Quote:What happened this morning isn't a distraction. What he has done in the past has been a distraction, but if he is able to overcome and become a productive member of the team, he becomes a huge motivation for the team.

 

How does he become a huge motivation?  If he comes to the team, he'll be a distraction for the entire year.  In my opinion, if/when he comes back everyone teammate will be asked about how he's doing and how they are responding to him.

 

It's a simple distraction, no doubt.  You can easily can a response to that.  But it's still something that every team-mate will worry about.  How soon before Blackmon falls off the wagon.

 

His 3 AM "accident" doesn't help that narrative, does it?

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