Chris Henry Charged with Assault; Waived by Bengals

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Originally Posted by SKINSnCANES

I think the last line of your argument is the entire basis of what Skins fans think and do. In the 'good ole days' we thrived on getting that blue collar guy that busted his ass to succceed.

Everyone loves the story about the small town kid that worked hard and became great.

No one loves the pompass player that is seemingly taking his skills for granted and making stupid mistakes.

We look at these guys under a microscope and its not fair to them. You can be a pro football player, and drink with minors. I know its illegal and sounds bad. but think about it guys. A lot of people on this board are in college and I refuse to believe you didnt drink as a minor or with a minor before... or has everyone except me on this board never been to a strip club?

I dont want a team of "Rudys" or "the invincable". Personally, I dont need to hear the feel good story. I just want to win football games.

Yes theres a line. No I dont like that players at my college got into a lot of trouble in recent years and ear marked that program as being bad. But, if you look at it, people only cared that they did inapproriate things when they were losing. No one cares when you are winning.

When i went to school Portis, Shockey, Taylor...these guys were all there. And the guys before that like Sapp...Ray Lewis... All of them have attitude problem, they all got in trouble.

Everyone loves Portis and Taylor, so dotn sit here and compalin about the rest of the league without looking internally. Portis and Taylor were no Saints, hell lewis was arrested and Sapp is a walking time bomb.

But with age came maturity, they are all (were....) fun guys and matured. They learned from their mistakes and became dominant. So dont be so quick to dismiss a guy like Henry, he could be the next great lockerroom MVP in the leauge. Or he could become trash... its a risk. I just think its a small risk, you can always cut the guy.

We have a great team in place, with strong vet leaders. They would keep players in control.

funny, a lot of people said this same locker room could bring out the best in Brandon Lloyd.....wonder how that is going to play out. Is he still on the roster??

I just dont understand these arguements for players that are idiots. Do you and I get into fights at strip clubs, beat up our girlfriends, carry guns around??? if these idiots weren't football players, like you and i, they would be in jail. How hard is it NOT to get arrested? I am no saint either, but I seem to be able to go to drive to work everyday, work, drive home, have a couple of beers or friday and saturday and not get arrested. seems pretty damn easy. These players seems to think getting arrested is no big deal, that smashing a stippers face into a stage for picking up dollars bills that were thrown on the stage for her is ok. she deserved it. I have no remorse for guys that make millions of dollars that can't seem to stay out of trouble. it is absolutely mind boggling.