Phil On With Norm - Discusses Willis Suspension

Col. Nathan R. Jessep · Thu Oct 12, 2006 10:47 am

jtstang wrote:This is all affected by a society in which people can get on internet chat rooms and say anything without stating their names.

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Yeah JT, I heard that, too. Ok, ok.

My name is really Jack Nicholson.

PonyCat · Post by **PonyCat** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 10:47 am

Phil was great. Agree or disagree with the current situation, it was good to SMU portrayed as a school doing it the right way.

BrianTinBigD · Post by **BrianTinBigD** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 10:47 am

How about a world where I can buy a ticket and yell at the Head Coach about the stupidity of the swinging gate?

Jeffrey Lebowski · Post by **Jeffrey Lebowski** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 10:49 am

My name is Jeffrey Lebowski...I'm the Dude. So that's what you call me. You know, that or, uh, His Dudeness, or uh, Duder, or El Duderino if you're not into the whole brevity thing." ...

ThadFilms · Post by **ThadFilms** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 10:49 am

"I'm not going to lie to you - you know my situation - we need to win."

BrianTinBigD · Post by **BrianTinBigD** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 10:51 am

Still want to know why this is the right way. This whole process is so un-American it makes me sick. This is a he said/he said situation where no charges have been filed and no trial or presentation of all the evidence has even been attempted. Instead a knee jerk reaction was made, Willis has been suspended, and the team has suffered. Not sure how this is the right way. I work of the theory that everyone is presumed innocent first and until I have compelling evidence that Willis was in the wrong then I assume he did nothing wrong.

Stallion · Post by **Stallion** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 10:58 am

I think the initial suspension was justied since I believe there is no dispute that an assault took place and the police were investigating filing criminal charges. I don't think SMU should play players who are immediately under suspicion of imminent criminal charges being filed. Today those charges still haven't been filed and unless there are indications that they will be or there are aggravating circumstances which I am unaware of-I think he should play at least until they are filed.

Col. Nathan R. Jessep · Thu Oct 12, 2006 11:05 am

Still listening to Norm- and he is obviously uninformed.

He's giving credit to PB for making this decision. C'mon, this was NEVER PB's decision.

mrydel · Post by **mrydel** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 11:08 am

Did anyone ask about Sanders?

SMU Football Blog · Post by **SMU Football Blog** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 11:10 am

mrydel wrote:Did anyone ask about Sanders?

Ask? You must not listen to the ticket much. Callers are few and far between. I think they took one call in the last hour.

mrydel · Post by **mrydel** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 11:13 am

Did Norm ask about Sanders?

FloridaMustang · Post by **FloridaMustang** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 11:14 am

Stallion - I agree completely.. however, the problem is partly that he hit another STUDENT.. and therefore also partly because the university itself has to get involved.. which therein lies another problem: this academia of this university love to supercede the Athletics Dept. and that's why we're here today, still waiting.

Fall break may have had a small part in this.. since 2 students have to sit on this "board" of theirs.. but if they really wanted to get it resolved, I'm sure they could have attempted to be a little more resourceful.

MustangStealth · Post by **MustangStealth** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 11:24 am

I agree with Stallion. At this point, they need to let him play if the situation is still so nebulous.

RGV Pony · Post by **RGV Pony** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 1:44 pm

Did PB mention that he/we are scratchin' clawin' bitin' and kickin'? Then again, maybe Willis took that in a literal sense...