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Post by ChrisAsbrockFTI on Jul 8, 2013 15:10:40 GMT -5
I have heard people blame Urban Meyer for these problems as well. How much is a college coach to blame? College coaches claim to "mold these guys in to men"...
Is this a biproduct of the pressure put on coaches to win so they recruit players, regardless of how bad they are as people, to win?
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Post by showtopp12 on Jul 8, 2013 17:25:06 GMT -5
You can only do so much as a coach. You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink. Do I hate Urban Meyer for being at OSU? Yes. Do I blame him for Aaron Hernandez actions? No
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Post by ChrisAsbrockFTI on Jul 9, 2013 9:52:03 GMT -5
That is kind of my thought. It seems like most coaches become father figures to some of these players so in that case, they can help a guy out. However, some guys will never change their tune. Hernandez was a bad dude from the get go and that obviously didn't change.
My only thing is that I wouldn't be recruiting guys like that for my program. They may be a good player but in the long run, it really isn't worth the hassle. That is why I think Urban is taking the heat because he chose to recruit a bad dude like that.
Bob Huggins took a lot of criticism for recruiting thugs back in his days at UC.
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Post by edubbs on Jul 9, 2013 9:57:02 GMT -5
He was like the best TE in the draft the year he came out but because of character issues he fell to the fourth round. I kinda wonder where he would have went if the Pats didn't take him? They like their project players and he certainly was one. I think he may have fallen out of the draft completely if the Pats didn't give him a shot.
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Post by cerebralassassin on Jul 10, 2013 11:55:18 GMT -5
The only person I hold accountable for Aaron Herandez's actions is Aaron Hernandez. It is not Urban Meyer's fault. He saw a kid with major upside, and gave him an opprotunity to change his life. He took advantage of that opprotunity and got into the NFL. However Aaron Hernandez shat the bed with that opprotunity once there. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. Aaron Hernandez was insane if he thought he could hang out with the same type of people and be fine, just because he was in the NFL. The money and fame of the NFL did not hide him from the trouble, it only brought more of it on him. Hopefully a few years (like 10-17 years behind bars makes him come to the realization of the life that he had and what he has thrown away, and he becomes a changed man. Every man can change, hopefully for him it is for the better
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