Just heard it on ESPN. They're having a player/coach meeting tommorrow. The Ducks are certainly looking like the favorites right now with their remaining schedule in the Pac-10 to win the conference. Cal beating USC will be a big help.
Here's a link: http://blog.oregonlive.com/behindducksbeat/2009/10/legarrette_blount_to_be_reinst.html
You can never have enough good running backs. Especially with Chip Kelly's system. 2 or 3 good running backs is a crucial.
Hmm, not sure how I feel about this. While I feel the initial reaction was way too fact and too harsh, I don't think that going back on a punishment like that sets a good example for the rest of the players. Although, perhaps there are some reasons for why Blount acted the way he acted.
You know the media (hypocite Canzano for one) will probably have a field day with it, but if they reinstated him that would be the right thing....he never should have been suspended for the whole year in the first place...what he did was wrong...circumstances or not and he certainly deserved some type of punishment for it.....just not a whole season....
Well, as a Duck fan, and after watching the Michigan player give the Notre Dame player a sucker punch and get suspended one game ... if Blount is onboard, why not give him another chance? He could have dropped out of school, he could have become a distraction, but instead, by all accounts, he's been a leader to the young RBs in practice.
Another poor analogy. If he only sucker punched a player and didn't try to go after a fan, and have to be restrained, AND have a past issue, maybe this potential obvious Raideresque move by the Ducks wouldn't be laughable.
Hmm...not sure how I feel about this. When Blount first did it, I was as much of an advocate as anyone to suspending him for the season. But he's said and done all the right things since then...and it seems to me like there's quite a few fans who want Blount back and think his punishment was too severe. Personally I'm not one of them: I'll never forget how embarrassed and ashamed I felt when I saw Blount punch someone, then try to fight off a cop in an attempt to run up into the stands. It was a sad, pathetic night for Duck fans to say the least. This is a tough call...really tough call. I'll put my trust in Chip Kelly, Mike Belotti, and every other power at the UO to make the right decision.
Yeah, I can see that argument as well. That said, it's not like Hout didn't instigate a confrontation with Blount, and Hout didn't even get a game for his post-game shoulder slap and smack-talk.
Yep. Couldn't the announcement at least waited one more week? It's not like Blount would be needed for WSU. If he is needed, the team needs more than Blount anyhow.
Who didn't see this coming? Why else would they let him practice with the team. NCAA should suspend him for season since they haven't punished him yet lol
I always thought the punishment was a little harsh, so I'm fine with him playing the final 5 games of the season.
+1 Blount has had issues before this. It isn't like he was an angel before (then again, what college player is) and he did go after fans. This is what I suspected back when they announced it. Another "path to redemption" for a UofO football player. I can see Bel is still calling the shots.
First, if Blount had been the #1 TB on an SEC team, the suspension may have been the 1st quarter of the next game. Second, I supported the season long suspension- and still do. Third, if Blount is genuinely remorseful and done all the right things when left to himself to do so or fall again, there's something to be said of forgiveness. If the team feels he has really turned over e new leaf, then I'll go along with it as the coaches are closer to the true situation than I. Fourth, if he is reinstated, at least the team prooved they can beat anybody in the country on any given Saturday and no one can argue he's coming back because the team needs him to win. All that said, were it me, I'd leave him suspended. Sometimes life's lessons are tough ones, but they serve to make us better people.
Do any of you think the injury issues play a factor in this? Didnt they move a DB to RB after the Blount suspension? They probably need that DB back on defense with Thurmond done for the year.
