Quickly, before I must go to work...
From the "You weren't thinking, were you?" Department, Part I: Leon Patton, our presumptive starter at running back, was arrested after being pulled over for driving on a suspended license. Turns out Patton had outstanding warrants for theft and failure to appear.
He has been suspended indefinitely.
God.
Damn.
It.
(In semi-unrelated news, don't miss this post from EDSBS. It's a must-read about young athletes and crime)
From the "You weren't thinking, were you?" Department, Part II: Michael Beasley was only able to manage 28 points in 23 minutes in his first NBA summer league game. It just so happened the Heat were playing the Bulls, and the player Chicago made the No. 1 overall pick, Derrick Rose, managed an awesome 10 points and four assists against five turnovers.
Of course, scientifically it's unfair to project much from such a small sample size (i.e., one summer league game), but this is America, so we have license to thoroughly overreact to such small sample sizes.
Just Plain Good Stuff: From the newspaper of that town down the river, a phenomenal article about new K-State athletic director Bob Krause. If you haven't read it already, don't miss it. Especially...
"Taking a key off that, accomplishing cultural change to where people could understand, ‘Look, we don’t have to compare ourselves to others. We can’t be all things to all people. We’ll be good on our own, and you really can’t compare yourselves to others. Let’s get strong on our own.’ Jon’s capacity to lead and to get people to dream big dreams to work hard and not give up (has helped to bring about the cultural change)," Krause said.
Keep Voting! Voting on the polls farther down the page increased after yesterday's plea to rock the vote, for which I thank you. The results so far clearly indicate you are looking for more previews of the 2008 football season, which I will soon be providing.
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small sample
You should know as well as anyone that it doesn’t matter how small you sample is, it’s how you use it that counts.
;-)
emawkc - July 8, 2008
Zing!
Well done, sir.
TB - July 8, 2008
I didn't know/didn't remember that
Patton was arrested for stealing video games. Either way this is no way a scholarship athlete should act. I’ve always been on the harsh end with situations like this and I’ll do it again – suspend him for at least one year. I can understand the parking ticket incident(and how the legal system deems that acceptable to have a warrant for arrest is beyond me), but flat out theft? I don’t want players like that representing this university. Go somewhere else that doesn’t respect the rules (see USC)
Now if that were Josh Freeman….....
mystman995 - July 8, 2008
Couple things
I generally agree with Prince’s approach to these situations (see, e.g., Rashaad Norwood). Suspend them until the legal system runs its course. That will effectively be a suspension for this entire season. Of course the flip side to that is the question of what happens if they are found not guilty. Then you have punished an innocent man.
The warrant in the parking tickets situation was not for the tickets themselves, but for Patton’s failure to appear in court as a result of his (probably multiple) parking tickets.
As for the theft, the statute indicates it was for “less than $1,000,” which leaves a pretty wide range. I will make absolutely no excuses for stealing, which is as dishonest as it comes, but it is a misdemeanor, not a felony. I’ll give him a second chance.
TB - July 8, 2008
I don't know if I would give him another chance
Misdemeanor or felony, you broke the law. Playing college football should be an honor and if you can’t behave yourself, you don’t deserve a scholarship. I’m not sure that he should be found not guilty after getting caught with a bunch of video games from Walmart stuffed down his pants(or wherever he might have stashed them). I’m not a huge fan of innocent until proven guilty in cases like this – but that’s for another day.
yeah that’s what I meant about the parking ticket warrant. USE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION!
mystman995 - July 8, 2008
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