FC: taylor arrest exposes bama

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See the link. saban and bama are facing criticism for giving jonathan taylor a second chance. It didn't work.

From the article:

"Alabama gave Taylor a "second chance." Taylor needed all of 80 days on campus to blow it. Never mind that Taylor should have never been on Alabama's campus to begin with.

At a time when the NFL and other pro sports have increased their awareness about domestic violence, following high-profile incidents involving Ray Rice and others, Alabama took a foolish chance on Taylor for one reason. After watching Ohio State's offensive line push around his defensive line in a 42-35 loss in the semifinals of the College Football Playoff, Saban wanted to make sure it didn't happen again.

So Alabama signed Taylor. If Taylor had managed to stay out of trouble -- and, oh, avoid criminal convictions and prison time for his previous arrests in Georgia -- he might have immediately bolstered the Crimson Tide's defensive front.

Make no mistake: Alabama's decision wasn't about rehabilitation and second chances. It was about winning, and now the Crimson Tide look like big losers -- from the top down. It's not like Alabama is Louisville, where Cardinals coach Bobby Petrino seems to take any SEC reject as he tries to build his program. The Crimson Tide have the pick of the litter when it comes to recruiting. For whatever reason, they chose a troubled prospect with fleas."

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Culture.

taylor and bama

 

[Blueblood4eva]

Bad dude and his girlfriend is 5 ft 11 inches and 170 lbs. Not too surprised doors get holes punched in them when they go at it.Wonder if Saban sent her a letter to recruit him? Admissions says it made no difference that he played football since they normally admit students with multiple felony arrests. Even grant them full scholarships, I guess. Hey, other SEC schools wanted him too. Must have had great SAT scores.

 

[LaJolla Lion]

Saint Nick was going to have him on a tight leash.....

and they were going to turn him around. Every school has a few bad eggs and there is no way around it. The problem here is the bad egg was seen, labeled, and their will be zero accountability for the guy that pulled the strings to make this occur. You know why, he's a damn good football coach so the safety of the other students and community get put on the back burner when he wants something.

 

[Mister Magoo]

Mark Richt throws these kids out of Georgia....Rest of SEC doesn't mind


They take em. I'm no Georgia fan. But, Richt seems to be a pretty straight shooter. I can see why we were interested in him after Nov 11.

 

[LaJolla Lion]

Re: Mark Richt throws these kids out of Georgia....Rest of SEC doesn't mind

Not sure how true it is, but LSU's compliance office said no way in hell is he even visiting after he got booted from UGa. It means at the very least Les had to ask.

 

[Ten Thousan Marbles]

This guy has to be juicing. *

v

 

[ga.lion]

Univ of Georgia throws these kids out

Let's not put the Coach on too high a pedestal. If he was that honorable many of these kids would not be recruited in the first place.

 

[Bayou Lion]

Add Louisville to that list $$$$$

Nm

 

[demlion]

The arrest in GA last July allegedly involved strangulation.


That, alone, is enough to invoke harsher penalties under GA law and SHOULD HAVE, if Saban gave a flying Fnck, excluded this disaster from joining Bama's team.

So this is not about giving a guy a second chance. This is about taking a guy who was charged with felonies because his abuse was so severe and turning him loose in the community where your FB team resides.

Strangulation is very near the top of every lethality assessment checklist in use in this country today. It is usually right after weapons use in the analysis of who is most likely to kill their partner. No f'ing way this guy gets a second chance from anyone who is paying attention. Saban is very lucky Taylor did not kill that woman.

 

[demlion]

Difference between a bad egg and a strangler. Decent argument

that this guy should have been in jail in GA, awaiting trial. If he is free, he will kill a woman. Mark it down.

 

[Cletus11]

Saban is just like Pete Caroll. He has a set of henchman that do what is needed to keep the recruits coming in and happy. And Saban NEVER knows anything other than it is being taken care of. Gives him plausible deniability. Same as Tressel at OSU. That is the new way of doing things. Tell some underlings to do the dirty work and make sure they never mention it to the head coach so he can deny he knows.

 

[fairgambit]

Just more of the same from the cesspool known as SEC football.*****

*****

 

[ApexLion]

Dem, we wanted big-time football so that's we get


Stranglers tackle well apparently.

Seriously, if the viewing public and the alums pushed back we would not have this ridiculous situation in D1 sports.

Saban is just playing within the rules -- sign stranglers until they strangle again.

 

[fairgambit]

Re: Dem, we wanted big-time football so that's we get

Originally posted by ApexLion:

Stranglers tackle well apparently.

Seriously, if the viewing public and the alums pushed back we would not have this ridiculous situation in D1 sports.

Saban is just playing within the rules -- sign stranglers until they strangle again.

I'm surprised Saban stuck his neck out.

 

[Dr. Feelgood]

Nick knew...obviously***

nfn

 

[demlion]

Its sickening. *


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[demlion]

If he wanted to know how lethal this guy was it would not have been hard to

find out.

 

[bkmtnittany1]

Re: If he wanted to know how lethal this guy was it would not have been hard to

Urbie will give him a shot....tell everyone in the media that the poor lad needs to find Jesus or something....