Countdown: Stern’s blindness, Canseco’s collapse, Richt’s whiffs
The Count learned vodka and plasma don't mix.
The Count has been off for a couple of weeks, which means he missed several more arrests involving the Georgia athletic department with a combined blood alcohol level that, if anywhere near a sparkler, probably could blow up Bolivia.
The Bulldogs (whether administrator or players who somehow keep, keep, keep, keep, keep slipping through through Mark Richt’s recruiting filter — gee, who’s fault is that?) should follow the words of a famous drunk, Ernest Hemingway, who between whiskeys at least had the forethought to declare: “Always do sober what you said you’d do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.” And if possible, don’t get caught driving with women’s underwear pulled over your head.
Of course, not everybody can use alcohol as an excuse. LeBron James, ESPN, Dan Gilbert, Jesse Jackson, David Stern — they’re all sober, even if delusional. Where to start? We count down . . .
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10. Who’s next to grab the stupidity baton?
James, Wade and Bosh, together at last, almost like they planned it.
This whole NBA offseason has been like a game of goofball dominoes. LeBron James does his narcissistic dance of life across the stage in free agency, then some actually suggest he should be commended for taking less money by not signing with Cleveland, even though he’s certain to make far more money off the court by signing with Miami. ESPN’s signing show was such an
abomination that, for a moment, they seemed to be getting at least as much heat as James. Then Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert took attention off both by releasing a statement which referred to James and his “cowardly betrayal” and “shocking act of disloyalty.” To punctuate his remarks, Gilbert claimed his former breadwinner “quit” in the playoffs. Quoting here: “Watch the tape.” So you figure that’s where it ends, right? No. Jesse Jackson makes everybody forget what a knucklehead Gilbert is by saying the owner’s “feelings of betrayal personify a slave master mentality. He sees LeBron as a runaway slave.” Yes, because do you know how many slaves left one plantation for another and announced it on ESPN. After appearing on Larry King. All the while thrilling their shoe company, Nike, which was about to come out with the “Air Oppressed”?
Is this what happens when you swallow the worm in the tequila bottle? Or is that reserved for drunk, wife-beating, racist, anti-Semitic Nazis like Mel Gibson? Sorry, got off track there. But there’s great news for Gilbert! David Stern just grabbed the baton!
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9. Meet Commissioner See No Evil
David Stern sees only what he wants to see.
Sorry, but if you ask me who’s more responsible than anybody for what has gone on, it’s NBA commissioner David Stern. I understand the NBA is a players’ league. I understand the man has a product to protect, and therefore he is shielding the centerpieces of his league. But can he at least pretend like he cares? The NBA announced Monday night that it was fining Gilbert $100,000 for “inappropriate comments regarding Miami Heat forward LeBron James.” Inappropriate? Is this at Stern’s whims? What happened to actual rules? Stern fined Hawks owner Michael Gearon Jr. last month for saying: “If somebody came to us tomorrow and said you can have LeBron for max money and it puts you in the luxury tax, I’d do it in a heartbeat But am I going to do that for [Zydrunas] Ilgauskas? Am I going to do it for Jermaine O’Neal? I don’t think so.” Stern considered that tame comment about Gearon’s general position on paying a luxury tax as tampering. But he did not consider James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh talking for months about playing on the same team as tampering. He did not consider any of their public comments about playing for different teams before free agency officially started as tampering. He can’t have it both ways. And riddle me this: If Stern doesn’t see players talking prior to the free agency period as tampering, does that meanHeat president Pat Riley (who would be tampering if he spoke of other players) can ask Wade to recruit players, knowing that’s OK with Stern? Here’s the rule: “Tampering is when a player or team directly or indirectly entices, induces or persuades anybody [player, general manager, etc.] who is under contract with another team to negotiate for their services.” But this is what Stern said Monday: “They don’t collude, they just sort of talk about how nice it is to be able to play together and they’re allowed to do that.” Well heck, as long as we’re just talking, here’s something else for you, commish . . .
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8. The next Big Three to New York
If Knicks can get Chris Paul and Carmelo Anthony, Spike Lee would pay the fine for tampering.
