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I finally got around to watching the Lawrence Phillips documentary last night. I said it before plenty of times, but from watching him as a kid, he's the best RB I've ever seen in college FB.
All that being said, **** Vermiel, Tom Osbourne, Jimmy Johnson, and Bill Walsh are all lucky that the way they kept giving this dude chances was back in the 90's and not in the social media era.
You look at a kid like Joe Mixon and the uphill battle(s) he's faced from his incident w/ that woman and compare him to Phillips who by my count, had at least 5 incidents of abuse towards women, but STILL was getting chances to play football, all you can do is shake your head.
Phillips upbringing was terrible. The story of his mom's BF standing on his back and pissing on him made me infuriated. His upbringing made him the way he was, but he was still a piece of **** person.
All that being said, **** Vermiel, Tom Osbourne, Jimmy Johnson, and Bill Walsh are all lucky that the way they kept giving this dude chances was back in the 90's and not in the social media era.
You look at a kid like Joe Mixon and the uphill battle(s) he's faced from his incident w/ that woman and compare him to Phillips who by my count, had at least 5 incidents of abuse towards women, but STILL was getting chances to play football, all you can do is shake your head.
Phillips upbringing was terrible. The story of his mom's BF standing on his back and pissing on him made me infuriated. His upbringing made him the way he was, but he was still a piece of **** person.