Suspensions

[HogDawg]

I generally agree with much of the opinions of the more life experienced members of the board, but I can’t get behind an effort to try to argue that anyone other than QB1, Hardy, and Holtz are to blame for any of this.

I know you can't. It's a real problem for you. You're just too hung up on the fact that the boys smoked pot. I get it. I'm not concerned with that. I'm more concerned that LA Tech is the only school in America this is happening to. See the difference?

[HogDawg]

I just find hard to believe none of our peers have had this problem. It should be an outside testing authority and NCAA standard suspension. Not internal testing and arbitrary suspensions.

BINGO! This is the problem I have as well.

[stodgdog]

But if Holtz puts that numb nuts back on the field again, it’s a thumb in the eye to everyone else involved. Let him stay home with Hardy and smoke it up. Mistake or not, if his cleats touch the field again I’m done with Tech for life. He was anointed the chosen one and took a big dump right on the program and his team mates.

Why? He was sentenced. Let him serve it and try to work his way back. Seems pretty straight forward to me.

[HogDawg]

Far from arbitrary

You guys are ignoring the fact that some of our guys got clean before the second test. Four of them did not and those four got suspended.

...I'm still waiting for you to send me a very recent story of another FBS school suspending multiple STARTERS for Pot smoking. Don't worry about me.....I'll wait.

[PawDawg]

...I'm still waiting for you to send me a very recent story of another FBS school suspending multiple STARTERS for Pot smoking. Don't worry about me.....I'll wait.

I'm waiting on you to understand what "breaking team rules" means.

[stodgdog]

The lack of respect shown for his team is what bothers me the most. I don’t smoke, but I don’t care about the weed. What I care about is the way he has blamed his teammates over the last few years for every bad play that happened on the field. This all goes back to a sense of invulnerability created by HCSH. J’Mar’s golden ticket was sealed and delivered when skip refused to recruit, or develop one single freaking QB other than his rockstar.

J’Mar didn’t have to develop leadership skills, or build relationships with his teammates. Therefore it didn’t bother him to screw them over the 1 time in his entire crappy tenure as starting QB, time here they all had a real chance at achieving their goals.

This falls on J’Mar because it was still his actions, but Holtz reaps what he sows from here on out, because he allowed the monster to thrive, and didn’t prepare anyone else.

I feel bad for the guys who may be watching all their blood,sweat,and tears they have put in go down the drain

It is not down the drain. The team will be fine. I'm more worried about the fans.

[HogDawg]

I'm waiting on you to understand what "breaking team rules" means.

...So you can't do it, can you? As hard as you tried, you can't find a recent story of another FBS school suspending multiple STARTERS for Pot smoking!!

I didn't think so.

[dawg80]

Am I to understand that some of you think the suspensions had something to do with the outcome?

[FriscoDawg]

...So you can't do it, can you? As hard as you tried, you can't find a recent story of another FBS school suspending multiple STARTERS for Pot smoking!!

I didn't think so.

If any school confirmed it, they would be violating federal law for the same reason that Tech can't confirm it. Questions may get asked on Tuesday at the weekly press conference, but they can't and won't be answered. We including me may not like it, but that's how it is.

These days I'm guessing that at least 2/3 of all FBS suspensions for "violating team rules" are for failing drug tests. Those players certainly aren't being suspended for things like curfew violations. Most of the rest would be for other criminal activity or university conduct violations.

And I don't want to read another word on this board about "Tech starters being singled out". They singled themselves out when they didn't clean up their acts after they failed previous tests.

[stodgdog]

It's not marijuana but its not PED either From ESPN

Top-ranked LSU suspended cornerbacks Tyrann Mathieu and Tharold Simon and tailback Spencer Ware from the team after they tested positive for synthetic marijuana in a school-administered drug test earlier this month, two people familiar with the situation told ESPN.com on Thursday.

[HogDawg]

It's not marijuana but its not PED either From ESPN

Top-ranked LSU suspended cornerbacks Tyrann Mathieu and Tharold Simon and tailback Spencer Ware from the team after they tested positive for synthetic marijuana in a school-administered drug test earlier this month, two people familiar with the situation told ESPN.com on Thursday.

Ahem.....you know that's a 2011 story right? LOL!

[PawDawg]

It is not down the drain. The team will be fine. I'm more worried about the fans.

We need to sell tickets and grow our fan base. The ONLY thing that would have done that was to finish 13-1 and be ranked at year end which we would have been. Now, even winning the championship and bowl game (both won't happen) won't help us sell tickets or grow our fan base next year.

I don't blame you for being worried about our fans. They've been dwindling down for the past 6 years now and sure to go down even more after this mess.

[THEarmada]

Spent the last 48 hours being disgusted by the current state of our football programs. Oh what could have been.

[HogDawg]

We need to sell tickets and grow our fan base. The ONLY thing that would have done that was to finish 13-1 and be ranked at year end which we would have been. Now, even winning the championship and bowl game (both won't happen) won't help us sell tickets or grow our fan base next year.

I don't blame you for being worried about our fans. They've been dwindling down for the past 6 years now and sure to go down even more after this mess.

Something we agree on.....

[glm47]

It is not down the drain. The team will be fine. I'm more worried about the fans.

Thanks Lou.