Athlete (2001-2003) Michael Southall

[bigearl]

TOTAL IDIOT... HOW COULD HE BLOW THIS OPPORTUNITY? MS, get your life back together no matter what it takes...for your son.

Good luck and good riddance........

[1stTake]

Originally posted by NewsCopy
"What a waste. What an absolute waste,"

I wake up Memorial Day 2004 to see this? This guy is athe worst freaking idiot. Who did he get pregnant some poor Lafayette girl?

[CajunRebel]

Southall does not deserve to be on our basketball team. I was very happy with Jessie giving him a second chance here, because there is nothing wrong with a second chance. But he blew it. Come to think of it, he blew it quite a few times.

Oh what could have been.
If we had Southall last season, very few teams would have been able to stop us. His dominance inside on both sides of the ball, coupled with our outside shooting threats and quick D. Wow.

On another note, I really wonder about people like Southall. Im not a psychologist or anything, but I don't think you can blame his pattern of problems on sheer stupidity. His problems obviously go way beyond that. There are some people who just can't follow the right path. No matter how much they have going for them, no matter how many chances they are given to turn things around, they just don't do it.

If any of you have a good knowledge about psychology or sociology I would be curious to hear your opinions on Southall.

[Cajun Express]

why not simply let the guy go without the bashing. we bashed him all year long and he was never a part of the team since the last game we lost in the nit.

this probation violation has been on the agenda for a long time.

many people have no control. we call these people addicts, and it can be food,drugs, or behavior. they all have one thing in common, they will not respond to outside pressure or encouragement. they either will or won't get a hold of their lives on their own time line. many get it after being bashed in the head, others are like the smoker still smoking while they are taking oxygen and hacking up blood.

[Turbine]

Originally posted by cajun_express
why not simply let the guy go without the bashing.

Was Judge Ramona Gonzalez wrong for calling him a waste or an absolute waste?

She has been following his case longer than any of us.

I know she had no choice, as a part of the legal system she had to comment.

[NCAA or BUST]

These are old violations, Mike has learned his lessons. Can he come back in a year after doing his time? I sure hope so

[Rebel02]

Originally posted by NCAA or BUST
These are old violations, Mike has learned his lessons. Can he come back in a year after doing his time? I sure hope so

Please tell me that was sarcasm? Come on, the man has had 3 years to change his life around and has done ~~~~!!!! He is waste of unbelievable talent. I say good riddance to MS. I don't ever want to see him in the state of Louisiana again. He can stay up in Wisconsin with his buddies and his family which he apparently thinks will change his life completely. Nothing will change this guy. He will always be a bum.

GEAUX CAJUNS!!!

[RaginCajun77]

Some may know and others may not, but I am a UL student and work full-time at an Alcohol and Drug Rehab and I see guys who have tons of potential every day. However having potential and using that potential to do the right thing are often two very diffrent things. Michael Southall could be entering his senior season at UL but he chose another path. Going to jail isn't easy and often it further instills a mentality of hopelessness. I can only hope Michael Southall wakes up one morning and realizes what he had and what he still has the opportunity to do and makes the right choice.

[WebWatchDog]

That newspaper address is z00southall.txt If that don't say it all nothing does.

[waterboy]

This was going on when he was a part of the team, I know this for a fact, not only could he not pass a test at school, he couldn't pass the easiest test of all, it required no studying at all.