Quote:I do think Hardy is an exceptional talent, but his situation is not nearly that simple.

 

He does have a track record. He was suspended in college for missing multiple team meetings, sparring with coaches, and repeatedly missing class. On top of that he was benched and criticized publicly in college and NFL for lack of work ethic and bad behavior. He was the guy that started a lot of the ethical combine questioning stuff because teams asked him a lot about if he was bi polar, had schizophrenia, or any other mental issues. Even if you are in the camp that thinks asking that stuff was inappropriate, the fact that there were wide concerns about mental issues among many of the teams says something to me.There were a lot of concerns about that coming in, which is by far the reason that he fell to the 6th round.

 

Off the field, he sustained a concussion in 2011 after crashing a motorcycle while speeding, and has two other speeding violations on his record...and also a driving without a license/registration that was rectified and dismissed. Yes obviously some of all of this sounds trivial, but it adds up. 

 

 

 

I think you are really really reaching to build up a track record...

 

Missing Meetings in College:  Has this continued with Carolina…If no I would dismiss completely.

 

Sparring with Coaches in College:  His head coach was Ed Orgeron…Who famously ripped off his shirt and challenged his players to "Whoop his A**" on his first day  there.  I don't see why this wouldn't mesh with all the players with no sparring…sounds like a players coach.

 

Repeatedly Missing Classes in College:  Really really reaching on this…as Cardale Jones says…They here to play ball not play school.

 

Benched in NFL for Bad Behavior: Can you elaborate what bad behavior this is?

 

Mental Health Issues: Some guys play with a loose screw and some people are eccentric with their life…if he hasn't been diagnosed with schizo why is this an issue?

 

Speeding:  Not DUI….Not hitting another vehicle…not killing a pedestrian but 3 speeding counts?  Some board members have more than that…Terrible human beings they must be according to you?

 

Like I've stated hitting a woman is a no go….but I can see where a self admitted "on coke" woman could make a baseless claim or that she would be confrontation as well. 

 

And for the above points those are great against drafting him which is why he fell but now after some years in the NFL…I mean C'mon Man.

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