Great story out of New York this past weekend. LeBron goes to Carmelo Anthony’s wedding and is greeted by boos outside of the Manhattan chapel. How bad is it when you’re booed outside of a wedding chapel? (I’m not counting in-laws.) Then, inside, Anthony reportedly makes a toast, suggesting he and Chris Paul may one day join Amar’e Stoudemire on the Knicks. From the New York Post: “According to a person who spoke with wedding attendee Amar’e Stoudemire, Paul made the reference during a speech of a potential union of himself, Stoudemire and Anthony, saying, ‘We’ll form our own Big 3.’ Attendee Spike Lee nearly passed out at the suggestion.”
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7. Wonder if this guy is from Philly?
OK, let’s lighten up, Francis. Turns out, the U.S. didn’t corner the market on dumb sports fans. Some guy, apparently quite famous in Spain, tried to swipe the World Cup trophy before Sunday’s championship game between Spain and the Netherlands. Jaume Marquet Cot, also known as “Jimmy Jump,” was quickly dropped by security. For what it’s worth, I have no idea what the announcer is saying, nor what language he is saying it in.
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6. Jose, can you see? Or think? Or Function?
The Count has wandered down the Jose Canseco Meltdown Expressway before. About a year ago we brought you video of the former “Bash Brother” getting clocked in a Mixed Moronic Arts bout by South Korean hulkasaurus Hong Man Choi. If you missed it, we found it in The Count’s archives and re-posted it. But Canseco outdid himself this time: He boxed a 60-year-old! And lost! Canseco dropped a four-round decision to Gary Hogan, an assistant athletic trainer from the University if Arkansas-Little Rock. Hogan scheduled the exhibition to raise money for a boxing gym. Canseco fought to raise money for himself: reportedly between $10,000 to $30,000. Hogan said afterward it was clear that Canseco got tired. Canseco responded, “He’s got some big [expletives].” (Feel free to follow with the steroids joke of your choice.) Here’s the video. There’s not much action. But take a look at it — and last year’s faceplant against Choi — and then meet me back at No. 5 in the Countdown. This story gets better.
Canseco drops decision to Methuzelah
Down goes Canseco!
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5. Twitter in the hands of a fool (again)
A peek inside of Jose Cansco's head.
Are you following @JoseCanseco on Twitter? It’s like witnessing a daily self-immolation. Canseco is getting pounded by his followers for the loss. Canseco is now claiming he really wasn’t trying to win. He also wrote (term used loosely) on Twitter: “Hey golic u think I am a joke in the ring I won’t hold u up and go easy on u. Knock your fat [butt] out.” (I’m assuming ESPN radio host Mike Golic, a former NFL player, mocked him but I didn’t hear it.” Canseco also responded to the criticism as so (verbatim): “You haters will fight me on my show,it will be a blast showing u want [sic] I can really do I will not hold back because I hate haters.” And there also was this one: “Anytime I need a reality check on what you liars and hypocrits [sic] are about I go on twitter, it reassures me on why all other countries want to exterminate us.” To which Twitter follower @YankeeMegInPHL responded: “No, Jose, just you.” And who knew even Lichtenstein wanted to exterminate us?
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4. Meanwhile, back to Athens . . .
Why would you NOT look at Mark Richt when his players are getting arrested?
Question to Mark Richt apologists: How can a college football coach not be responsible when the players he recruits keep getting into trouble? I understand the whole personal responsibility argument. But if Richt believes he is doing everything he can to discipline his players, maybe the problem is he’s picking the wrong players. A question to Bulldog loyalists: If Urban Meyer or Nick Saban have seven players get arrested in an offseason, who would you blame? What if the president of a bank or a grocery store or law firm keeps hiring employees who get arrested? Think eventually he might take the fall? Hello? McFly? Meanwhile, I believe only 13 players are eligible for the Louisiana-Lafayette game. But that will still be enough.
