When sports become more important than right or wrong

[Coach007]

I'm sick of seeing players get away with things for the sake of the need of fans to field a better team! Everybody here hated to see Winston on the field. I read your posts.

What are we teaching?

[chef dixon]

I have no idea how you've lasted over 2 years

[Dawg61]

Ok bud lets kill a high school senior over four seconds of really poor judgment? I'm sure you've never acted out of emotion in your life too. Certainly never before you've fully matured yourself. Simmons will do his punishment and grow from this. Doubtful that female hippo even presses charges so what are you wanting to destroy his future over again?

[Coach007]

Ok bud lets kill a high school senior over four seconds of really poor judgment? I'm sure you've never acted out of emotion in your life too. Certainly never before you've fully matured yourself. Simmons will do his punishment and grow from this. Doubtful that female hippo even presses charges so what are you wanting to destroy his future over again?

Who said kill? Only you.

Have we now reached the point that the victim is now the issue here. Why are you demeaning her even more by calling her a hippo?

[Dawg62]

Who said kill? Only you.

Have we now reached the point that the victim is now the issue here. Why are you demeaning her even more by calling her a hippo?

Do you have the full facts and full video? We're being worse than ****ing Brackey. Again we are our own worst enemy.

"Sit down in front in trying to watch the game" - You.

This topic is poison. Media blackout of Simmons needs to be enacted across the maroon and white faithful.

[Coach007]

Do you have the full facts and full video? We're being worse than ****ing Brackey. Again we are our own worst enemy.

"Sit down in front in trying to watch the game" - You.

This topic is poison. Media blackout of Simmons needs to be enacted across the maroon and white faithful.

Ah!! Let's bury it. Sorta like with Winston? Hey... Let's even get the PD envolved with it to. Would hate to lose a game over this MINOR thing like beating up a woman on the ground!

[Dawg61]

Ah!! Let's bury it. Sorta like with Winston? Hey... Let's even get the PD envolved with it to. Would hate to lose a game over this MINOR thing like beating up a woman on the ground!

You sound like a Bear. Someone check this dudes I.P. address please.

[Original48]

Do you have the full facts and full video? We're being worse than ****ing Brackey. Again we are our own worst enemy.

"Sit down in front in trying to watch the game" - You.

This topic is poison. Media blackout of Simmons needs to be enacted across the maroon and white faithful.

^^I'm Team This Guy^^

[Dawg61]

Who said kill? Only you.

Have we now reached the point that the victim is now the issue here. Why are you demeaning her even more by calling her a hippo?

Victim my ass. Don't want to get embarrassed then keep dead family members out your mouth.

[Coach007]

The only fact I need is seeing a grown SEC player hitting a woman repeatedly on the ground while another woman is hitting her too. There is no excuse for that.


And it's more than troubling to see MSU fans be OK with it.

[Dawg61]

The only fact I need is seeing a grown SEC player hitting a woman repeatedly on the ground while another woman is hitting her too. There is no excuse for that.


And it's more than troubling to see MSU fans be OK with it.

When you speak poorly of dead family members in front of their family you get whatever is coming to you. Woman man cactus whatever. Don't speak poorly of the dead around their loved ones because something like this is exactly what will happen.

[bulldawg28]

He's not even a MSU athlete. It's not Mullen's responsibility to do anything. This isn't the NFL.

[Apoplectic]

Has she pressed charges? What happened before? Did she pull a knife on the other girl? Why confict yet?

[Tbonewannabe]

I trust Mullen to get all the information and handle it the best way for the university and the kid who has never had any issues of any kind.

[mic]

Far worse has happened in Oxford and been swept under the rug without even being discussed ..

[Coach34]

Kimchee put a person in the hospital for awhile- barely saw a thing about it.
Freezus just signed a player that got in trouble for sticking his finger in other player's butthole- but thats ok too
Jamal Mosely was accused of rape- transferred right in and played at OM
Damore Stringfellow knocked a chick out and was accused of assault- transferred to OM
Chad Kelly threatened to kill people at a Club as well as police officers. Chad Kelly had to be physically removed by campus police from the football facility by Dabo Sweeney. Football Coaches couldnt handle his outrage and called for help.

