Some thoughts on what has transpired....

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#51
cd12 said:
Trust me, he doesn't want to see what a "breakdown of the relationship" would really look like and the effects it would have on the program should the PD declare open season on the program.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Dooley start a ride along program to improve relations and teach the kids the cops are not out to get them?
 
#53
#53
cd12 said:
Trust me, he doesn't want to see what a "breakdown of the relationship" would really look like and the effects it would have on the program should the PD declare open season.
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It just seems like this is kind of petty to have the press it has had. This kind of stuff happens in Gibbs all the time, and this is the one that gets publicized. I'm sure it's just the roll of the dice in some aspects, but this should have been handled a little quieter is all I'm getting at. It's not like he went to Pilot and held someone up for a cheeseburger. :)
 
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bigdaddy said:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Dooley start a ride along program to improve relations and teach the kids the cops are not out to get them?
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That was part of it yes, but the other part was to try and mend the ties between the KPD and UT, if I'm not mistaken.
 
#55
#55
"There have been several key team members over the years that have done this exact same thing, just wasn't publicized like this has been"

Didn't know we have had a huge problem with athletes stealing over there? Fights sure, but stealing not so much.
 
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g8terh8ter_eric said:
It just seems like this is kind of petty to have the press it has had. This kind of stuff happens in Gibbs all the time, and this is the one that gets publicized. I'm sure it's just the roll of the dice in some aspects, but this should have been handled a little quieter is all I'm getting at. It's not like he went to Pilot and held someone up for a cheeseburger. :)
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So you are saying the the police are at fault for this being out in the media?
 
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utvolpj said:
residents of Gibbs go to jail "all the time" and we don't hear about it? Interesting
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That information is always out there......just so happens Cam is a UT football player so people actually give a rip. He shouldnt get any more protection from release of information than any other student at UT who would be arrested.
 
#59
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g8terh8ter_eric said:
It just seems like this is kind of petty to have the press it has had. This kind of stuff happens in Gibbs all the time, and this is the one that gets publicized. I'm sure it's just the roll of the dice in some aspects, but this should have been handled a little quieter is all I'm getting at. It's not like he went to Pilot and held someone up for a cheeseburger. :)
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Its public record and the media decides what they report. There are multiple DUI arrests a day but which ones get the media attention? In todays social media world nothing gets swept under the rug.
 
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#60
BearCat204 said:
That information is always out there......just so happens Cam is a UT football player so people actually give a rip. He shouldnt get any more protection from release of information than any other student at UT who would be arrested.
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I'm just trying to remember all these other times a UT player got arrested and it was swept under the rug or we found out months later

he was arrested on campus anyway so it would have shown up in the crimelog. No one is safe from that one
 
#61
#61
utvolpj said:
I'm just trying to remember all these other times a UT player got arrested and it was swept under the rug or we found out months later

he was arrested on campus anyway so it would have shown up in the crimelog. No one is safe from that one
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But....but.....he should be given special considerations since he plays football. Its so unfair to him and the police are overstepping their power here
 
#62
#62
BearCat204 said:
So you are saying the the police are at fault for this being out in the media?
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I didn't say that, nor wanted to infer that. It's obviously public record in the end, but it just seems like this is something that could have been handled more internally than it has been.
 
#63
#63
BearCat204 said:
But....but.....he should be given special considerations since he plays football. Its so unfair to him and the police are overstepping their power here
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you only get that when you're winning and the sports writers have stuff to cover. As it is now....
 
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g8terh8ter_eric said:
I didn't say that, nor wanted to infer that. It's obviously public record in the end, but it just seems like this is something that could have been handled more internally than it has been.
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What the hell does this mean then?
There are ways to handle things like this, especially when it involves UT athletics in Knoxville, but it's obvious that a little discretion is almost impossible for some of today's law enforcement to use.
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#65
#65
g8terh8ter_eric said:
I didn't say that, nor wanted to infer that. It's obviously public record in the end, but it just seems like this is something that could have been handled more internally than it has been.
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I'm not picking on you Eric, but what would you suggest they have done?
 
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g8terh8ter_eric said:
I didn't say that, nor wanted to infer that. It's obviously public record in the end, but it just seems like this is something that could have been handled more internally than it has been.
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So are you saying that he shouldn't have been arrested at all when found with stolen property? Because once that happens it becomes part of public record and there really isn't a way to handle it "more internally" from that point.
 
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#72
It's a serious charge. If he's proven guilty he's probably gone. You really can't handle that internally. That was going to get out one way or the other. Sad that maybe another player has made a potentially bad decision cost him a shot at playing big time football. Seems to happen a whole lot these days.
 
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NochNoch said:
So are you saying that he shouldn't have been arrested at all when found with stolen property? Because once that happens it becomes part of public record and there really isn't a way to handle it "more internally" from that point.
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I just know that if some of the things that happened in Gibbs in the '90s came out in the open back then, there's no telling where we might have been as a football team then. This is a laptop, not drugs or anything crazy like that, so I guess I just don't see why they don't get the kid's laptop back to him, and deal with this internally with Cam. That could have been done here.
 
#75
#75
g8terh8ter_eric said:
I know. It just seems as if this whole thing could have been handled differently is all I'm saying. I was probably a bit too forward in my original post.
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Im all for letting the facts settle out for the kid before he is hung out to dry, but the picture is bleak at best for him. He made some really bad decisions and this is the real world he must deal with now. Media, cops, coworkers, coaches, and all.
 
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