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3. Delonte West: Definitely not going to Miami
One of the strangest underground/unconfirmed/sleazy stories of our generation is the one that allegedly explains why LeBron James was so mediocre in some playoff games this year: He discovered teammate Delonte West was having an affair with LeBron’s mother, Gloria James. Now, very few media outlets have even acknowledged this rumor, which originally appeared on the website TerezOwens.com, mainly because it’s so nauseating. ESPN Radio’s Colin Cowherd was one of the few mainstream media folk to mention it, claiming it was one reason James would not sign with the New York Knicks (and that the New York Post already was looking into the story). We mention it now only so we can run the photo (via MyBlockSportsTalk) of the sign outside of Huggy’s Place in Vermilion, Ohio. The message, which went up right after James announced his exodus, says it all.
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2. OK, last shot
Really, I didn’t intend for this to turn into the LeBron Countdown. Last thing. Well, two things. If you’re on Twitter, @LeBronJamesEgo is worth following for laughs. Second, Cleveland Scene has an anti-LeBron T-shirt wrap-up, some referencing his lack of rings, lack of honesty or, of course, Delonte West. It’s not believed Nike has produced any of the shirts.
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1. And finally
Tonight is the All-Star Game. If Ryan Braun of Milwaukee hits a game-deciding home run off of Fausto Carmona of Cleveland, making a winner of Josh Johnson of Florida, that means the Braves could have the home-field advantage over the Yankees in the World Series. And it all will make sense in Bud Selig’s strange little world.
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131 comments Add your comment
Jacket Backer
July 13th, 2010
8:35 am
Funny stuff!
Go Jackets!!
Craig
July 13th, 2010
8:35 am
Good stuff Jeff. I don’t necessarily agree on your Richt is responsible for the actions of his recruits but, I see your point. On another front, I thought this change some people voted for was going to bring us all closer together. Why are people like Jackson and Holder and even Obama (now Michelle is starting) constantly bringing race into evrything including sports? My feeling is one has to make money on it, one has uphold the law using the race card, and one is damn scared he is a one term Jimmy Carter President. Sorry to mix sports with politics but, felt I needed to.
Seth
July 13th, 2010
8:37 am
Yankess aren’t going to the series this year. It will be a I-75 showdown between Tampa and Atlanta. And I will be going to all games!
Speedy Claxton's accountant
July 13th, 2010
8:38 am
Where is the article on under breast sweat?
JB
July 13th, 2010
8:40 am
I would like to see Jeff go to UF or Bama and do some real Journalism work and find out why those schools never make the headlines with Boys being boys……Any fan of those schools that come on here and say ” we’ve got our boys under control” is a fool and naive. Now that would be a story.
This problem is not just in Athens, just the way it’s handled is.
Don "Vito" Leeburn
July 13th, 2010
8:40 am
Schultz……you have disappointed me.
I will send Luca to “reason” with you.
Never tell anyone outside the “family” what you think about MY athletic association, employees, or players.
If you had only come to me in friendship, then the scum who insult you on this blog would be suffering this very day.
FalconUGAFan
July 13th, 2010
8:41 am
Doesn’t matter what any other school in the SEC, ACC, PAC-whatever is doing..It matters what UGA is doing in my book. RICHT, ADAMS, Board of trustees, players, parents, everyone involved..clean it up.
MatthewH
July 13th, 2010
8:42 am
Now Bradley’s blog says we shouldn’t blame Richt. I think y’all should just have a knock down, drag out in the parking lot. I’d pay to see that.
Chris FitzGerald's lover WP75
July 13th, 2010
8:55 am
It is time to go after the surce of the problem for underage drinking of alcohol and that is the source itself. Why doesn’t this lame police department interrogate the minors as to where they got the alcohol and the same for the coaches, If a player refuses to divulge his source then instead of a one game suspension make it for the season and the police should be as exuberiant in prosecuting the source as they are in arresting the players. An for the nuts that say MIP is a way of life on college campuses they are part of the problem.. Alcohol should not be allowed on campus by anyone at anytime. Violaters should be punished as harsh as possible. I know there will be some drunks and drug abusers that disagree with this to make their lame and limp comments, No one is saying hat MIP is the same as DUI but DUI is started by MIP and therefore MIP should be treated as a crime and not a way of life,(Kris Gomer)
ChuckWDawg
July 13th, 2010
8:56 am
Players DO get arrested on a regular basis at other big time football schools besides Georgia. If Richt didn’t sign players because of the risk that they might get in trouble these players would simply playe elswhere. Then Georgia would fail to be competitive while those same players whip our tails and get arrested on another campus. The system is the problem. Not Richt, Saban, Meyer, Pete Carroll etc… Those guys are expected to win. As Bradley pointed out, a coach’s job is in more jeopardy if he loses than because his players get caught with a beer.
