Re: Little Story Has Big 'Legs'

[Danny Spoonamore]

Sounds to me like this guy steals $2500 from his roomate, goes out and blows
it, denies ever having seen any of it, Don confronts him and they get into a
fight, so he makes up some wild-ass story to the police about torture etc.
to try and get out of it.  Has any of the people who supposedly were at the
scene when this happened actually made a statement, and if not, where is all
this information coming from?  So far, I haven't seen or heard any direct
quotes from people who actually saw all this take place.  I think this gives
you some kind of idea of the type of things you read and see in the media
every day.  And, by the way, has Hugg's sold his house yet, I mean he's
definitely going to W.V., right?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Kohlman" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 2:41 PM
Subject: [UC Basketball] Little Story Has Big 'Legs'


> The basketball program needs to permanently dismiss Little IMMEDIATELY.
That
> said, maybe they should perhaps look into getting him some help. Not to
play
> hoops, that's over, at least in this country, but to get on with his life
> after parole. But would it help? This man (he is afterall 23 years old)
> seems the type to get into more trouble the more people try to help him.
He
> either has some sort of substance problem, is antisocial, or just goes off
> the chart on the incredibly stupid scale. Maybe all of the above. Either
> way, he seems a lost cause. Bearcat Basketball is not, afterall, a twelve
> step rehab or work release program, depite rumors to the contrary.
>
> It's becoming apparent that because of the bizarre nature of this whole
> incident, it'll make the rounds of every sports media outlet and then
some.
> A simple rape or armed robbery would have made a splash and been over and
> done with, but this is like the horse punching, squared; we'll hear about
it
> for years and years to come. Except it's a lot more serious than Mr.
Long's
> pugilistic equinal pulchritudes.
>
> I just hope Donald's wayward $2500 was from collecting pop bottles, giving
> blood, or even a part time job selling pharmaceuticals door-to-door. Just
> don't let it get back to the program or a philanthropic booster. That's
all
> we need.
>
> And so it begins.... Kornheiser did his usual hatchet job on us at noon.
He
> wondered aloud, if WVA wasn't now breathing a sigh of relief. He read the
> entire page one of the Enquirer article today, pausing to twist the knife
> with occasional commentary. He added afterwords, "Nice program they've got
> there."
>
> The likely Rome smack downs just popped into my head:
>
> "So he whacked the guy with a steel bar and roughed him up a bit. What's
the
> big deal?" Tonya Harding
>
> "Donald just needs help. He deserves another chance." Darryl Strawberry
>
> "Don't give up on the kid. He has a lot of potential." Saddam Hussein
>
> And so on.... Not to mention the timely "I am not a thug." Nixonesque
quote
> from KMart sharing the headlines.
>
> Mikey. Wondering how we could be back here again. And how this isn't fair
to
> Lo, IMac, JD, Leonard, and all the rest who proudly passed through the
> hallowed halls w/o stinking them up.
>
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