Loy Vaught arrest

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February 14th, 2012 at 7:51 PM
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True Blue Grit
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Loy Vaught arrest

Just saw this surprising and shocking story about former Michigan b-ball player Loy Vaught being arrested at the Grand Rapids airport for some unknown cause:

http://www.mlive.com/sports/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2012/02/loy_vaught_former_nba_star_fro.html

This is very surprising to say the least given his high character and stellar record at U-M.  I remember him coming in a as a skinny, unheralded freshman and working his butt off to become an NBA caliber player by his senior year.

The information released about the incident is extremely little.  So, it's hard to make any judgements.  But, I hope that this whole thing is minor and based on a misunderstanding of some kind.  We'll see.  

"You owe it to every man, woman, and child in the State of Michigan to beat the Buckeyes and silence their fans!  Now go out there and make it happen!"

- Bo Schembechler (Result: U-M 22  OSU 0)

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February 14th, 2012 at 7:55 PM | I knew it! (Score:5 Normal)
RollDamnTide
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He stole AJ Hawk's 5 thousand dollars.

Roll Tide.

February 14th, 2012 at 8:17 PM | You absolutely must be a UM (Score:5 Normal)
unWavering
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You absolutely must be a UM fan. 

February 14th, 2012 at 8:57 PM | Haha no (Score:4 Normal)
RollDamnTide
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That was national news, which I found exceedingly funny. 

Roll Tide.

February 14th, 2012 at 9:35 PM | are you on EDSBS? Seems like (Score:2)
lunchboxthegoat
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are you on EDSBS? Seems like that's a joke that goes around there, too...

February 15th, 2012 at 12:00 PM | I lived directly across the street from him when that happened (Score:2)
pdgoblue25
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He lived with Mangold.  Mangold was a really cool guy, Hawk was a dick.

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February 14th, 2012 at 7:59 PM | Doesn't sound like a big (Score:2)
Rocking Chair
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Doesn't sound like a big deal.

Chicago Tribune reports "airport spokesman Bruce Schedlbauer says Vaught allegedly caused a disturbance with his behavior in a passenger terminal building at the Gerald R. Ford International Airport."

“When your team is winning, be ready to be tough, because winning can make you soft. On the other hand, when your team is losing, stick by them. Keep believing” 

--Bo Schembechler

February 14th, 2012 at 9:01 PM | Relax, Im live in Grand Rapids (Score:1 Normal)
BlueLotCrew
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And this airport is so small, you can cause a disturbance when you open your bottle of Coke from the vending machine.  That said, I happen to have it on good authority that Loy has a competitive game of "Words with Friends" going and was asked to shut it off while going through security.

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February 14th, 2012 at 9:29 PM | NOOO!!!! (Score:2)
Naked Bootlegger
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Loy is one of my top 5 all-time Michigan hoops players.   Please, please be jaywalking, public urination in the Grand River, or something relatively benign.  This has the potential to crush my soul and cause me to lose my last shred of faith in humanity.

February 14th, 2012 at 9:37 PM | Dollars to donuts the incident involved alcohol (Score:2)
Don
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I hope nothing illegal.


February 14th, 2012 at 9:50 PM | I think he was arrested (Score:1)
BlueinLansing
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for disturbing the peace.  You can also be arrested for shooting off fireworks in the middle of the night, playing music too loud, and not keeping your dog from constantly barking.  All considered disturbing the peace.

 

Given airport security these days I don't think it takes much to get arrested for disturbing the peace.  Most likely was in a verbal argument.

February 15th, 2012 at 9:24 AM | You're right about security at airports (Score:2 Normal)
True Blue Grit
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Some of these TSA agents can be real a-holes.  I can easily see one of them pushing a passenger over the line so they get really angry.  

"You owe it to every man, woman, and child in the State of Michigan to beat the Buckeyes and silence their fans!  Now go out there and make it happen!"

