With the news of DJ Walton's arrest and dismissal from the
football team, that time-honored question returns: how many chances should a
football player get before he is dismissed from the team? I don't know the
answer, but I do know one thing: Frank Beamer gives players lots and lots of
chances, often to the detriment of his team and the university.
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| Upon the news of
DJ Walton's arrest, the VT football program stiff-armed him, much like FAMU's Josh Driscoll did last season during VT's 62-0 win. |
Someone asked me this past weekend, "If you were the
coach, would Marcus Vick still be on the team?" I expounded how Vick had
made many mistakes, three to be exact, and had paid his penance and appeared to
be on the right track. "If he stays out of trouble and has a good
season," I noted, "it will be the comeback story of the year in
college football. The press will be all over it."