacks and point guards. Who’s your dad? Who’s your dad? Because I like confrontational players, I don’t like passive aggressive. Strong families equal strong leaders.”

Following an emotional interview Wall gave after last night’s game about a 6-year-old girl he knew who died of cancer, Cowherd appeared to backtrack, saying:

“Was I too harsh on him? Eh, I host a radio show, I do basically 30 columns a day. But if you’re looking for apologies, you’re fishing off the wrong pier. I say what I mean, I mean what I say, and you begging to try to get attention’s never going to happen. Ever. John Wall has grown. Hopefully, over five, six years, so have I.”

In this clip from ESPN’s “Highly Questionable,” Bomani Jones talked about the criticism Wall has faced in his career, regarding questions about his tattoos, as well as the people who have “asked him to answer for the fact that his father died when he was young.”

Jones then concluded with “So basically, stay tuned for after this show and you can watch ‘You Herd Me’ and see if Colin Cowherd walks some of that stuff back.”

Jones seemed to surprise his co-host, Pablo S. Torre, who was filling in for Dan Le Batard.