I highly doubt this was his first strike. Actually, I really hope it wasn't cause if we start getting rid of players for misdemeanors then we might as well stock the trophy case with morality trophies.
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Accuse anyone who reported it of hating Alabama and get them run out of the state
They are limited in what they can say.. Geez fans are not owed anything about players period. Move on nothing to see here.
That's the part the concerns me. The charge is too minor for him to be gone. Are we sure this what ended his career here? This seems like another one of those charges that you don't get charged with unless it's in conjunction with something else. I suspect the weapons charge is only part of the story.
Reading the tea leaves I don't think this is what caused him to leave the team. Think it was for the undisclosed personal reason.
Maybe because of privacy policy and watching out for the young man's personal space! You think maybe UK is too ethically-oriented to play big time D-1 football? It sounds like some of you guys are willing to betray our ethics and doing the right stance for the sake of winning football games. It falls into the same category as when several people wanted Petrino as our coach regardless of his lack of ethics, morals, and integrity! After all, as I was told by a Louisville fan just last week, it's all about the wins and nothing else! If Meant was playing for Kentucky, it would have been swept under the rug and Meant would have played tonight without skipping a beat. Is that what you really want? No matter what happens at Louisville, I know a lot of Louisville fans who are really embarrassed by them hiring Petrino and won't support the Louisville football program as long as Petrino is there!
Did you write the book on morals? What you think is horrible i think is his god given right to do.
I could care less if Meant had 327 pistols in his car with him.
Men in this country need to sack up and stop being limp wristed.
Im just curious how possession of a firearm is means for being completely kicked out of the University and off the team. He didn't shoot anyone, he didn't rob anyone, etc. Seems pretty minor to me.
What's weird is, at first UK was letting on like there was a possibility that he was coming back.
That makes me believe they were investigating something that they felt was minor. Apparently when they dug deeper they found something that really bugged them. After that I think they gave him the option to walk or be kicked off the team.
That makes me believe they were investigating something that they felt was minor. Apparently when they dug deeper they found something that really bugged them. After that I think they gave him the option to walk or be kicked off the team.
Petrino has nothing to do with this. Clearly, you wanted to rant on him above all else. You should have started your own thread for that.
Meant was playing for UK & it since he's now not, clearly not swept under table.
It's not unethical to be truthful. If there's some type of privacy policy at work in his case, fine. But if there is some type of firearms charge out there & that is why he isn't with UK now, that's not at all private.
amazed at how some can turn this into Stoops being a bad guy & doing the wrong thing. So he didn't broadcast to the world that the kid had a serious arrest issue that got him kicked off the team. Shows he doesnt want to throw kids under the bus, I'm sure the rest of the team & future recruits appreciate that.
And that audience is more important that obsessive nitpicking fans who want the coach to tell the full details of embarrassing personal bad choices.
And that audience is more important that obsessive nitpicking fans who want the coach to tell the full details of embarrassing personal bad choices.
The opportunity to speculate is huge here (some people are fully engaged). Following your thought, it is possible that something hit the fan and UK began to dig and Stoops did not want fans or the media to get in the way and begin prejudging. But, no one has enough facts. I think it fair game now for media questions.
These are extremely hard situations:
We are now down Meant, Tubman and Hatcher (all would have started on defensive front) due to off field issues.
- Tubman was a rape accusation that didn't get past grand jury to go to trial
- Meant appears to be a weapons issue (nobody has shed light on specifics) that was never resulted in a documented arrest
- Hatcher was a pot smoker plain and simple
We can all be proud of the stance the university sites on player behavior and demainer...but on the other hand it has lowered the on field talent at UK.
THe other side of coin is our opponents for the most part don't take the same stance as UK (UL in particular with not just palyers but even coaches are a total embarrasement, Alabama just turned the other cheek on their big issues this year, UT is a regular for iffy issues, Ole Miss is a total cheat under Hugh Freeze, Miss St keeps a kid who punched a woman on video, etc..). I'd argue only Georgia is a school that has had a strong hand on player behavior. So now we are going to have to blend ethics vs. competitivness...as this stuff is going to lower competitiveness.
