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Message: [QUOTE="RF2044, post: 5417639, member: 40"] That's why I think the situation matters. Let's take Alton Robinson for example, who played here under Dino. Kid was a big time recruit, who had a situation that seemed worse than it was, because of the nature of the allegations against him. By all accounts, prior to his incident, he was a good kid / good student. But he had some situation with his girlfriend where he thought she was cheating on him, he confronted her, snagged her phone from her to check her texts, and pushed her down into a bush. I think he might have even broken her phone. So, in the heat of the moment, he suddenly has theft and assault charges, with the assault coming against a female. On the surface, that seemed bad. But then you discover that the ex-girlfriend eventually decided not to press charges, and that he had no prior issues. And he paid the price; Texas A&M dropped him and he lost his scholarship. He had to go to a JUCO just to have a "chance." And Dino threw him a lifeline, but I think it was because of the other factors. It didn't absolve his dumb choice, but it was pretty clear that this was a good kid who made a bad choice and did something dumb. He didn't hit the girl, he didn't actually "steal" something -- but he deserved the penalties he got. And he also deserved a second chance, instead of letting that heat of the moment / passion-driven mistake define the rest of his life. Other recruits might not be as squeaky clean. But the ones who are deserve at least a face-to-face discussion with Fran. Will a kid like that Georgia OT, who was one of a million guys @ Georgia who got caught driving over 100mph -- a dumb mistake, but in and of itself not a life defining mistake -- be willing to come here under no-tolerance conditions, like what Lequint Allen agreed to? If so, then probably not a bad thing to give a kid a second chance. I'm not quite as sure about the UNC OT. He wasn't the one driving the car that crashed, but he was allegedly racing that car. So, in this gray area, is this someone we pocket veto, or does he warrant a second chance? But burglary, like the one WR? Now we're really starting to get into the black area, off the "gray" part of the spectrum. Tough decisions for a relatively new coach like Fran. [/QUOTE]

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