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Bouknight applies for rebab program to drop charges

Shine33 said:
Exactly. Just old sexually frustrated and self righteous administrators tying another kid to the whipping post and patting their own backs
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I couldn't tell whether this was hyperbole or satire, but UCDaveD liked it, so I'll guess hyperbole.

 
JB75 said:
There’s prolly a decent chance the Florida game will remain reasonably close 5-8 pts. And there’s probably a 50/50 chance we will be a bubble team come March- and the fla game cud very well be our make or break game come tourney committee time. So by sitting him for this game on top of what he’s already feeling/dealing with, might be more significant season-wise than we are realizing now in November. But I bet some of us will point to him missing the fla game come tourney time as why we missed out on the tournament- I know I’m being a bit over dramatic but u have to admit, there’s a decent chance I’m accurate in my prediction. Hope he plays., the seasons worth it.
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That is an unreasonably high percentage.
 
intlzncster said:
That is an unreasonably high percentage.
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If I'm reading him right, that mean's it's 50/50 to get onto the bubble, and then on the bubble it'd be 50/50 to make the tournament. So it's really a 25% chance to make the tournament. That sounds right to me.
 
Huskyforlife said:
The pole he hit could've been a person, he shouldn't get a pass because he plays for your favorite basketball team.
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He's not getting a pass. He was arrested and has a court date. He will also have the university to deal with. Those are the same two things a "regular" student has to deal with. A regular student doesn't get a basketball suspension and catch hell from his coach because he doesn't play basketball. Because of this you could almost argue Bouknight is getting additional punishment to what a regular student gets. And don't even start with the basketball players are held to a higher standard bit when your main complaint is they should be being treated equally to a regular student. Can't have it both ways.
 
UCDaveD said:
So now we convict and punish based on hypotheticals? It could have been a group of nuns shepherding orphans too, but it wasn’t. It was a damn pole.
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Yes, because drunk drivers never kill anyone. Great job missing the point.
 
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Clockshop said:
I also had Rob Britt represent me for accelerated rehabilitation...and that was awhile ago.
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I knew Rob when I was a court officer. He is a good guy who always had his clients best interests first.
 
auror said:
If I'm reading him right, that mean's it's 50/50 to get onto the bubble, and then on the bubble it'd be 50/50 to make the tournament. So it's really a 25% chance to make the tournament. That sounds right to me.
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I'm probably at 10‰ making the tournament, but I can get making a case for 25%.
 
Huskyforlife said:
Reckless/distracted drivers never kill anyone, another tremendous job missing the point.
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You accused him of drunk driving, yet I missed the point? Ok. Your making your judgement based off of the assumption he was drunk. He should be judged on what he was charged with. Accusing a 18-19 year old of something unfounded on a message board is irresponsible. Anyone in this thread who has even insinuated he was drunk driving or that he stole a car are doing far more bad than good. It’s not fair to the young man. He’s already made enough mistakes in this situation. He doesn’t need you or any one else on this board pushing unfounded accusations
 
AntG168 said:
You accused him of drunk driving, yet I missed the point? Ok. Your making your judgement based off of the assumption he was drunk. He should be judged on what he was charged with. Accusing a 18-19 year old of something unfounded on a message board is irresponsible. Anyone in this thread who has even insinuated he was drunk driving or that he stole a car are doing far more bad than good. It’s not fair to the young man. He’s already made enough mistakes in this situation. He doesn’t need you or any one else on this board pushing unfounded accusations
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The officer smelled alchohol on him, on a friday night at 1:30 in the morning, after he crashed a vehicle into a pole, so we can agree to disagree on the likelyhood he was drinking. But whether or not he was drinking isnt my point, he could've seriously injured somebody at minimum, and was very fortunate the pole was the only thing he hit. Combine that with the fact that he doesn't have a drivers license, and running from the police, a 3 game suspension is the least he should do, imo.
 
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Huskyforlife said:
The officer smelled alchohol on him, on a friday night at 1:30 in the morning, after he crashed a vehicle into a pole, so we can agree to disagree on the likelyhood he was drinking. But whether or not he was drinking isnt my point, he could've seriously injured somebody at minimum, and was very fortunate the pole was the only thing he hit. Combine that with the fact that he doesn't have a drivers license, and running from the police, a 3 game suspension is the least he should do, imo.
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The officer smelled alcohol. Not “on him”. The girl who’s car he was driving was admittedly passed out drunk. Maybe that could explain he smell of alcohol. The point is you have ZERO idea if he was under the influence. And to insinuate so is irresponsible. I say the first 2 games is enough. Anything else is cutting off your nose to spite your face. It’d be unnecessary imo
 
AntG168 said:
The officer smelled alcohol. Not “on him”. The girl who’s car he was driving was admittedly passed out drunk. Maybe that could explain he smell of alcohol. The point is you have ZERO idea if he was under the influence. And to insinuate so is irresponsible. I say the first 2 games is enough. Anything else is cutting off your nose to spite your face. It’d be unnecessary imo
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I think 2 or 3 is splitting hairs, I said 3 because of the significance of the 3rd game.
 
