So Stupid...

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@MaroonBells said:

@supafreak84 said:

@MaroonBells said:

@supafreak84 said:

@Zanary said:
I'm sorry...are people actually blaming this on Kwesi?

Really?

It's just fuggin' amazing, sometimes.  Truly.

We just drafted the kid and thusfar he's shown a ton of immaturity and now poor decision making. Who should get the fuggin' blame then if he busts? 

Your'e overreacting. To a ridiculous level. 

Lol bro you just laid out all the immaturity in a prior post! I'm just saying if he continues and he busts, its not going to look good for the golden child. But yeah....ridiculous level overreaction. Addison needs to clean up his act. This team needs him and nobody is rooting against him. Completely fair though to question what went into the decision to draft him on the heels of this incident. 

Yes, I did lay out a few things that alarmed me about Addison. But so many of you see things only in black and white. If it doesn't fit one "camp" or another, or one accepted agenda or another, you don't understand it. 

But cringing at Addison's money suit and his draft day phone etiquette is a far cry from indicting the GM, the coach and the entire scouting staff for blowing our first round draft pick. 

What is there to understand? He's an immature kid who could have easily killed somebody else or himself and it doesn't play into the favor of a questionable GM who really needs to hit on a draft pick. That's not playing a side, that's just reality, and it's fair to question what they knew or didn't know prior to drafting him. 

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@1VikesFan said:
I might be in the minority but I don't think this is that big of a deal. I drive fast on open freeways all the time, yes well over 100 at times. It was 3 in the morning, can't imagine there was a whole lot of traffic. We'll see if he makes the news for "wrong" reasons in the future, hopefully not. But like I stated I really don't think this is a big deal.

Back in the early 80s I worked with a girl who just got a new car. Driving home from work one afternoon on a 4 lane highway she pulls up next to me and motions me to go faster, so I did.

The speed limit along that stretch was 50 mph. I was going about 60, then we hit 70, 80, 90, 100, 120, 125. My speedometer ended there and we kept going faster and faster. The needle was buried. I estimated 140 at the time. I backed off because we were approaching a more busy section of the highway. She backed down too, only to wave me on to go faster, I declined and she sped off. I backed all the way down to 55 or 60 and went home.

The next day at work she called me a few choice names saying I was afraid to go fast. When I said we were going about 140 mph she said, No we were doing like 85 because that’s where my speedometer stops. She didn’t realize she could go faster than what her gauge went up to.

I was 23, and she was 27. Was it stupid? Maybe. Did it hurt anyone? No.

He’s young and dumb like a lot of young people were and are. It’s not that big of a deal.

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@Riphawkins said:

@1VikesFan said:
I might be in the minority but I don't think this is that big of a deal. I drive fast on open freeways all the time, yes well over 100 at times. It was 3 in the morning, can't imagine there was a whole lot of traffic. We'll see if he makes the news for "wrong" reasons in the future, hopefully not. But like I stated I really don't think this is a big deal.

Back in the early 80s I worked with a girl who just got a new car. Driving home from work one afternoon on a 4 lane highway she pulls up next to me and motions me to go faster, so I did.

The speed limit along that stretch was 50 mph. I was going about 60, then we hit 70, 80, 90, 100, 120, 125. My speedometer ended there and we kept going faster and faster. The needle was buried. I estimated 140 at the time. I backed off because we were approaching a more busy section of the highway. She backed down too, only to wave me on to go faster, I declined and she sped off. I backed all the way down to 55 or 60 and went home.

The next day at work she called me a few choice names saying I was afraid to go fast. When I said we were going about 140 mph she said, No we were doing like 85 because that’s where my speedometer stops. She didn’t realize she could go faster than what her gauge went up to.

I was 23, and she was 27. Was it stupid? Maybe. Did it hurt anyone? No.

He’s young and dumb like a lot of young people were and are. It’s not that big of a deal.

