FWIW, Mr. W and Stevescookin, I have on very good knowledge that Janzen was NOT pulling the strings on that situation. That was all daddy...kind of like Cecil Newton. I don't know if any money was involved (kind of doubt it because money was not an issue), but there was a "promise" of a coaching position before JJ left UT if JJ committed there. Remember daddy going to coach at some smaller school nearby? Well that was supposed to parlay into a cushy job at UT, but Kiffin screwed him when he bolted for USC. If Janzen had full say-so, he would've been at LSU. They handled the situation very poorly, but they SUPPOSEDLY told other family they feared for their livelihood (not lives) if they switched before being able to lay low for a while. After he committed to UT, they bolted for a bit to let things cool down. Mom really did miss her flight and they didn't want to leave town without her. Very shady stuff. Mom and Dad were gone for several weeks. Janzen came back after like a week or two because of school...and really, it was unlikely anyone would seriously threaten a 17 year old kid...but daddy on the other hand. But you can ask people from Lake Charles that know these folks, this IS a good family who handled the recruiting process very, very poorly, overreacting to their fear of perceived anger. They made a mistake. We're just more upset because the team we love got screwed in the process. This doesn't condemn them to hell or mean that Social Services should've stepped in and taken him away from his terrible parents. Just makes em tigerbait!
There aren't regrets, per se, because JJ is enjoying good individual success, and by all accounts, he's happy and concentrating on getting to the NFL sooner rather than later, meaning if he grades out first round next year, which he probably will, he's gone. But rest assured, he was a puppet in that situation. Classify him how you want, but that was all on daddy. So you can look at it as if they are just a pack of flea-ridden liars, or you can consider the more likely alternative...he sacraficed his own wishes to get his pops a better gig, but unfortunately pops has some yellow on his belly and wasn't a real man about the process. They lied like hell...most of us just don't bother to consider circumstances. But it worked out for us pretty well I'd say.
In the robbery, he should've gotten in his car and left them, but instead, he did what a lot of folks would have done and tried to get them to stop and leave. If there was video evidence that showed his role was more than that, why was he not charged? And still on the team while the other two guys got the boot? That makes no sense. With that said, I don't blame him for not leaving his teammates. That probably would not have worked out well for him either. Imagine walking in the locker room after that...
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