Let's get the obvious fact out of the way concerning the troubles in Athens. Former Georgia RB Isaiah Crowell is a bonehead. There are no two ways about it. He really screwed up by not only having an illegally possessed handgun in his car that reeked of pot (not found but gave the officers probable cause to search) but having it near a school. At first glance, and I am certainly no expert, he should be facing some time in prison. He will definitely not return to the team but that was a call that anyone outside of say Barry Switzer would have made.
And for that reason coach Mark Richt is not a hero in this story (there are none). He did what he had to do and fortunately for him this happened now and not in late November or right before the South Carolina game (to the glee of Steve Spurrier). The Bulldogs will survive as they have a few others talented players at the position and I really like freshman Keith Marshall.
Now young men have done stupid things like this for all of eternity. My, ummm, 30th high school reunion is coming up tis fall and in the email exchange concerning the plans guys are reminiscing about the stupid things we did when young and oblivious to consequences. The problem with guys like Crowell is that the attention they garner for making some nifty moves in high school games is way out of whack with reality. And so their natural instinct to do the dumb things teenagers do is blown up multiple times over all while the focus on them is increased. And to top it off they are surrounded by a group of stooges and leeches who are too stupid to steer this future money train out of danger. Basically the clock was ticking on Crowell's time in Athens from last August and that he did not even make a full 12 months should not be a surprise. Oh, and there will be plenty more like him.
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