Ok, this is all I know. Ryan is a soccer style kicker. Graduated from Collier High in June, 1976. Stetson University honors graduate, class of 1980. Holds two NCAA division one records. One for most points in a season, one for distance. Former nickname The Mule. The first and only pro athlete ever to come out of Collier County. And one helluva model American. As you can tell he is a lot older than most thought.
Re: WWL siting inside sources from LSU/lsusport.net story - merged threads He is starting to remind me of Cecil Collins. Can't the boy stay on the right path.
Re: WWL siting inside sources from LSU/lsusport.net story - merged threads Except RP hasn't broken into any girls' apartment and gotten in bed with them or exposed himself to any of them. Cecil Collins is the LAST person I'd compare him to.
Re: WWL siting inside sources from LSU/lsusport.net story - merged threads I agree that we have a pattern of misbehavior that is most disturbing, but a comparison to Cecil Collins is quite out of line.
This article is spot on. IMO http://www.2theadvocate.com/sports/lsu/featured/15791142.html?showAll=y&c=y
Teammates Respond http://www.nola.com/lsu/t-p/football/index.ssf?/base/sports-2/120348920660280.xml&coll=1
I just read the article and it is a good one. The bigger issue that was left out is larger then football and Les Miles knows this. It's about RP growing up. If he can learn to be a team player and leader then he will have a very successful life. If his ego continues to run his life he will have a life up extreme highs and very low lows. I wonder if the guy suffers from manic depression, if so, this could be unsolvable during this early part of his life. If not, then he just needs to grow up. I think the breaking point is if RP has a circle of team mates that support his selfish behavior or not. If he's a cancer to other players he needs to go. If this is isolated to him then I think he only gets one more chance which could be tied to a contract outlining the repercussions of any more failures. The contract should state that another failure like this means he is making the decision to leave LSU football. So he clearly understands when deciding to not show up for a team meeting means go pack your bags. It might even be too late for this. I hope for RP's sake he can be broken of his bad reckless habits which are ego driven. Obviously all this is very hard to over come for anyone exhibiting this type of ego driven behavior. Good luck RP, I hope you can turn this around for your life more than football.
