Everyone deserves a 2nd chance (3rd or 4th), for Mr Barnwell, that chance should not, and probably will not be at Rutgers.
Resolution of Assault Case Against Former RU Football Players
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It was reported that it was dance appreciation that he failed and the performances they are required to attend are on campus or at the State Theater.
http://www.nj.com/rutgersfootball/i...iling_grade_in_easy_a_dance_class_sparke.html
It was my understanding that it was theater appreciation, if not, I stand corrected on the name of the class and acknowledge that the difficulty in juggling schedules would be less onerous. Irrespective, I appreciate the challenges of student athletes and their adjustment to what is a more rigorous and demanding regime.
Oh. My bad.I thought this was about his younger brother Elijah who will be a juniorRB/CB at P_Way next year and prolly a top 5 player, if not #1, in Jersey.
Pass on Barnwell.
Trouble getting to a play. He could have walked home and borrowed the car from mom and dad.
Get in a fight. Surprise that happened when you choose to hang out with Peele who couldn't stay out of trouble and some guys that were regularly robbing houses. Bet my house Barnwell knew about that deal. Kids gotta be cool and brag.
Leave your coach out to dry. He went out on a limb and Barnwell couldn't live up to the most basic commitments.
Kid doesn't deserve anymore chances.
Trouble getting to a play. He could have walked home and borrowed the car from mom and dad.
Get in a fight. Surprise that happened when you choose to hang out with Peele who couldn't stay out of trouble and some guys that were regularly robbing houses. Bet my house Barnwell knew about that deal. Kids gotta be cool and brag.
Leave your coach out to dry. He went out on a limb and Barnwell couldn't live up to the most basic commitments.
Kid doesn't deserve anymore chances.
Being stupid is clearly not a crime. Whether Flod was stupidly trying to help the kid out or selfishly trying to keep him eligible (or both) we will never know but what Flood did does not come close to what has gone on in a lot of other places (Baylor ie) so I believe that his sins were not so great that had we hung on at Wash St and Maryland, and come back to beat Mich St we would have been 7 - 5, bowl eligible and Flood just might still be here. So, whether being stupid is a crime or not, his being stupid got us a new coaching staff and a whole new beginning, so, I'll take that in a heart beat.
True but a couple of others got off very easy too. Let's make the stupid guy take the fall. Lol
Somewhat agree, but at the end of the day, it is about choices they made in who they hung out with and where they went. If it was me, and I was with the group that surrounded the kid that Stephenson punched, I would have said something to stop it, or I would have said to the other guys, that I was out of there because this could result in bad consequences. The head football coach is not a 24 hour a day babysitter for grown men. At a certain point in life, they have to take responsibility for their own lives, and not blame others like their coach or someone else for not being led properly.
This. We're not talking about dogging it in practice and workouts, where fear of a coach is relevant. We're talking about criminal activity. Fear of a coach shouldn't be part of the equation.
