Thanks for the kind words Poetax. Yeah, I have posted here at least as much as I have on the Cardinal site and, by their count, just went over the 20,000 post mark.
First of all I have no problem with second chances BUT each instance must stand on its' own. That is to say some offenses certainly deserve a second chance but some do not. As a broad line one might say misdemeanors (especially first time charges) usually deserve a second chance and felonies do not. But any kid lucky enough to get a second chance must fully understand he is on a very tight leash relative to his teammates. Mess up and you are gone.
FWIW, the only 2 UofL second chance guys I recall that really messed up were Willie Williams (Good Lord! 5th, 6th chance?) and the DB who was involved in an armed robbery in VA over the summer (theft in HS but absolutely no problems at UofL until that robbery incident).
I'm not going to dig out the details but, to my recollection, charges were never pressed by the "victim" of Devante Field's alleged "domestic violence". There was a noisy confrontation and a third party called the police. The police report noted a small bruise on the victim but she filed no charges. However, by local law, the report itself mandated an arrest warrant be issued and Fields turned himself in the next day. No charges were filed. The only "problem" with Fields at UofL was that he was not as good last year as expected.
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Anyway, as I said, each instance must stand on its' own.
As for Rice, AL.com has closely followed this situation (see
link). The absolutely latest news is that UofL has denied they are recruiting Rice. All in all, the situation with Rice sounds very much like the Tubman situation at UK. This denial was almost certainly in response to yesterday's breaking news by ITV and ESPN 680 that Rice had tweeted he was blessed to have a UofL offer. This tweet is no longer up. Courier link is
here.
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Deny, deny, deny, always the best policy.
The bad thing about Willie is that jurich appears to have personally vetted him and found him to be a suitable transfer-------and he probably was acceptable at Transfer U.
Didn't City College deny offering the Florida prospect that impregnated his 12 year old first cousin he was about five years older than (not sure of his age), he was on your commit list for a long time.
And how could they possibly turn down the super star from the Big 12? Although almost every other school in the US did.
How about the multiple transfer NC MVP that didn't bother to go to classes and be eligible for your bowl game, weren't you the only major school that would take him, I think he had one offer from one of the second string Florida schools.
And jurich threw a salary to BP that roughly QUADRUPLED his salary with NO competition for his services, and then compounded the felony by awarding him a FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND THOUSAND bonus for the APR he had little to nothing to do with when the normal bonus is $50,000--------someone should look into whether kickbacks were involved in both those mishandling of the students support of athletics-------which they don't have a choice in. And of course he joined the only other self admitted adulterer (and abortionist) I know of making millions a year while influencing young men.
And thanks, a new one in Virginia, I thought you were talking about this one:
http://www.thecardinalconnect.com/f...backer-arrested-charged-with-seven-robberies/
Pretty hard to overlook that one, and in another story looks like he was enabled in his spree because he was a football hero (MVP in BPs first big bowl win I believe) because In another story I believe he received probation and a ridiculous bond ($5,000?) for earlier robberies. Note that he had an armed robbery in high school and the article says you were one of the FEW schools to offer him even after starring in JC. Oh, and he has pleaded not guilty to all of them, like I said, deny, deny, deny, but good luck to him with that one.
Lots more to cover but just more of the same, (and I didn't even mention the biggest crime of all, hurtt) but I do have a question for you since you live in Louisville, do you have a better explanation of the two football players being shot and nothing about it for months, my theory is that a flying saucer landed on the roof and escaped all the cameras and everyone knows about all the kidnappings by the little green men where no one remembers anything. What is your theory, maybe you could check with the LMPD as a concerned citizen--------then again maybe you don't want to know what happened.
To bring up the Tubman case is asinine, UK showed how opposite they are from your school in that situatiion-------he really had a lot of potential.
And believe it or not, I am a fan of your info and believe you are a UK fan, just way behind your first choice, which has really emerged with their success.
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