Tuesday, May 13, 2008

A Sad Ending to a Pain-Filled Career


Torri Williams has been courageous in the way he has battled injuries and adversity during the last four years. Multiple catastrophic injuries that have ended the careers of other athletes were merely speedbumps for Williams. The talented Texan that has seen much less playing time than he might have, had circumstance been different, has probably played his last snap for the gold and black.

Leading into his final season on campus, Williams has had another brush with the law...this one the most troubling and perplexing. Few details have come out, but Williams was arrested on suspicion of theft earlier this week. While Tiller has been too lax (in my opinion) with his discipline toward Boilers who end up behind bars, I don't think he'll let Williams back on the team after this one.

Williams recurring troubles include multiple arrests for driving with a suspended license and OWI...Hopefully, Williams finds a way to right his life and stay out of trouble...Regardless, I don't think he'll have the opportunity to do so at Purdue.

Less-important, but noteworthy is the fact that Purdue's defensive backfield is already thin due to graduations of a few former starters. It looks like the undersized Brandon Erwin will see quite a bit of playing time in the fall and Brandon King might not get to move back to corner as many hoped he would.

7 comments:

Purdue Matt said...

Too bad that his maturity isn't on the same level as his toughness.

Purdue Matt said...

Did you see that IU thinks their self imposed penalties are sufficient. Hilarious.

Purdue Matt said...

Did you notice the suspicion of theft occured at the Payless Supermarket? What was he stealing at the grocery store?

boilerdowd said...

Hopefully more info will come out on what in the sam hell he was doing getting himself into this situation...not that it makes much difference, but maybe he really needed a smoke?

Nate said...

Finally, the spring football news returns to form. I kept waiting for the first arrest, fight, stabbing, etc.

It is a shame that he couldn't stay out of trouble. We are in need of serious help at DB.

Plang said...

Does anyone have a clue as to how Hope will handle these types of things? Is he going to set a few examples up front or is it going to be status quo? Speculation is welcome...

boilerdowd said...

I hope he's tougher on this garbage...Tiller used to be and it worked better.