Greg Gaines keeping it real

[VolunteerHillbilly]

Alderman candidate Gaines charged with DUI after being found asleep - Nashville, Tennessee - Wednesday, 08/01/07 - Tennessean.com

Gaines, 48, was found by police Tuesday at 4 a.m. asleep in the grass outside his Grand Jeep Cherokee along the 1100 block of Downs Boulevard, according to a police report.

“People will not understand. It was pain medication,” Gaines said. “I wasn’t even driving the car at the time.”

Gaines’ football career began at DuPont High School in Old Hickory. Next he went to the University of Tennessee, where he was selected to the All-Academic Team in 1978. During the 1980s, he was a five-year starter for the Seattle Seahawks and completed his NFL career with the Kansas City Chiefs in 1989.

 

[getyopopcornready]

When keeping it real goes wrong

 

[volsgirl5]

Well, I can understand the pain meds making you a little tired. Happens to me too!

He was friends with my student teacher that I had in third grade.....He came to my elementary school & we all got to meet him. Then a few months later, I was down at Tom Black track for a meet & saw him. Of course, I ran up to him (being ten and unafraid of anything!). He was so nice and said he remembered coming to my class & meeting us all. Always a fan after that.

 

[mcompton]

I graduated from Dupont w/ all the Gaines. They were all athletes. One of them was the player for Vanderbilt that hit the Ole Miss player which paralyzed him. Greg was some kind of player....hate that this happened to him...

 

[WA_Vol]

Alderman candidate Gaines charged with DUI after being found asleep - Nashville, Tennessee - Wednesday, 08/01/07 - Tennessean.com

I wonder what he had for dinner? A handful of vicodin and half a bottle of gin?

 

[UT IE 95]

I wonder what he had for dinner? A handful of vicodin and half a bottle of gin?

Surely he had better taste than gin?

 

[volfan2024]

I wonder what he had for dinner? A handful of vicodin and half a bottle of gin?

:lolabove:

 

[kbutler]

I wonder what he had for dinner? A handful of vicodin and half a bottle of gin?

What's your point?

 

[WA_Vol]

What's your point?

Read between the lines:

Franklin Sgt. Don Zelaya noted “a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage” coming from Gaines on Tuesday morning.

“People will not understand. It was pain medication,” Gaines said.

 

[kbutler]

Seriously - from a legal perspective - how do you get a DUI for being asleep in the grass next to your car? I don't understand.

 

[WA_Vol]

Seriously - from a legal perspective - how do you get a DUI for being asleep in the grass next to your car? I don't understand.

I don't understand that either. Public intoxication, that's it.

 

[IPorange]

On the bright side, he didn't try to keep driving. He stopped and got out of the driver's seat (if he was driving, I guess he says he wasn't). I hope that's taken into consideration in court.

 

[rexvol]

the police can charge you with whatever they want to....now, the question is can they make it stick