Re: What did Williams do to to get suspended...
I did a little 'net search and came up with this:
True learning for Williams at Kirkwood|GazetteOnline.com
In pertinent part it says this:
Kirkwood Coach Doug Wagemester suspended the 6-foot-4 guard before the season began in November, not allowing him to practice because of a “violation of team rules.”
Williams missed the Eagles’ first three games, then had to work his way into a starting spot.
“Just team discipline. Disciplinary reasons. Team rules,” Williams said. “I’m not above anybody or the game. I’ve definitely learned a lot in these last three months, four months.”
“He wasn’t meeting the expectations we set for our guys,” Wagemester said. “It was a little bit in a lot of areas. It’d almost have been easier if it had been one large incident or something. You know, bang, this happened, it’s cut and dried. But it wasn’t like that. Any of the things independent to themselves, it would have been nothing. But over time, it was like ‘Wait a minute.’”
Without being specific, Wagemester said Williams’ issues were on and off the court. There were several meetings between the coach, player and his family to see if things could be ironed out.
“I honestly didn’t know if we’d have him back,” Wagemester said. “I didn’t know which way it was going to go. In fact, if I was a betting man, I would have said this doesn’t look good. But to his credit, he pulled himself up by the bootstraps. He did what he needed to do to make it right.”
If what Hooper said is correct, and/or if what the article suggests is correct, it doesn't sound like the kid belongs in San Quentin.
