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Re: Martinez suspended indefinitely

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 1:36 pm
by OrediggerPoke
JimmyDimes wrote: Hopefully the charges get dropped. I know absolutely nothing regarding this incident, but we can only hope cooler heads prevail. And Luke, if you are out causing problems, stop.
I just don't a a high chance that the charges would be dropped before the season ends. The criminal process takes awhile.

Re: Martinez suspended indefinitely

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 1:51 pm
by Vt poke
Simple assault and disorderly conduct yes. Aggravated assault no way! It's not Luke's fault the guy has a glass jaw. All kidding aside, Luke made a poor choice of being at Buckhorn. The events after that at this point we will never know. Luke will have already paid a pretty strong consequence of letting his teammates down , missing games and the pain of a broken hand. Let him play

Re: Martinez suspended indefinitely

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 1:56 pm
by BackHarlowRoad
After some research, this is what I've concluded. I am not a lawyer:

From what I could gather, if all you do is punch someone in the mouth one time, break your hand, and wait for the cops to show....you could be charged with assault, but you are not going to be charged with AGGRAVATED assault. In order to be charged with aggravated assault, like Oredigger pointed out, it has to be with a deadly weapon, or with intention to cause 'serious bodily injury' with disregard for human life. Legally, 'serious bodily injury' is not a black eye. It's something that can potentially be life threatening.

Police need witnesses and/or evidence to arrest someone. It's safe to assume he wasn't arrested that night because they obviously didn't have those things at that time.

Will be interesting to find out what really went down that night.

Re: Martinez suspended indefinitely

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 2:06 pm
by BeaverPoke
I hope to god that this isn't a case of some douche bag who got his ass kicked and is a bitter f-word trying to ruin Luke's career. And by career I mean the rest of his college basketball playing days as I doubt Luke will make the NBA, and I read somewhere that Luke wants to be a firefighter after basketball. I hope this thing won't stop him from doing that.

Re: Martinez suspended indefinitely

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 2:08 pm
by BackHarlowRoad
BeaverPoke wrote:I hope to god that this isn't a case of some douche bag who got his ass kicked and is a bitter f-word trying to ruin Luke's career. And by career I mean the rest of his college basketball playing days as I doubt Luke will make the NBA, and I read somewhere that Luke wants to be a firefighter after basketball. I hope this thing won't stop him from doing that.
Well the only other alternative to this being the case is that Luke actually deserves the charges. I hope that's not the case either!

Re: Martinez suspended indefinitely

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 2:11 pm
by OrediggerPoke
BeaverPoke wrote:I hope to god that this isn't a case of some douche bag who got his ass kicked and is a bitter f-word trying to ruin Luke's career. And by career I mean the rest of his college basketball playing days as I doubt Luke will make the NBA, and I read somewhere that Luke wants to be a firefighter after basketball. I hope this thing won't stop him from doing that.
A Felony conviction would undoubtedly ruin/impair his chances to become a firefighter. Very few jobs (and especially public sector jobs) don't require you to disclose felony convictions. Under federal law, you CAN"T carry or possess a firearm with a felony conviction.

That said, he is simply CHARGED at this point.

Re: Martinez suspended indefinitely

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 2:16 pm
by seattlecowboy
BeaverPoke wrote:I hope to god that this isn't a case of some douche bag who got his ass kicked and is a bitter f-word trying to ruin Luke's career. And by career I mean the rest of his college basketball playing days as I doubt Luke will make the NBA, and I read somewhere that Luke wants to be a firefighter after basketball. I hope this thing won't stop him from doing that.
Well to be honest this is only one persons fault. It is Lukes fault. He made the choice to go to the bar that night when he could have made a different choice. Someone else could be being a d-bag about it but if Luke wouldn't have put himself in the situation then it wouldn't have happened. So in reality the only person to blame is Luke himself. I'm sure Luke already knows all of this. People need to take responsibility for their own actions and not play the victims role whether it was his fault or not he should have never been there during the season.

Hopefully Luke isn't charged and everything works out fine for him. Whether he gets to play basketball again or not hopefully he doesn't have to have anything on his record. No reason to blame anyone else for the situation though quite frankly.

Re: Martinez suspended indefinitely

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 2:16 pm
by BeaverPoke
BackHarlowRoad wrote:
BeaverPoke wrote:I hope to god that this isn't a case of some douche bag who got his ass kicked and is a bitter f-word trying to ruin Luke's career. And by career I mean the rest of his college basketball playing days as I doubt Luke will make the NBA, and I read somewhere that Luke wants to be a firefighter after basketball. I hope this thing won't stop him from doing that.
Well the only other alternative to this being the case is that Luke actually deserves the charges. I hope that's not the case either!

I agree, if he did do something that would warrant the charges then that is something else.

Re: Martinez suspended indefinitely

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 2:22 pm
by seattlecowboy
Also.... why in the hell is Shyatt even letting any members of the team go to the bar during the season? I mean I know Luke and some of the other players are old enough to drink but if I'm the coach I have a strict rule about no members of the team being allowed in any clubs or bars during the season and if you are caught at one then you get to miss a game or something. I would think Shyatt might have something in place after this situation because only bad can come from players hanging out in those types of places.

Of course maybe he had something in place already but it seems if he would have then Luke would have been suspended before.