TIm Tebow is a great American
July 13th, 2010
9:02 am
Some things you can take to the bank.
1. I’m from the government, and I am here to help you.
2. The check is in the mail.
3. I am not a crook [Richard Nixon]
4. I did not have sex with that woman [Bill Clinton]
5. Gentlemen, the depression is over [Herbert Hoover, June, 1030]
6. Read my lips, no new taxes [George Bush the first]
7. No, dear, you take the last donut [Phil Fulmer, to his wife]
From reading the AJC the last few days, a number of Bama posters have suggested some additional truisms:
1. No underage Bama football player touches alcohol.
2. Bama football players of age, never overimbibe.
3. The Tuscaloosa police are ever vigilant, hoping to nab a Bama player jaywalking, as they know this will bring them praise and acclaim from a grateful public
4. Bama players drink milk with every meal, eat their spinach and veggies, as inspiration to the children of the state.
5. Coach Nick Saban’s athletes are models of deportment, in keeping up the squeaky clean image of the school.
6. Saban accomplished all this through a policy of recruiting only the top 1% of the top 1% (Oops, I think that recruiting line came from another coach.)
What?
July 13th, 2010
9:04 am
What is MIP?
Paul in RDU
July 13th, 2010
9:07 am
Judging by them all wearing orange, it looks like Jimmy Jump was taken out by a group of Dutch supporters. I am surprised that Jesse Jackson didn’t think of trying something similar – it seems to me he has as much need for attention as this JJ.
BTW – I think the clip is from Al Jazeera and it is in Arabic.
suwaneedawg
July 13th, 2010
9:07 am
Tim Tebow, you speak for the nation and I hope you are on the November ballot. Great stuff there.
Danah
July 13th, 2010
9:07 am
Kudos to Jeff for not joining the Mark Richt apologists led by Mark Bradley. Mark Richt IS responsible for the situation at UGA. Forty-two arrests in three years is totally unacceptable, and most schools would have fired the coach by now. Far too many of the high school players who Richt recruits are just thugs looking to earn their street creds before going on to the big time in the NFL.
As long as Richt is in Athens, UGA will continue to be known as The Cesspool of the South.
Paul in RDU
July 13th, 2010
9:07 am
MIP = Minor In Possession – aka underage drinking
Gonzo
July 13th, 2010
9:10 am
Jan Kemp exposed the crap going on at UGA with athletes being enrolled in courses a ten-year-old kid could pass. That was almost three decades ago, and nothing has changed. If anything, the abuses are more blatant today. Way too many illiterate morons are being recruited, and the very high arrest rate shows clearly that Richt does not care if his players have any morals or self-discipline.
suwaneedawg
July 13th, 2010
9:11 am
Danah, I travel all over the south and I have not heard that UGA is the cesspool of the south. Where do you get your info, tech blogs? Maybe tide or gator blogs? Or are you just speaking for your family and friends?
Viper B
July 13th, 2010
9:16 am
Too funny, yeah, all those players are “helpless victims” Jeff, Richt should have held their hand at night. Come on, they’re adults, they’re 100% responsible fr their lame brain decisions. Richt had absolutely NOTHING to do with Damon Evans, or Jackson/King or for the record, Mel Gibson’s meltdown–who’s fault was that, Richt’s?
Jethro
July 13th, 2010
9:17 am
It’s only a matter of time before ‘Bama and UF get theirs. “Protection” money only goes so far.
Whoever assumed that Stern, LBJ, et al were model human beings? And what is in the water that makes “sports fans” donate their hard-earned money to support the fabulous lifestyles of the rich and inane?
