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Which is different than the VAST amounts of national respect we get now? A week after the announcement NOBODY will mention it again unless he's a success.Quote:
Originally Posted by CChandler
How stupid is Tech? Not very stupid at all. We use a scholarship that wasn't being used elsewhere and took a gamble that any other school in our position would've taken.
And, then there's that whole any publicity is good publicity line of thinking.
Absolutely. We'd win a bunch more football games.Quote:
Originally Posted by techfan01
Just remember that every time he steps onto the field, the TV guys will be mentioning 'Masoli, who transfered to Louisiana Tech after being kicked out of the University of Oregon for theft and drug possession...'
Some are OK with that. Some aren't. I'm of the opinion that, yes, it'd pay off on the field, and there IS a chance that the new scenery helps the guy change his life for the better, but this is a risk/reward situation and the reward doesn't warrant the risk.
I don't think is a magic line, but I don't understand the logic that 3 chances is okay, but 4 isn't. You've got to handle these things one case at a time. If the only thing we have to lose is being a talking point on PTI, then bring him on. I'm still not seeing what we have to lose in this deal.Quote:
Originally Posted by FishingBack
There's a joke in here about someone having a laptop to lose, but I'm classy.Quote:
Originally Posted by johnnylightnin
You mentioned Blount earlier. I don't understand that. Blount punched a guy. Masoli has done much worse.
I thought you were in the legalize it crowd?Quote:
Originally Posted by CChandler
Anyway, my meaning was that there is no video that played a million times on ESPN of Masoli blazing up or stealing stuff. The fall out from taking a guy like Blount would be MUCH worse. You're assuming that everyone thinks as deeply as you do about things. A MAJORITY of folks who watch ESPN don't even think of Masoli as getting booted out of a University, they think of him as being kicked off a football team. Quite a few of them have smoked pot and been in a fight.
I'm not saying what he did wasn't a big deal...I'm saying it won't get the negative media play you're predicting.
1 chance with a crime involving a victim. Screw up one more time, you're gone. (which is what happened at Oregon)Quote:
Originally Posted by FishingBack
once he gets here, it's a similar thing. Tell him straight up. Nose clean or bye bye. If we get negative rep by giving someone another shot in a totally different region that he's ever been before then so be it. David Pak was in prison for RAPE and Utah St gave him a chance and he excelled. He caught some slack/trash talk which was to be expected. Utah St isn't looked upon in bad light because of it.
or you could look at it as the greater the risk, the greater the reward.. I really don't see us losing anything out of this if it were to happen.. we give the guy a chance.. he either steps up and makes us that much better or fades away and we're still sitting where we are at this point in time (which I don't think is a bad position as is)Quote:
Originally Posted by CChandler
No way in hell should we take Masoli. Too big a risk.
Risk of what?Quote:
Originally Posted by DONW
I'll pass. My .02
I have thought about this Masoli thing since I first learned about it and, in the meantime, read just about every comment from our BB&B gang that has been written about this guy. In the end, if indeed he does transfer to us, it will not make one whit of difference what any of us think or say. He becomes our guy. And, in doing so, we must TRUST the men we have hired to run our program ( and which we are paying a lot of money ) to do what is BEST for Louisiana Tech. They are closer to ground zero than any of us. They know far more about this situation than any of us. So, I have decided to put my faith & trust in Sonny & his staff & pray that they make the RIGHT decision in this case.
I'd take him. That's my .02
If some of you want to know what people say about our school if we bring Masoli in, go to this site and read the comments. http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/story/j...ll-team-060910
Everybody knows what a huge Tech football fan I am, but, If Dykes brings this guy to Tech, I won't be there. Jenkins had a a better game against Boise than Masoli did, so why do we need him.
You would really not show up if we brought ths guy in?
Its been nice reading your posts, Don.Quote:
Originally Posted by DONW