MARSHAWN LYNCH ALMOST SHOT

“Rio De Janeiro Street Urchin Institute”

“Enoch Skullknuckle Remedial”

Baylor University :)

“Goto Dengo’s Tunneling Academy”

“Baghdad school for non-muslim infidels”

“Chicago South Side Academy for over-privliged students”

Please enlighten me as to instances of Lynch’s “less-than-stellar” reputation?

Less than stellar reputation? He is beloved in Oakland and at Cal. You don’t a damn thing about anything to do with the West Coast, except for that you don’t like it. The shooters sent someone to his mom’s house specifically let him know he wasn’t the target. Stars like him get passes through the Hood. Oakland is different than most “rough” areas. We don’t have the bloods and the crips or “gangs” for that matter. We have sets, usually with no greater affiliation, dirty thirties, murder dubs, rollin’ hundeds, etc.

orson,

whatever you do, don’t read my post today about a certain Jerome Bettis-esque running back at Texas A&M.

“Houston school of Advanced Urbonics (urban economics)”

I do have to take exception to the following:

Lynch’s less-than-stellar reputation makes this seem less-than-a-surprise.

I’m not really sure what this means? As a former Cal football player, Alum, and season ticket holder, who is pretty close to the program, I have never heard anything but glowing remarks about his character, work ethic and personality. Lynch carries a 3.0 + GPA, along with the respect of the coaching staff and teammates. He has never been involved in any off-the-field issues previous to this encounter and doesn’t deserve to be disparaged by this site.

I read your site daily and find it to be funny and insightful, and it doesn’t seem your style to spread rumor and innuendo about a student-athlete’s character. I’m asking that you please retract your statement, and view this as what it was; a case of mistaken identity of an African-American student-athlete, in the wrong place at the wrong time, in a tough neighborhood.

“Straight Out of Compton University”

“East Bogota Finishing School”

The “less-than-stellar” rep is based on some NFL Draftniks citing “character” as an issue with Lynch. It seems strange to us, too, but it’s what we’ve heard.

Looking for some non-paysite sourcing on this.

Who are these draftniks? They probably have never even interviewed Marshawn and are just making snap judgments after seeing Marshawn’s appearance. So he’s from Oakland, he might have dreds, tatoos and a grill, but that doesn’t make him a gangbanger or a trouble maker. And please remember that Tepper was run over after protecting a female friend from men who were sexually harassing her.

Orson, you got called out. I don’t think ANY draftniks told you that. You assumed and made and ass out of yourself.

Orson,
One more thing, Mike Tepper was injured while trying to protect a female student-athlete from possibly being abducted by a car full of “convicted felons”. The vehicle ran over Tepper twice and then sped off. I think your characterization of this story may lead one to believe that the “altercation” was a result of Tepper doing something wrong. Quite the opposite is true…

I’m looking forward to your “source” on the Marshawn story…

No assumptions. We read this somewhere. Now if our memory is faulty, MP—and we have indeed “made ass out of ourselves,” which is a pretty regular occurrence around here—we’ll issue a retraction.

In fact, if we don’t find something supportive of the assertion by 6 EST, we’ll issue the retraction.

How’s that for responsiveness?

I’m sure his mom was relieved to hear from the shooters that they almost killed her son, but they totally didn’t mean to.

Pretty damn good. I am a loyal reader of the site and the “ass” comment is an ode to an old catholic school teacher who said, “When you assume you make an ass out of you and me”. But, seriously, Marshawn is a great kid.

Orson, you might even say that you “had the ass, big time.”

EDSBS senior?

By Peter Bell, National Journal
© National Journal Group Inc.
Friday, June 16, 2006

When Orson Swindle came to Washington in 1985 to direct the Economic Development Administration, a friend with whom he had worked at the Farmers Home Administration in his home state of Georgia told him, “You’re going to love it; every night you can go somewhere and schmooze with people.” Swindle’s reaction? “The idea of standing around at a cocktail party didn’t interest me in the least,” says Swindle, now the chairman of information security projects at Hunton & Williams.

