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Aaron Hernandez being questioned about homicide.

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ConnHuskBask said:
No offense to the Bristolites on the Yard but when I was at UConn (05-09) whenever there was an issue or just someone being scumbag at a party, they were invariably from Bristol.

Now, maybe after 4 years it was just a random coincidence that kept happening, but man I highly doubt it.
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There's a reason I didn't go to a school where a lot of Bristolites would be at. I have goals in life.
 
Palatine said:
Two brothers.

One went to UConn.

One went to Florida.
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Really. He should have gone to UConn. He would have had his brother to guide him through his freshman year and his family would have been nearby. Karma is a funny thing.
 
BugsyCT said:
As a lifelong Bristol resident and Bristol Central H.S. grad, this news is certainly disappointing and disheartening. (But then again, we now have ESPN to be ashamed about too, so.... :mad:)

Angered that AH would allow himself to get mixed up with the wrong people to the point where it could/will cost him everything (reputation, promising football career, etc.) His father was well-respected in the community(had a huge turnout for his wake when he passed a few years ago), loved his kids and their potential athletic careers, and has gotta be spinning in his grave about this.

Sickening how hard it is for some athletes to stay out of trouble. So easy to get lured by temptation by being in the limelight.

Sad to say to make light of it, but by comparison DJ keeping that kid's wristband with the opponent's playcalls on it doesn't look so bad anymore.
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Dennis Hernandez was a great guy and if he wasn't dead, it would have killed him to see one of his boys turn out like this. This guy has been a trainwreck waiting to happen since he went to Fl and he's finally gone off the tracks. Who cares if he smoked some weed. He may have shot and killed one person, shot and blinded another, and brandished his gun on several other occassions.
 
JayRU09 said:
Long time no post, but since I grew up with Aaron (well, DJ really since we're the same age):

In Bristol it's easy to come from a good family and get caught up with the wrong people. You grow up playing sports with them, you become friends with them, and you don't really realize until around middle school that they're not the best stock, but by then for some kids it's too late, they're your friends. And in Bristol there's this mentality, like many other towns, that you impress you friends with drugs and alcohol. It's easy for kids to get dragged down by this stuff.

Also, and this may be hard to believe, but he was ALWAYS in his brother's shadow until about his sophomore/junior year when his football career started to really take off. DJ was near legendary growing up. We had five plays in youth football, DJ go left, DJ go right, DJ go short, DJ go long, DJ up the middle. In the sport of basketball he was near untouchable at his age, and well, he got the adulation for that.

Aaron was an uncoordinated kid growing up and would try to keep up with his brother but never could, and with his father's passing it's just really easy to see how he could be mixed in with the wrong crowd. A father dying and your older brother gets all of the praise, it has to be tough. It's terrible but it happens. I'm thankful that DJ still has his head on straight.
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That's bullshit. He was named the top tight end in the country in high school by mnay recruiting services. He also was an all league basketball player. Yes, his father died when he was a senior in HS. But if his father heard someon use that as an excuse for Aaron's behavior he'd probably punch you out. And Dennis was a mellow guy.
 
UConnSportsGuy said:
Have to wonder if part of the reason the Hernandez family wanted him to go to Florida was to get away from the bad influences he had surrounded himself with in Bristol (as going to UConn he would have stayed local and tight with the 'cancerous' friends). Obviously there was the football decision that drew him to FL, but you have to wonder if this may have played a part as well in the family's decision to push for FL.

Then, he gets drafted by the Patriots and returns to New England. While getting drafted by the Patriots was a God-send career wise for him, you wonder if it was horrible for him off the field as it brought him right back to the people he was trying to be pushed away from by his loved ones. While he may not have been an all-pro level TE if he was drafted by Kansas City or Denver (for instance), he may have not ended up in such a horrible place off the field.

All that being said...this is on him. You can blame the people around him and the influences all we want...but at the end of the day he is a grown man and makes his own decisions in life. If he "comes from a good family and is from good stock", then he should have known better than to get himself to this point in his life.
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His family did not want him to go to Florida, but they respected his wishes. That is the only mistake his family made.
 
formerlurker said:
Man, times have sure changed. I went to UConn from 88-92 and all of the trouble makers and scumbags back then were from Eastern or Sigma Chi.
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When I went they were usually guys on the football team.That said I knew a lot of great guys on the football team. However, it seemed when there were fisticuffs going on, often one of the participants was a football player.
 
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hthusky74 said:
When I went they were usually guys on the football team.That said I knew a lot of great guys on the football team. However, it seemed when there were fisticuffs going on, often one of the participants was a football player.
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By any chance were you there in the early 90's? Because that was pretty much the case back then.
 
