The myopic vision of your typical college coach was on display Thursday in Southern California head football coach Pete Carroll’s reaction to the guilty verdict against Maurice Simmons, a Trojans linebacking recruit.
Simmons, along co-defendant Lamont Lee Hall, robbed a man at gunpoint in Compton, Calif., and Simmons was charged with felony robbery, assault with a firearm — another felony — and a misdemeanor charge of allowing someone to bring a gun into his car. He was convicted on all three counts.
Carroll called it "the most unfortunate news we could get for Maurice and for his family. We feel sorry for everything they have to go through."
Hey, Pete, how about a word for the man your recruit robbed at gunpoint? Got a word for the victim? No? That’s OK; we understand — he probably doesn’t have a very good time in the 40.
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-spw-simmons7-2008aug07,0,7804481.story
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