Thaxton, Georgia and Thompson with legal issues all within a year. Another transfer yesterday.
Culture problems? Chaos in Knoxville? Pruitt lost control?
I think the answer to all of those questions is NO. But I’ve spent months reading about this being applied to Florida for the same exact issues.
These players who get accused are innocent until proven guilty. Young men do dumb things. No program is immune to players making bad choices.
Every single player that has been merely accused, not charged, but accused at UF has been kicked off the team, due in large part to outside pressure. I think taking away Thompson’s presumption of innocence and booting him off the team would be a bad precedent, just like I’m concerned about some of the guys UF let go without any charges even being filed, let alone any conviction.
Will be interesting to see how Pruitt and the University handle this.