Quote:Yes.

 

I mean... maybe not sit in his dorm doing nothing.

But don't be in places where bad things happen to "good kids"

 

Nothing good happens after midnight.

 

I mean... how much life have you lived?

I've been 16, 18, 21, 30... The bar scene doesn't change. It's bad.

 

If I'm a coach. I don't want my kids in those situations. I don't care if you're old enough. Someone is going to put you in a position you don't want to be in.

If you're an NFL player... I don't want you going out during the season. And if you do you better not get in trouble, as a grown man the excuses aren't there anymore.

 

Go read. Be a better student. Study your game be a better player. Go visit with family and friends at the house. Go play video games with some buds.

 

Sorry. I won't be making excuses for these kids. That's how you get Justin Blackmons and Greg Hardys and Josh Gordons, Aaron Hernadez. Guys that just never get it right because they are always doing wrong and someone always gives them a second chance. And in most instances hurt others just as much as themselves.

 

But hey... hate me for being a meany poo poo head if you want.

No one hates you for what you're saying, just disagreeing. 

 

Humans make mistakes. It's not anyone's job to cast them aside. That is where the real trouble starts. You throw out Hardy, Blackmon, Gordon etc. Those are outliers to the norm. They were given, 2, 3, even 4 shots and blew it. Should they continue being picked up and played on an NFL team? Probably not, but the worst thing you can do with guys like that is dismiss them. 

 

Even Kiffin, he went back and paid his dues, and given a shot. No one is perfect, far from it. That is us, that is humans. 

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