Waquoit said:
If this incident is indeed about the weed, it never would have happened if weed was legal.
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Weed's always been easily available. What's more available now are guns (and maybe some roids to get you in the mood). And Aaron has the added benefit of Stand Your Ground to fall back on thanks to the non-Prius owners. I suppose if everybody in that car had a gun this never would have happened.
 
hthusky74 said:
That's bull . He was named the top tight end in the country in high school by mnay recruiting services. He also was an all league basketball player. Yes, his father died when he was a senior in HS. But if his father heard someon use that as an excuse for Aaron's behavior he'd probably punch you out. And Dennis was a mellow guy.
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Obviously he was a great athlete in high school, but when he was younger he was in the shadow of DJ. That can have an effect on a kid.

I'm not saying it as an excuse for him, but these things don't happen in a vacuum. Something got him into those crowds that didn't happen to his brother.
 
Carl Spackler said:
Yeah, you know what, all those punks at the Upper Deck deserved it.

LOL!!!
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Yes, some of the time. The poor kid who came back to our floor puking in the bathroom who nearly got killed by one of the thugs on the football team, not so much. I won't name names here, but what a piece of this kid was. Wonder if you knew him Carl.....
 
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JayRU09 said:
Obviously he was a great athlete in high school, but when he was younger he was in the shadow of DJ. That can have an effect on a kid.

I'm not saying it as an excuse for him, but these things don't happen in a vacuum. Something got him into those crowds that didn't happen to his brother.
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He chose to get involved with those crowds and the chickens are coming home to roost. It's too bad, the kid was obviously talented, but was not a person of integrity.
 
Jimmy Serrano said:
This is really mind boggling. If you're a pro athlete making millions of dollars you can't find a good reason not to murder someone? Destroyed home security system and his lawyer hands over his cell phone in pieces.

He's finished.

And UConn will never be mentioned in any national stories. Please with that nonsense.
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From Sports lllustrated:

Hernandez was the youngest player in the NFL, 20, at the start of his rookie season. He's still just 23.

Hernandez's older brother, D.J., has been well respected in his career as a college assistant coach at Brown, the University of Miami, and now the University of Iowa. Hernandez was a two-time captain as quarterback and receiver at the University of Connecticut.

Both brothers had to endure the loss of their father, Dennis, in 2006 at the age of 49 due to complications from hernia surgery. D.J. was 19, Aaron 16 at the time. The death of Hernandez's father was one of the reasons why Hernandez decommitted from UConn and chose to play for coach Urban Meyer and the Gators.

This article, from the Daily Beast/Newsweek mixes up DJ and Aaron:

The current investigation is not the first time that Hernandez, a former quarterback and receiver at the University of Connecticut, has stood accused. On June 13, Alexander S. Bradley filed a civil lawsuit against Hernandez in Florida, seeking over $100,000 in damages from the football player whom he claims purposefully shot him with an unregistered gun.

I've seen several articles that have a passing reference to AH's decommitting from UConn. While Butch is correct in the regard that it's a part of AH's bio, I don't see how it will hurt UConn. DJ is mentioned in a few articles as a fine, upstanding man.
 
I never said it is going to hurt UConn. Reading comprehension. This man is the highest rated commit UConn ever had.
 
Play for Randy at Maryland or become a convicted murderer.

Simple recruiting pitch.
 
"We're making headlines in football and basketball but football in the worst way. Never imagined such a day. "

Drama queen. So if you're not implying that this will hurt UConn, what exactly are you trying to say?
 
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Matt (Chicago) said:
"We're making headlines in football and basketball but football in the worst way. Never imagined such a day. "

Drama queen. So if you're not implying that this will hurt UConn, what exactly are you trying to say?
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Worst way = murder. You read gossip magazines, don't you?
 
UConn is not "making headlines" in the AH case. It never will. A passing mention that he was a former commit and some hack mixing up DJ with his brother does not mean that UConn is "making headlines in the worst possible way".

Nan has it right. A passing mention here and there, a screw up here or there.....but this will in no way, shape, or form hurt UConn.
 
Jimmy Serrano said:
UConn is not "making headlines" in the AH case. It never will. A passing mention that he was a former commit and some hack mixing up DJ with his brother does not mean that UConn is "making headlines in the worst possible way".

Nan has it right. A passing mention here and there, a screw up here or there.....but this will in no way, shape, or form hurt UConn.
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Florida Florida Florida
 
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All we need now is a high speed chase in a white Audi with a bunch State Troopers in tow down 84.

Oh wait, too much traffic.
 
Drama? Forgive me for not talking enough trash here on this message board. I'll just be nice and put you back on ignore.
 
Since I don't care to check what you typed, I meant this football section, not the Cesspool. Waaaaaaaa.

Anyhow, please continue on.
 
FWIW, I got the marijuana association in this murder from a tweet posted on the basketball board's thread on this story. Bristol is still a ghetto wannabe.

Can't find any proof marijuana is associated with this murder. Thankfully. But the mention of him smoking weed might help get it legalized. It's medical use will expand here, eventually.

Also, I take back what I said. He does look disturbed. Too bad for him. The media is probably going to devour him.
 
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