Greg Hardy signs with the Cowboys
Okay in case this one doesn’t make sense Greg Hardy’s domestic abuse case apparently involved him shoving his victim onto a couch covered in Hardy’s assault rifles. I always found that detail kind of insane.
Greg Hardy is a terrible human being and I hope he fails miserably. I wasn’t happy to see him sign with the Cowboys…for multiple reasons…but I’m glad the contract was incentive laden and just 1 year. Clearly the man is on a very short leash, as he should be. His case was horrible. I saw some desperate Panther fans clinging to the idea that maybe he was innocent by claiming that the woman was trying to drag him through the mud to extort him, and that her not showing up in court was because of that, but I don’t buy it. It appears the Mayor of Dallas doesn’t either, and I was quite surprised and impressed with his statements on the signing. Good for him.
I’ve never seen Jerrah as “evil”… he’s just a combination of Al Davis and JR Ewing.
Well that’s at least 50% evil
And 50% crazy.
Way worse than the Ray Rice fiasco. Hardy has a history of sober domestic abuse. But there was no video, so…
Is that the Grav gun from Half-life 2? Nice.
And the Lancer from Gears
Looks like the chainsaw gun from Gears of War too.
You shoulda drawn him a shade lighter and did his kraken face paint but in all seriousness I’m not saying he is innocent but you do have to look at both sides he called the police, she had no bruises, and he would not need to threaten her with a gun he’s like 6’4 290 pounds and she’s a known ex drug addict.. Idk the whole case and trial was fishy(no kraken pun intended) but only him an her will know what truly happened.
The couch covered in guns seemed way off to me too, he allegedly told her he was going to kill her, and then threw her on a pile of loaded self defense machines, it seems like he would have been shot had that happened. But he paid her to go away, so as a panthers fan that reads like guilt to me, so good riddance.
I agree here the case was dropped due to lack of serious evidence I think his baby mama got pissed at him for something and wanted to make him pay this isn’t even as close to as bad as Ray rice he ddnt knock her out unconscious on video he “threatened” her no marks no nothing
I see you just pissed because he can single handedly can destroy all 5 of the Giants Oline. The NFL just doesn’t want to get blindsided (see wat I did there) like the Ray rice appeal or Adrain petersons case they just doing through work
Sort of reminds me of Aldon Smith’s contraband issues.
Normally I go by innocent until proven guilty, but man, the amount of evidence and testimony against Hardy was seriously damning, he was a guilty man walking.
Also, am I the only one annoyed that Hardy gets a second chance while Ray Rice is still unemployed? Not trying to defend what Rice did, but punching a woman is apparently career ending, while punching a woman, throwing her across the room, choking her, and threatening to kill her gets you a contract? Plus Rice has actually shown some remorse, working with domestic violence groups, apologizing publicly, Hardy has just been dismissive.
I think it boils down to player value. Ray Rice is an aging RB. Greg Hardy is a young, elite pass rusher, in a league that’s more passing driven than ever. They’re both despicable, but one of them is much harder to pass up than the other.
There is also the circumstance difference. Ray Rice was caught on camera. Cut and dry, unlike the somewhat confusing circumstances around Hardy. Rice immediately became a huge example of the NFL’s failure, so the idea of signing him is a PR disaster. If AP and Hardy deserve second chances I think Rice does too especially since Rice has shown the most remorse. But it just isn’t gonna happen.
You are completely right. Looking at Rice’s 2013 season, he was slow, showed no burst whatsoever. He’s an undersized back who has taken quite a beating, so this decline was to be expected. MJD is in a similar situation and he’s now retired without any off-the-field issues. The perception that Ray Rice is being blackballed is laughable. He’s the kind of player whom you might take a flier on in training camp to see if he’s got anything left in the tank and might not even make the final roster.
Normally I’d agree, but come on, Trent Richardson? Darren McFadden? These are players that people really think have more left in the tank than Rice? Richardson’s a bust, McFadden’s made of glass, Rice’s career may have had one foot in the grave before the incident, but he wasn’t injury-prone, and he actually knew how to get positive yards, unlike the two aforementioned.
