Not sure how I feel about this. On the other hand, driving around drunk with your kid in the car is really bad, but hopefully this is a wakeup call for him.
If he drives drunk ever again, he should be fired.
If he gets caught driving drunk again he should be in jail not just fired. Still shocked he made it back.....
If he gets caught driving drunk again he should be in jail not just fired. Still shocked he made it back.....
This isn't the first time he's had trouble with alcoholism. They should have buried him in the organization somewhere - probably Iowa.
It's funny, players get in trouble with alcoholism or drugs and they get bought out or traded or cut or whatever. Coaches get in trouble, oh it's not a big deal.
If he gets caught driving drunk again he should be in jail not just fired. Still shocked he made it back.....
He didn't serve any jail time? I'm not defending him and haven't really looked too far into the situation but everyone I know that has been arrested for a d dub always served some sort of jail time.
He didn't serve any jail time? I'm not defending him and haven't really looked too far into the situation but everyone I know that has been arrested for a d dub always served some sort of jail time.
He served some time in jail, I think 15 days of a 90 day sentence, which actually isn't standard for a first offense.
Most first offense DUI's aren't given jail time. They generally get suspended sentences (where if they don't mess up again, they serve no time), get their license suspended and attend classes.
The penalties for DUI are setup so one doesn't ruin your life, anyone can make a mistake. But the penalties escalate quickly, and 2nd and 3rd DUI penalties are much harsher.
Sydor probably got jail time for having the kid in the car, his high BAC or both.
I think the USA needs to adopt the German DUI stance. One and done. You get your license revoked and you get a scooter to drive to work. There is no remorse, no leeway. One and done. But we would probably need to lower the drinking age, which won't happen.
Yeah. The stance on drinking in europe seems much more relaxed and lets kids learn how to do it responsibly before they get their license.
Here, we have the "you can't do that" effect which works to glamorize drinking because it's something that they're not allowed to do, and rebelling is something a lot of teens simply do. You take the "you cant do that" out of the equation and suddenly it looks like something a lot more mundane.
Also would help if we'd outlaw booze commercials on TV like we did cigarettes. Smoking mostly just kills the smoker. Drinking often leads to killing other people.
But lets face it. None of that is gonna fly because of the influence certain forces have had in shaping alcohol policy in this country. It's both heavily promoted and railed against when really it should be treated like another fact of life which would lead to logical thinking on the subject. 21 is too ****ing old for a lot of people to learn to do something like that responsibly. Let em start drinking a lot earlier, particularly if they're at home with their parents, and suddenly you might have people who actually know how to drink a lot more responsibly by the time they get their license.
And THEN we can move to a one-and-done system.
Agreed. It's a bad decision for the team and for him. He's in recovery and needs to stay away from certain things until he gets a handle on his own behavior and illness.
So what is the current schedule for Sydor? How much is he coaching, is he travelling with the team, etc? What's the situation?
He's not traveling with the team yet, I think.
Agreed. It's a bad decision for the team and for him. He's in recovery and needs to stay away from certain things until he gets a handle on his own behavior and illness.
Yeah. The stance on drinking in europe seems much more relaxed and lets kids learn how to do it responsibly before they get their license.
Here, we have the "you can't do that" effect which works to glamorize drinking because it's something that they're not allowed to do, and rebelling is something a lot of teens simply do. You take the "you cant do that" out of the equation and suddenly it looks like something a lot more mundane.
Also would help if we'd outlaw booze commercials on TV like we did cigarettes. Smoking mostly just kills the smoker. Drinking often leads to killing other people.
But lets face it. None of that is gonna fly because of the influence certain forces have had in shaping alcohol policy in this country. It's both heavily promoted and railed against when really it should be treated like another fact of life which would lead to logical thinking on the subject. 21 is too ****ing old for a lot of people to learn to do something like that responsibly. Let em start drinking a lot earlier, particularly if they're at home with their parents, and suddenly you might have people who actually know how to drink a lot more responsibly by the time they get their license.
And THEN we can move to a one-and-done system.
Driving in Europe is completely different than driving in the US, which is why I feel we have more lenient DUI laws. You actually need to drive places here and you need a car to do it, not having a car or a license in Europe isn't as big of a deal. Things are a lot closer to each other in Europe and, as previously mentioned, they have very good public transportation. Also, completely different drinking culture. Believe they can start drinking beer at 16 and hard alcohol at 18.
Regardless, driving drunk is idiotic.
anyone listen to the podcast a bit ago with Craig Leipold on? Accidental bad sounding remark with what Sydor has been battling. Was clearly an accident and I'm glad nobody freaked out and purposely took it the wrong way