http://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/sec-football/pending-domestic-charges-auburn-lsu-reportedly-recruiting-dismissed-uga-player/
Domestic violence and double cashing checks
Domestic violence and double cashing checks
Auburn pipeline of UGA thugs continues
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I hope he has enough integrity to stick to his word. It sounds like he is fishing for offers. I'm going to give Malzahn the benefit of the doubt until then.
Auburn was getting clobbered. The first-string quarterback was injured. The second-string quarterback was injured. Even the punter was injured. All the War Eagle coach had left was their third-stringer who had yet to play a down all year. He pulled the quarterback aside. "Look son, we can't afford to let them score again. We've got to run some time off the clock. Here's what I want you to do."
"On first down, run it to the left. On second down, run it to the right. On third down run it up the middle. The, on fourth down, punt it as far as you can punt it. "OK coach!" said the quarterback.
On first down he ran it to the left for 30 yards. On second down he ran it to the right for 40 more. On third down he ran it up the middle down to the one yard line. Then, on 4th down, the quarterback dropped back and punted the ball right out of the end zone.
When he got to the sideline, the coach was screaming! "What were you thinking?!!!?!!!"
The quarterback replied, "I was thinking I must be playing for the dumbest coach in the world."
"On first down, run it to the left. On second down, run it to the right. On third down run it up the middle. The, on fourth down, punt it as far as you can punt it. "OK coach!" said the quarterback.
On first down he ran it to the left for 30 yards. On second down he ran it to the right for 40 more. On third down he ran it up the middle down to the one yard line. Then, on 4th down, the quarterback dropped back and punted the ball right out of the end zone.
When he got to the sideline, the coach was screaming! "What were you thinking?!!!?!!!"
The quarterback replied, "I was thinking I must be playing for the dumbest coach in the world."
Lot of people have no scruples on this type of thing, not just Petrino but many others.
For better or for worse (and in some ways it's hard not to feel jaded by it), there is a thriving salvaging-of-post-criminal-conduct-driven-dismissal market out there, and it has a very real, substantial effect on how teams and seasons play out. It's not going to change any time soon, either.
With the recent outcry against domestic abuse in the NFL I cannot believe any coach would recruit a player who's been kicked off another program for domestic abuse/assault. It is such a hot button issue right now.
With the likes of AU, LSU and other major conference teams taking these players, no wonder Troy's program has fallen so far and on such hard times.
Correct me if I am wrong, but didn't we recruit Zach Mettenberger? If so we are crossing into hypocrisy territory. I am not for recruiting these type of players period, but let's not act like we haven't done it.
How does recruiting Mett make us hypocrites? We have talked about this issue on this board before. We recruit many of the same players that UGA, AU, FSU, UT and other schools in this region also recruit. For the most part, once the 4 and 5 star recruits that pick Bama come to Bama and get into "The Process" they learn to toe the line, suffer the doghouse, or hit the road. Is our record perfect? No, but I would sure put our record of player conduct up against anyone in the country.
My personal opinion is that if we have done it, its hypocritical of us to call other people to account when they do it. Also we recruited Mett AFTER his arrest and conviction for sexual battery, if I remember correctly.
You're wrong on Mettenberger, we didn't recruit him after UGA kicked him out.
Of course, in fairness, we did sign Flournoy-Smith after being kicked out of UGA for filing a false police report and (in an earlier incident) an admission to smoking marijuana. Having said that, though, obviously that type of behavior is a a long way from some type of a sexual assault conviction.
Edit: Turns out I was indeed the one who was wrong on Mettenberger, as TF pointed out later. Looking back at the thread on the recruiting board, we offered Mettenberger late in the process after we had taken Ely and not long before he signed with LSU.
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I guess it means that if AU offers and signs the kid, that would be 3 former UGA players that were dismissed by UGA for criminal offenses and then signed by AU in a 3 year span.
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