I do believe in second chances for everyone, let alone teenage football players who, if they get their act together, can fulfill their athletic potential and possibly even make a buck or two off of it. And maybe, just maybe, a third chance can be warranted with proper contrition and proof that changes have been made.
But six chances? sorry, but fool me six times and...how does that go?
After five suspensions, quarterback Stephen Garcia is back as the starter for South Carolina. Coach Steve Spurrier said to ESPN's Chris Low that "we think he's going to do what's right" about his troubled signal-caller. You think? How does one get kicked off this team? Actually, let me amend that statement. How does a key player get kicked off this team? We all know that if Garcia was the third string center he would have received his walking papers.
Spurrier screwed this up from the beginning. Garcia was a troubled kid in high school and should have been on double secret probation upon arriving in Columbia in January of 2007. Instead he was arrested twice in the first six months and allowed to stay. Spurrier should have dumped him then, which may have been the wake-up call Garcia needed. Instead wile continuing to screw up Garcia has become the focal point of the team's offense and so Spurrier cannot let him go now. It is wrong and a horrible message to the kids doing it the right way.
Then again how is Garcia supposed to understand the right way to do things when his quarterback coach and former player G.A, Mangus was reinstated by the University after being caught urinating in the street by Greenville cops. You cannot make this stuff up. Mangus will end up losing a lot of money, including a month's pay, as punishment, but again how can we expect the 19-year-olds to do the right thing when their coaches are literally being caught with their pants down. But Mangus is an excellent recruiter and they do not grow on trees.
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