How we doin fellas. Ive been off the boards a bit, with the occasional drive by. My nose buried in work instead of Bab Yaga's commitment Gifs. Cant wait for the season to start. Im getting withdrawl and need my Canes fix. 15 - 0 here we go!
Regarding the Tae situation, while Im a full believer in meritocracy, aka, let the best players play regardless of seniority, or a star player getting some level of preferred treatment/handled differently if he skips a class or a misses a practice, etc, I can live with that. DV cant be one of those where you treat a 5 star different than a 3 star. I dont think some of this board would be calling for him to come back if he was a JAG. I want to talk myself into having a talent like this guy on the team as much as any anyone. If he didnt do anything wrong, then he should be reinstated and available to practice and play immediately. But UM has the right to do their own investigation and make their own decision. If they have info that says otherwise, time to move on. No marriage counceling, 6 game suspension stuff. Severe ties immediately. Like another poster said, if you let him back and penalize him in any way, you are admitting he did something wrong that isnt on the official report. In the long run, this situation has more of a chance of hurting the program rather than helping, no matter how talented he is. They have more info than I, so I defer to the powers that be with more data, but thats how I look at it.
On the flip side, Im all for second chances. I was given one myself by the grace of God after making a bad choice when I was young. But if Manny/UM believe he did do something along the lines of what he was accused of, the wound is too fresh and that second chance should come somewhere else.
