Originally Posted by
MarkD83
The quote by Coach K did not link penalties to standards, instead what I was interested in is the "taking ownership". Let's say, for instance, that Ray Rice had announced that he was stepping away from from football for 2014 to deal with anger management issues. There would always be a group of people that would say this is too short a leave and others too long. The difference is he would have taken ownership. As it is now it appears as if he has no idea that he did anything wrong and is only trying to get back to playing as fast as he can.
It's dealt with elsewhere on this Board, but the ESPN expose on l'affaire de Ray Rice is that, horribly ashamed, he immediately went to his agent, his coach and his GM and told them exactly what happened. Then the Ravens engineered a plan to gain him minimum suspension, involving an intervention approved by the courts, and there may have been some collusion with NFL officials. I know, I know, the video doesn't make him look remorseful a bit (dragging his GF out of the elevator), but he may have been scared to death. Ravens owner Bisciotti claims the story was sourced primarily from the Rice camp.
Sage Grouse
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