Athlete (2001-2003) Michael Southall

[Zeebart21]

Oh Mineshaft, Mineshaft. I see under your name "Louisiana is #1". You can disagree with Coach Lee all you want, but Good Lord man, you can show a little more support for UL and make the best of the situation. You can't do anything about it. And yes, it's an embarassment " plain and simple" in how you are acting like someone 50 miles east of here in your posts.

The jury is out on "mindshafted".... possibly not a Cajun fan..

he was a wiener on the basketball chat a year or so ago...

take what he says with a grain of salt..

Z.

[LLcoolway]

I haven't said he should just throw his life away. I feel as though he has exhausted all of his opportunities to play basketball at UL. He's been giving chance, after chance, after chance, only to let down his fellow teammates and fans TWICE before. Where do you draw the line?

I remember skipping class, dope and bad attitude as one single chance what are the other ones? I think he has chnged and we should be proud.

[RaginEsquire06]

I am a WKU fan and I must admit that I am impressed by the fact that the majority of your posters would be embarrassed by Southall's return.

With that said, you guys will be the joke of the conference if this guy is returned to the Ragin' Cajuns. He has had plenty of chances to get his act together and could not do it.

Your coach will lose a lot of respect if he allows Southall to play. It will look like an act of desperation on his part to win at all costs.

What-Ever! Talk'n Towel!

[RaginEsquire06]

So why is it one now when HE SPENT A FRICKING YEAR IN JAIL! He's a felon. He's a druggy.

Your just way too funny "Rebel"....Not try'n to be ugly but...maybe you should really look into changing your handle to something like....Revenge of the Nerd! LMAO

[LSU Bob]

LOL squirm baby squirm, disco inferno. I shed a tear for thee

[CDeb]

LOL squirm baby squirm, disco inferno. I shed a tear for thee

Who's squirming?

[shof]

Personally, I really don't care what our opponents think about this situation. I'm sure they will be armed with "Thug" signs and "Doper" signs, etc, and I would anticipate that MS and the team should be ready for this. If it does turn out negatively; then it will be another strike against our basketball program. However on the positive side, I'm all for giving people another chance so long as they are willing to put in the positive work to EARN their way back. Nobody is "giving" MS this chance. It appears as thought he is trying to earn this chance. If the coach and the team see enough for him to have this opportunity, then its certainly good enough for me. And if it does end positively with MS being a good/model student athlete, then more power to him for having turned his life around!

[Mineshaft]

I haven't said he should just throw his life away. I feel as though he has exhausted all of his opportunities to play basketball at UL. He's been giving chance, after chance, after chance, only to let down his fellow teammates and fans TWICE before. Where do you draw the line?


Interesting note. In the two years that Southall was here, what postseason tourney did the Cajuns play in? In the two years Southall has been gone, what postseason tourney did the Cajuns play in? All you people who think this is going to help us win more are kidding yourselves.

Very well said-i guess me and you are the only ones that get it.

[Mineshaft]

LOL!!!! Ressurected!!!!

Havent seen you since you got booted from the board a while back.....

keep the noze clean, shaft.

Z.

yes im ressurected and the nose is clean as always.

Just heard the Southall is in like flynn according to my source. Will be signing his contract with Robert shortly and he will have to walk a fine line if he wants to be aprt of the team.

[cajunlove]

I know we won't agree on everything. But I do recall you and me agreeing on Luke Aubrey. I only bring that up to point out that I am not attacking you, I agree with you on a lot of other issues. But on this one you are being harsh.

You supported UL basketball before during and after Southall's first stint. Thus, you and I have no right to bring up his prior UL stigma. You might have a point on the human interest angle, and since it wasn't much of a human interest story before, the rest of the world probably won't bat an eye now, I mean it's not like he is coming here from Kentucky anymore. If they didn't care then they won't care now.

At least not till he makes a good name for himself. If he can pull off the amazing comeback from nowhere, I still think this has all the makings of an incredible human interest success story. If he comes up short, then you are right, no one will care.

MS committed a felonious action before he came to UL; he did drugs before he came to UL. His actions at UL are not what robbed him of a year of his life, his actions at UL were the heavier than a feather trigger that revoked his free status. His year in jail was because of the seriousness of his actions before his time at UL. His relapse at UL did not send him to jail of its own accord, those actions simply revoked his passport.

When he paid his debt and was allowed to reenrolled in school that passport was renewed.

The only thing that MS should be judged on is the "right now” his current life style is the pivot point on which judgment should hinge. Currently he passes as a drug free, straight "A" student.

jmo

Finally, someone gets it...