Suspensions Announced

[volhoopsfan001]

Whether or not you think it was a slap on the wrist or overboard, I'm willing to bet it was done to have minimal impact on the team and maximum effect on damage control for the image of the school.

It probably was done to have minimal impact on the team, but it has done nothing for damage control - the flood gates have been opened. I mean, here we are mid-week before a big game, and all the sports talk is surrounding the discipline (or lack of) at Tennessee. Aren't players suspended for the first-half of a game for things like being late for team meetings, etc.? Foster is arrested, and gets suspended for a half? I'm not even saying that the suspensions aren't harsh enough, but it's all about perception. Since he is a starter, and he suspension was the least, it is perceived as special treatment. If Fulmer had suspended Foster for the entire game, then sports talk wouldn't even be talking about this subject - we would be talking about the game. (And truthfully, with the performance of our running game for most of the year, what would it really hurt to suspend him for a game anyway?)

I think John Adams was talking in a sarcastic manner on the News Sentinel Sports Page this morning, but he was saying that the slap-on-the-wrist suspension was actually good for recruiting, because recruits that see theirselves as starters would see that the starter only got suspended for half-a-game. Now a couple of callers are calling in and agreeing with the statement. ---- I hate being compared to Miami because of off-field issues.

 

[duct_tape_wallet]

Suspend Foster, but only for passes.