What Were They Thinking

It is time for another installment where we question the thought process of public figures and see if they qualify for the Darwin Awards.

Usually I limit the focus of this topic to one individual, however this time we have two airheads competing for the idiot of the month award.

First we will examine the actions of the now former Athletic Director of the University of Georgia. When you read his escapades you will agree the guy has nothing but air between the ears, hot air.

On July 3, 2010  Georgia AD Damon Evans was arrested in Atlanta Georgia for DUI, that alone tells you the guy was not thinking clearly. To make matters worse, the 40 year married father was with 24 year old Courtney Fuhrmann, a woman he claimed as just a friend. The problem that raised the question about his relationship with Ms. Furhmann, was trying to supply a plausible explanation as to why her panties were between his legs. Needless to say, his spin did not fly and he had to admit he had been seeing the young woman for a week or so. Making matters worse, it appears his lady friend implied there would be trouble for the police if the arrested the Georgia AD.

With all the press public figures have received for affairs and other less than acceptable codes of conduct you would think Mr. Evans would know better, know that in today's world position, power and money does not get you a pass for messing up, it gets you alot of press and in cases like Governor Sanford, a divorce. Evans mess up begs the question, what was he thinking?

Our next genius is JaMarcus Russell a one time future NFL star, now a free agent that was released by the Oakland Raiders. He is now thought to be a legitimate contender to take over Ryan Leaf's spot as the biggest draft bust ever.

During his time with the Raiders, Russell was thought to drowsy, inattentive and just not focused on the job of being an NFL Quarterback, today's arrest may explain why.

Earlier today Russell was arrested at home in an undercover sting operation. He was charged with possession of a controlled substance, are you ready, codeine cough syrup. Yes prescription cough syrup, which would explain his performances on and off the gridiron.

For a guy hoping to sign with a team as a free agent, he just shot himself in the foot big time. It is very unlikely any team will pick him up even for minimum wage. Given the talent and chance he had to make the bigs and to through it away for cough syrup, he begs he question, what was he thinking.

It is a shame to see young people with talent and opportunity throw it all away for an extra marital affair or drugs. When will these people given these chances realize, being talented having position doesn't give you a pass, it makes your more accountable and you must be more responsible or you end up a head line in the evening news and the butt of the water cooler jokes. What the heck were these two latest air heads thinking?

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