Rolando's house burns...

glasscutter256 · Dec 23, 2014

i hate this happened. Wonder how long the house has been on the market? Can't imagine Rolando would hire someone to set fire to his house just to get the insurance money? If it had been on the market for a long time, he may have grown tired of waiting on the house to never sell. $1.5 M is not out of the ordinary for many families in Tuscaloosa. Especially a lake house on Lake Tuscaloosa. I would think it would eventually sell if given time. Hard to imagine he was desperate for $$ quickly while bringing in a good paycheck from the Cowboys. Who knows what kind of debt he has built up.

Jon · Dec 23, 2014

92tide said:
i remember when andre rison's house got torched by left eye lopez (rip)

I had a friend who lived in the neighborhood, country club of the south IIRC. He told me that the neighbors hated Rison so much that they were running around telling everyone to wait to call the fire department hoping that by the time they were called the house would be too far gone. Turned into a neighborhood celebration/out door cocktail party watching it burn to the ground.

JustNeedMe81 · Dec 23, 2014

http://espn.go.com/dallas/nfl/story...oys-destroyed-suspicious-fire-authorities-say

Jon · Dec 23, 2014

glasscutter256 said:
i hate this happened. Wonder how long the house has been on the market? Can't imagine Rolando would hire someone to set fire to his house just to get the insurance money? If it had been on the market for a long time, he may have grown tired of waiting on the house to never sell. $1.5 M is not out of the ordinary for many families in Tuscaloosa. Especially a lake house on Lake Tuscaloosa. I would think it would eventually sell if given time. Hard to imagine he was desperate for $$ quickly while bringing in a good paycheck from the Cowboys. Who knows what kind of debt he has built up.

can we wait a day or two before speculating that Ro burned his house down? Accidents do happen all the time

Jon · Dec 23, 2014

JustNeedMe81 said:
http://espn.go.com/dallas/nfl/story...oys-destroyed-suspicious-fire-authorities-say

well, never mind then

WylieTexasTider · Dec 23, 2014

JustNeedMe81 said:
http://espn.go.com/dallas/nfl/story...oys-destroyed-suspicious-fire-authorities-say

When I read the ESPN article my first thought was if it was arson, was it one of his old "buddies" up in Decatur he had cut off as he appears to be getting his stuff together with the Cowboys? I remeber reading an article recently where Ro said he finally realized he had to just cut off those who always led him to trouble!

TouchThatThang · Dec 23, 2014

Hopefully this is the last setback that Ro ever has to deal with. Trouble just won't leave this guy alone.

rolltide_21 · Dec 23, 2014

WylieTexasTider said:
When I read the ESPN article my first thought was if it was arson, was it one of his old "buddies" up in Decatur he had cut off as he appears to be getting his stuff together with the Cowboys? I remeber reading an article recently where Ro said he finally realized he had to just cut off those who always led him to trouble!

This is my thought as well. Potentially could be arson in revenge for cutting them off. Lars Anderson had a great piece over the weekend on RoMac. In that article he stated that Ro vowed to never set foot in Decatur again. Hopefully he keeps this promise.

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92tide · Dec 23, 2014

Jon said:
I had a friend who lived in the neighborhood, country club of the south IIRC. He told me that the neighbors hated Rison so much that they were running around telling everyone to wait to call the fire department hoping that by the time they were called the house would be too far gone. Turned into a neighborhood celebration/out door cocktail party watching it burn to the ground.

thats freaking hilarious. i remember him being quite the jerk when he played here. i also remember that every time he and deion would go up against each other, they would get in a fight. iirc, that is when the falcons started wearing black and having mc hammer hang out with them on the sidelines (glanville?)

bamacon · Dec 23, 2014

rolltide_21 said:
Potentially. Tuscaloosa PD is investigating it.

http://www.abc3340.com/story/27695129/sheriff-fire-destroys-rolando-mcclains-mansion-in-tuscaloosa

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I believe they always treat it as a potential arson case in situations like this. Hopefully it wasn't something nefarious but I wouldn't be surprised either way.

beatthemtigers · Dec 23, 2014

WylieTexasTider said:
When I read the ESPN article my first thought was if it was arson, was it one of his old "buddies" up in Decatur he had cut off as he appears to be getting his stuff together with the Cowboys? I remeber reading an article recently where Ro said he finally realized he had to just cut off those who always led him to trouble!

My first thought as well.. I hate to see him find out who it was and be obligated to retaliate and get him in trouble again. Hope that wasn't the case

Luvubama · Dec 23, 2014

WylieTexasTider said:
When I read the ESPN article my first thought was if it was arson, was it one of his old "buddies" up in Decatur he had cut off as he appears to be getting his stuff together with the Cowboys? I remeber reading an article recently where Ro said he finally realized he had to just cut off those who always led him to trouble!

This was my first thought as well. One of His Decatur buddies.

BamaJama17 · Dec 24, 2014

Jon said:
can we wait a day or two before speculating that Ro burned his house down? Accidents do happen all the time

Well according to AUFAMILY and all of their "arson investigators" he burned it down to get money. What a stupid bunch. http://www.aufamily.com/forums/topic/143017-rolando-mcclains-house-burned/#entry2180726

Jon · Dec 24, 2014

92tide said:
thats freaking hilarious. i remember him being quite the jerk when he played here. i also remember that every time he and deion would go up against each other, they would get in a fight. iirc, that is when the falcons started wearing black and having mc hammer hang out with them on the sidelines (glanville?)

I forgot about the fights with Deion. They were so fake. Seemed contrived to draw attention to each other to me

that was the "back in black" glanville years. Another dark spot of false hope during the Smith families destructive reign

Crimson1967 · Dec 24, 2014

Jon said:
I forgot about the fights with Deion. They were so fake. Seemed contrived to draw attention to each other to me

that was the "back in black" glanville years. Another dark spot of false hope during the Smith families destructive reign

Hiring Glanville turned me off as a Falcons fan by convincing me they were a joke and really haven't been back, could not enjoy their Super Bowl run as I might have otherwise.

This is coming from someone who still pulled for them when they hired Marion Campbell for the second time.

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RTR91 · Feb 13, 2015

WSFA in Montgomery reporting the Alabama fire marshal believes the fire was started by arson.

Mystical · Feb 13, 2015

RTR91 said:
WSFA in Montgomery reporting the Alabama fire marshal believes the fire was started by arson.

Thats bad. I hope this turns out not to be the case.

BamaHoHo · Feb 13, 2015

Mystical said:
Thats bad. I hope this turns out not to be the case.

If it was arson, that doesn't mean Rolando instigated it. It could have been an ex-friend trying to get even with him.

Mystical · Feb 13, 2015

BamaHoHo said:
If it was arson, that doesn't mean Rolando instigated it. It could have been an ex-friend trying to get even with him.

Yes I never thought he did this. It occurred during football season and he was likely in Dallas at the time. My thoughts were more along the line of a rival fan doing this. Regardless it's all bad.

BamaHoHo · Feb 13, 2015

Mystical said:
Yes I never thought he did this. It occurred during football season and he was likely in Dallas at the time. My thoughts were more along the line of a rival fan doing this. Regardless it's all bad.

I never thought of a rival fan. The one scenario I hope isn't the case is him paying someone to do it.

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