Storm Klein dismissed by ohio
Update to story that broke last night and has since fallen off the first page of board topics.
Storm Klein dismissed by Ohio. It seems that if the charges don't stick Urb has left an opening for allowing him back on the team.
Urban Meyer freeing up scholarships since 2006.
Yes, because I bet his face lights up like a Christmas tree whenever one of his players gets caught (probably) beating up his girlfriend and making more scandalous national news. Don't you think he would just find someone for a medical hardship if he actually wanted to free up a scholarship? Actually, no... you don't think much, do you?
~Herm
We all think, right? The poster may have overstepped, in mildly jocular fashion, but you're piling on, abusively. Hope you treat your family members better.
There's a lot of MGoIdiots our there. There was a pretty good discussion in the original thread about this sort of stuff: http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/ohio-st-lb-klein-arrested-and-charged-assau…
and Mgrowold made the best point about how quite a few think of Meyer on this board:
OSU player gets in trouble and gets minor discipline from Meyer.... "I knew it! He's easy on the players and lets them get away with murder I tell you. He runs a renegade program, just like he did in Florida, where the inmates run the prison! They are a bunch of thugs and criminals." OSU player gets in trouble and gets moderate discipline from Meyer..... "I knew it! He's just doing this for show. This really doesn't mean a thing becauseand in reality this just proves what I've said all along. OSU player gets in trouble and gets severe discipline from Meyer...... "I knew it! He's just clearing scholly's so he can oversign with impunity. The kid didn't really deserve this because and Meyer overreacted. He's just clearing the deck of players he doesnt want."
Yeah but right now we don't know what the trouble is. He's been charged with misdemeanor assault and domestic violence; but Josh Furman was charged with breaking and entering, assault, and domestic violence. Then we got to court, and it was just an overzealous prosecutor. And when you read the Columbus Dispatch's early story, it's pretty similiar to the Furman case.
I was just thinking the same thing. I never remembered the MGoIdiots being as bad as they have been the last few weeks.
The Dispatch's early story...
http://www.buckeyextra.com/content/stories/2012/07/07/07-klein-pleads-not-guilty.html
Ex-girlfriend showing up at his apartment, is unruly and/or uwelcome, and is forcibly expelled and locked out.
This would appear to be a lot closer to "Josh Furman" than "O.J. Simpson."
Excuse me, perhaps I should've read into the story a little more. I did try to put a disclaimer on there, as I hope the police had reason to take him into custody. And judging by the speed of the dismissal, it seems to appear as though there is some substance behind the charge. Granted, I do understand the fallibility of the criminal justice system and its particular biases. However, I'm sure most men have dealt with some sort of crazed female and come out of the situation without getting arrested, so perhaps the situation could have at least been dealt with better (less physically) by Klein.
~Herm
It's also the second time Klein's been charged with assault; the last one ended up being dismissed. I can't recall whether it was a domestic case as well, though.
For the record, Klein played pretty poorly last season, and was the reason for the many of the defensive shortcomings over the middle. Curtis Grant took Klein's spot for this season, and one of the freshman can easily step up into Klein's 2-deep spot. 2 have been on campus for months now, and Perkins is already in a position to work in playing time as a true freshman.
You just got Herm'd brah
Dismissed but back on the team if the charges don't stick seems kind of odd. It's almost like a guilty until proven innocent. I'd have gone with indefinite suspension and an understanding that if the charges stick you're gone. Oh well, to each their own.
Seems wierd to me too. I'm sure Urban and OSU know more about the case than has been released to the public. If they think it's a misunderstanding or overblown they should suspend during the court proceedings, similar to Furman. If it's a big deal he should be dismissed with no chance back on the team even if he does get acquitted in court.
You've got a good point there, but this is pretty cut and dry even for guys like Kiffin and Saban. A second beating up your girlfriend charge is gonna get you kicked off any team if the charges stick, and given Ohio's NCAA troubles lately, it's not hard to see why he would take that approach.