I've been on dozens of accidents ( many of them with fatalities),  as a first responder, where excessive speed was a determining factor,  its always potentially a big deal.  Other vehicles on the road are not expecting the approaching vehicles to be traveling at twice the posted speeds and as such make moves that those speeding aren't able to avoid.  Anytime you have roadways where people aren't traveling at appropriately the same pace ( to fast or to slow) it becomes a huge potential for accidents. 

Theres also the question of experience,  I am going to guess he's not a very experienced driver based on how he pulled over for the cop,  inexperienced drivers are not going to handle unexpected things properly and at that speed the margin of forgiveness is very small.

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@JimmyinSD said:

@Riphawkins said:

@1VikesFan said:
I might be in the minority but I don't think this is that big of a deal. I drive fast on open freeways all the time, yes well over 100 at times. It was 3 in the morning, can't imagine there was a whole lot of traffic. We'll see if he makes the news for "wrong" reasons in the future, hopefully not. But like I stated I really don't think this is a big deal.

Back in the early 80s I worked with a girl who just got a new car. Driving home from work one afternoon on a 4 lane highway she pulls up next to me and motions me to go faster, so I did.

The speed limit along that stretch was 50 mph. I was going about 60, then we hit 70, 80, 90, 100, 120, 125. My speedometer ended there and we kept going faster and faster. The needle was buried. I estimated 140 at the time. I backed off because we were approaching a more busy section of the highway. She backed down too, only to wave me on to go faster, I declined and she sped off. I backed all the way down to 55 or 60 and went home.

The next day at work she called me a few choice names saying I was afraid to go fast. When I said we were going about 140 mph she said, No we were doing like 85 because that’s where my speedometer stops. She didn’t realize she could go faster than what her gauge went up to.

I was 23, and she was 27. Was it stupid? Maybe. Did it hurt anyone? No.

He’s young and dumb like a lot of young people were and are. It’s not that big of a deal.

I've been on dozens of accidents ( many of them with fatalities),  as a first responder, where excessive speed was a determining factor,  its always potentially a big deal.  Other vehicles on the road are not expecting the approaching vehicles to be traveling at twice the posted speeds and as such make moves that those speeding aren't able to avoid.  Anytime you have roadways where people aren't traveling at appropriately the same pace ( to fast or to slow) it becomes a huge potential for accidents. 

Down here in Florida on Interstate 95 (top 3 most dangerous roads in the country) you had better be looking in your rearview mirror as much as straight ahead because cars will come flying by you at over 100 mph. When I change lanes, I always look quickly behind me first...I've saved myself many an accident doing this as some jack wagon is driving like an asshole.

 To your point, drivers are not expecting that kind of speed and its very dangerous. 

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@StickyBun said:

@JimmyinSD said:

@Riphawkins said:

@1VikesFan said:
I might be in the minority but I don't think this is that big of a deal. I drive fast on open freeways all the time, yes well over 100 at times. It was 3 in the morning, can't imagine there was a whole lot of traffic. We'll see if he makes the news for "wrong" reasons in the future, hopefully not. But like I stated I really don't think this is a big deal.

Back in the early 80s I worked with a girl who just got a new car. Driving home from work one afternoon on a 4 lane highway she pulls up next to me and motions me to go faster, so I did.

The speed limit along that stretch was 50 mph. I was going about 60, then we hit 70, 80, 90, 100, 120, 125. My speedometer ended there and we kept going faster and faster. The needle was buried. I estimated 140 at the time. I backed off because we were approaching a more busy section of the highway. She backed down too, only to wave me on to go faster, I declined and she sped off. I backed all the way down to 55 or 60 and went home.

The next day at work she called me a few choice names saying I was afraid to go fast. When I said we were going about 140 mph she said, No we were doing like 85 because that’s where my speedometer stops. She didn’t realize she could go faster than what her gauge went up to.

I was 23, and she was 27. Was it stupid? Maybe. Did it hurt anyone? No.

