OT - After trouble at UConn, Joe Williams gets a second chance

[huskymedic]

matthew_piper 4:58pm via Twitter Web Client
Hitting "rock bottom" after trouble at UConn, RB Joe Williams is happy to have another shot:
http://www.sltrib.com/sports/2821282-155/utah-football-after-trouble-at-uconn?fullpage=1

Kid was like lightening... too bad it didn't work out here but sounds like his "incident" had much more important reciprocal benefits for longer term.

 

[CTMike]

Good luck to him...

 

[Hoophound]

He threw our older players under the bus and blamed them for the whole thing. If he did nothing wrong, he probably could have talked his way out of it. Apparently, the guys who were to blame didn't get the boot so his story seems like bs to me.

 

[BlueMAB]

He's at Utah? Sounds like he fell upwards.

 

[FDNY99]

He threw our older players under the bus and blamed them for the whole thing. If he did nothing wrong, he probably could have talked his way out of it. Apparently, the guys who were to blame didn't get the boot so his story seems like bs to me.

I'm just gonna say that his side of the story doesn't surprise me considering the things I have heard that happened under Pasqualoni...and the state of the program that Diaco finally described last year to a reporter (things being stolen at Burton, stuff like that). I wish Joe Williams well...and will be rooting for him.

 

[huskysupporter]

Looks like he hasn't taken responsibility for his crime.

 

[uconndogs]

I think P ran a circus.

 

[noeynox]

Aside from his opening press conference, P always sounded like a guy comfortable cashing checks. Like no investment on his part, after losing to buffalo in horrific fashion, to go 0-4, and get fired he talked about going to a BCS bowl if they won all their conference games.

Somehow, a guy that disconnected from reality got Jeff Hathaway to pay him millions of dollars.

 

[BlueMAB]

Looks like he hasn't taken responsibility for his crime.

Or, he's telling the truth.

When Diaco took over, guys were stealing from their teammates in their own locker room. Is it really that hard to believe that some guys he looked up to led him astray?

 

[huskysupporter]

Or, he's telling the truth.

When Diaco took over, guys were stealing from their teammates in their own locker room. Is it really that hard to believe that some guys he looked up to led him astray?

He certainly could have gone to trial or name the offenders so that the state could investigate. I am all for second chances, and feel that people can redeem themselves after poor choices. The first step for Williams is to take responsibility and put it behind him.

 

[Palatine]

It's really a first chance. P. didn't play him even before the incident.

Now, the kid he ends up at Utah. P's eye for talent truly betrayed him.

 

[mikedog10]

I'm just gonna say that his side of the story doesn't surprise me considering the things I have heard that happened under Pasqualoni...and the state of the program that Diaco finally described last year to a reporter (things being stolen at Burton, stuff like that). I wish Joe Williams well...and will be rooting for him.

What else did you hear? I know conditioning went to hell but never heard about things being stolen from Burton... I'm sure that more happened than people know, but am interested to hear what's out there.

 

[Jimmy Serrano]

Or, he's telling the truth.

When Diaco took over, guys were stealing from their teammates in their own locker room. Is it really that hard to believe that some guys he looked up to led him astray?

He probably is telling the truth. But the kid doesn't sound like the type of guy I'd want to be in a foxhole with. Taking responsibility for his crime would be to own it. Not blame others.

 

[ktuck911]

Happy this young man got back on his feet... Life's about 2nd chances... Hope for big things for this kid... I have to admit though, it's gonna suck if he blows up at UCONN... on the flipside of that, it goes to show we do indeed recruit talented football players nowadays...

 

[Excalibur]

I'm willing to believe just about anything about how things were under P, but I have trouble believing his version of events. If it's true, and law enforcement was involved (which they were), there would have been other people/players arrested.

 

[FDNY99]

What else did you hear? I know conditioning went to hell but never heard about things being stolen from Burton... I'm sure that more happened than people know, but am interested to hear what's out there.

Diaco was quoted in an article last yr about that...he said that when he asked why there wasn't a video game console (Playstation or Xbox) at Burton the kids told him they had one but it kept getting stolen....

 

[BlueMAB]

He probably is telling the truth. But the kid doesn't sound like the type of guy I'd want to be in a foxhole with. Taking responsibility for his crime would be to own it. Not blame others.

If he's telling the truth then he's the one who got thrown under the bus. If he's telling the truth, he's the only one who got charged with crime despite never using the card. I wouldn't want to be in a foxhole with a guy who rats out his teammates. He owned it when he went to court and accepted his punishment. He owes nothing to the guys who old him out.

 

[Husky25]

It's really a first chance. P. didn't play him even before the incident.

Now, the kid he ends up at Utah. P's eye for talent truly betrayed him.

NOTHING I saw from 2010 to 2013 told me that former "Coach" Pasqualoni had a football eye for much of anything, let alone talent.

Nope...Wait...I stand corrected. He had a talet for smozzing and he smooze the most easiest of easily-smoozed in one, Jeffrey A. Hathaway ("A" is his real middle initial. I'll let your imagination determine what it stands for.).

 

[Jimmy Serrano]

If he's telling the truth then he's the one who got thrown under the bus. If he's telling the truth, he's the only one who got charged with crime despite never using the card. I wouldn't want to be in a foxhole with a guy who rats out his teammates. He owned it when he went to court and accepted his punishment. He owes nothing to the guys who old him out.

I don't buy the young innocent naeve kid who didn't know what he was doing angle.

 

[huskysupporter]

I don't buy the young innocent naeve kid who didn't know what he was doing angle.

The fact he pled guilty and no other students were arrested raises a red flag. Additionally, the police would be able to determine from what computer the stolen credit card was used on. I would be very interested to read the warrant on the case. Might paint a different picture.

With that said, as I mentioned before, I believe in second chances. A stupid decision shouldn't define a person. But the person needs to accept responsibility in order to move on. Doesn't appear Joe Williams does. I sincerely wish him the best at Utah.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[Srqhusky]

When did back packs start costing 1400 dollars?? Holy crap

 

[whaler11]

The fact he pled guilty and no other students were arrested raises a red flag. Additionally, the police would be able to determine from what computer the stolen credit card was used on. I would be very interested to read the warrant on the case. Might paint a different picture.

With that said, as I mentioned before, I believe in second chances. A stupid decision shouldn't define a person. But the person needs to accept responsibility in order to move on. Doesn't appear Joe Williams does. I sincerely wish him the best at Utah.

He didn't plead guilty.

I think you'd need to have your head in the sand to believe he acted alone.

 

[SonsOfNutmeg]

Figures, the kid screws up badly, and lands on his feet at a PAC 12 school... Good for him though!

 

[mets1090]

Figures, the kid screws up badly, and lands on his feet at a PAC 12 school... Good for him though!

Meanwhile, UConn screws up badly by hiring PP and lands on its face in the AAC. What a cruel world we live in.