WILLIS SUSPENDED PER DMN

by **SMU Football Blog** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 10:44 pm

couch 'em wrote:SMU can't catch a break because we don't GIVE ourselves a break. I can't imagine a team rule violation that would justify this. Willis can be punnished in ways that don't hurt the team and fans. Orsini's duty is now clear.

Settle down, Beavis. I am PO'd too, but we don't know what happened. It may be perfectly justifiable to suspend Willis. That being said, Bennett is responsible for these kids behavior, not just their punishment.

by **couch 'em** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 10:46 pm

SMU Football Blog wrote:
couch 'em wrote:SMU can't catch a break because we don't GIVE ourselves a break. I can't imagine a team rule violation that would justify this. Willis can be punnished in ways that don't hurt the team and fans. Orsini's duty is now clear.

Settle down, Beavis. I am PO'd too, but we don't know what happened. It may be perfectly justifiable to suspend Willis. That being said, Bennett is responsible for these kids behavior, not just their punishment.

I would think most anything bad enough to justify this would end in "SMU QB Willis Arrested" not a team rules violation. We shall see. It had better not be something stupid.

by **SMU Football Blog** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 10:49 pm

Yeah, if this is "Justin Willis was caught sneaking out of his girlfriend's sorority house after curfew," I am going to vomit.

by **PonySoprano** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 10:49 pm

couch 'em wrote:SMU can't catch a break because we don't GIVE ourselves a break. I can't imagine a team rule violation that would justify this. Willis can be punnished in ways that don't hurt the team and fans. Orsini's duty is now clear.

I disagree. I think you have to have punishments that impact the player and the team. If you don't, then there is no point in having team rules. A player is part of a team and his actions on and off the field impact the team. Players have responsibilities to themselves and to their teammates. Disiplinary actions should stress the point that you are not just hurting yourself, but your teammates too.

All that being said, it sucks that Willis is out for at least this game.

by **bagice** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 10:50 pm

I have got to go with Bennet on this one. If what Willis did was worth a suspension, then so be it.

My gut feeling tells me it is nothing serious since he is in El Paso with the team, maybe a curfew violation or something. IF Bennet says that if you do X then Y will happen and Willis did X then Bennet has no choice, he has to treat everyone on the team the same.

"Indefinately" doesn't scare me, he could reinstate him tomorrow, or during the game, or next week. Hopefully, this is just a minor bump.

by **ALEX LIFESON** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 11:04 pm

I can't express how down about this I am. This is unbelievable! Idon't know if I will even make the trip now. :evil:

by **jtstang** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 11:04 pm

Anybody remember what Bennett left Bartel at home for a couple years back? Curfew violation?

Oops. Oh well, we can still all be pleasantly surprised.

But maybe that rumor monger was only half right, since there was nothing about a receiver in the coverage (we'll get to that in the morning). Of course, he'll have nobody to throw to him now....

by **Mustangs35SMU** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 11:05 pm

....What the heck....

:shock:

by **KnuckleStang** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 11:06 pm

I think Bartel was slapped for participating in intramural ball. Oh, and also sucking.

by **jtstang** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 11:07 pm

KnuckleStang wrote:Oh, and also sucking.

Well, he was an SMU quarterback. Give him a break.

by **Pony_Fan** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 11:19 pm

He must have done something major for this sh*t to happen. What the hell.

by **Peruna88** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 11:22 pm

couch 'em wrote:All I can say is that the violated team rule had better be something along the lines of "Players shall not rape the daughters of any coaches" or somesuch.

Was that really necessary? :roll:

by **Big10Ponyfan** » Sat Oct 07, 2006 12:08 am

Obviously, it sounds like the coaching staff learned about this on Thursday, probably did some digging on what happened and made the decision.

I'm one for hoping our program reaching new heights, but I cannot tolerate actions by players when they put their agenda ahead of the team. Small or large, Bennett and his staff made a good call.

I'm glad Justin's here. We'll probably have a tough go in El Paso. Maybe he'll learn from this. Or he better learn from this. But that's life, and we're just going to have to deal with it.

Now, the onus is on Willis to rebuild the trust and confidence his teammate have in him. Willis let his program down.

by **03Mustang** » Sat Oct 07, 2006 12:11 am

Big10Ponyfan wrote:Obviously, it sounds like the coaching staff learned about this on Thursday, probably did some digging on what happened and made the decision.

I'm one for hoping our program reaching new heights, but I cannot tolerate actions by players when they put their agenda ahead of the team. Small or large, Bennett and his staff made a good call.

I'm glad Justin's here. We'll probably have a tough go in El Paso. Maybe he'll learn from this. Or he better learn from this. But that's life, and we're just going to have to deal with it.

Now, the onus is on Willis to rebuild the trust and confidence his teammate have in him. Willis let his program down.

How can you say it's a good move when we don't know what the issue is?

PhirePhil, where are you? Looks like you're about to leave the holding pattern.

by **Big10Ponyfan** » Sat Oct 07, 2006 12:17 am

Because I'm going to trust their judgment on it. They certainly had enough to make this call, and that's good enough for me. I have no sympathy for Justin on this.

When you screw up, you suffer the consequences.

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