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Originally Posted by Gary Wise
lol, actually, I just unblocked you to see what started this whole convo. You lose your bet. I'm going to reinstitute now. Never stop being wrong, buddy.
Can't help but notice you didn't address my points, but yeah, name calling is far more effective. You ****ing troll.
I already won the bet, actually.
And seriously? You call me a troll when the last line of your post is "What a stupid convo" and "AGame gonna AGame?" Oh the sweet ironing.
But I'll address your points anyway:
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Originally Posted by Gary Wise
A) his odds of actually paying off the way the NFL guys do are minuscule and B) To find out, a team would have to choose to keep him in their company for the better part of a decade and people generally aren't interested in prolonged exposure to that kind of person?
A) I guess that's true? It really depends on where you can get the player though. If you told me that Heimlich was a first round prospect who fell to Round 8 because people were worried about his criminal past, that would make sense to me. But at that point, the chances of him making it far surpass anyone else you can draft--let alone in Round 15, or 22, or 40.
B) You're assuming you know what kind of person he is NOW. He did a terrible thing, but he was a young teenager. Maybe he's not that same person any more. There's no evidence he has been any kind of detriment or in trouble with the law in the 6 years since this plea, and his coach speaks quite highly of him.
Again, I have mixed feelings and understand a team just not wanting to deal with the backlash. To say it's a useless conversation is definitely wrong though. It would be right if he as a fringe 35th rd prospect. He isn't. And he very well may come back and pitch again next year and take centerstage again. He's very very good.