U of L's Derrick Caracter suspended

[MUFanInGreenBay]

Their frontcourt is now without Padgett, Palacios, and Caracter. Huge losses.

http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071210/SPORTS02/71210019


http://louisville.scout.com/2/710127.html

[MarquetteDano]

I am sure I am not the first to come up with it but perhaps his name should be...

Derrick "Lack of" Caracter?

[Doctor V]

what a dumbass. kid had the chance to establish himself and maybe his future by being the man there this year- some kids just dont get it. makes me thankful that our guys arent that stupid

[ecompt]

Wanna bet he's back for the Big East season?

[1990Warrior]

Since they didn't mention specifics of what he did, I would not be surprised if this only lasted until the start of conference play.  This looks like tricky Rick is just playing mind games to get him properly motivated to me.

[spiral97]

I get the feeling it is partly because he broke his dorm curfew twice.  *shrug*

[MUCrew]

What the heck is going on at UL?  Maybe at other schools for that matter...just seems like there are a lot of kids getting suspended or kicked off the team.  That's just the kind of things that I've been reading...Maybe its just me.

[HarveysWallbangers]

He's moving into regular student housing?

"Jim Bob, I'd like you to meet your new roommate, Derrick."

[🏀]

He's moving into regular student housing?

"Jim Bob, I'd like you to meet your new roommate, Derrick."

Almost as good as when Amo got moved into Schroeder. He was lucky enough to have his own room, but it was the room that residents would pick open the locks and use it as a bathroom/booze room all weekend long. People said the smell in there was atrocious, and he moved in the next week.

[Coach Norman Dale]

it was the room that residents would pick open the locks and use it as a bathroom/booze room all weekend long.

As a former RA at Schroeder, I am curious, where exactly was this room?

[🏀]

I don't know the room number. Didn't live in Schroeder, just got banned for a year instead.

[Coobeys Oil Depot]

No surprise here. He was suspended twice last season. He's a douchebag and fits right in at that program.

[ZiggysFryBoy]

He's moving into regular student housing?

"Jim Bob, I'd like you to meet your new roommate, Derrick."

Almost as good as when Amo got moved into Schroeder. He was lucky enough to have his own room, but it was the room that residents would pick open the locks and use it as a bathroom/booze room all weekend long. People said the smell in there was atrocious, and he moved in the next week.

that would be a great room to play poker in. 

[Marquette84]

that would be a great room to play poker in. 

I bet!   

[TallTitan34]

I heard the stories of that room too.  Talk about a kick in the face after getting kicked off the team.

The loss of Character will destroy Louisville.  If you watched their game vs. Dayton this weekend he was their primary mode of offense.

No way Slick Rick doesn't have him back for the start of the Big East play.

[Big Papi]

Slick Rick doesn't need Caracter until conference play.  Unfortunately his ploys of discipline are so transparent that even the Louisville players know slick rick's games as evidenced by the number of times Caracter has been suspended and reinstated on to the team.  Just another slight tap on the wrists.

[spiral97]

Slick Rick doesn't need Caracter until conference play.  Unfortunately his ploys of discipline are so transparent that even the Louisville players know slick rick's games as evidenced by the number of times Caracter has been suspended and reinstated on to the team.  Just another slight tap on the wrists.

agreed.. who knows.. caracter himself might have initiated the suspension.. the practices for these "cupcake" games might have been cutting into his nightlife..

[wadesworld]

OT but I heard this over the summer...I heard that Jerry Smith was all set to transfer to UW because he hated the people on the UL team but then he met a girl and started dating her and decided to stay at UL.  Has anybody heard about this/know if there is any truth to it?  UW might have actually been decent with him...he's at least an athletic guard.  That's also a real dumb reason to stay at a school.

[MarquetteDano]

OT but I heard this over the summer...I heard that Jerry Smith was all set to transfer to UW because he hated the people on the UL team but then he met a girl and started dating her and decided to stay at UL.  Has anybody heard about this/know if there is any truth to it?  UW might have actually been decent with him...he's at least an athletic guard.  That's also a real dumb reason to stay at a school.

I wonder what Slick Rick is paying her... oh, I couldn't resist!   

[mviale]

Jerry Smith would be a god on the UW team.  HE BLEW IT

[bilsu]

The most interesting part is the fan responses. Seems like several fans do not like Pitino. Also talks about Caracter pulling out a gun and Sosa getting a 16 year old girl pregnant. The Louisville program might be about to implode. My guess is that Caracter is done and it now between Georgetown amd MU for fisrt place and I like MU's chances.

[spiral97]

lots of fans on their scout and rivals boards are hoping caracter transfers out... maybe even a majority of them.. wow.. I know we see negative posters on MU boards but they're rarely in the majority..

[Wareagle]

I get the feeling it is partly because he broke his dorm curfew twice.  *shrug*

The way he broke it is really special though.

"Caracter signed a contract Saturday that included a curfew, "the easiest thing on the contract," Pitino said. Caracter broke curfew the same night."

http://www.courant.com/sports/basketball/hc-colhoop1211.artdec11,0,2764294.story

[spiral97]

geez.. now that's commitment.