To be more cynical, by adopting a guilty till proven innocent on a 2 deep, Ubz is bolstering a "disciplinarian" rep. Then if he wants to go soft on a guy he likes (Percy Harvin, wink, wink), he'll have a statistical tough guy record to keep criticism sounding partisan.
The only thing that combats this is the fact that Urban could do nothing but rave about Stoneburner's personality, work ethic, and potential, and then punished him pretty severely.
Though we OSU fans also wonder about what happens if Braxton gets in trouble (god forbid).
Not to be an ass...but I hope the charges stick.
He is indeed an ass, or at least at the time he typed that message, he was being ass-like.
If true, this means some girl/lady/woman got assaulted. If not, that abuse didn't take place. As much as Klein being on the field might hurt our chances in November (I happen to think we'll win either way), I'm definitely in the "don't hope for domestic violence" camp.
Forgive me, I'm studying for boards now...
Type I error is finding that different groups are different when they actually are not
Type II error is failure to reject the null hypothesis when the two outcomes actually are differrent
In this case, the null hypothesis would be that no abuse occurred
I wasn't saying I hoped a domestic violence incident occured, I'm just saying that I hope the charges stick IF a domestic violence incident occured. What's done is done, if he assaulted someone then he should have his day in court and be punished appropriately.
Seriously, I don't think anyone would wish for someone to have been assaulted, that's just ridiculous.
when a prosecutor believes he can prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the offense occured.
If the charges stick, odds are something bad happened to that woman.
I haven't been around long (been reading for 8 months or so) but never before have I wanted the ability to upvote/downvote something as much as I want to downvote this.
Ever made a mistake
Are you suggesting that domestic violence (assuming the charges are legitimate, and I have no idea if they are) is a "mistake?"
Kicking him off the team for being charged with any crime is ridiculous, now being convicted is another story. Domestic violence is such a touchy crime anyways ( from state to state). I actually got arrested for domestic violence when I was 14 for breaking up a fight between my friend and his Mom. The charges where dismissed but, I won't forget how easy it is to be charged with any crime.
He Gone
possible ISSUES) to the entire rest of the world, especially where violence against women is concerned, might be a kind of category error, too, no? I think it's safe to say that where women and scars are concerned, the majority are NOT self-inflicted.
To feel compelled to be on the SIDE of someone accused of a crime, knowing sweet zipola about it, is. . . kinda messy, no? Step aside and let THE MAN decide here, and save your testosterone for some other crisis. We may need ya to drag us all out of a burning building or something. . . Try to use your super powers for GOOD.
So in your theory, the ex is Scorpio, and Storm is Dirty Harry?
The goodbye that should be given to everyone associated with ohio.
Again, Klein is a senior
To say that this is Urban being slimy is just absurd. Kid messed up big time, coach kicked him off the team. I'm not an Urban Meyer fan, but he did the right thing in this situation.
from a Mark Dantonio no practice on Sunday special discipline. Lets be real.
in a year with no postseason potential and basically no expectations, he was very expendable.
Braxton Miller pulls the same shit next year trying to break a hole in the door with his girlfriend's head, there is a much more wait and see approach taken, he would be kept on the team until a conviction.
I get that people hate Ohio. I get that people hate Urban Meyer. But the logic in this thread is downright RCMB-ish.
Dude has been kicked off the team for repeated run-ins with the law. He is a senior (and a possible contributor), so this isn't a Saban roster adjustment situation. There's no "there" there. Move along.
Senior, yes. Contributor, no. It was likely that his spot on the two deep wouldve been taken after fall practices
It's possible that he would have fallen out of the two-deep...but he did start 10 games last year. I'm not sure if I believe that it was likely he would have fallen to 3rd or 4th string.
He started 10 games because Grant didn't have a Shazier-esque freshman year, and Sabino also underperformed. Now Grant and Sabino are impressing coaches and Klein is still pretty meh.
He could fall to third string because David Perkins came into camp last fall running a 4.3 and impressing everyone, and Josh Perry has been solid also. Even the true freshman are getting more positive recognition than Klein, and we know Meyer isn't one to euphemize.