Not getting off to a good start in the New Year
Maurice Clarett is officially done as a potential NFL player. I had not completely written him off thinking there was a slim chance he could rededicate himself and get another chance. Well, he ended all thoughts of a comeback this morning. Clarett wanted by police
Former Ohio State University running back Maurice Clarett was accused of using a gun to rob two people in an alley behind a bar early Sunday and taking a cell phone, police said.This guy had a dream life ahead of him with his athletic talent. However, he wanted his riches so quickly he ended up with nothing. Every coach should talk to his entire team every year using Clarett as an object lesson.
Clarett, 22, who helped the Buckeyes win the national championship in 2002, fled when the bar owner or manager, who knew Clarett and the victims, came into the alley and identified him shortly before 2 a.m., detectives said.
According to police, he left the scene in a white sport utility vehicle with two other men and got only the cell phone from his alleged victims. Neither was hurt. Clarett is wanted on two counts of suspicion of aggravated robbery, police said.
posted by LargeBill at 9:02 AM
1 Comments:
Wow. This is really sad.
I don't know why he deserves any more or less consideration than any other punk who does the same thing. I saw the prosecutor in Franklin County, who is running for Ohio AG (and probably won't win), speak at Anderson Twp. a few weeks ago. Based on how what I learned about he has handled the state scandal prosecutions, I don't expect him to give Clarett any favors, or to make an example of him by overdoing it. I suspect he had a lot of pressure on him to look the other way on the 2003 incident, and he didn't.
The bigger picture is that I hope Clarett sees this as a wake-up call to get his life together and to somehow forget about what might have been. He could start by turning himself in. I'm not optimistic.
11:08 AM
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