'09 TN DL Daniel Hood (merged)

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#277
CO Vol said:
How good of a decision maker were you at 13. I know, I know you deal with this often, but maybe that has made your opinion skewed.

I think you look for pattern of behavior. Some people are just scumbags, period. I think this was a wrong place, wrong time incident. Sure he could have made a better decison and regrets to this day he had, but if you haven't walked a mile in someone else's shoes, then you are making biased judgements.
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That is exactly how I view this. Plus, the initial intent was a prank that got out of hand. It is not like he was a thug (past history of incidents) and went looking for someone to rape.
 
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#278
Does anyone know who his father is? Former baseball coach at a local high school? Let me just say he comes by it honest.
 
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#279
Anyone not comparing college football (in today's generation, anyway) to a job is kidding themselves. It is basically thinking of it as "temp-to-hire" or "entry level" even if there is no monetary compensation for playing (usually....)

But because with how college football works, especially at a university like ours, image is a very big thing and any AD (acting as a hiring manager) should be considered well within his powers to pass on this kid's background check.

There's a difference between some measly Lane Kiffin accusations and secondary violations and this. I don't think this has much to do with his forgiveness, he can definitely be a changed young adult for all I know and he may never even look at a spider with a sinister thought again, but he shouldn't be given any special treatments.
 
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#280
rallen said:
My goodness we are talking about a 17 year old kid who made a mistake, let the hate go! If we have this Hate, we are as sick as him! He can be healed from this mistake. We all fall short. I'm not casting a stone at this kid. Let it go!
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Sounds like a good idea to me!
 
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#281
Ericvol2096 said:
I think people associate Memphis with crime/criminals....its an ignorant generalization.
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Have you actually looked at the criminal statistics for Memphis? I don't mean to smear a city, but it does have a high crime rate so let's not be PC to hide the facts.
 
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head1 said:
Never had any legal problems not even a speeding ticket, and I have enforced the law for over 10 years. I have seen enough faces of victims of things like this that I will not just forgive someone that easily. You can sit behind your desks and talk about forgiveness but when you have seen this over and over first hand and what it does to people it wouldnt be so easy.

You can keep preaching forgiveness in here all you want, I am a Christian, probably spend more time in church than most of you going off on the Jesus tangent. God can forgive him but right now I dont feel like this kid needs to be a part of this University, period.

My letter is already in to Mike Hamilton and I am sure there will be plenty more. I am done with this its a losing battle some of you are just too high and mighty in your perfect worlds to see the problem this is.
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What an extremely arrogant and baseless comment.

It's funny how you blatantly tout the fact you are a Christian (which means Christ-like), then turn around and refuse to forgive a fellow child of God. Don't be such a hypocrite.
 
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EricFreakingBerry said:
Anyone not comparing college football (in today's generation, anyway) to a job is kidding themselves. It is basically thinking of it as "temp-to-hire" or "entry level" even if there is no monetary compensation for playing (usually....)

But because with how college football works, especially at a university like ours, image is a very big thing and any AD (acting as a hiring manager) should be considered well within his powers to pass on this kid's background check.

There's a difference between some measly Lane Kiffin accusations and secondary violations and this. I don't think this has much to do with his forgiveness, he can definitely be a changed young adult for all I know and he may never even look at a spider with a sinister thought again, but he shouldn't be given any special treatments.
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Ok. so you want good press. How bout a good story of former criminal having success with character and football. . .. . sounds pretty good attention to me.
 
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#287
That is exactly how I view this. Plus, the initial intent was a prank that got out of hand. It is not like he was a thug (past history of incidents) and went looking for someone to rape.
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He was involved in raping his cousin. How can anyone defend that?
 
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#288
BYUVol said:
I'm sorry, I do admit I'm a bit rusty with the Verse, where is it written that he forgot?
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Thats a pretty far peace, in that great expanse there is no room for rememberance. I find no examples of Christ ever bringing rememberance to an individual of their sins?

FWIW I do pastor a Baptist Church, If you want the exact scripture, I'll give it to you in a few minutes, if you want me to do that.
 
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I would bet that CLK and his staff went over this decision very carefully. My bet is that this was not done out of desperation as some here have indicated. My bet also is that it is the right decision, even though the easy and popular decision would be to do what the other schools have done which is to ban him.
 
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EricFreakingBerry said:
Anyone not comparing college football (in today's generation, anyway) to a job is kidding themselves. It is basically thinking of it as "temp-to-hire" or "entry level" even if there is no monetary compensation for playing (usually....)

But because with how college football works, especially at a university like ours, image is a very big thing and any AD (acting as a hiring manager) should be considered well within his powers to pass on this kid's background check.

There's a difference between some measly Lane Kiffin accusations and secondary violations and this. I don't think this has much to do with his forgiveness, he can definitely be a changed young adult for all I know and he may never even look at a spider with a sinister thought again, but he shouldn't be given any special treatments.
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Of course not, he should have to work his way on the team, show good character, stay out of trouble, be a leader, and make sure the team accepts him.
 
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#292
quick thoughts...
1. Where did he go to high school? Science Hill?
2. Has he been in any type of trouble since the incident at 13?
3. I saw where Ole Miss has offered. Anyone else?
4. I am okay with this as long as the leash is VERY short, and as long as there has been no other incidents since the one in question.
 
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#293
Vol_4_Life said:
He was involved in raping his cousin. How can anyone defend that?
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No one is defending him for that. It's not our job to hand out punishments though. We forgive him and move on which is most likely what he wants to do, but people wont let him. This is the same problem with most churches today and honestly the christian faith itself.
 
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#294
Oldvol75 said:
Thats a pretty far peace, in that great expanse there is no room for rememberance. I find no examples of Christ ever bringing rememberance to an individual of their sins?

FWIW I do pastor a Baptist Church, If you want the exact scripture, I'll give it to you in a few minutes, if you want me to do that.
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I'm your side man as seen before. however, what city do you live in man.
 
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HwyChile said:
The facts were not written by his lawyer. They were written by the court after interviewing all the witnesses, including the victim. It was a prank that got out of hand.
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Even if it were a prank gone bad, the rape still took place. No excuse is acceptable. What concerns me more is reading the assesments on this kid. In twenty years of working these type cases I have never witnessed a "converted sex offender". The risks in this situation far outweigh the reward.

*sidenote I have asked the Lord's forgiveness for the above post!
 
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#297
volguy0992 said:
Ok. so you want good press. How bout a good story of former criminal having success with character and football. . .. . sounds pretty good attention to me.
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I'm not disagreeing with that. It would be good press, but playing the role as an AD you seriously have to weigh the factors:

Will he turn out to be that feel good story?

Or will the media spin something the way THEY want to and give my school (company) grief?

It could end up being neither. He could make it onto the team and no one will ever bring it up and he could be successful. He could wash out and transfer.

But as an AD you have to seriously decide if you are okay with the risk. I'm just saying there's nothing wrong with the frame of mind that you allow this kid to make his amends somewhere else in another way. It doesn't mean that you can't personally forgive him, it just means that you're doing what you think is best in your role with a major university.
 
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#299
How is this even a topic? The kid was charged with kidnapping and aggravated rape. This is not the type of players the University of Tennessee needs or wants on our football team!!!
 
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vols7882 said:
How is this even a topic? The kid was charged with kidnapping and aggravated rape. This is not the type of players the University of Tennessee needs or wants on our football team!!!
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My hopes are that the OP is full of sh##
 
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