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there are just as many inconsistencies around jimi hendrix's death as morrison's.

Couldn't agree more. I always felt some people blamed CLK. Baxter needs to hit rock bottom I guess.

The last real rock concert I went to was to see Morrison and the Doors at the Long Beach Sports Arena. He was a mess. He was hoarse and pretty stoned. I really liked the Doors.

I'm rooting for Dillon.

Me too

He needs to find himself first, and then find a coach and system that fits his skill set

Just a little side story: at the Nike Coach of the Year Clinic hosted by USC a couple weeks ago, Strength and Conditioning coach Aaron Ausmus was giving a talk about the conditioning program installed at USC. He explained USC's system to create team wide competition in all aspects of practice including within the weight room and off-season practice.

Many of you know about the Survivor-style competitions that USC holds, but it also extends to areas of the program, including the weight room. Every single player is constantly ranked in performance and compared against one another, which translates to positive or negative points to their "Survivor" team. Individual scores are also tracked alongside the overall team scores. This way, players can see which of their fellow teammates are boosting their team and which are dragging them down. Coach Ausmus then said something very interesting. There were five players who had very low individual scores at the end of last season. All five of those players are no longer with the USC program and all had eligibility left. Coach Ausmus implied that these players essentially didn't want to work as hard as their fellow teammates and didn't want to compete, so they transferred. Given the topic of this thread, not too hard to guess who at least one of those five players was.

"There were five players who had very low individual scores at the end of last season."

Somewhat of a stretch to place Dillon in this group, since he didn't even make it to November with the team, much less the end of the season.

That's one of the things that make this whole thing even more frustrating

He has PLENTY of people in his life who are good influences

Mother, father and two great step Parents who have done everything possible from what I have been told

I think you're right to an extent and the system is out of control, but ultimately Dillon is responsible for his own mistakes and no one else. Pat Turner was a much bigger deal coming out HS than Baxter and someone who never really put it together until his senior season. But did he complain when he didn't play or blame others when he screwed up? Nope; he shut his mouth, worked harder, and eventually it all came together because he was patient.

Robert Woods came out of the same class with even higher expectations, but he worked his ass off to meet them and never expected anything to be handed to him. Dillon came in with a sense of entitlement because he put up giant numbers in high school; when it didn't happen, he refused to correct course and now it's cost him a scholarship at two schools.

I feel for him and like everyone else, I hope he eventually turns his life around. But at the end of the day, the system didn't fail Dillon; Dillon failed Dillon.

Condoms suck. They take away all of the feeling...

Alcohol is the great equalizer during those early years!!

But yeah, using alcohol and not condoms as the equalizer has clearly cost a few of the recent players.

I'm batting 1.000 so far!!

That's the number of pinch hit at bats I have this season. Gotta help the homies when they're feeling overmatched.