The difference b/w Bama and UGA is that UGA actually thinks it provides an education. Bama’s final is to correctly spell “Roll Tide.” Wonder what they at Wake Forest?
suwaneedawg
July 13th, 2010
9:17 am
Yeah Gonzo, UGA is the only school that recruits what you describe. Get real. What is this bring, out your dead idiots day on the blogs? Athens police make arrests and it sounds like the other schools departments do not. You think Tide players are in bible study every night with Saban? I will say this much, people are passionate about the schools in the south both love and hate.
Count von Count
July 13th, 2010
9:20 am
I feel better now
Chase
July 13th, 2010
9:22 am
Hello, Richt’s successful with 97% of the players he mentors. 3% of the players do something really dumb. I don’t hear or read much from journalists about the 97% who don’t do anything really stupid, proving glaring bias, when there are 33 good stories for every 1 negative story, that’s really reaching.
Some “journalists” will do anything to increase readership, including sensationalism a la Paul Finn, including running a story about Richt on the “hotseat” even though they know it’s not true.
There’s always at least 2 points of view to a story, presenting 1 side, is sensationalism.
Lee
July 13th, 2010
9:23 am
Ok, I got you Jeff, so anytime an AJC reader or subscriber commits a crime after reading one of your articles, it’s YOUR FAULT? Makes perfect sense. Hilarious.
suwaneedawg
July 13th, 2010
9:24 am
Chase you are correct but remember, today’s media loves the negative. The truth is we the public are probably to blame for this and not the Schultz’s and Bradley’s of the world. We can tune them out but, here we are discussing Jeff’s story.
SiddyBoy
July 13th, 2010
9:27 am
Testing 1-2,Testing 1-2-3
This has a purpose !!!
Yippy Dog
July 13th, 2010
9:27 am
Lebron’s mess isn’t Stern’s fault. Canseco’s mess isn’t his twitter fans fault.
That would be like blaming lack of newspaper readership on the public, versus the sensationalist journalists out there pumping out the 1 sided garbage that no one cares about. Ever wonder why no one watches CNN? People don’t want to hear bias from a journalist, yet journalist blame “the industry trends” on the decline in readership in newspapers.
it’s always somebody else’s fault.
Kennesaw Dawg
July 13th, 2010
9:28 am
If you even doubt that they have things worked out with the local law enforcement in Tuscaloosa and Gainesville then you are truely fooling yourselves. Get real. If a cop arrested a Bama player in that town he would be run out on a rail. Same in Gainesville. Young boys are going to do dumb things. We all did when we were young. You know you did. But now, many cops are only interested in logging as many arrests as possible. Protect and serve has become punish and punish some more. Not interested in mentoring at all, just arrests. When I was a youngster, the local lawmen would try to mentor us young dummies at least a little, get us back on track. Not now. Spit on the sidewalk, get arrested, and especially if you are a young male. Not saying anyone should get away with criminal behavior, but lets get real here. MIP is no laughing matter, but also should not ruin a kids life. Got to be a better way.
SiddyBoy
July 13th, 2010
9:30 am
Wow !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This blog finally took my comments.
One of my major concerns is how these arrests and suspensions affect the other players.When a starting receiver is suspended it may affect the outcome of a game.
Dawglasville
July 13th, 2010
9:30 am
I remember when John Dewberry had a little problem with partying and grades and left UGA to play quarterback for Tech. He beat Georgia between the hedges and became a hero on the flats. Back then you would have labeled him a thug too before he transferred.
Reality Check II
July 13th, 2010
9:33 am
JS, as always and unbiased article about UGA (LOL). I guess UF or UA never have any arrest for theft, drug charges, etc. You might want to actually research UF has had more felony charges over the last 5 years than UGA. Also, that stern disciplinarian CUM originally gave Spikes a whole half suspension for trying to gouge UGA players eyes in the pile. You are such a hypocrite and have been riding heard on UGA for over a year now. Why don’t you ask a valid question like, If I know UGA, UF, UA bascially recruit the same kids, 90% of all college kids drink including football players, then why are UGA athletes being arrested more often? If you think UGA has the only players in SEC that are drinking you have never set foot on any college campus. Just as you always have I expect you will not respond. Still waiting on the question after the GT game in November.
dawgfan
July 13th, 2010
9:34 am
I’m pretty sure that Meyer probably has had 7 players arrested in one off season. Hell, he’s had a player commit assault in an actual game and another pass out in the middle of an intersection while behind the wheel of a car, all just this past season. What an unbelievably stupid point. I would expect no better from Jeffrey.
Anyway, Shultz has been trying to stir the pot and get Mark Richt fired for a while now. I’m sure all the powerful boosters and athletic administrators that run the show in Athens are all on the edge of their seats about what Jeff Schultz has to say. Yeah right. They could probably buy this over the hill rag for pocket change and be your boss if they wanted to Schultz. Think about it.
Anyway, Mark Richt isn’t going anywhere. He will be Georgia’s coach for as long as he wants to be. I’m not apologizing, just stating facts. We love him. He wins a lot of games. He isn’t some fat slob that runs his mouth on radio talk shows like a sore loser about punching people in the face. He doesn’t pitch childish hissy fits when a reporter writes something about one of his players that he doesn’t like. He is a professional and a winner, not just in football but also in life. That’s right Schultz, he’s better than you. How many eastern european orphans have you adopted lately? When’s the last time you took the fam to go play with kids that have cancer? Yeah, that’s what I thought. Men like Mark Richt are a dying breed. In this day and age we should be celebrating him, but you try to tear him down. Why so bitter Schultz?
Phil
July 13th, 2010
9:35 am
The whole “negative stories sell” plays to the base of the human being, Howard Stern is world’s leading practioner. It assumes we’re all morons and animals without any dignity, taste, brains or spirituality.
When you present BOTH sides of a story, it’s much more believable.
Chase
July 13th, 2010
9:39 am
When a journalist presents story after story about the 3% of players who mess up, and rarely presents a story about the 97% under Richt who do good stuff, I mean come on, 33x more on 1 side than the other, and journalists are presenting the 3% as if that’s the ONLY part of the story, even though it’s 33x smaller? It’s just blatant bias and a complete misunderstanding of the situation.
92 UGA Grad
July 13th, 2010
9:39 am
Do a little research Jeff…Bama, Tenn, Florida, etc all have had double digit arrests for all sorts of things over the past 5 years. Carlos Dunlap passed out drunk in his car last fall and got a 1 GAME suspension from Urban Meyer. UGA is recruiting the same kids that Bama, UF, UT, Auburn, SC, Clemson, etc are recruiting. This stuff happens EVERYWHERE….it just gets magnified when you go 8-5 on the field and it get swept under the rug and/or ignored when you play for SEC Championships. Coach Richt just needs to win and this stuff is not such a big deal….that’s the way it’s working in Tuscaloosa & Gainesville.
Phil
July 13th, 2010
9:40 am
David Hale usually gets it right. He’s not a Richt homer, he’s also not a sensationalist. It’s rare to see a journalist accomplish both of those. Objective writing is rare.
Don
July 13th, 2010
9:47 am
Sensationalism is a form of escapism, it’s trying to fill the void with something that seems substantial, but is really superficial. It’s a way of avoiding topics that REALLY matter. Richt’s mentorship success stories, hundreds of them, should be the story, not the “helpless victims” who choose to go another path.
Don’t throw rocks, if you live in a glass house. So easy to punch someone who’s down. Or to kick someone who’s already hurting.
Newton’s 3rd law was right about opposing forces, if you want to throw rocks, you better duck, because actions have reactions. Journalists should remember that.
I hate haters
July 13th, 2010
9:48 am
Perfect.
jasont13
July 13th, 2010
9:49 am
In most of the cases I believe the players that have been arrested at UGA are in the wrong. However, I truly believe a lot of things that go on at say Alabama, Florida and a lot of other schools are sweeped under the rug. Case in point. T-Bob Hebert at LSU, was arrested for a DUI and I don’t remember it being front page news in Baton Rouge. I have seen a lot things go on up in Athens with the UGA police and the ACC PD that makes you scratch your head. Under age drinking is going to happen in college, there is zero way to get around it.