By that time, Swindle had completed a 20-year career in the Marine Corps, including a stay in the Hanoi Hilton with John McCain that ended with their release in March 1973. Swindle was about as eager to attend rubber-chicken fundraisers as he was to sit in traffic on the Beltway. “That’s not to say my closest friends don’t talk politics,” says Swindle, who is also a fellow at the Progress & Freedom Foundation think tank. But he says that the basis of his most gratifying relationships rests outside of work.

I’m close with the Cal fball program. Marshawn is a great kid – A representative of the shooter visited his house afterwards to apologize to his mom and inform her that he was not the intended target. A little weird, I know, but it surely doesn’t support your assertion that Marshawn has a “less than stellar” reputation. Quite the opposite.

Tepper saved a female friend from felons who were harrassing her from their car. When they came to hit her with it, he pushed her out of the way and they ran over his leg twice.

Please get your facts straight, and don’t assume. “We heard it from somewhere but can’t remember right now” doesn’t cut it. Lots of fans read this site, and they don’t deserve this kind of negative publicity, especially when unwarranted.

Great!

I had no idea so many Cal fans (and trustees and PR flacks, apparently) were fellow EDSBS fans.

i’m gonna take a wild guess that EDSBS site stats are going to show a ton of refers from Cal message boards today…

Well, Phil, in this case they’re right. See mea culpa above.

If all else fails Orson just post a picture of Stephen Colbert. Facts are for pussies.

Orson,
You’re not an Ass (well maybe for this story), but you are THE MAN for admitting your mistake and doing the right thing. I will continue to read your site, and refer my friends to it, because I know you’re a stand-up guy who clearly needs to get out before 6:00 PM and have a cocktail or two. Or three…

Or funny name used as nom de guerre. Either or.

I read EDSBS everyday and never post. I happen to be a Cal fan… EDSBS just happens to be one of the best CFB blogs out there. Wish there was a west coast equivalent.

We’ll be having three today, GoBears. Thanks.

Orson, if you refer to yourself (yourselves, there is that better) in first-person plural one more time (“made ass out of ourselves”,“Hello! My name is Orson. Were clearly an ass”) im going to slice my abdomen, rip out my intestines, and shove them up my ass. Now, you wouldnt want me to do that to myself, would you? Because ill do it if i have to, really.

Just to clear things up further:

-Marshawn was attending his little sister’s graduation at the time of the shooting. Nothing wrong with that, right?

-Oakland Tech is in a pretty nice, safe, middle-class part of Oakland. There are a lot of white people. A lot of black people. Etc. I walk by there all the time at night and feel totally safe.

-Just to pile on the Mike Tepper praise: He not only protected the woman, but pushed her out of the way so that he could get run over by the car instead of her. And he’s still feeling the ramifications of that assault. Here’s the story:

-I too am a Cal fan and a reader of this site (not referred by Cal message boards) and thank you for apologizing.

West Coast what! If you can think of a high school name more evocative of “whoaholyjesusthatstough” than “Oakland Tech,” please let us know.

Nice player -——————————he’ll romp SC this year.

Nice ass, babe.

Orsons,
If you guys stop referring to yourselves as “we”, I’ll dedicate the rest of my life to ridding the world of mustaches. Either you’re “we”, or say goodbye to Mustache Wednesday!

Tits McGee,
Please videotape it and put it on YouTube.

I really appreciate you retracting and apologizing for your ridiculous post claiming that Lynch’s character makes it logical that he was involved in this. I am a Cal student and student equipment manager and have heard never heard anything but great things about Marshawn. The times I have interacted with him he has been nothing but cordial and polite. The next day a representative of the gunman came to his Mom’s house and apologized and said Marshawn was not a target. I suggest the next time you guys check your facts and move outside your SEC bubble before making any statements about West Coast sports.

