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When it comes to public perception and reaction, I think this hits the nail on the head. When I went to the ODU/VT game in 08(i think) in Norfolk, people were chanting about Vick at a basketball game. Patriots cut Hernandez before he was arrested and have essentially washed their hands of him and by the time he has served his sentence you'll hear minimal about it again. Vick will never live down what he did because as NickVT10 said, he is a "monster."
He had time to flash his lights and honk his horn, he's not completely innocent in this. But you're right, it was partly on the guy for walking out in front of him.
After looking on the sabre for anything they may have posted there, i've determined the sabre is the worst fan site ever. thank you tkp for being exponentially better and not royally sucking.
I remember way back during a spring game when Boone had just come in as a QB he made a wicked spin move during the game at QB. I remembered saying i would like to see him run with the ball. My wishes came true
Hernandez brings a movie quote to mind that I couldn't find a gif for....Tommy Lee Jones in the Fugutive...."This guy is dirty, Cosmo..."
I'm just saying it was worth a look as a wrinkle in the offense. He always played harder when his number was called.
Beat me to it
I hope CJ is planning to major in marketing. He'd be good.
Sombody tweet this to Brown, please.
Judging by how the teams played, I think the ADs got those calls right.
I'm not disagreeing with any of what you said, but here's the flip side of the argument - our athletic department doesn't lose money like many others, so there's something to be said about there. Remember, Maryland cut some of its athletic programs to save money... I don't see VT doing that, so that's a plus.
Once again it appears like weaver is pinching pennies. And people wonder why we don't have any national championships
Giving the ball to Marcus Davis at the snap sounds like a recipe for disaster.
In regards to the Stallworth thing - while he may have been drunk (blew a 0.12), the death was not his fault; the man ran in front of his car trying to catch a bus. Could have happened to even a sober person. It didn't get much publicity because Stallworth was cooperative and people realized that he really didn't deserve to have the books thrown at him.
If there was a public poll, the majority would probably say Vick because hipsters and women are ultra sensitive to that stuff and they would flood the ballots. And I'm not intending to be sexist, that's just reality.
The question isn't so much how you feel personally about it, it's how do you think the public will feel about it. If nothing else seeing all the comments and thoughts about it shows some of the oddness in our society. We all KNOW killing a fellow human being is worse than killing an animal, but how do people perceive it?
Hmm, I need more facts. At the end of the day killing a human is much much worse than killing a dog. However, once we get details of how the victim was killed this could change the dynamics a bit. Vick strangled, drowned, electrocuted...If the Hernandez victim was quick and clean then who knows. As for me, it's Hernandez no question. I didn't care about the Vick case that much. They were not my dogs and he is for my entertainment only, but I'm not an a alumni so I imagine you guys that are feel differently about him since you're connected that way. I know it pisses me off when 1 veteran goes crazy and kills some folks and blames PTSD and all of a sudden we're all linked to him and considered ticking time bombs ready to go off.
Both teams had their coaches fired before that game. Just to add to the terribleness of the whole thing.
Smells like a weasel...I mean Weaver...
Some numbers in advance of the announcement:
Former coach Golloway made $385K at Oklahoma.
Hughes had total pay of $157,437 this year. Was due to get a 5 percent raise in July.
Weaver had been alluding to the fact that he wanted to give Pete a raise and extension.
I never understood why we didn't try this with one of our athletes we had at quarterback. Like Marcus Davis who we had at quarterback for his first two years. He wouldn't even be blocking in those plays.
Hernandez...how is this even a question?
Vick has done a tremendous job of rehabilitating his image, and since incarceration, has been a model citizen, someone who has truly learned from their mistakes (or so it appears). Since reentering society, he has been nothing but transparent and genuine (so it appears). Hernandez has not even addressed the media (to my knowledge), but then again, he was just charged.
NOW with all that being said; back "hahahahahahahahaaaaa"...