🏈 Alabama DL Reed arrested for DUI

[PhillyGirl]

Jarran ReedTuscaloosa County Jail

http://www.al.com/alabamafootball/index.ssf/2014/07/alabama_football_jarran_reed_a.html

TUSCALOOSA, Alabama — For the second time in a week, an Alabama football player football player found himself in legal trouble.

Defensive lineman Jarran Reed was arrested Sunday morning and charged with DUI,according to records at the Tuscaloosa County Jail. He was being held on $1,000 unsecured bond. Further details on the arrest were not immediately known.

A week earlier, Tide running back Kenyan Drake was arrested for obstructing governmental operations.

Reed transferred to Alabama from East Mississippi Community College this spring. He worked significant time with the first team throughout spring practices. He started in the A-Day Game and made one tackle.

As one of the top JUCO recruits in the nation, Reed had big expectations when he arrived in Tuscaloosa.

"Just come in, help the team as much as I can," Reed said on National Signing Day in February. "I'm just going to play hard, just do what I can, get in and learn the plays, just be coachable and be helpful to the team."

 

[XXL TideFan]

Don't drink and drive.......you will get busted

 

[PhillyGirl]

So dumb and selfish. Put not only himself but others in danger. He is lucky nobody got hurt ..

 

[BamaFan334]

Freaking boot his ass. I'm so sick and damn tired of these idiots continuing to make stupid decisions. Do any of us really sit there and think the coaches, staff, and even other players haven't told these guys about illegal activity, agents, and DUI's? It is pounded into their skull's man. You start dismissing these guys after their first DUI and the rest will learn really quick. Small suspensions and running doesn't work. Get into their draft stock by kicking them off the team and some will start to listen. This is simple logic, not asking them to survive without oxygen, food, or water. I'm just over this garbage, at any school.

 

[PhillyGirl]

It's embarrassing. And dangerous, if DUI is involved.

I am not saying that any of us is perfect or should be casting stones, but I have zero tolerance for drinking and driving. Lost two family members due to one careless drunk driver. It's such a simple thing .. Just don't drive. Take a cab. Have a sober friend drive. It's so avoidable. Please be safe, friends.

 

[bamaraider]

Furk. Really need a drunk bus

 

[jlabit]

I want this team to win sooooo bad. However, this behavior needs to stop. I believe Nick needs to make a statement that drives home the point that this type behavior will not be tolerated. Have I did what this kid did? Unfortunately, yes, I have. I was fortunate enough not to get caught. Eventually grew up and learned better without hurting myself or others. Kick him off the team for this one.

 

[planomateo]

CNS don't like DUI's. Reed blew a .13 while driving Charger.

 

[aoterrell22]

Freaking boot his ass. I'm so sick and damn tired of these idiots continuing to make stupid decisions. Do any of us really sit there and think the coaches, staff, and even other players haven't told these guys about illegal activity, agents, and DUI's? It is pounded into their skull's man. You start dismissing these guys after their first DUI and the rest will learn really quick. Small suspensions and running doesn't work. Get into their draft stock by kicking them off the team and some will start to listen. This is simple logic, not asking them to survive without oxygen, food, or water. I'm just over this garbage, at any school.

At his body size and weight even .13 may have not felt like he was even buzzed.

Boot his ass? Overreaction.

 

[PhillyGirl]

http://m.espn.go.com/general/blogs/blogpost?blogname=sec&id=85142&src=desktop

The time for leniency has ended. The use of “internal discipline” is no longer enough. Nick Saban needs to tighten the reins on his program, make an example of someone publicly, and send the message to every one of his players that the offseason has ended, the time for work is here and any instances of poor behavior will not be tolerated.

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Following yet another brush with the law for an Alabama player, it's time for Nick Saban to take a disciplinary stand.

Alabama has had its name dragged through the mud enough since the end of last season. Saban has dealt with enough negative headlines to know it’s time for more proactive measures.
You could live with Kenyan Drake making a bone-headed decision by disobeying an officer earlier this month. He was trying to get to his car. He wasn’t thinking and he was arrested. You could handle the repercussions coming behind closed doors without condoning the action that led to his arrest. And, frankly, the same could be said for Altee Tenpenny, who wasn’t arrested but was given a citation by police in April for possession of a controlled substance.

Both cases were enough to raise your eyebrows at. Neither was enough to spike your blood pressure.

But Jarran Reed's subsequent arrest this weekend for suspicion of driving under the influence has finally moved the needle. We’ve hit the proverbial “three strikes and you’re out” phase of this annual offseason game we play in major college football where one arrest leads to another and suddenly we start to see a trend. Next we question the health of the program as a whole and wonder aloud whether the coach truly has a handle on things.

Now, it must be said that Saban deserves the benefit of the doubt in such matters. We’ve never had to wonder whether discipline is a part of his process. But even he isn’t immune to the arrest bug. Even he can’t avoid the increasing sound of police sirens at his program’s doorstep.

Now is the time for Saban to step up and deliver a message.

Now is the time to right the course and get his team's full attention.

Fall camp begins in only a few weeks. The start of the season is less than two months away. Alabama has enough questions on the field; the Tide don't need negative attention off it. There’s a new quarterback to break in, two new offensive linemen and a defense that would be described as “rebuilding” if it were any place other than Alabama. If the Crimson Tide want to return to the national championship picture, they can’t afford another issue to tackle.
Drake, Tenpenny and Reed are all in Saban’s doghouse now. So is linebacker Dillon Lee, who was also arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence in April. If this keeps up, there won’t be enough room to hold all the team’s disciplinary problems.

