Okay, this seems to be a procedural snafu, but it put a scare into me when I saw the headline screaming of failing to appear for a hearing.
Two men who were members of the University of Pittsburgh football team when police said they were caught with drug paraphernalia failed to appear in court for their preliminary hearings this morning.
One of them, Khanyin Mosley-Smith, 21, came to city court later this afternoon with a letter confirming that he had performed community service and will have his charge dismissed, according to Mike Manko, a spokesman for the Allegheny County district attorney’s office.
The other, Eric Williams, 20, did not show and was held for trial in Common Pleas Court, Mr. Manko said.
So missing the hearing, not a big deal since the matter was all resolved. No real harm or foul there.
Whether he gets back on the squad this year — or next — is still an open question. He is still suspended indefinitely.
Leftwich is one of nine WPIAL players on the Pennsylvania roster. Clairton’s Tyler Boyd, another WPIAL player, also has been very impressive in practices, according to Walker. Boyd is a highly-touted Pitt recruit who is playing receiver. He played in Class A, the smallest classification in Pennsylvania.
“Tyler Boyd is definitely the real deal,” Walker said. “It doesn’t matter if he’s from Class A or AA. He’s smooth, he’s a good athlete, he’s a worker and he’s coachable. There’s no superstar attitude from him and it doesn’t matter that he’s going against future Division I cornerbacks from [Class AAAA] high schools. He’s as good as them. He has already proven himself to be a very good player. Pitt is getting a good one there.”
If I were Paul Chryst, this would be motivational material to post in the lockerroom.
Still say you’re going to see him getting some carries out of the backfield in special situations.
Here is a quote from San Antonio Popovich on why he likes foreign players over US players.
A lot of truth by Pop.
Spurs coach Gregg Popovich says foreign players are “fundamentally harder working than most American kids.”
This work ethic is a result of many factors, perhaps none more important than the development systems in foreign countries:
“…when Pop looks at American talent he sees many players who “have been coddled since eighth, ninth, 10th grade by various factions or groups of people. But the foreign kids don’t live with that. So they don’t feel entitled,” he says, noting how many clubs work on fundamentals in two-a-day practices, each lasting up to three hours. “Now, you can’t paint it with too wide of a brush, but in general, that’s a fact.”
I saw the same and laughed…he must have Borghetti paying his salary…
speaking of, its so funny that an industry of stalking 15, 16 and 17 year old boys has evolved to what it is..i suppose i appreciate the info, but its still funny
I wholly agree with comments posted by
Dr. Tom 06.13.13 @ 7:47 am
Rev. George Mehaffey 06.13.13 @ 10:30 am
Taxing Matters 06.13.13 @ 11:34 am
And esp., very well stated, by you:
HbgFrank 06.13.13 @ 12:00 p
I cannot argue, either, that there is good in
“Eric Williams [charges] were also dropped after he appeared in court today.”
Comment by PatMac 06.13.13 @ 3:28 pm
I cannot deny that I thought Williams was culpable to some degree. But evidently, the law saw it differently as initially reported.
HTP
So, why is Williams kicked off the team and KK just suspended??
Chryst is going to have a problem if he is not consistent with his discipline.
Shane Roy
he pays his own way.
recruiting sites they have nothing abought
roy then i went to dockish nothing abought roy
then pitt 247 nothing then the trib and post nothing abought roy comeing to pitt
pitt offered but did not see him commit were is the info please i cant find it.
Will be interesting to watch how that plays out. Williams had a lot of snaps heading his way and seriously, with some good effort and results, was positioning himself with a chance at the next level. Did he stay in school?
tomarrow if they are still at one i would say
that was a miss print.
This is a kid’s education/football future that we’re talking about here and it is absolutely imperative that consistancy in the head coach’s actions come through loud and clear, also.
Based on previous instances, Paul Chryst tends to be closed mouthed regarding such circumstances. However I think that he has to be open to reconsideration of William’s situation and do a good PR job in explaining his final decision, even if it nothing more than sticking to his initial dismissal from the team.
Chyrst must be asking himself, right about now, “why did I want to become a college football head coach again”??? Should be interesting to see how this plays out.
I think it is very important to understand that discipline inside the football program should remain separate from whatever the State chooses to do or not do.
You can’t look at our judicial system’s decision making without the understanding that it is based not only on innocence or guilt but also on financial and emotional influences.
It may be that the judges in this case just didn’t feel that it was worth spending the money, time and energy on these charges. That doesn’t lessen the initial actions by the players involved one iota.
That shouldn’t make a bit of difference as to how PITT handles these issues internally… not one bit. PITT should do all the info gathering they can from the judicial system then do some on their own and make a completely separate decision as to discipline.