Re: Martinez suspended indefinitely

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 2:28 pm
by BeaverPoke
seattlecowboy wrote:Also.... why in the hell is Shyatt even letting any members of the team go to the bar during the season? I mean I know Luke and some of the other players are old enough to drink but if I'm the coach I have a strict rule about no members of the team being allowed in any clubs or bars during the season and if you are caught at one then you get to miss a game or something. I would think Shyatt might have something in place after this situation because only bad can come from players hanging out in those types of places.

Of course maybe he had something in place already but it seems if he would have then Luke would have been suspended before.
That is wishful thinking but that is never going to happen.
You would never get players to stay 3 or 4 years here if they can not go out to the bar. They are 21 year olds and college kids. Just because they play college hoops wearing a UW jersey doesn't mean that they have to live a sheltered life.
I'm sure they want to be winning just as bad as we want them to

Re: Martinez suspended indefinitely

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 2:29 pm
by BeaverPoke
Also someone on the gowyogo board said that they arrested him at the Laramie airport? Any truth to that?

Re: Martinez suspended indefinitely

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 2:38 pm
by wyofan4life5
im guessing they arrested him right when they got back from the Nevada trip

Re: Martinez suspended indefinitely

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 2:45 pm
by seattlecowboy
BeaverPoke wrote:
seattlecowboy wrote:Also.... why in the hell is Shyatt even letting any members of the team go to the bar during the season? I mean I know Luke and some of the other players are old enough to drink but if I'm the coach I have a strict rule about no members of the team being allowed in any clubs or bars during the season and if you are caught at one then you get to miss a game or something. I would think Shyatt might have something in place after this situation because only bad can come from players hanging out in those types of places.

Of course maybe he had something in place already but it seems if he would have then Luke would have been suspended before.
That is wishful thinking but that is never going to happen.
You would never get players to stay 3 or 4 years here if they can not go out to the bar. They are 21 year olds and college kids. Just because they play college hoops wearing a UW jersey doesn't mean that they have to live a sheltered life.
I'm sure they want to be winning just as bad as we want them to
Wishful thinking? I disagree. It is for only during the season. That means between November to March no bars. They don't need to be going out during that time anyways because they are concentrating on basketball. Other programs have these rules. I know Laramie isn't the greatest place with lots of things to do but it comes down to do you want to play basketball or not? It isn't a sheltered life because you don't get to go to the bar either.

Re: Martinez suspended indefinitely

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 2:48 pm
by Cuttslam
Maybe Luke and Shakir can be cellmates.

Re: Martinez suspended indefinitely

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 2:50 pm
by djm19
seattlecowboy wrote:
BeaverPoke wrote:
seattlecowboy wrote:Also.... why in the hell is Shyatt even letting any members of the team go to the bar during the season? I mean I know Luke and some of the other players are old enough to drink but if I'm the coach I have a strict rule about no members of the team being allowed in any clubs or bars during the season and if you are caught at one then you get to miss a game or something. I would think Shyatt might have something in place after this situation because only bad can come from players hanging out in those types of places.

Of course maybe he had something in place already but it seems if he would have then Luke would have been suspended before.
That is wishful thinking but that is never going to happen.
You would never get players to stay 3 or 4 years here if they can not go out to the bar. They are 21 year olds and college kids. Just because they play college hoops wearing a UW jersey doesn't mean that they have to live a sheltered life.
I'm sure they want to be winning just as bad as we want them to
Wishful thinking? I disagree. It is for only during the season. That means between November to March no bars. They don't need to be going out during that time anyways because they are concentrating on basketball. Other programs have these rules. I know Laramie isn't the greatest place with lots of things to do but it comes down to do you want to play basketball or not? It isn't a sheltered life because you don't get to go to the bar either.
I would agree with this.

When I am at work, getting paid, I can't do things I can do it home. In college sports, you are on the clock as a player and ambassador for the school from season start to season end. (year round if you ask me, but that is beside the point). The least they can do is keep their nose clean for a few months. Wishful thinking? of course, but this kind of bull#### is getting old. I am donating money out of state to this University athletic program. For crying out loud, I just did my will and if I die, the Cowboy Joe Club and Athletic Dept is getting a decent chunk. A lot of us are invested emotionally and FINANCIALLY into this program. Stay out of the ####ing bars!

Re: Martinez suspended indefinitely

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 2:51 pm
by djm19
Cuttslam wrote:Maybe Luke and Shakir can be cellmates.

Too soon??? :coffee:

Re: Martinez suspended indefinitely

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 2:51 pm
by wyofan4life5
I play NAIA football in Montana, and we have a no bar policy during the fall and it ends after out last game and then starts up again when spring ball starts.

Re: Martinez suspended indefinitely

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 2:53 pm
by djm19
one more thing---

If this turns out to be some @sswipe just getting Luke in trouble and pushing charges...then I still side with Luke. I dont agree with his behavior, but if this is a setup to get him in some trouble, then I will 100% side with Luke. Innocent until proven guilty. (but that doesnt mean i cant still be pissed off)...

Re: Martinez suspended indefinitely

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 3:07 pm
by laxwyo
I'm guessing that this is one of them deals where no charges would have been filed if Luke wasn't on the basketball team.

Re: Martinez suspended indefinitely

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 3:20 pm
by McPeachy
BeaverPoke wrote:Also someone on the gowyogo board said that they arrested him at the Laramie airport? Any truth to that?
No truth to that.