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The whole thing reveals our whole society is full of pansies.
Or maybe the few that think this is excusable are just out of touch meat-heads.
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The whole thing reveals our whole society is full of pansies.
Or maybe the few that think this is excusable are just out of touch meat-heads.
quote:D1 football is real life for him, his teammates, his employer and a multimillion $$ business. This is not volunteer work at the local soup kitchen. This is national TV.quote:
No, this was the correct route.
As somebody who supervises 30 twenty somethings, this didn't actually have to be done. Specifically, D1 isn't real life. Move him to the back, get him to the sideline . By accounts, he is a good guy with potential.
But no, the zoo wouldn't have that, no.
quote:quote:You ever been around football coaches? They're a fiery group. See Woody Hayes. It isn't part of the game, but some of the greats get out of control.
You just have to wonder what the hell was going through his head because his actions were beyond stupid.
quote:I disagree. It doesn't matter if this was his first offense or he was on double secret probation. His offense was egregious and he deserved to be dismissed. He didn't drop a customer's french fries on the floor.
We have insufficient information to have an opinion on Sumlin's decision.
Was this a completely out of character, heat of the moment action than friends and coworkers just couldn't believe he was capable of? Or was this sort of thing typical for the guy and he's already had a couple of warnings?
We have no way of knowing.
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Was this a completely out of character, heat of the moment action
quote:Those who excuse what happened are the pansies. What happened to accountability and responsibility for your own actions?
The whole thing bothers me. First off both hits were cheap and cowardly. But everyone freaking out over this tiny bump on the sidelines that would have been laughed at as a pansy hit if it occurred three feet in bounds, makes no sense to me.
It wasn't long ago you had to be careful when you ran onto the other teams sideline and nobody freaked out over a little bump.
I think what he did was wrong but rank it up there with spitting your gum out on the sidewalk. Why are we even talking about a football player getting pushed while playing football in full pads. My kids push each other harder wrestling in the living room at night and they don't even get in trouble.
Richardson was dumb, but all the pansy reactions are even dumber to me. The whole thing reveals our whole society is full of pansies. /Rant
quote:It's exactly this attitude that has millenials thinking that actions have no consequences. If one of your twenty-somethings embarassed your company on a national stage and you didn't fire them, you deserve to be fired. His actions did harm to the A&M brand. D1 is real life to every one of the people who's careers are tied up in A&M football. A&M won their bowl game, but the benefit of that to the brand was overshadowed by coverage of his actions. As a spokesperson for my company, if I embarass them or bring negative media coverage to our organization, I'd be unemployed in a heartbeat.quote:
No, this was the correct route.
As somebody who supervises 30 twenty somethings, this didn't actually have to be done. Specifically, D1 isn't real life. Move him to the back, get him to the sideline . By accounts, he is a good guy with potential.
But no, the zoo wouldn't have that, no.
quote:No if he had done it once it might have been too tough but he did it twice in the same half. That shows lack of judgement on Michael and Sumlin did the right thing. At some point people should be held accountable for their actions and hopefully this will be a learning lesson for this young man.
Just issue an apology and suspend. This was the wrong route.
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quote:0gimme a break.... he did something inexcusable. Even the great Woody Hayes- one of the all-time great football coaches and face of the Ohio St. U was "thrown away" after he hit an opposing player on the sidelines.
I am for redemption and second chances. Throwing people away isn't the way to help him.
quote:There's a political component to CFB because recruiting is about image to a large extent. When you embarrass your boss publicly (especially very publicly, like on national TV), you get the axe. That's just how PR management works. Sucks for Richardson that a spur of the moment decision costs him this dearly, but CFB is the real world.
I do not agree with Sumlin dismissing him. I think it does a disservice and I think it got blown out of proportion. He's a 20-21 year old kid who is not that far removed from the game. He got caught up in the emotion. If I was the head coach I would discipline him, but if he really was passionate about going into coaching I would put him in the booth. There's a lot he can learn about the game from the booth. And breaking down film. He wouldn't be on the sideline next year but I would keep him in the program. This strikes me as a knee jerk reaction to the "sensationalism" of the media when it happened. He is still a young man and they do make mistakes.