I shudder to think how I would have fared between 18-22 years old were my activities under constant scrutiny. I did a lot of dumb, dumb, stuff. Things that would have looked very silly and immature by the measure of adulthood. Somehow, I turned out okay, and somehow I became a responsible, functional citizen. I bet most of these young men will as well.
The players were having a BB gun battle, not out date-raping coeds, not out driving through the drug-dealing area of Durham with weed and unregistered guns, and/or not swiping crab legs from the grocery store. They are guilty of being immature and irresponsible. Nothing more, and nothing less.
Really, if that’s the worst thing our players are doing, I am okay with it and okay with Dave Doeren’s punishment. At least he did punish them, and he didn’t sweep it under the rug…unlike our defending national champion and our beloved rival on the west side of the Triangle.
