Now that news has been out for a few days. Reason I'm making this thread is because of the public statement made by the Raiders' interim head coach Rich Bisaccia:
https://www.foxnews.com/sports/raiders- ... enry-ruggsWe’re deeply saddened for everyone affected, especially the victim’s family. That being said, we love Henry Ruggs and want him to know that. It’s a terrible lapse in judgment of the most horrific kind, it’s something that he will have to live with the rest of his life. The gravity of the situation is not lost on anyone here and we understand and respect the loss of life...
To be perfectly frank, I don’t really know if I can put into words the emotional feelings that certainly I went through and certainly I can’t speak for our players or our coaches, or our owner or our organization. I just know that for me as a parent and a person that cares about young people and that deals with young people every day, I really don’t know if I can quantify what the emotions are...
I think there is two separate entities, there is Henry Ruggs the football player, which is no longer a part of the Raiders, and then Henry Ruggs the person, who is certainly going through what he is going through and is going to have the pay the consequences for the actions.
Do you think that is an appropriate statement to make? Me personally, I find it completely inappropriate for the coach to make a statement sympathetic towards a player who got drunk, drive 156 MPH down the highway, and killed someone. I have no sympathy for anyone who gets behind the wheel drunk and gets a ticket or goes to jail for DUI, let alone for someone who does that and then kills someone. No sympathy whatsoever.