No one, that's just a gigantic strawman that's been built up over twelve pages. No one thinks he deserves the death penalty for what he did, but for the ostensible leader of a team coming off a losing season and an offseason like we had to be potentially suspended for the first game of the season when we the bed in the first few games last year just isn't a good look. When you're winning basketball games, no one cares about this stuff. When last season sucked, you got hit with a ton of transfers, the AD is having offseason meetings with players and the coach is potentially on the hot seat this kind of stuff gets magnified and is no bueno
Jalen Arrested for Scooter Accident
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No one, that's just a gigantic strawman that's been built up over twelve pages. No one thinks he deserves the death penalty for what he did, but for the ostensible leader of a team coming off a losing season and an offseason like we had to be potentially suspended for the first game of the season when we the bed in the first few games last year just isn't a good look. When you're winning basketball games, no one cares about this stuff. When last season sucked, you got hit with a ton of transfers, the AD is having offseason meetings with players and the coach is potentially on the hot seat this kind of stuff gets magnified and is no bueno
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No it’s not just a traffic ticket. It’s a misdemeanor summons.
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I don’t believe you have to post a surety bond for “just a traffic ticket” e.g. failure to stop @ a traffic signal. Traffic tickets you mail in your plea/just pay the fine. This requires a court appearance
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FYI... In college I got drunk and ran over the top of a bunch of cars (like they do in the movies in busy cities during chase scenes).
I got arrested, (criminal mischief in the 3rd degree and tampering with a motor vehicle). I went to court in Rocky Hill, pleaded "no contest", made restitution, did community service, and it ended up never being part of my permanent record. I forgot what the terminology for it is. It was my first (and only) offense.
Not sure of the difference between his charges and mine, but his seems far less serious and seems pretty minor. I agree, dumb, and it remains to be see what Ollie thinks tho.
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Yep. A summons isnt just used for motor vehicle charges either. I’ve seen them for domestic violence, larceny, possession and more.
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Yes, everyone knows that rule.
In this case, it was him and a friend. This isn't an example of him running away from someone he didn't know.
If the friend had no problem with him, he complied.
I'm glad to see you posted that, because the law in Conn. seems to be the same as the law here where I leave. You can leave the scene of an accident if the person you hit is a friend (obviously, you don't need an operator's license nor a reg. # for a vehicle that doesn't need to be licensed). This is like running into a friend with your bicycle and then you both go home. (I don't know how much debris was left in the road, but I do know that's not what he was charged with).
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Captain Snark can take care of himself. Since you've decided to argue for the sake of arguing I was replying to his prior post.
"Without trying to sound like an old man yelling at a cloud, the lack of judgment here is pretty astounding. A lot of lip service being paid to the chip on their collective shoulder and the purported leader of the team can't even be eligible for the first game of the season. Bodes well."
I get his point. I get your point. It's a judgement issue. It's been a judgement issue for some time if he's been racing scooters for a while as posters claim. It sucks for him and everyone he's impacted including fans. I'm just not astonished by his behavior. If he didn't get into an accident I would have never known he was doing this type of thing. I'm astonished that a lawyer with Big's credentials is astonished by human behavior. I'm astonished that a kid who has been doing this for some time has an accident the day before opening season. The timing is astonishing, not stupid judgement imho.
"Without trying to sound like an old man yelling at a cloud, the lack of judgment here is pretty astounding. A lot of lip service being paid to the chip on their collective shoulder and the purported leader of the team can't even be eligible for the first game of the season. Bodes well."
I get his point. I get your point. It's a judgement issue. It's been a judgement issue for some time if he's been racing scooters for a while as posters claim. It sucks for him and everyone he's impacted including fans. I'm just not astonished by his behavior. If he didn't get into an accident I would have never known he was doing this type of thing. I'm astonished that a lawyer with Big's credentials is astonished by human behavior. I'm astonished that a kid who has been doing this for some time has an accident the day before opening season. The timing is astonishing, not stupid judgement imho.
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Good lord if we can’t beat Colgate with or without Adams we really need to consider whether it even makes sense to have a basketball team! I mean really. It’s Colgate not Duke or UNC. We should win handily and Adams should learn a lesson at the same time.
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So like...is he playing orrrr what
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No official word.... doors open soon for media so it’ll be interesting to see if he’s warming up or not
They’d usually have announced it by now, no?
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Nah, Bill's been out of the White House for quite a while now.
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Of course. Honest statement. I can support this and not the dance that I've observed from people making Jalen out to be some pariah because he impacted us negatively.
Of course it sucks. I'm just as disappointed as you are.
He did it because in his mind he never had a negative consequence from that activity. We can all say racing on a busy street is dangerous. But so is speeding on a road when the weather is bad. What are the odds most of us in this thread have done that? And yet here we are acting as if only this kid has done something astonishingly stupid and needs to pay for it. I'm of the opinion that stupid is the norm.
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why the heck would he leave campus? that doesn't send a very good message
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Yikes. This is turning to be a bigger issue than I anticipated if he is truly going to Boston.
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No idea. Really hope he’s on the bench/behind the bench watching the team. But perhaps Ollie thinks it could be a distraction and told him not to attend.
Also the possibility that he’s going to Boston after the game.
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This wouldn't be the first time he hasn't reacted well to being on the receiving end of Ollie's discipline.
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William Paxton @wspaxton1m1 minute ago
Still awaiting word on Jalen Adams' status - was not warming up with #UConn teammates pregame
Still awaiting word on Jalen Adams' status - was not warming up with #UConn teammates pregame
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They said he was suspended on the SNY pregame show.
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Gulp:
- Neill Ostrout @NeillOstrout22s23 seconds ago
Adams will be on the bench.
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Neill Ostrout @NeillOstrout22s23 seconds ago
UConn G Jalen Adams will not play tonight vs. Colgate, suspension from scooter-gate on for entire game.