Eventually you have to say enough is enough and put a bar on that doghouse door. Eventually you have to show that once you go in, you might not be allowed out so easily.

That time is now for Saban and Alabama. Leniency can no longer be afforded. Decisive, heavy-handed action is needed. The season is almost here, and every player and every coach must get the message loud and clear that mistakes will no longer be tolerated.

 

[JoshB]

So stupid, drinking and driving is 100 times worse than smoking weed. I just dont understand these guys. I GUARANTEE you there are dozens of guys on the team that would happily have come and picked his ass up and took him home. For that matter tell any fan "Hey Im a Bama player will you take me home, Im drunk as hell?" and bam you got a free ride right there. So stupid.

With that said "boot his ass"? Even tho this is the first time hes gotten in trouble? Stop it.

 

[TheChief]

Driving impaired by alcohol and weed is THE SAME. It's all fun until someone gets killed, and it happens when someone is driving under the influence of marijuana too. I know it happens. Lose someone you love, Bird, and you'll change your tune.

 

[BamaFan334]

At his body size and weight even .13 may have not felt like he was even buzzed.

Boot his ass? Overreaction.

Who cares if he MAY have not felt "buzzed". Don't f'ing do it, how about that? You don't think him drinking and driving could cost him more than a cab would have? What if he would have killed someone and that .13 impaired him just enough to where he couldn't have made the right decision? Get a grip on reality and realize wrong is wrong no matter if he's a player on your favorite team or not.

 

[BamaFan334]

So stupid, drinking and driving is 100 times worse than smoking weed. I just dont understand these guys. I GUARANTEE you there are dozens of guys on the team that would happily have come and picked his ass up and took him home. For that matter tell any fan "Hey Im a Bama player will you take me home, Im drunk as hell?" and bam you got a free ride right there. So stupid.

With that said "boot his ass"? Even tho this is the first time hes gotten in trouble? Stop it.

So basically you're saying unless he kills someone it's not enough to boot him and make an example? So as long as he gets lucky enough not to hurt someone he's cool to continue making these decisions? Sorry, but in this day and age the awareness is around him 100 times a day, so there is no excuse for being a dumb idiot. And someone said it above, he's got 10,000 people in Tuscaloosa willing to be his personal taxi service for free in order to keep our guys out of trouble, and also to say you met a player. Overreaction, I don't think so.

 

[Max]

Driving impaired by alcohol and weed is THE SAME. It's all fun until someone gets killed, and it happens when someone is driving under the influence of marijuana too. I know it happens. Lose someone you love, Bird, and you'll change your tune.

Both alcohol and weed can impair abilities when used to excess. Saying they're the same is one of two things; you're uninformed or misinformed.

 

[Max]

Who cares if he MAY have not felt "buzzed". Don't f'ing do it, how about that? You don't think him drinking and driving could cost him more than a cab would have? What if he would have killed someone and that .13 impaired him just enough to where he couldn't have made the right decision? Get a grip on reality and realize wrong is wrong no matter if he's a player on your favorite team or not.

If he didn't feel like he was under the influence he shouldn't have driven? There are people who've had one glass of wine and passed sobriety field test but the breath test killed them in the end.

Is this enough to boot him? No. It's an over reaction to suggest that as a recourse.

 

[TerryP]

“We are disappointed in Jarran’s actions and this is obviously not the kind of behavior we expect from our players,” coach Nick Saban said in a released statement. “It is a privilege to represent the University of Alabama and there are responsibilities that go along with that privilege. We’ll evaluate the situation and determine the appropriate discipline so better choices and decisions can be made in the future.”

 

[PhillyGirl]

One drink is all it takes to drive impaired, even if you're a big football player. I've seen people have one glass of wine, then fail a simple cone course.

 

[sean]

what a stupid, stupid thing to do.

and while i don't think he should be kicked off the team for this, i do think he should be punished pretty harshly; and i'm not talking about running steps in the stadium. he should be given 40 hours of community service (along with the steps and possibly speaking to teenagers about what you lose when you drink and drive) with the proviso that if he misses any class time or any team meetings during that time (if they're doing those this time of the year) then that community service time will start over. and those 40 hours will be given a deadline of 1 month. and if after that 1 month he hasn't finished his 40 hours of community service, then he will be sitting on the bench for the upcoming season REGARDLESS OF HOW THE TEAM IS DOING!

also, he should be made to apologize to his family and the entire team and coaching staff in person.

 

[BamaFan334]

If he didn't feel like he was under the influence he shouldn't have driven? There are people who've had one glass of wine and passed sobriety field test but the breath test killed them in the end.

Is this enough to boot him? No. It's an over reaction to suggest that as a recourse.

I more or less said boot him to set the tone and let these guys know this crap won't be tolerated anymore. You think stairs, community service, or a two game suspension is going to scare these guys. Hit them where it hurts, like they do NFL players, in the wallet. Taking that opportunity away from one will make the others think a lot more than saying "f it, I won't get caught, and if I do all I have to do is run". Of course in the NFL you can kill someone and still be welcomed back with open arms. Probably no hope for anything anymore. It's all about the mighty dollar.