Stewart back at practice today

I4CtheFuture

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According to one thing I read somewhere (The State?) he has apologized to Shane and the team.

Right, wrong, or otherwise, I think this is a situation where he's served his 1 game suspension and you let him play the rest of the way. There is a caveat there though: 1 more mistake like he had against Bama, either on the field or off the field, and he has to be let go from the team. No two ways about it.
 

18IsTheMan

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According to one thing I read somewhere (The State?) he has apologized to Shane and the team.

Right, wrong, or otherwise, I think this is a situation where he's served his 1 game suspension and you let him play the rest of the way. There is a caveat there though: 1 more mistake like he had against Bama, either on the field or off the field, and he has to be let go from the team. No two ways about it.
Yeah, I think he's on a one strike policy from here on out.

But, as far as I'm concerned, he served his suspension. That's what the league was ok with. Teammates were vocal that they hoped he'd be able to come back.

Best case scenario: He comes back with a renewed focus, knowing his reputation has been tarnished and his NFL draft prospects dinged a little bit, so he plays with heightened level of intensity to make up for the damage.
 
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if he played against Kentucky, he probably is the difference between winning in regulation vs losing in overtime. Shane knows hes ****** unless he starts winning some games.
 

18IsTheMan

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Loafing would be highly detrimental to his NFL aspirations.
Yep. This season, so far, has been a total bust for him. He has 7 games to impress scouts. In reality, though, I'm not sure how much the scouts care. I think they've seen what they want to see as far his physical traits and abilities.

He was punished, move on.
Yep. My initial take was to boot him from the team. But Beamer is right, he's not the first player ever to commit the infractions he did. He took his suspension and got beat up in the media for a solid week. If he's had the right attitude behind closed doors with Beamer, I'm good with it.

There's no moral high ground. Look, someone posted on X yesterday about our 2006 game against UF when Jarvis Moss blocked 2 FG attempts by us, one to seal the game for UF. Moss should have been suspended for our game, but he was suspended for the WCU game the following week. If he doesn't play, we win.
 

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Yep. This season, so far, has been a total bust for him. He has 7 games to impress scouts. In reality, though, I'm not sure how much the scouts care. I think they've seen what they want to see as far his physical traits and abilities.


Yep. My initial take was to boot him from the team. But Beamer is right, he's not the first player ever to commit the infractions he did. He took his suspension and got beat up in the media for a solid week. If he's had the right attitude behind closed doors with Beamer, I'm good with it.

There's no moral high ground. Look, someone posted on X yesterday about our 2006 game against UF when Jarvis Moss blocked 2 FG attempts by us, one to seal the game for UF. Moss should have been suspended for our game, but he was suspended for the WCU game the following week. If he doesn't play, we win.
And look at 2010. Cam Newton wasn't fully cleared to play in the SECCG until the night before and he probably shouldn't have been cleared. Take him out of that game and it goes much differently.
 
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