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Thank You Coach Strong - Proud Alumni


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17 hours ago, NewEnglandBull said:

Other than Baylor, I don't think there is a program in America that would not have cut the player. I don't see this decision as a big deal. 

 

Are you sure about this?  Do a quick google search on all the NCAA players with gun issues just over the last 5 years. 

Go deeper and look at the NFL and behaviors outside of guns (domestic violence, theft, battery, etc.) Many coaches come out and try to distance themselves and their universities from the issue and/or downplay the story, but little or nothing in the way of punishment occurs. 

Strong can never be accused on not taking these issues head on.  He's been very consistent at each of this stops.  Even more impressive, he addressed it with the entire team. 

My grandmother had a saying, "such and such (insert name) beats her kids with a Kleenex".  College football has become beating kids with a Kleenex.

Go Bulls!

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17 hours ago, NewEnglandBull said:

Other than Baylor, I don't think there is a program in America that would not have cut the player. I don't see this decision as a big deal. 

He hasn't quite yet earned his national coach of the year plaque for deciding to let go of a kid facing multiple armed felonies.

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2 minutes ago, Bausfkid said:

 

Are you sure about this?  Do a quick google search on all the NCAA players with gun issues just over the last 5 years. 

Go deeper and look at the NFL and behaviors outside of guns (domestic violence, theft, battery, etc.) Many coaches come out and try to distance themselves and their universities from the issue and/or downplay the story, but little or nothing in the way of punishment occurs. 

Strong can never be accused on not taking these issues head on.  He's been very consistent at each of this stops.  Even more impressive, he addressed it with the entire team. 

My grandmother had a saying, "such and such (insert name) beats her kids with a Kleenex".  College football has become beating kids with a Kleenex.

Go Bulls!

Did not see "any" program where guns while driving and weed were supported by a university. NFL? That's apples and oranges my friend.

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xCWT already set the bar with shooting guns at occupied dorms, didn't he?

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4 minutes ago, George Jenkins said:

xCWT already set the bar with shooting guns at occupied dorms, didn't he?

Yep. The zero-tolerance list is essentially:

  • shooting at occupied dorms on campus
  • waving a gun at a family while also possessing drugs

Things being considered for future punishment:

  • locking your girlfriend in a closet and beating her with an extension cord
  • operating a motor vehicle without a license (only for eight-time offenders and up)
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14 minutes ago, JTrue said:
  • operating a motor vehicle without a license (only for eight-time offenders and up)

What do you have against eight-time offenders?  Everyone deserves a ninth chance IMO.  

Ninth time offenders are the devil.

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Whether releasing Childs was a no brainer or not, this story was in the National Media. 

Coach's quote, along with his decisive actions, allows our "uptick" in National Media coverage to continue to be positive. 

Had he not done so, we may have had a lot of folks taking jabs.

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31 minutes ago, JTrue said:

Yep. The zero-tolerance list is essentially:

  • shooting at occupied dorms on campus
  • waving a gun at a family while also possessing drugs

Things being considered for future punishment:

  • locking your girlfriend in a closet and beating her with an extension cord
  • operating a motor vehicle without a license (only for eight-time offenders and up)

T-Rex got kicked out for weed possession too right?

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1 minute ago, 206BULL said:

T-Rex got kicked out for weed possession too right?

Suspended for the weed. Left USF on his own during the suspension.

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2 minutes ago, JTrue said:

Suspended for the weed. Left USF on his own during the suspension.

Thanks 2013 seems like forever ago; so weed is in the extension cord whipping category not the guns....

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