Big C said:
concordtom said:
4thGenCal said:
Coach Jones has certainly taken the high road considering the number of transgressions that Chauca committed. While I won't detail them,
I don't know about Chauca, but what type of transgressions, if any, did McCullough and Winston commit?
None that we know of. You're familiar with the whole story: What's your point?
I brought up Chauca and his transgressions because he has come forward to the media to talk about "his truth", but the entire truth paints him in a less flattering light.
My point is that McCullough and Winston committed no transgressions.so why should they be run off?
How about this. If Jones were not in with other recruits like Brown, needing their slots, he would NOT have asked M&W to leave. But he was, and he did. And when they said "no, we are staying" then the narrative is that he maligned them and tried to make their lives hell, hell enough to leave, by saying, "okay then, you're not going to play, practice, or get any other benefits associated with being part of the team. You are a wart upon the team and banished." That's the way I see it played out, and that's f'd up, man!
So, Jones' errors:
1.
Recruited Committed (per conference rules) 4 year slots to borderline guys.
2.
Recruited Committed (per conference rules) 4 year slots to borderline talent who he thought he could easily excuse and replace if they were borderline, or if he could catch better fish.
3. Getting caught up in a bad PR position by playing his cards to excuse them in a way where he looks like the bad guy.
Now his rep is hurt and so is the team. He'd better hope the remaining guys can win big and save his fanny so that this gets forgotten. Otherwise, fatal errors.