Coker tells Miami players no guns allowed

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That's rare idiocy even for the antis. Had the other player been unarmed, the victim of the attack would likely have been dead by now.
 
Florida State coach Bobby Bowden said he makes his players who own guns for hunting purposes register them with the coaching staff. "We keep 'em," Bowden said Monday. "If they go hunting, they check the guns out. Does that slip by sometime? I don't know. I don't keep up with it that much."

And who registers and keeps the player's firearms?

What are their qualifications? They played college Football?
 
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I find it ironic that Coker is discouraging his football players from owning firearms, while the shooting sports are safer than football.
 
There's really only one response to the coach that is appropriate for a free man.

Ironically, it is not appropriate of the High Road.
 
Your teammate saves your backside by coming to your defense while armed with a pistol and the coach's solution is to prevent his player's from defending themselves with pistols.

That article has to take the prize so far for "Moronic Reasoning of 2006" Trophy.:rolleyes:

Only handguns though? If I lived in Florida, I would not keep a pistol, but a carbine and a shotgun.:D
 
yea that's pretty bad - i'd probably quit the team. it's a shame they don't allow guns on campuses. campus security really can't deal with, well, anything, and i'd imagine criminals know it. it was a gray area when i was at u of illinois, campus and campustown kind of comingle. i got to shoot with LEOs a couple times, i asked them about it, they said nobody would care as long as i was a responsible owner (which means nobody except range buddies would really know in the first place). it did come in handy once too; besides having a bike disappear on us, a guy forced entry into our place. my roommate woke me up and we talked him out, i didn't need to brandish but i was happy to be armed. he took off before police arrived. for grad school i'll be in cleveland, with the campus and a couple surrounding areas being a nice enclave surrounded by some hairy neighborhoods. no guns on campus, though. i'm hoping i can (maybe) make friends with the building security where i'll be most of the time, and see if i can check a gun if there's going to be someone on duty 24 hours. my place is only a block or so south of the "do not cross" neighborhood-marker street, and if i'm walking home from the library at 2:30 in the morning i think it'd be nice to be afforded some protection.
 
You mean like our local UM graduate Sean Taylor. He sets a fine example for the local kids. But hey so far he's managed to wiggle his way out a DUI in VA, and a serious firearm felony in FL, so being rich is good.

Bruce
 
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Miami by and large employees thugs on their football team. They have a remarkable record for violence and crime, during, and after their stint at UM.
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I think this factor was overlooked by the previous posts.

We are probably missing the catalyst to "reserve safety Willie Cooper" being shot in the buttocks outside his home last Friday morning. Let's just say this situation probably didn't erupt over an argument about if THR or Glocktalk is better. These guys weren't studying for a macroeconomics test prior to the shooting.

I'm not sure how many of you have had experience with college football players, but even at a regular college each weekend (any level) there is often a mix of heavy drinking, pumped up pride, truculence, and a less than responsible atmosphere. You throw firearms in the mix and you can have a serious off the field incident.

Think about all this from a coach's view, who has to protect the interests of the program. Should responsible student-athletes be allowed to own guns? Absolutely. But what about irresponsible players? What about players who get into trouble and fights frequently? When you read Coker's comments in the context of the discipline problems Miami has and will continue to experience, it’s not a "moron" statement, but common sense.
 
If I was on the team, after he made his announcement, and every time he discouraged it, I would encourage it. Yah, I would be booted fast, but it would be fun.
 
Florida State coach Bobby Bowden said he makes his players who own guns for hunting purposes register them with the coaching staff.
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So they can keep their defensive and recreational guns? :evil:
 
Coker said he didn't know how much he could enforce a no-gun rule if players own guns legally off campus . . . Florida State coach Bobby Bowden said he makes his players who own guns for hunting purposes register them with the coaching staff. "We keep 'em," Bowden said Monday. "If they go hunting, they check the guns out . . . "
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Legally owned, off campus . . . coach & staff can pound sand.

Nobody tried cr@p like this when I was in college or grad school . . . and in high school, whenever faculty/staff tried to over-reach their authority, the response was simple noncompliance.
 
Dick Butkus once observed how curious he found it that the higher you climbed in the world of football, the more you were treated like a young child. At the pro level, there were enforced bedtimes (not curfews) when he was playing, at least when the team was on the road in a hotel. Guys were told what they could and couldn't wear. All sorts of stuff.

I only played one year of Div III ball, and I was nobody's superstar, but I did notice there were a lot more restrictions on my hair, clothes, etc. than anyone would have considered in high school.

I suppose coaches have more at stake at the higher levels, too.
 
Dick Butkus once observed how curious he found it that the higher you climbed in the world of football, the more you were treated like a young child. At the pro level, there were enforced bedtimes (not curfews) when he was playing, at least when the team was on the road in a hotel. Guys were told what they could and couldn't wear. All sorts of stuff.
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That's not all that illogical. A pro athlete is a big investment for his team's owner(s). If I were paying someone $10 million a year to play a sport, I'd want to be sure they're in the best physical shape possible and that they presented a positive image of my company.

If they don't like it, they have every right to find another way to make that kind of money.
 
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