Comments on: Oregon reinstates LeGarrette Blount

By: Takimto

Takimto — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:15:14 +0000

DR:

I don’t think the athletic department would be worried about the school being threatened. What grounds would they have for action? CK is essentially giving Blount an opportunity to practice football in exchange for a college degree. And if you want to play in the NFL, maybe don’t punch a guy. CK has said that he made the suspension season-long because he wanted to see how LGB would handle it, with the only goal being becoming a better person as opposed to acting good only to play again.

And in response to the charging the mound analogy, I’ll point you to Frank Francisco, who threw a chair into the crowd at an A’s game, breaking a woman’s nose. He was suspended 17 games, equivalent to a 2 game suspension in college football, as far as percentage of season goes. He still pitches for the Rangers 5 years later, and was even their closer this past season.

By: DR

DR — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:58:16 +0000

What he did was NOT akin to charging the mound. It would be like charging the mound, knocking the pitcher down, then punching your teammate that comes to calm you down, then shoving the security gaurd that is also trying to calm you down so that you can charge into the stands and go after opposing fans who are laughing at how ridiculously you are acting.

I applaud Kelly for suspending him, but also keeping him in the program so that he can finish school. It would have been really easy for him to just get him expelled and not have to worry about it anymore, but it seems that Kelly might actually give a damn about academics.

Unfortunately, I don’t think that the reinstatement is Kelly’s or the AD’s decision. Nothing was said about any of this until Blount and his family got some scuzzbag attourney to threaten the school.

By: Howard Cosell

Howard Cosell — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:15:48 +0000

Oregon 1st tried to get Elizabeth Lambert but she was too busy so was Mike Tyson.

By: Urban Oscar Meyer

Urban Oscar Meyer — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:15:43 +0000

“I sure wish that we would have handled the situation down here in Florida the same way as Chip Kelly has handled the Lagarrette Blount situation up in Oregon.

Our decision was entirely based on football while Kelly’s was not about football at all. If it was, Kelly would have reinstated Blount for the USC game. To prove it even more so the case, why didn’t kelly send the request last week for the Stanford game as he had made it clear that the Stanford game was the soonest that Blount could return; but he did not send the request.

Chip Kelly handled this situation very well; more coaches should look at him as a role model. He genuinely cares about his players and wants them to succeed in life and not only in football.”

By: BullGator

BullGator — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:02:52 +0000

Its about time. The sports nation COMPLETELY overreacted to this incident. If this were a baseball game, and he had charged the mound, it wouldn’t have even made it on YouTube or the local paper.

By: dan odiorne

dan odiorne — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:27:39 +0000

The Stanford game had nothing to do with offense. LGB doesn’t play defense- they steam rolled us.

By: Roger

Roger — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:09:56 +0000

Way to go Ducks, you already were a classless program this just adds to it!

By: Mickey

Mickey — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:22:37 +0000

In response, the Rose Bowl plans for heightened security in case Oregon wins Pac-10–
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By: Chip Kelly

Chip Kelly — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:18:47 +0000

We got our ass handed to ourselves at Stanford. So, first thing Monday morning we reinstated LeGarrette Blount. This is not about giving a kid a second chance. This is about reinforcing our chances at a the Rose Bowl.

Quite frankly Duck fans, we need this kid. We have not been to the Rose Bowl since 1995 and have not won since 1914. Sorry to be so blunt, but it is what it is.