Too early for a 2-deep?

[johnnylightnin]

We get 'how stupid is Louisiana Tech?' talking points brought up on PTI and First Take if we take Masoli. Taking everyone else mentioned isn't a blip on the state radar, much less the national one. There's a lot to lose.

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.

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.

[CChandler]

And a TON to gain.

Absolutely. We'd win a bunch more football games.

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.

[johnnylightnin]

National reputation, especially if he does something high-profile here. There are espn blogs and such wondering what program is dumb enough to take him.

The magical line is just my opinion. What's yours?

Lets say he had 7 arrests and was kicked out of one school.

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.

[CChandler]

I'm still not seeing what we have to lose in this deal.

There's a joke in here about someone having a laptop to lose, but I'm classy.

You mentioned Blount earlier. I don't understand that. Blount punched a guy. Masoli has done much worse.

[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?

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.

[DocMarvin362]

I just want the pro-masoli people to answer these questions:

1. How many chances do you get?
2. How far is too far too accept in our program?
3. At what point would you throw up your hands and turn down Peyton Manning?

1 chance with a crime involving a victim. Screw up one more time, you're gone. (which is what happened at Oregon)

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.

[sportsguylatech]

Absolutely. We'd win a bunch more football games.

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.

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)

[DONW]

No way in hell should we take Masoli. Too big a risk.

[johnnylightnin]

No way in hell should we take Masoli. Too big a risk.

Risk of what?

[JAMROB]

I'll pass. My .02

[MICKEYS14]

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.

[Salvatore Assante]

I'd take him. That's my .02

[DONW]

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.

[johnnylightnin]

You would really not show up if we brought ths guy in?

[olddog75]

Everybody knows what a huge Tech football fan I am, but, If Dykes brings this guy to Tech, I won't be there.

Its been nice reading your posts, Don.