Eugene Robinson tells team to not make his mistake

[Moorgan]

Apparently he was arrested for soliciting a prostitute the night before his SB vs the Broncos when he was with the Falcons. Spoke to the team about it.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2016/02/02/eugene-robinson-tells-panthers-what-not-to-do-this-week/

[yasuhara2241]

Embarrassing moment for him. But being able to talk about it tells a lot about him as a man. That would be extremely difficult for anybody to open up about. I hate that it got out into the public. 

[shaqattaq]

The Bronco's don't have to worry about anyone soliciting the night before... they're all getting fugged Sunday night!

[Mr. Scot]

I remember when that happened.

[csx]

I feel old in that I think of that every single time I hear his voice. It was pretty shocking when the Panthers hired him because of that.

[countryboi]

he was a pretty stand up dude before this, I think he won the bart starr man of the year award that year then later got arrested for soliciting a prostitute. the irony was very strong with this one. 

[Clicheking]

That's the first time I've ever heard that brought up that I can recall. It's always been a dirty little secret the team never talks about....with that said I doubt any of our guys would be dumb enough to do that or anything else illegal this week anyway.

[PandaPancake]

25 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

I remember when that happened.

You'd be a very bad historian if you didn't.

[Seltzer]

I met Eugene Robinson about 8 years ago in Ballantyne.  One of the nicest, most gracious men you will ever meet.

Took a lot of courage for him to talk to the team about that incident.  Frankly, I think it's typical Joe Person BS that he found out and wrote an article about it.  Should have stayed inside the walls of the locker room.  And he wonders why guys like Thomas Davis put him on blast on Twitter a few years back- it's crap like this and the Brandon LaFell baby mama story.

Everybody messes up in life.  I wouldn't want to have my personal skeletons resurrected after 16 years.

[Sapper]

Always really liked Eugene, and the timing of all that really was terrible.

[CosmoGirl]

1 hour ago, yasuhara2241 said:

Embarrassing moment for him. But being able to talk about it tells a lot about him as a man. That would be extremely difficult for anybody to open up about. I hate that it got out into the public. 

It was out in the public when it happened. That isn't something that you keep covered up. 

[CosmoGirl]

5 minutes ago, Seltzer said:

I met Eugene Robinson about 8 years ago in Ballantyne.  One of the nicest, most gracious men you will ever meet.

Took a lot of courage for him to talk to the team about that incident.  Frankly, I think it's typical Joe Person BS that he found out and wrote an article about it.  Should have stayed inside the walls of the locker room.  And he wonders why guys like Thomas Davis put him on blast on Twitter a few years back- it's crap like this and the Brandon LaFell baby mama story.

Everybody messes up in life.  I wouldn't want to have my personal skeletons resurrected after 16 years.

He is very nice. Saw him in the French Quarter a few years ago and he recognized me from Panthers Talk. So I had a drink with him and Mick and a few guys. Then I was going to leave to go back to my hotel. The dude would NOT allow me to walk alone and left his night out for a bit to make sure I got back safely. 

[Jangler]

Don't get caught. wink

[Pejorative Miscreant]

5 minutes ago, Seltzer said:

I met Eugene Robinson about 8 years ago in Ballantyne.  One of the nicest, most gracious men you will ever meet.

Took a lot of courage for him to talk to the team about that incident.  Frankly, I think it's typical Joe Person BS that he found out and wrote an article about it.  Should have stayed inside the walls of the locker room.  And he wonders why guys like Thomas Davis put him on blast on Twitter a few years back- it's crap like this and the Brandon LaFell baby mama story.

Everybody messes up in life.  I wouldn't want to have my personal skeletons resurrected after 16 years.

From a reporters standpoint I am sure there is an alternate argument but I agree that you look past this if you are the local news guy with the team.   I think it sucks he couldn't think of any other topics to report on.