- Bo Schembechler (Result: U-M 22  OSU 0)

February 14th, 2012 at 10:20 PM | I am also a big LV fan, and I (Score:1)
Nomadic Yooper
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I am also a big LV fan, and I hope this is nothing serious.  I absolutely loved watching him play back in the day.  Seemed like he just did everything well, and never presented any liability to the team, on or off the floor.

February 14th, 2012 at 10:35 PM | I don't remember much of (Score:3 Normal)
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I don't remember much of Vaught from his Michigan career, it was a little early for me to remember most of the players from then.  My favorite Loy Vaught memory is when the Pistons signed him after a stint with the Clippers and he proclaimed "it's great to be back in the NBA."

Ohio State is the #1 bathroom.  I take poops in the bathroom.

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February 15th, 2012 at 12:26 AM | not loy vaught (Score:1)
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that was apparently malik sealy.

February 15th, 2012 at 1:02 AM | Almost positive it was (Score:2)
MaizeAndBlueWahoo
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Almost positive it was Vaught.  I probably don't have the quote exactly right but I'm sure it was Vaught.  And I don't know why my memory is working like that, but it is.

Ohio State is the #1 bathroom.  I take poops in the bathroom.

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February 15th, 2012 at 1:22 AM | Google has killed all fun debates (Score:1)
Jon06
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http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/showthread.php?t=85251&page=9

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20061211035609AAUwwLv

http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-4086.html

http://articles.courant.com/keyword/easy-rider/featured/4

etc.

the only thing you find if you try to google for attributions to vaught is this page.

February 15th, 2012 at 12:29 PM | Well, there it is (Score:3 Funny)
MaizeAndBlueWahoo
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Well, there it is then.

Although the neat thing about Google is that if I say it often enough in enough different places, eventually I can get it attributed to Vaught too.

Ohio State is the #1 bathroom.  I take poops in the bathroom.

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February 14th, 2012 at 11:58 PM | I got into it once (Score:1)
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with one of those airport security guards over hugging my mother while in a standing zone (i.e. unloaded the luggage at curbside, said my goodbyes and the cop was being a prick).  Those dudes don't have guns or real cop jobs, and like to push people around to feel like big guys.  I think he was about to call someone on me for mouthing off, but I drove away...hopefully, it was something just caused by an overzealous dude like that.

Mom, MGrad and life long fan living in So Cal

February 15th, 2012 at 10:45 AM | Why was the guard hugging (Score:3 Funny)
M-Dog
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Why was the guard hugging your mother? ;)

 

M'Dog

February 15th, 2012 at 3:35 AM | Im pretty damn sure the only (Score:1)
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Im pretty damn sure the only thing that Loy was disturbing in Grand Rapids were the nets... compliments of his silky smooth 16ft baseline jumper.

However, assuming I am incorrect, I have officially lost my desire to live.

February 15th, 2012 at 3:35 AM | Probably just a jealous (Score:1)
Guaransheed
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Probably just a jealous Michigan State fan who arrested him.

February 15th, 2012 at 10:31 AM | He was probably molested by a (Score:1)
gmoney41
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He was probably molested by a TSA reject and got upset.

Loy was one of my favorite players on my favorite UM b-ball team of all time.  I enjoyed the Fab Five, but they didn't win anything.   Glen Rice was my favorite player in UM basketball history, sweetest shooter I have ever seen.

February 15th, 2012 at 11:03 AM | Big Loy Vaught Fan (Score:1)
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I didn't remember him from his playing days, but in college I worked for a moving company and packed his house up in Grand Rapids. He was a really cool layed back guy for being a semi NBA star.  He had just retired at 35 and I remember him saying he was pretty weirded out by that fact and wasn't sure what to do, since he was retiring so young.  He also was singing U2 out of key and joking about the fact that his wife had 5 or 6 strollers.

 

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February 15th, 2012 at 2:40 PM | Love how the slappies (Score:1)
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Love how the slappies immediately scramble to downplay the incident, despite an utter lack of evidence. 

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