Trent Richardson and DMC don’t have the kind of tread Ray Rice has. Richardson in particular is a former first-round pick who hasn’t panned out and coaches always think they can coax out the talent out of guys like that. Plus another Bama running back, Mark Ingram, was also considered a bust after his first few years, so there’s that precedent. DMC had a good year the one time he stayed healthy, so coaches will still see the potential production there. I specifically mentioned MJD in comparison because they’re both undersized and have had well over 1500 touches over their careers, with multiple seasons of over 300 touches. Coaches expect someone like that to be running near empty, and the way they looked on their last seasons confirmed that expectation.
TL;DR just because the three of them are rather unproductive running backs, doesn’t mean they’re in the same situation. Two of them are players who at least in theory have not hit their ceiling yet, while the other definitely has definitely peaked and is near the bottom of the downward spiral.
There were also supposedly inconsistencies between the alleged victim’s story in her initial statement and in her testimony in the first trial and she reached a settlement with Hardy. Just saying, it would not surprise me if it was just a scheme to take Hardy’s money. It would also not surprise me if the allegations turned out to be true. The NFL’s independent investigation will hopefully shed some light (but I’m not holding my breath).
In the meantime, it appears the Cowboys way overpaid him. I get that it’s a contract with minimal guarantees, but it can be worth up to like 13 million if he hits all incentives. Who else was willing to go to a number high enough that they’d be willing to give him those terms?
Okay, I have to say something here. Greg Hardy is probably innocent. I’m not saying he’s definitely innocent, but he probably is.
For starters, he’s the one who called the cops to his apartment on the night in question. A neighbor who heard the fight called the cops saying a girl was getting beat, but she was never actually in the apartment. The supposed victim did not have injuries that she would have had if her story was 100% true.
As for him being found guilty in court, North Carolina has a bizarre legal system where you get a bench trial with no jury, and if you’re found guilty in that, you can appeal for a jury trial, and your previous guilty verdict is completely ignored. And the judge who found him guilty was frequently outspoken against domestic violence. That’s a good thing, don’t get me wrong, but she also specifically requested to judge Hardy’s bench trial, and she was up for re-election in her district.
Honestly, given all this, I don’t think you can definitively say that Hardy is 100% guilty.
It’s pretty obvious that Hardy did SOMETHING. To me, it looks like he shoved her around a little bit when she went crazy on him. She was on multiple drugs that night, and like you said, her story was completely inconsistent with her injuries.
Hardy’s main crime was messing with her in the first place. He’s an idiot for even looking at her twice.
I don’t know where Dave Rappocio got the idea that Hardy has a history of sober domestic violence. To my knowledge as a Panthers fan, the only other things he has done is speed (and take a picture of his speedometer) and get in a stupid motorcycle accident. I have not heard of any history of domestic violence accusations with Hardy.
North Carolina’s bench trial system isn’t bizarre at all when you understand that it’s basically a “fuck poor people” system. See, legally they’re required to provide a free public defender to anyone on trial. BUT they’re only required to provide one for the first trial. So by creating this bench trial system, they’ve effectively created a system where the only people who get trials by jury are the people who can afford a lawyer for the appeal. Everyone else is fucked.
It’s super unconstitutional and awful. I can’t believe the system is allowed to exist as is.
Hardy fits in for a fan base like the Cowboy fans.
In fairness to Greg (eugh) I think they give you all those guns just for moving to Texas. It’s like a housewarming gift in their culture.
Every house comes with a full of guns
Would have been gold if one of the weapons was a cannon that said Sexy on it.
Huh….I always thought the average american couch would look like that?
LOL
Dave, I encourage you to listen to the 911 call and re-examine your position on the matter of Hardy’s alleged guilt.
The Chain Gun and Portal Gun prove just how overpaid football players are.