'14 NY OL Tim Gardner (Indiana Verbal)

[UpNorth_Buckeye]

So 6 offensive linemen in this class it is.

 

[UpNorth_Buckeye]

In all seriousness though, obstruction doesn't sound like something to get kicked off the team for. Must have been other things involved.

 

[starBUCKS]

In all seriousness though, obstruction doesn't sound like something to get kicked off the team for. Must have been other things involved.

Or a case of different flexibility based off of different levels of talent. Braxton gets an obstruction, I highly doubt he's given the boot.

 

[OhioState001]

Or a case of different flexibility based off of different levels of talent. Braxton gets an obstruction, I highly doubt he's given the boot.

Which isn't really right since Gardener has not even gotten the chance to practice yet. I'm curious for more details on this one.

 

[UpNorth_Buckeye]

Or a case of different flexibility based off of different levels of talent. Braxton gets an obstruction, I highly doubt he's given the boot.

Maybe, but that should NOT be taken into account, IMO.

Also, is there anything to be gleaned from the "2013 season" part? As in, possibility he'll be back for 2014?

 

[BuckeyefromPitt]

Or a case of different flexibility based off of different levels of talent. Braxton gets an obstruction, I highly doubt he's given the boot.

+1 and, if true, that's a shame. I'm certainly not saying obstruction should go unpunished and we don't have all the information at hand here, but on the surface this looks an awful lot like an "expendable" guy getting jettisoned.

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

Or a case of different flexibility based off of different levels of talent. Braxton gets an obstruction, I highly doubt he's given the boot.

Which was a fundamental problem in the old regime and led to star players believing that they were under a different set of rules. Hopefully you're wrong and things have changed.

 

[OhioState001]

+1 and, if true, that's a shame. I'm certainly not saying obstruction should go unpunished and we don't have all the information at hand here, but on the surface this looks an awful lot like an "expendable" guy getting jettisoned.

That scholarship to take one or both of the JUCOs perhaps.

 

[wadc45]

Not Gardner's first "issue" since he's been here.

 

[starBUCKS]

Which was a fundamental problem in the old regime and led to star players believing that they were under a different set of rules. Hopefully you're wrong and things have changed.

I totally do think it's wrong, but there's some guys that are given conditions to earn a scholarship, and some that are given the royal treatment... it's business. When Gardner was told to lose the weight and come back and compete to earn, I'd imagine when he earned it, was told "now don't do anything to jeopardize this" Some just need a reason, some you hope not to find a reason.

 

[ShowMeBuck]

Sorry to see Gardner go. Roby's charges get reduced to a lesser misdemeanor and he sits 2 games, conflicting stories in Hyde's deal leads to no charges being filed resulting in his re-instatement but he sits 2 games as well for being involved. Thus ends the trifecta of bad news. Reeves/Grant/Apple get more PT as does Smith/Dunn/Ball and we sign a 6th OL in the 2014 class. I'll take it, thank you.

 

[ant80]

Not Gardner's first "issue" since he's been here.

That's news to me. Interesting we never heard about his earlier issues.

 

[NFBuck]

Not Gardner's first "issue" since he's been here.

That seems to be the word and would make the punishment seem more appropriate.

That's news to me. Interesting we never heard about his earlier issues.

Not everything that happens is necessarily public knowledge. Especially when it's lesser known freshman.

 

[Maple]

him struggling in practice might have been a factor in his dismissal.

 

[jwinslow]

him struggling in practice might have been a factor in his dismissal.

Since Gardner enrolled:

Incidents: multiple

Practices: zero



Care to try another not so subtle shot at your rival school?