im all for seeing both sides of the story, but Im reading this with two things in mind: 1) a star football player gets cut as much slack as the coach can possibly give him and 2) if your career/scholarship is in jeopardy and something happens to your cell phone, you borrow someone else’s and call the coach immediately – not kick back on south campus and watch reruns of 16 and pregnant.

to blame for Mike Williams’ departure from the SU football team is Mike Williams. Marrone saying nothing is more believable than Williams’ side of the story, IMO. Mike had how many chances to continue at SU and still couldn’t get it right? The kid should have been a saint after being let back in. Instead, he slacked on his classwork (hence the 1st suspension) and broke curfew to go to the casino. He had the ability to shape his future. I know he’s just a kid and believe me I did some stupid things when I was young, but I always had to face the music. He chose to avoid the ramifications and just leave the team. Let’s just say Mike has some maturing to do.