I e-mailed Chet after the incident last week to let him know that I was saddened to hear what happened to him, and to express my hope that he doesn't view our entire fan base as the result of one idiot. I got an e-mail back today, and thought I'd post it here.
brian....... you're kindness means a great deal to me..... i love marquette.... i've been crazy about the school since the al mcguire era..... this was just one
punk/drunk........ he in no way represents the students or alumni of a great school..... now are the brewers gonna punch out the cubs in the central...
the best,
chet coppock
His on-air style grates on me at times, but he seems like a genuinely nice guy. I am glad there are no hard feelings.
He is a genuinely nice guy. I had a friend who used to live next door to his family in Lincoln Park.
On behalf of everyone on this website, Kudos to MUDish for sending Chet that classy email in representing the MU faithful.
ditto!
MUDISH it was great you corresponded with Chet on the incident. I was surprised that Waldron got off as easy as he did. I was surfing net and found this today.
http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=574787
Waldron should have gotten more of a punishment. There's no excuse for what he did. It's nice that Chet realizes Waldron is not representative of your typical MU alum.
Yeah, that is a pretty poor punishment IMO. I would say he should have to pay for CC's medical expenses. Something in the 100s of hours of community service and $100s of dollars in fines would seem more appropriate, with a reasonably-strict probation.
Not that I necessarily agree with it, but that's a pretty typical sentence for a misdemeanor battery conviction for a first-time offender. I'd be interested to know whether he also got supervision or whether a conviction was entered.
As for Chet's medical bills: that's why we have civil courts.
Fair enough Pakuni, that's why I do what I do and don't deal with the courts. I hope then that CC took the clown to civil court and got his medical expenses paid for. Maybe sounds punishments overall need to be tougher if that's a typical sentence for a first-time, misdemeanor battery. From what I do know about the courts, I would agree with the supervision.