I am considering changing my name to Wolfgang Kratzenberg

http://www.fanbase.com/Wolfgang-Kratzenberg

If people are going to storm me with insults and ask questions about what I've posted, I guess I'll try to defend myself and explain things again:



It was probably dropped because the alleged victim decided not to testify.

The issue of an inordinate amount of Ohio football players or coaches getting into legal trouble was a national news story several years ago. It mattered to people who wanted the university to be well represented and who were concerned that the push to go "big time" was having unintended consequences and bringing extra baggage.

After the media hype about the pattern of problems circa 2005-2007 died down, there have continued to be some crazy incidents (A.J. Oxley, Melvin Payne, Kyle Kozak) and some others that were less insane but that would have been reported just as sports stories if this town had a real media presence (for example, Kyle Snyder showing up in jail with an apparently broken nose during the summer competition for the starting QB position).

You do know that we temporarily lost our starting QB during the stretch drive last season due to a bar fight, right?

I will continue to expose incidents and active warrants in the limited way that I can because of my beliefs that:

a) The team will perform better and attract better people if there's some sense of accountability.

b) I don't want my hometown to go downhill and be like a smaller version of Huntington. 

Unlike with "non-revenue" sports, we as Ohio taxpayers are footing the bill for athletic scholarships in football and basketball.



In the cases of Harden, Jones, Oxley, Kozak and Boo Jackson, Bob Toy of Athens was the defense attorney. Bob Toy is not a public defender. He's one of the better criminal defense lawyers for hire in this area. Some or most of these players would have trouble affording Bob Toy under normal circumstances. So what's the abnormal circumstance?  

Any follow-up, Pataskala, on what "arrangement" Bob Toy has made?



It's amazing that, in your conception of the judicial system, DUI is a minor charge and if you don't have the money you can just skip out on dealing with it.



Mr. Jerry, God love you, I know you're trying.

I've graduated twice from Ohio University. The old IQ is much closer to (2 x 80) than it is to 80, and there are plenty of other intelligent people on this message board. 

Stop swinging wildly.




 

No offense taken Putnam.....just don't look my name up on either docket....haha.

PF--You just keep digging a deeper hole.  I think that all of the sentences above are quotes from you ??

In every case you take a fact (charge dropped, etc) and WITH NO APPARENT BASIS AT ALL extrapolate the worst possible meaning/consequence therefrom.  From this you build your case of doom.

That's absurd.  Totally unreasonable. 

I could as well take those facts and show why our guys are angels.  For instance, police dropped charges because they realized that the one arrested was actually the victim.  Based on the facts, my conclusion is as reasonable as the conclusions which you draw.  Yup, I'm absolutely speculating with no basis in fact and assuming the best....as you're absolutely speculating and assuming the worst.

In this thread, you know what the real problem is?

You.

You're absurd, Monroe. You didn't/couldn't even accurately pull my quotes. That last quote, which I've highlighted, was written by Pataskala.

Furthermore, you've somehow managed to avoid my salient points and to focus on ... well, whatever one chooses to call your typically rambling, incoherent thoughts.





 

I think I've just entered the theater of the absurd.  I actually agree with both my friend Gman and PF.  At such times I'm reminded of the famous quote from Emerson: " A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines."  That's the best excuse I can think of at the moment. 

That's a pretty cool quote.

According to the posting policy, "The purpose of this board is to be a discussion area for Ohio fans."

There's nothing there about support. You added that. It so happens that I have been supporting the basketball and football programs for decades in the manner that I see fit. Mostly, that support takes the same form as everyone else - going to games, listening to radio broadcasts, etc. Obviously, we differ on the relatively small part where I consider myself to be boosting the programs by holding them to a higher standard.

A weasel is defined as "a sneaky, untrustworthy or insincere person" (Merriam-Webster).

Unless you can demonstrate how I am any of those things, I think you are a bit of a dukie butt.

I do believe Mr. Field has raised the common insult to a new standard with this one.  Common, yes,  Crude, a little.  Magnificently constructed, absolutely,

Probably = You Don't Know = Ass-u-me!

The title of this thread is so wrong.  Harden's really become a player.  If there's a hole, he's through it and it gets fun.