Shine33 said:
The problem is I don’t believe Hurley is the one making the primary decision here. I could be wrong but it seems the University Administration is handling out the disciplinary action and Hurley kind of has to go along with it. It seems Hurley has already disciplined him.

Back in the day I got caught by UW with honestly a small nugget of marijuana. I was charged with drug possession, fined and had to take classes with instructors telling me how unsafe and dangerous marijuana is.
A few years later, it’s completely legal in Washington.
Not saying what I did was right. But these Public Universities have a tendency to overreact on their punishments and I feel what Bouk will have to go through is similar to what I had to go through and even worse.
Which is why i don’t agree with it.

They act is it these guys can’t learn from their mistakes without beating a dead horse over their heads for months and months. It’s excessive and doesn’t work. I still smoke marijuana legally now and I’m a fully functional adult. Good job UW
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As I’ve said in a few posts, the judicial system will give it punishment, the school will give it some punishment and Hurley will give his punishment. That’s just the way things work when you screw up at a University. Frankly, Hurley is probably the least of Bouk’s problems, right now, though he is probably the most visible to him day to day.

I do worry about the school overreacting.
 
UCDaveD said:
Agree to disagree.

Have the kid run until he pukes for several practices, sit him for a game, and move on.

New England administrators and their holier than thou attitude is a bigger threat to the program than James Bouknight’s bender.
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Walk back duly noted. Originally you said the whole thing should just be swept under the rug.
 
Huskyforlife said:
I think 2 or 3 is splitting hairs, I said 3 because of the significance of the 3rd game.
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He most likely will be suspended for that third game and probably beyond. But it makes no sense to pile on just for him to miss "important" games. Every game is important for this team and keeping him out of games with national interest just for that purpose only hurts the program.
 
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CL82 said:
Walk back duly noted. Originally you said the whole thing should just be swept under the rug.
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I haven’t walked anything back. Internal punishment and a vague “violation of team rules” single game suspension is considered sweeping it under the rug to me. Your interpretation may have been different, but that’s just a matter of semantics.
 
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CL82 said:
As I’ve said in a few posts, the judicial system will give it punishment, the school will give it some punishment and Hurley will give his punishment. That’s just the way things work when you screw up at a University. Frankly, Hurley is probably the least of Bouk’s problems, right now, though he is probably the most visible to him day to day.

I do worry about the school overreacting.
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This is all wrong, that isn't at all "just the way things work when you screw up at a University."

The point people are making is this isn't at all how things are done at big time sports Universities.
 
superjohn said:
He didn't kill anyone, he hurt a street sign.

You are terrible at this.
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I'm done, I can't explain any more clearly that reckless driving is dangerous and he needs a solid punishment for doing so.
 
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navery12 said:
You may find a shocking similarity between all the reckless drivers who didn't kill someone. None of them were punished as if they did
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You think my argument is still 3 games if he had hurt/killed someone? I'm being easy on him because of his good fortune that it didn't happen.
 
intlzncster said:
That is an unreasonably high percentage.
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Ok. I’ll downgrade a bit. 40% chance were in the second wave of the “next last 4 out” bubble convo. Fair? Lol. Bottom line , Florida game is huge, so the question for the team and bouknight- is- is it more important for him/team to sit the Florida game or to play the Florida game? . I thinks two games is more than plenty. Others think more is needed I guess, So be it
 
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UCDaveD said:
I haven’t walked anything back. Internal punishment and a vague “violation of team rules” single game suspension is considered sweeping it under the rug to me. Your interpretation may have been different, but that’s just a matter of semantics.
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We can disagree as to appropriate punishment, ultimately that's Hurley's call, but the notion that there should be no punishment (or no meaningful punishment since that is your revised position) completely ignores what that would do to the team dynamic. I mentioned Perno, purposefully because that was a big part of how he lost control that of that team. I won't talk about it in greater detail on the board but PM me if you are curious.
 
Marbles90 said:
Didn't this thread already get locked a few weeks ago?
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People seem to want a good basketball team but only on their own personal moral terms. Makes me wonder how some of you can even watch sports period. People posturing over a punishmenet that hasn't even been given yet. I think some of you just like to argue. Chief, punishments, who's a real insider??? This season needs to start yesterday.
 
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