Re: Tom Osborne, do you sleep at night?


Trent Woodruff wrote:
> >mwolvie@xxxxxxxxx was cut from the Baylor football team for saying...
>
> >x-player Phillips arrested after pickup game turns ugly
>
> Believe it or not, I'll be the DOES sleep well in regards to this
> issue and he SHOULD do so.
>
> I truly believe Osborne did everything he thought was right in trying
> to change Lawrence's life from the shitty one it was in high school
> into the great one it had the potential to be.
>
> It can certainly be argued that Osborne was too lenient with him after
> the incident with his girlfriend at Nebraska (I'm one who says he
> was), but I do believe Osborne's intentions were in trying to prove to
> Lawrence that there were people on his side willing to stand by him if
> necessary to try to help him work through his issues. And to a man
> from the streets, someone standing by you can be a powerful
> motivation.
>
> It didn't work, unfortunately.
>
> In the end though...Lawrence's problems are Lawrence's.
>
Exactly. Tom Osborne sought help for Phillips which not very many
people ever did for him. Unfortunately Lawrence Phillips chose the
wrong path. He will probably end up killing someone someday if
somebody doesn't kill him first.

Dan

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