Re: Little Story Has Big 'Legs'

[Danny Spoonamore]

My beef isn't with the altercation, it's with the conjecture and misspeak
that always seems to come out of situations like these.  I want to see some
concrete facts/statements/quotes-whatever before I make a judgement about
this whole situation.  So far, I have seen the typical reporting in the
media associated with a situation that they probably don't have much real
information.  I think it's as much a disservice to report these things to
people like you and me as it is to those involved in this.  Now, before you
breath fire on me, no where in any of the above or previous statements have
I said that Don is innocent or everything's a lie.  I just want to hear it
from the horse's mouth.
Many of you seem to be assuming that what you are hearing is the truth where
I'm saying it's probably somewhere less than the middle and quite possibly a
total fabrication, given the *reported* history this guy has for lying and
the motivation he *may* have for pinning this on his ex-best buddy and
roomate.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Philip Kreiner" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 4:15 PM
Subject: RE: [UC Basketball] Little Story Has Big 'Legs'


> I keep going back to the history of one Donald Little.  Again based on his
> past history do you feel, based on your scenario below, that this is how
> Donald should of handled that situation?  If the guy did steal $2500 from
> Donald, why did'nt Donald pick up his cell phone and call the police?
>
> I don't care what scenario occurred, all I'm saying is given the number of
> times that Donald has been in trouble (alleged or proven)you'd think he
> would do ANYTHING in his power not to get involved with situations like
> this.  IMHO the door can not close fast enough on Donald (and oh by the
way
> I hope it does hit his @#$ on the way out.  Maybe a blow to his head would
> set him in the right direction)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Danny Spoonamore [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 3:39 PM
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: [UC Basketball] Little Story Has Big 'Legs'
>
>
> 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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