Rolando McClain suspended first four regular-season

[Nightman]

Datone Jones got 1 game. How do you get a 1 game suspension??

They finally reported it was from a ticket he got for possession in January. He didn't fail a test so the protocols don't apply but he can still get punished.

 

[fredp22]

I'd love for a reporter at a press conference ask Garrett to explain how McClain is fitting into his "right kind of guy" philosophy

 

[Nightman]

I'd love for a reporter at a press conference ask Garrett to explain how McClain is fitting into his "right kind of guy" philosophy

McClain saved our Defense last year. He can be given a little slack.

 

[DFWJC]

I'd love for a reporter at a press conference ask Garrett to explain how McClain is fitting into his "right kind of guy" philosophy

No one ever said that applies to every single player to ever suit up.
Not once.
It's about flooding your locker room , over time, with those types that have work ethic and passion for the game.
Once that culture is established you can more comfortably bring in a few good players who may have the potential to evolve when surrounded by a strong culture.

 

[fredp22]

McClain saved our Defense last year. He can be given a little slack.

i agree to a little slack but arent we past "a little". McClain also faded as season went on. going at this from another direction when do you think hes gone to far. wont practice, dont know if he'll play, drug problems, mental issues.
I have no problem with pot but if someone said to me "i'll give you a few million to not smoke for a year and we test all players its not hard to hold off on this non-addictive drug. Plus this isnt his first time caught. I want McClain to make it but there is no story that could come out tomorrow about him that would shock anyone here. I still feel this statement from ESPN is troubling and little scary- (Months ago, he wasn't so calm. "I was feeling like Aaron Hernandez or something," he says, "like I just wanted to kill somebody." He remembers watching Hernandez get hauled out of his house in handcuffs, later charged with first-degree murder, and being genuinely scared he'd end up the same way.)

I think he's crying for help

 

[Nightman]

i agree to a little slack but arent we past "a little". McClain also faded as season went on. going at this from another direction when do you think hes gone to far. wont practice, dont know if he'll play, drug problems, mental issues.
I have no problem with pot but if someone said to me "i'll give you a few million to not smoke for a year and we test all players its not hard to hold off on this non-addictive drug. Plus this isnt his first time caught. I want McClain to make it but there is no story that could come out tomorrow about him that would shock anyone here. I still feel this statement from ESPN is troubling and little scary- (Months ago, he wasn't so calm. "I was feeling like Aaron Hernandez or something," he says, "like I just wanted to kill somebody." He remembers watching Hernandez get hauled out of his house in handcuffs, later charged with first-degree murder, and being genuinely scared he'd end up the same way.)

I think he's crying for help

I don't disagree, but what can you do?

If he wants to keep playing for the vet min and we don't count on him to be the starter I'm OK with it.

Also, you can fail tests even if miss an appointment or don't respond in 24 hours and so on.... once you are in the program you can be tested up to 10 times a month and you have to always be available. I could see McClain blowing off a test or two.

 

[Blackspider214]

He's an idiot plain and simple. They know when these tests will be well in advance. It's not like PED tests where they are random and out of the blue. No excuse to fail a drug test. There is a reason he's bounced around. His head is not in this thing.

 

[Redball Express]

Still can't smoke it and play for the NFL. If you could Denver would have free agents beating down their door for a chance to sign.

Haha.

Well..Payton probably doesn't smoke but if they don't win it this year..

he might start..hehe.

 

[DandyDon52]

i agree to a little slack but arent we past "a little". McClain also faded as season went on. going at this from another direction when do you think hes gone to far. wont practice, dont know if he'll play, drug problems, mental issues.
I have no problem with pot but if someone said to me "i'll give you a few million to not smoke for a year and we test all players its not hard to hold off on this non-addictive drug. Plus this isnt his first time caught. I want McClain to make it but there is no story that could come out tomorrow about him that would shock anyone here. I still feel this statement from ESPN is troubling and little scary- (Months ago, he wasn't so calm. "I was feeling like Aaron Hernandez or something," he says, "like I just wanted to kill somebody." He remembers watching Hernandez get hauled out of his house in handcuffs, later charged with first-degree murder, and being genuinely scared he'd end up the same way.)

I think he's crying for help

Well he already has millions, so if you had millions in the bank and liked to smoke pot all the time, you might be like him, and want to play and smoke.
plus he isnt like you mentally, he has mental issues, so he isnt going to be logical, and he is a impulsive person.

 

[xwalker]

I'd love for a reporter at a press conference ask Garrett to explain how McClain is fitting into his "right kind of guy" philosophy

It was not Garrett's choice to re-sign McClain.

Jerry has evolved a lot to generally stay out of the football operations, but he was the one that made the push to re-sign McClain according to several local media types here in DFW. Several reports indicated the coaches were not in favor of it.