This post pains me very much. I appreciate you guys retracting your prior statements and apologizing; that shows a lot of integrity. Being a Cal student and student equipment manager, I have interacted with Marshawn a number of times and can tell you he has been nothing but cordial and polite. The idea that you would say his character makes it logical for him to be involved in something like this is ridiculous. Oakland Tech is also not simply a ghetto, gang-banger school; there are many walks of life and many socio-economic levels that attend. I suggest the next time you attempt to write something about West Coast sports in any capacity you check your facts and move outside your SEC bubble. Thanks.

So is Harrison and GoldenBear the same person? Mulitple personalities with short term memory loss? I mean, almost identical post twice? Humor is completely lost on the west coast apparently (uh oh it’s a whole new west coast bias) and before you say anything I am comfortable in my bubble thank you.

This is the Conscience of a Nation speaking-

Harrison/Golden Bear may be a first-time poster whose original comment went directly to mod; if that happened and he/she didn’t realize it, he/she may have posted again thinking the internets ate the comment and Orson let both posts through.

Mod sucks but this site gets a ton of spam from bots.

Orson: Looks to me like you’ve been hanging with Finebaum and St. John too much. They do stuff like this quite often. Beware the company you keep.

Is anyone else similarly relieved that one or more ghetto warriors took time of our their busy schedule—dealing drugs, fathering illegitimate children, passing the 40 ounce, ATTEMPTING MURDER—to visit the player’s mom and reassure her that they didn’t mean to shoot at him because he plays football and will be rich some day?

I know I am.

The hardest school in Oakland is up for debate, my opinion is that it’s McClymonds. The only school in West Oakland. Also, when everyone calls your school “The Mack House” and your jerseys say “Mack” on them, that’s hard.

No shit. We want one of those jerseys STAT.

Here’s the best I can do.

http://northcoast.maxpreps.com/FanPages/Images/Downloaded/8D81FC14933E41A6B2C55EDC1EAA649C.jpg

Fantastic.

It would appear that their mascot is the “Warriors”. School Motto: I’ll shove that bat up your ass and turn you into a popsicle.

Mack is in tough West Oaktown, but they have a helluva coach and some great D1 recent recruits, one commiting to Georgia last year (Na Derris Ward 4* TE) one to USC (Josh Tatum 5* LB/S) and Cal (Derrick Hill 4* DT). Year before was Elite 11 Cal QB Kyle Reed (4* QB, RS Frosh). Pretty good talent!

The story gets better. Their Coach is Alonzo Carter, self-titled “The Real Coach Carter”, Richmond is close to Oakland. Anyways, the Mack players and coach were featured on that recruiting show on ESPN last year. And they actually have footage of him (which I had heard of but never seen) coming out in full orange camos on a harley with a orange camo hat (game footage, no less). He is pushing 400 lbs I’d say. He does this for big games, supposedly, to take the pressure off his players. Simply hysterical, you cannot make this stuff up. ALSO, he claims to be the head choreographer for Hammer back in the day when Hammer had all the fly dance moves and was as big as it gets (this is often reported in the local papers). Mack House. Coach Carter. WHAT!?!?

Less than stellar? Man, I hate that. The kid is less than nothing but a class act, top-notch idividual. Fisherman runningback, Oak-town native. Marshawn: come to my home coast-side town of Pescadero Ca (about 50 mi from Berkeley) and we will catch some Steel-Head Trout and Salmon. I’ll show you where they bite. I am borne and raised in the Bay Area, living in NYC working for one of the most prestegious financial institions in the world and I love this kid. I am a Cal grad and damn proud that this young individual choose our school to play for. To say that he is less than steller is an insult and a travesty. The only thing that comes out his mouth is family, team and community. If the rest of this country would follow his lead we would be in a much better place, and the place that we are in is damn good. If the guy played B-ball, I would be just as proud of him as I am Lebron, Carmello and the rest to represent our country. Stop hating the kid. Respect for him for the person he is, where he is going and where he came from. I hope he stays another year, the 9ers go 1-15 and the draft him and resurrect the franchise. Better than Petterson.