Comments on: Ex-Gator Rainey Proves That Discipline Isn’t A Bad Thing

By: GeoffDawg

GeoffDawg — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:56:57 +0000

I fully remember Rainey’s indefinite suspension lifted just in time to play Georgia. I’m guessing that Urban was also afraid of getting caught helpless under a pile and having his eyes gouged out by Brandon Spikes.

By: ice2cold

ice2cold — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 12:18:53 +0000

Lets be clear that violence against women is not acceptable! With that said, society needs to start looking at the women who start the violence and think they can just beat on men because men are supposed to hit them back with just as much disgust as they do the guys. Its becoming flat out ridiculous that a woman can go through your phone, see something, throw it at you, hit you with a round house kick, and then have you arrested for pushing her away. Lose lose situation for males all way around!

By: B Roberts

B Roberts — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 04:57:42 +0000

“And would the slap have even happened had Meyer benched Rainey for a number of weeks back in 2010, showing him that his ways would have to change?”

Rainey was benched for at least 4 or 5 games in 2010, FWIW.

By: pbrstreetgang

pbrstreetgang — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 04:53:33 +0000

There are lots of reasons to maintain discipline on a team, and it’s nice when discipline serves the interests of the team and the players. Urban Meyer’s job was to win football games without bringing (too much) discredit to the University of Florida and he was under no obligation – social or legal - to corral the wayward players on his team; that’s why we have courts. That the University stood by and allowed Rainey to play reflects as poorly on the administration as on the coaching staff. If you want to blame someone besides Rainey, blame the administration in Gainesville, not Urban Meyer. He was just doing what the University of Florida was paying him to do.