We are now down Meant, Tubman and Hatcher (all would have started on defensive front) due to off field issues.
- Tubman was a rape accusation that didn't get past grand jury to go to trial
- Meant appears to be a weapons issue (nobody has shed light on specifics) that was never resulted in a documented arrest
- Hatcher was a pot smoker plain and simple
We can all be proud of the stance the university sites on player behavior and demainer...but on the other hand it has lowered the on field talent at UK.
THe other side of coin is our opponents for the most part don't take the same stance as UK (UL in particular with not just palyers but even coaches are a total embarrasement, Alabama just turned the other cheek on their big issues this year, UT is a regular for iffy issues, Ole Miss is a total cheat under Hugh Freeze, Miss St keeps a kid who punched a woman on video, etc..). I'd argue only Georgia is a school that has had a strong hand on player behavior. So now we are going to have to blend ethics vs. competitivness...as this stuff is going to lower competitiveness.
I haven't read or heard from anyone who knows why Meant is gone say anything about a firearm. In fact I haven't heard from anyone in the know say the real reason for his absence from the team. I doubt even the press knows. Maybe it is better that way.
There are a lot of really bad assumptions in this thread.
Here is a tweet from Justin Rowland who I trust more than anyone regarding UK football. If there is anyone here that is a HOB member he posted in the Reggie Meant thread. Here is his tweet from a couple of hours ago.
Justin Rowland @RowlandRIVALS 2h2 hours ago
Having said that, at most that would have only been a minor/related issue in his departure from UK. Later (related) stuff was primary reason
The minor/related issue he's referring to is the gun possession charge in Florida. There is a lot more to the story and the chances of us finding out anything are probably slim to none. I'm going to let it go and start focusing on USM. But that's just me.
This is a very good point, it makes me believe the coaching staff and the athletic administration aren't working together and the coaching staff is being told to get rid of players. In today's world of college football, a misdemeanor gun charge seems really minor.
Don't shoot the messenger but PER KSR, it had nothing to do with the gun charge.
They won't say what it is but that it's just something personal and nothing illegal. Said they know but won't tell. Just want to leave him alone.
They won't say what it is but that it's just something personal and nothing illegal. Said they know but won't tell. Just want to leave him alone.
His arrest was common knowledge months ago. Maybe there was some type of ruling since then. Maybe the University was hoping it would be dismissed and it wasn't. The arrest itself is not new information.
Honestly it's a moot point. Everyone can speculate and interpret it anyway they like. It won't change the fact that Meant is wearing different jersey now, and he will not be returning to UK at any point.
In my personal opinion there is more to the story. Had it been just for the . I would hope Stoop's and staff would have been a little smarter in handling it. With the lack of depth and the inexperience of the DLine one would believe he would have been shown the door immediately or soon after. For the simple fact of getting our other players at his portion ready and more snaps with the 1st and 2nd teams. Instead of wasteing time in a player they know won't be apart of the team come September 3rd.
So lets get over it and stop worrying about the fact he isn't here and lets focus on the ones that are and the task at hand. Yes it would be nice to have Meant and Hatcher(if he would mature) and Tubman for that matter. But they are gone and won't be back.
In my personal opinion there is more to the story. Had it been just for the . I would hope Stoop's and staff would have been a little smarter in handling it. With the lack of depth and the inexperience of the DLine one would believe he would have been shown the door immediately or soon after. For the simple fact of getting our other players at his portion ready and more snaps with the 1st and 2nd teams. Instead of wasteing time in a player they know won't be apart of the team come September 3rd.
So lets get over it and stop worrying about the fact he isn't here and lets focus on the ones that are and the task at hand. Yes it would be nice to have Meant and Hatcher(if he would mature) and Tubman for that matter. But they are gone and won't be back.
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I remember reading somewhere that he had been arrested on a gun charge. I posted it on another thread and my post was deleted. Probably due to the accusations that I'm a BP lover
Your post seems to imply we were somehow caught up to other SEC programs. My 25 years we have never been legit I'm SEC. We are always massively behind.
Sorry if I implied that, it's not what I intended. I just feel like we've dismissed some good players that would really help our team and believe that other SEC schools would have kept these players.