Suh ejected

[Enigmatic Evil]

Suh is a monster, as a player on the field, I'd want him in a heartbeat but you have to ask what is driving these character concerns as they seem to just be progressing. I watched the thanksgiving day game and there's nothing at all that feeds into his excuse about why he did it, that's just plain BS. I think a two game suspension is akin to a slap on the wrist but with the Lions fighting for playoffs, they neeed Suh, thats a pretty big suspension.

That beign said, there was a sports journalist who made a great point. The guy makes 7-figures but he's been fined like 10's of thousands, why would he give a damn about chump change like that. I think if he has another incident, he needs 5+ games to really mull it over.

[hiwaygal]

Originally Posted by Enigmatic Evil

Suh is a monster, as a player on the field, I'd want him in a heartbeat but you have to ask what is driving these character concerns as they seem to just be progressing. I watched the thanksgiving day game and there's nothing at all that feeds into his excuse about why he did it, that's just plain BS. I think a two game suspension is akin to a slap on the wrist but with the Lions fighting for playoffs, they neeed Suh, thats a pretty big suspension.

That beign said, there was a sports journalist who made a great point. The guy makes 7-figures but he's been fined like 10's of thousands, why would he give a damn about chump change like that. I think if he has another incident, he needs 5+ games to really mull it over.

Totally agree with you.

However, as you said, fines for him are having no effect. How about some fines for the coaches/team? These people should be teaching him the right things and somehow they are failing him. I'm guessing if the fines really hit THEIR pocketbook, things might start to change.

I also think he maybe needs to be required to go through regular anger management sessions.

[Jax Dawg]

Originally Posted by hiwaygal

Totally agree with you.

However, as you said, fines for him are having no effect. How about some fines for the coaches/team? These people should be teaching him the right things and somehow they are failing him. I'm guessing if the fines really hit THEIR pocketbook, things might start to change.

I also think he maybe needs to be required to go through regular anger management sessions.

Actually the team is going to get a fine. The new NFL rules about fines says that if any team has over $100,000 in fines to their players the team gets fined something like $50,000. The problem is though just like Suh who makes millions/year a $10,000 fine doesn't mean anything to him and the team's $50,000 fine probably doesn't mean squat to any team/team owner that is worth hundreds of millions of dollars.