jasont13
July 13th, 2010
9:51 am
One more thing. I recieved a minor possesion of alcohol in Athens in 2003 and I recieved a citation, must have been because I am 6′1″ and only weighed 175#. The arrests that have taken place with UGA’s players are similar arrests that happen to college kids however most of them usually on recieve a citation, not actually put into cuffs and booked.
suwaneedawg
July 13th, 2010
10:08 am
I don’t think Schultz is trying to get CMR fired. It comes bown to sensationalism is the media and what gets read and what does not. When CMR is long gone, Jeff and the likes will still be reporting the stories like this and stirring up the fan base. Like it or not, we read and we respond. Some of try to protect and some of us try to bash. The beat goes on.
That all being said, we all live in glass houses, don’t we?
Bruce
July 13th, 2010
10:09 am
Bradley did a survey and found out that 16% agree with Jeff, that the players arn’t at fault, and it’s Richt’s fault when players blow it.
84% believe it’s the players fault.
Looks like Jeff, and a long blogger here, are in the 16% minority.
Here’s the survey:
http://blogs.ajc.com/mark-bradley-blog/2010/07/12/blame-mark-richt-hes-not-the-one-whos-embarrassing-uga/
jarvis
July 13th, 2010
10:12 am
Good call Jeff. It’s called Google.
http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/sports_college_uf/2009/06/janoris-jenkinscharge-misdemeanor-affray-and-resisting-arrest-without-violence-for-his-role-in-a-may-30-fight-outside-a-down.html
Just a quick search. It helps with credibility.
James
July 13th, 2010
10:15 am
A WHOLE lot of negative stories about Georgia’s defensive coaches last year on the AJC. Was it accurate? Well, Willie got offered jobs at Stanford and Oklahoma–took the Oklahoma job. Another Georgia coach was hired by defensive guru Charlie Strong at Louisville.
These guys got fired, seperated from their kids going to school at Georgia, and ended up being hired by some fo the best coaches in the nation.
Who was right?
retired on the lake
July 13th, 2010
10:18 am
YippyDog hurry, postman is coming down your street.
jarvis
July 13th, 2010
10:19 am
And how exactly do you assess the character of a kid that has no criminal background?
Do you talk to them Jeff?
“Sure he’s been offered by everyone in teh contry, and he’s really athletic, and has never been any trouble. But after talking to him and his hish school coaches, he seems like the type of kid that might drink underage or drive a moped on a learners permit. Not sure he’s UGA material.”
You’re usually the man, but today you’re a d-bag.
Phil
July 13th, 2010
10:21 am
For the record, even though Richt’s successful with 97% of his players, he should always be trying to get better.
Richt should call Butch Davis and Randy Shannon and find out how they’ve practically eliminated serious discipline problems. Shannon’s record of arrests under his leadership is incredible.
I don’t know how Davis and Shannon do it, Jeff, maybe you could interview them, and write an article about it.
vafalconfan
July 13th, 2010
10:38 am
Jeff- welcome back! You and your wit have been missed!
The Lebron/Jesse Jackson/Stern thing is what’s wrong in America today. Welcome to obamanation where you can’t say anything without the PC police on you, And to my African American brethren out there.. y’all got to find a way to shut Jesse (I see racism in everythign) up! He is a cartoon!.. and an embarrassment to all Black Americans.
The Wad
July 13th, 2010
10:41 am
Alright you knuckleheads! Listen this time and let`s try to get this straight! The head coach can not and should not be the players baby sitter. They never learn to grow up if somebody holds their hand till they are 25 yrsold. There can be plenty of reasons to question why we don`t hear much of this activity from other schools, but none of the reasons has to do with the head coach being better at controling players. Ask people who really knows what goes on at these places and they will tell you it`s laughable what happens there. No different at other campuses. The school, AD, coach and PD`s may have a better understanding and level of cooperation amongst each other. But they didn`t live through Jan Kemp which put us under a microscope.
Ted M
July 13th, 2010
10:45 am
The NL is going to win this year, we have way better pitching. If we get 5 innings out of Ubaldo Jimenez and Josh Johnson we’ll head into the late inning with a lead.
The game though is going to be all about George Steinbrenner.