 

[xwalker]

i agree to a little slack but arent we past "a little". McClain also faded as season went on. going at this from another direction when do you think hes gone to far. wont practice, dont know if he'll play, drug problems, mental issues.
I have no problem with pot but if someone said to me "i'll give you a few million to not smoke for a year and we test all players its not hard to hold off on this non-addictive drug. Plus this isnt his first time caught. I want McClain to make it but there is no story that could come out tomorrow about him that would shock anyone here. I still feel this statement from ESPN is troubling and little scary- (Months ago, he wasn't so calm. "I was feeling like Aaron Hernandez or something," he says, "like I just wanted to kill somebody." He remembers watching Hernandez get hauled out of his house in handcuffs, later charged with first-degree murder, and being genuinely scared he'd end up the same way.)

I think he's crying for help

If McClain has a "normal" mental makeup, he wouldn't be on the Cowboys roster in the first place. He would likely still be in Oakland.

 

[DC Cowboy]

Dissapointing. At some point you have to make smart, often tough decisions. Learning how to say NO at times is a big key to success.

I think signing him to a cap friendly, incentive laden, 1 year deal was a smart decision. I know we all are of high morals and values, but the organizations main goal is winning. Which causes you to walk a fine, yet some times dangerous, line. I would not cut him. Anyone could get hurt in training camp and whether you want to admit it or not he is our best MLB. Let it play out this year and make a permanent decision in the off season 2016.

 

[Spectre]

Welcome back to the M LB Lee?

 

[DFWJC]

Welcome back to the M LB Lee?

I think they'd like to avoid that to both protect Lee and free him up to play the play-making WIL

 

[Doc50]

What's the message? That they will tolerate some drug use but not all drug use or crime by different levels of players.

It's best not to have a rigid policy with these things. It will only come back to bite you.

They handled McClain pretty well. They gave him playing time incentives and signed plenty of depth. If he plays and helps then he plays and helps. He did save our bacon last year.

Will be interesting to see how THC use is treated once it becomes legal nationwide, as it inevitably will. We got past prohibition, and weed will also eventually prevail.

Of course, the intemperate use of alcohol is terribly destructive, and employers can screen for impaired workers who can drink liberally on their own time.

We currently do not have the routine quantitative testing methodologies for assessing the longer acting presence and relative impairment levels of THC.
In the future, I would expect that a minimal allowable non-impaired level will be determined, which will permit a person to, for instance, smoke the evening before work on the following morning, and be judged acceptable.

There certainly will be employers, however, that choose not to accept any level of positive test; this will be challenged if the substance is made universally legal and research establishes an acceptable level of content.

Times, they are a changin'.

 

[CCBoy]

Cowboys LB Rolando McClain suspended four games for 2015
by Jason Butt | CBSSports.com


The Cowboys announced that linebacker Rolando McClain has been suspended for the first four games of the 2015 season due to violating the NFL's substance-abuse policy.

McClain hasn't been able to participate much in offseason workouts due to going under offseason knee surgery. McClain will be eligible to practice in training camp and is expected to be healthy by then.

"I apologize to my family, the Cowboys organization, my teammates and Cowboys fans for my mistake. I will not break the rules of my profession in the future, and I regret my error," McClain said in a statement, via CSN Bay Area. "I look forward to returning to the field on week 5, when I hope to help my team beat the Patriots.

In 2014, McClain, who had previously retired twice before being traded from the Ravens to the Cowboys, totaled 81 tackles and a sack in 13 games played.

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/teams/page/DAL/dallas-cowboys

 

[ragman]

He's an idiot plain and simple. They know when these tests will be well in advance. It's not like PED tests where they are random and out of the blue. No excuse to fail a drug test. There is a reason he's bounced around. His head is not in this thing.

IMO, smoking weed is more important to him than the team is. Therefore, he should be cut.

Isn't this the fourth drug test he's failed?

Why do you think they call it dope?

 

[CCBoy]

Where this suspension hurts is in the locker room. McClain's teammates will now be asked to pick up the slack for a player that could not be bothered to join them in the off-season program. They will be asked to answer media questions about a player who decided to stay home and, presumably, smoke blunts instead of working with team trainers, while his teammates sweated it out in the Dallas heat.

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[FuzzyLumpkins]

Will be interesting to see how THC use is treated once it becomes legal nationwide, as it inevitably will. We got past prohibition, and weed will also eventually prevail.

Of course, the intemperate use of alcohol is terribly destructive, and employers can screen for impaired workers who can drink liberally on their own time.

We currently do not have the routine quantitative testing methodologies for assessing the longer acting presence and relative impairment levels of THC.
In the future, I would expect that a minimal allowable non-impaired level will be determined, which will permit a person to, for instance, smoke the evening before work on the following morning, and be judged acceptable.

There certainly will be employers, however, that choose not to accept any level of positive test; this will be challenged if the substance is made universally legal and research establishes an acceptable level of content.

Times, they are a changin'.

The older generation is anti. That is why you see Hatch and Feinstein saying that CBC should be studied for medical benefit and with the same brain conclude that the stance doesn't contradict its schedule 1 classification. We want to study it for it's medical benefits but it has no possible medical benefit.

Double think is irritating.

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

IMO, smoking weed is more important to him than the team is. Therefore, he should be cut.

Isn't this the fourth drug test he's failed?

Why do you think they call it dope?

Reductio ad absurdum