there's no "i" in team, but there is in justin...


this news item is a few days old and of little consequence to anyone's daily lives, but i haven't been able to shake my frustration with it. justin jonus, a sophmore guard at alabama, chose to leave his team on monday of this week. jonus has played in all but three of alabama's games, was averaging about 20 minutes a game, and was scoring about 6 a game (undoubtedly two three's a game, since this is all he's good for). now, i have poked fun at him here before, with little affection, as the "white boy" on the team. he is white. he plays white. he sucks, plain and simple. and it's not the fact that his loss, in my opinion, will hurt the team. granted, the starters may have to carry their own bags now that jonus isn't around, but that's beside the point. my point is this. justin and his dad cited his "lack of recent playing time" as their reason for leaving the team. justin's dad told reporters that he imparted this wisdom on his son. "if they aren't going to use you now that chuck davis is out, they are never going to use you." in other words, if you aren't going to benefit from this guy fucking up his knee, then screw your teammates and screw alabama. i guess it's not enough that alabama was paying for his education. i guess it didn't matter that his leaving means that alabama will play the season out with 7 (!!!) scholarship players when their competition in the sec are usually playing with 10-12.

now, talk radio is placing most of the blame for this at the dad's feet, claiming that jonus is "still a kid". i don't really consider 20 year-old's children, but whatever. but what is the dad's problem? this is the example you wanna set? for your son? to ingrain into your son for him to pass along to your grandchildren? i don't know about you, dude, but that is pretty weak. whatever happened to loyalty? whatever happened to locking arms with the group you've been fighting with and saying, "come hell or high water, we are going down together."

but that's not usally how it goes down. justin jonus is just like the rest of us. so is his dad. we are always looking for the next best thing. what is best for us. for me. me. me. me.

go ahead, justin. go find another church...er, team. just remember, the grass over there only seems greener because there's shit on that side too.

have fun playing in division 2 with the rest of the white guys.