He’s young and dumb like a lot of young people were and are. It’s not that big of a deal.

I've been on dozens of accidents ( many of them with fatalities),  as a first responder, where excessive speed was a determining factor,  its always potentially a big deal.  Other vehicles on the road are not expecting the approaching vehicles to be traveling at twice the posted speeds and as such make moves that those speeding aren't able to avoid.  Anytime you have roadways where people aren't traveling at appropriately the same pace ( to fast or to slow) it becomes a huge potential for accidents. 

Down here in Florida on Interstate 95 (top 3 most dangerous roads in the country) you had better be looking in your rearview mirror as much as straight ahead because cars will come flying by you at over 100 mph. When I change lanes, I always look quickly behind me first...I've saved myself many an accident doing this as some jack wagon is driving like an asshole.

 To your point, drivers are not expecting that kind of speed and its very dangerous. 

It can work both ways too.  We get as much of this on our highways as we do excessive speed.

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Show of hands...how many of you have NOT driven a car over 100 MPH on an empty highway? I'll wait...

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@JR44 said:

@Zanary said:

@StickyBun said:

@Zanary said:
I'm sorry...are people actually blaming this on Kwesi?

Really?

It's just fuggin' amazing, sometimes.  Truly.

First day on the board?  :p

Fair point, I forgot the inevitability of melodrama-mamas.

Can say the same thing about your post, seems kind of hypocritical.  

It's not.

I think it's a bad joke to equate taking issue with some overreacting posters on a sports board to said posters somehow dragging our GM for not having precognition, while largely ignoring the judgement/actions of a young man behaving poorly, and continuing to somehow ignore the magnificent progress the team made in both culture and win count under KAM.

Meanwhile, yes, on a single thread on this board, I alluded to the ridiculousness and didn't even name names.

The scales are nothing like even.

Swing and a miss.

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Welll golly, the important thing is to give up on the kid over a month before week 1 of his rookie season!

(wanders off, chuckling and shaking head)

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@Zanary said:
Welll golly, the important thing is to give up on the kid over a month before week 1 of his rookie season!

(wanders off, chuckling and shaking head)

Yea, let's see him make a practice first

So far, no show on the field and no good off the field.   

No doubt all will be forgiven if he lives up to the hype but for now a terrible first impression.

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@Riphawkins said:

@1VikesFan said:
I might be in the minority but I don't think this is that big of a deal. I drive fast on open freeways all the time, yes well over 100 at times. It was 3 in the morning, can't imagine there was a whole lot of traffic. We'll see if he makes the news for "wrong" reasons in the future, hopefully not. But like I stated I really don't think this is a big deal.

Back in the early 80s I worked with a girl who just got a new car. Driving home from work one afternoon on a 4 lane highway she pulls up next to me and motions me to go faster, so I did.

The speed limit along that stretch was 50 mph. I was going about 60, then we hit 70, 80, 90, 100, 120, 125. My speedometer ended there and we kept going faster and faster. The needle was buried. I estimated 140 at the time. I backed off because we were approaching a more busy section of the highway. She backed down too, only to wave me on to go faster, I declined and she sped off. I backed all the way down to 55 or 60 and went home.

The next day at work she called me a few choice names saying I was afraid to go fast. When I said we were going about 140 mph she said, No we were doing like 85 because that’s where my speedometer stops. She didn’t realize she could go faster than what her gauge went up to.

I was 23, and she was 27. Was it stupid? Maybe. Did it hurt anyone? No.

He’s young and dumb like a lot of young people were and are. It’s not that big of a deal.

I remember being on lake roads when I about 5 or 6 unbuckled in the back seat of my dad's early 70s Grand Prix with my other siblings and my dad asking all of us kids if we "wanted to go to 100!".  Yes, of course, his can of Schlitz was sitting between his legs. 
It's probably an amazing story that any kids growing up in the 60s and 70s made it out alive.