Rollo83 wrote:BGDrew wrote:Lighten up there Francis. The kid is going to face the criminal system and probably be running lines until the Stroh gets built. 18-23 year olds are going to make mistakes like this because most of them probably have never been faced with real consequences for their actions. Sometimes you got to let someone fail before there's a real chance of learning. As far as I'm concerned he got caught with a victimless crime which is a lot less than what I can say about some of our recent run-ins.
Bullshi!! Keep making excuses for these kids...yeah, that will help. I am sorry, probation and some wind sprints doesn't seem to be much a of a deterant. Otherwise, these kids wouldn't keep making the same mistakes over and over. We see it happen at least a couple times a year across our athletic teams. Yes, some infractions are more serious than others. But they have been given an opportunity that often holds the key to their futures. Only they make the decision to smoke some weed, get drunk, rob someone at gun point, etc. No one else to blame. If these are the decisons thay are making, I don't want them in our program anyway.
Although I am not one who is generally inclined to defend student athletes who make these kinds of decisions, I do feel that it is prudent to point out that these kids are only here for four, or five years at the most. That means that there are constantly new kids coming into our athletic programs, and for the most part they are always 18-23 years old. You may have been learned and wise at that age, but not everyone is. The point, of course, is that even if a basketball player made this same mistake two or three years ago, it doesn't mean that the current player who does was around to witness the repercussions.
Again, not making a judgment about this case, but simply pointing out the flaw in your Spartan logic.
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