The House of Blue

Even though it's probably not the fault of Joker and the staff, it's still a serious black eye on a program that is already circling the drain.

Coshik is ailing so now you give Mobley and George the snaps..Do not waste Mobley's year..

That's what I meant...He has not played much so don't waste this year.. Give him the ball ball as much as possible and let him be the player that was bragged about so much in fall camp..Joker has wasted redshirt seasons on a few players by playing them early and then we never see them again..

I believe the marijuanna epidemic in college football is much greater than most are willing to admit, but with Sanders, it sure says a lot to me about his commitment. You are talking about a guy that should have been expecting to get some major playing time last Sat? I'm not gonna crucify anyone for smoking weed, especially a college kid, but it is a fact that it decreases your energy level a bit for a couple of days after smoking. I don't think Sanders is the kind of player that can afford to have his quickness/energy level decreased. And somehow, he is Joker's pet?

It's just pot. There's no hangover. Side effects for 2 -3 hours would include a lot of pizza and a nap towards the end. I'd be more upset if they were caught drunk. I dislike Joker as much as anyone but you can't control every action of a person. If that were the case there'd be no point in punishing your children when they do something bad. Just punish the parent/parents. It's their fault.

I am one who has very little tolerance for this sort of thing but the posts about how bad KY's discipline problems are, are wrong. Ky football has very few issues compared to the rest of the SEC. Georgia and TN seem to be the worst at the present time. A lot of the schools have policies that take virtually no action until the third or fourth incident. I'm really disappointed in Sanders and hope he gets his act together but lets not go off the deep end saying there is no discipline. In fact KY and Vandy have the toughest discipline policies in the SEC.

What? This post is beyond response really.

3 scholarship football players getting cited for a crime 2 days before a game is going to be news for any team in the country. Do you really think the Louisville media would ignor this occuring with 3 UL players?

They have and they do.... Talk to anyone in Baton Rouge and they will tell you the Honey Badger was in trouble with the law every other month. None of it ever made the papers.

It's the sign of a big time program when your local media supports what your trying to build instead of trying to tear it apart!

You think the Bama players don't respect Saben or the Ohio St players don't respect Meyer? Sure they do, but, the program still has similar incidents happening all the time. It's 18-20 yr old kids experiencing the college life and pot happens to be rampant on campuses. I doubt seriously that any of those 3 guys even thought about the implications or of Joker while they were doing it. Had absolutely nothing to do with respecting your coach.

Actually I'd totally expect it to be brushed off as "violation of team rules" since UofL has one of the weakest NCAA testing policies in the country and the Louisville media is in their pocket.

FWIW, for those who are upset I can say from experience that more college athletes then not smoke pot. There's a lot of schools, especially SEC schools, where you wouldn't even hear about this until a guy was throwing in his 3rd or 4th "dirty" test and looking at a long-term suspension. That certainly doesn't excuse it and I've been just as vocal as anyone as of late over where we should go from here with Joker. But UK is one of the toughest schools in the conference when it comes to disciplining players so I'm willing to give Joker a pass on this one and a pass to those kids who served their suspension.

It's crappy timing, but it's pretty much par for the course at 99% of the schools in the country.

Hell, can't blame them. Just watching this team can make anybody wanna get high.