Simmons made a poor judgement. The woman he hit got up and walked away from the ordeal- and was out in da Club the next night. Thats a fact. Everybody's faux outrage over a some bad judgement that didnt really hurt anyone is way overblown.

[maroonmania]

Kimchee put a person in the hospital for awhile- barely saw a thing about it.
Freezus just signed a player that got in trouble for sticking his finger in other player's butthole- but thats ok too
Jamal Mosely was accused of rape- transferred right in and played at OM
Damore Stringfellow knocked a chick out and was accused of assault- transferred to OM
Chad Kelly threatened to kill people at a Club as well as police officers. Chad Kelly had to be physically removed by campus police from the football facility by Dabo Sweeney. Football Coaches couldnt handle his outrage and called for help.

Simmons made a poor judgement. The woman he hit got up and walked away from the ordeal- and was out in da Club the next night. Thats a fact. Everybody's faux outrage over a some bad judgement that didnt really hurt anyone is way overblown.

Well, I certainly don't want to use our friends to the North as to the model on how to handle these situations as they are no doubt the biggest "win at any cost" program in the country at the current time with their rogue recruiting and overlooking any kind of horrible behavior by their players (or prospective transfers) in the name of "rehabilitation" and "redemption". However, I personally don't know all that led up to what Simmons did and apparently this is very out of character for him so I will be shocked if he is not on our team this Fall but on a very short leash. I mean as far as I know the girl he hit did not have to go to the hospital and no charges have been filed as of yet so we just need to trust our coaches to handle this in the right way.

[smootness]

Well, I certainly don't want to use our friends to the North as to the model on how to handle these situations as they are no doubt the biggest "win at any cost" program in the country at the current time with their rogue recruiting and overlooking any kind of horrible behavior by their players (or prospective transfers) in the name of "rehabilitation" and "redemption". However, I personally don't know all that led up to what Simmons did and apparently this is very out of character for him so I will be shocked if he is not on our team this Fall but on a very short leash. I mean as far as I know the girl he hit did not have to go to the hospital and no charges have been filed as of yet so we just need to trust our coaches to handle this in the right way.

This is what I don't understand. We like to talk about how often they sweep things under the rug and insinuate that we're better, but then when it happens to us, our response is, 'They do it too." Well, yes, they do, but weren't we trying to separate ourselves?

I'm not saying Simmons shouldn't be allowed on the team. I've said that should be up to the school and Mullen and I'm fine with whatever they decide. But why can we not just say that this was a big mistake and is not ok? It's not that hard.

[maroonmania]

This is what I don't understand. We like to talk about how often they sweep things under the rug and insinuate that we're better, but then when it happens to us, our response is, 'They do it too." Well, yes, they do, but weren't we trying to separate ourselves?

I'm not saying Simmons shouldn't be allowed on the team. I've said that should be up to the school and Mullen and I'm fine with whatever they decide. But why can we not just say that this was a big mistake and is not ok? It's not that hard.

Who has said it wasn't a big mistake or has said it was OK? Are you reading the same message boards I am? If this was a pattern of behavior for Simmons I wouldn't want to cut him any slack but it appears this was an isolated incident in a bad situation. Mullen in conjunction with the athletic administration are the ones who will decide how to handle this though, not the fans on social media.

[smootness]

Who has said it wasn't a big mistake or has said it was OK? Are you reading the same message boards I am? If this was a pattern of behavior for Simmons I wouldn't want to cut him any slack but it appears this was an isolated incident in a bad situation. Mullen in conjunction with the athletic administration are the ones who will decide how to handle this though, not the fans on social media.

Obviously. But that doesn't mean our fans' responses in some cases haven't been embarrassing.