Jacob Park Update/Controversy
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He let his teammates down. He did not embrace treatment for mental health issues. That could be considered misbehavior--not criminal behavior, but misbehavior. His antics at the Texas game could also be considered misbehavior.
Lighten up Francis-- this isn't the hill to die on, sticking up for the rights of the mentally ill or some such. Use of the word is not inappropriate here.
He got booted for a reason.
My point is mainly that I doubt Campbell would recruit him now.
CycloneErik
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Jesus, that's one of the harshest takes I've ever seen crashing down on someone's mental health. Impressive, brutal, and just plain nasty.
It took a lot of effort, let me tell you. I don't believe Pants is Jacob Parks, so I don't believe I crashed down on his mental health. Just saying that casual use of the word misbehavior does not necessarily constitute an attack on someone experiencing mental health issues.
But go on. Feel free to brand me as a vicious and brutal savager of the mentally ill (I am far from that).
He was "higher than a giraffe's *****" in that game according to a player who recently graduated. And he was into way harder stuff than marijuana, also from said player.
What does way harder stuff constitute? Coke? Meth? Heroine? Quite the spectrum of "harder"
Yeah I hate to rag on Jacob, because he isn't here to defend himself, but I remember watching him do interviews and just came away thinking how he doesn't sound like a guy I'd want leading my teams huddle, but the talent was there and we trusted the process. Thank God for Kyle Kempt.
I never equated the two. Maybe I’m just misremembering because that era feels like two decades ago, but the only things I remember about him having “issues” was weed and him having to leave because he was considering getting help. I’m not associating misbehaviors with mental health. I’m saying I don’t consider weed a misbehavior because who gives a **** if someone smokes pot, half of our athletes probably do. And I don’t consider mental health being a misbehavior. So I was asking, outside of those two things, what misbehaviors were there? Maybe there’s some I’m legitimately unaware of.
Im more of a Pepsi guy, but what’s wrong with Coca Cola?
My mental health would of suffered that game had I not been pantshitting drunk.
Coke was a big issue with him, plus he had his fair share of melt downs. Don’t know if they were related to the coke or if he had some mental health issues as has been stated here, but know he had some problems with that. Failing drug tests was a major issue also. I don’t know the number of our players that smoke, but almost none fail drug tests and Park did multiple times.
