Swift Justice Demanded

I returned from the promised land today, retrieved the DMN, and went to "the library" to expel the remnants of the delicious fried pie I had on the way back. Mr. Ted Philmon of Richardson sounded off in the DMN that since Phil Loadholt was arrested for DUI last week, Stoops needed to act in a similar manner as Mack Brown did last year and suspend him for three games.

I didn't recall Mack acting swiftly on the the drinking charges, so I decided to do a little research.

Jun 1, Henry Melton arrested on DUI charge
Jun 9, Robert Joseph arrested for two misdemeanors. Joseph suspended indefinitely.
Jul 28, Sergio Kindle arrested on DWI charge
Aug 3, Dre Jones arrested, Robert Joseph turns himself in for aggravated robbery charge stemming from Jul 27 incident.
Aug 3, Jones suspended definitely. I think Joseph was also placed on "double secret probation" at this point since he was already suspended indefinitely.
Aug 5, Brown suspends Melton and Kindle for three games.

So, in summation, Henry Melton was arrested on a DUI charge on Jun 1st and suspended for same on August 5. At first, I figured Mack probably couldn't act on such activity in the summer, since summer contact with the student- athletes is limited. Plus, Mack might have been backpacking across Houston with Vince Young, and unavailable to suspend Mr. Melton.

However, one week later, the Horns were able to promptly suspend Robert Joseph for two misdemeanors.

On Jul 28, Sergio Kindle was arrested for DWI and Mack did nothing until Aug 5. Maybe he was on a summer cruise? No, on Aug 3, he was available to suspend Andre Jones as a result of his aggravated robbery charge.

Now, according to my calculations, if Bob is going to follow Mack's lead, he must wait for a couple of misdemeanors, another drinking and driving charge and two teammates working together on an aggravated robbery before invoking swift justice. Hopefully it will take longer than two months for the Sooners to accumulate that many charges.

To Mack's credit, his swift actions on the DWI and DUI were effective, as no other Longhorns were charged with DUI for the remainder of the year.