And We Thought Pacman Jones Was Trouble

by Jimmy on May 29, 2008 8:05 AM CDT in News Comment 8 comments

Calvin Schmidtke makes Pacman Jones look like the proverbial boy scout. Schmidtke was released from his letter of intent to play football at Washington State this fall. Here is the kicker, The News Tribune of Tacoma is reporting Schmidtke has received 11 citations from law enforcement during the past 18 months, seven of them for traffic violations. Which violation was it that pushed them over the top? 9, 10, 11? It is just funny that at every level guys with talent get almost limitless chances to turn it around.

As for Pacman, Jerry Jones is serious about protecting his investment. He has set Jones up with security detail that is with him basically 24/7. Pacman has also apparently become buddies with Deion Sanders, Michael Irvin and a prominent reverend in Dallas. This is good news/bad news for the Titans because it appears that the goal is to take away any chance of him getting in trouble which means he should be able to stay on the field. That means the Titans will not have to send a pick back to the Cowboys. The bad news is we are going to have to listen to a faction of fans talk about how the Titans should have given him another chance whenever he makes a play on Sunday.

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Jerry Jones (or a surrogate like Irvin or Sanders) paid that Vegas debt, I promise you.

If I’m correct Pac hasn’t gotten a single NFL paycheck since the final game of the 2006 season, and the Tennessean said his house in West End was just foreclosed on… this, my friends, is what schadenfreude tastes like.

Our best pick-up this off-season has been 'Dinger. Go Titans!

by August West on May 29, 2008 8:28 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

It's not that I want this to sound more inflammatory than it has to, but...

Jerry Jones owns Pacman, lock, stock, and barrel. Seriously, Pac may as well be in prison. It sounds like his every moment, every decision of every day, is already made for him, well in advance. Granted, it’s a nicer prison than the one he was headed to otherwise, but still… Pacman has, at best, the illusion of freedom right now.

As for the house, I disagree there. Allowing the mortgage to lapse was smart financial planning given that it was expensive, he no longer needed it, housing prices in the area are almost certainly depressed below what they were, and Pac can both reasonably and relatively painlessly declare bankruptcy at any time. This will get him out of multiple debts of whic he wants no part, including whatever the fallout ultimately is over the Vegas shooting.

DannoE

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Go Titans!

by DannoE on May 29, 2008 8:59 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

And BTW, that actually makes a low current salary a good thing...

...so long as he can renegotiate a year or two from now.

DannoE

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Go Titans!

by DannoE on May 29, 2008 9:01 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Why didn't we think of that?

Actually I did. EVERY young Hollywood actor has a security detail attached to them by a studio while they are filming a big budget picture. EVERY young up and coming musician has a security detail attached to them while they are on a big budget tour. WHAT I AM TRYING TO SAY IS…if you have an enormous investment in a young man without the life skills to manage his life, AND ALL THE RESPONSIBILITY THAT COMES WITH MILLIONS OF DOLLARS (I’m 40 and I bet I don’t have the skills), then attach someone to him that does; i.e. Sanders, Irvin and a security man.

Period. End of story.

It aint chess; it checkers people.

In order to carry the candle that lights the pathway to greatness, you have to accept the fact that when the wax on that candle begins to melt, it will slide down and burn your hand. You must be willing to accept the fact that pain is a part of the process of attaining greatness.

by Houston Titan on May 29, 2008 2:49 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I greatly doubt how game Pac would have been down for that prior to the Vegas paralyzing.

And besides, Irvin isn’t a security detail he’s a mentor: who has more experience with being a douchebag, cokehead, frequenter of prostitutes and an All-Pro simultaneously? Maybe LT and that’s about it.

Our best pick-up this off-season has been 'Dinger. Go Titans!

by August West on May 29, 2008 2:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

the difference...

between the Cowboys and what every other NFL team would do is the Cowboys will take the money/time to baby sit him. Face it, that is what they are doing. 24/7 supervision is what it is. They called him Pacman because he looked like pacman when he sucked his bottle as a baby….looks like he is still sucking on it now.

by gotitans27 on May 29, 2008 6:01 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs