Two wrongs and a right foot

Arrest warrants have been issued for two LSU football starters (including the QB) the week before the opening game against Oregon and I blame Les Miles. It is a sad day for Baton Rouge. It is a sad day for LSU. This is not an instance whereby it is a cut and dry and our LSU players were just thugs. We've been there and done that. For all intents and purposes, Jefferson and Johns have been pretty good young men who have now done something incredibly irresponsible and stupid.

I blame Les Miles not for the stupid decisions of these two players, but for the fact that he could have and should have prevented this. It is a question of discipline. Les is too nice of a guy. His team lacks discipline and a healthy fear of the hat. It shows during the games and it shows off the field. Jefferson and Johns broke curfew - a curfew that obviously was not adequately enforced by the coaching staff.

Had curfew not been broken then Jefferson and Johns would not have had the opportunity to run into Lowery and his associate who had just been kicked out of Shady's for getting into a fight and hitting a young woman. If anyone was a big enough asshole to upset Johns and Jefferson it would obviously be this Lowery guy. But they should never have been exposed to him in the first place.

Yes I understand that these are young men who should (in theory) be able to make the correct choices (walk away and leave it to the bouncers) and must be held responsible for the (oh so poor) choices that they've made. But these are not your average young men. These are star SEC football players. They are supposed to be properly managed and protected. No, I don't mean that the police should not charge them, I mean that they should have had babysitters - for real. The university has a significant investment in the on the field performances of these young men and that translates to off the field protection. There are curfews in place for just this reason. WTH were they not enforced? Why was this opportunity for failure handed to them on a silver platter? Someone has not been doing a good enough job at instilling discipline in all aspects of their lives. Get tougher Miles.