Dwayne Haskins Killed

[bradshaw2ben]

Man, we have our share of grieving brothers in this thread. Went to PA this weekend for the funeral of the last of all my aunts and uncles—I had 13!

Hoping for the best for all of us.

[RemoAZ]

Damn so young. My dad passed a couple days ago. Old or young it reminds you that no time is guaranteed to us.

My mom is on her last hours. Old or young, it sucks!

Sorry to hear that. Hope she's not suffering. My dad was starting to lose his mind the last few weeks. Probably the best thing that could have happened for him with the worry and fear gone.

[RemoAZ]

Damn so young. My dad passed a couple days ago. Old or young it reminds you that no time is guaranteed to us.

Sorry to hear, condolences. Lost mine to COVID in 2020. Hits me every once in a while. It changes you permanently.

I'm sure that was tougher being not expected. Sorry you had to go through that. My dad was declining for a while. Not really better but there was no shock.

[RemoAZ]

Man, we have our share of grieving brothers in this thread. Went to PA this weekend for the funeral of the last of all my aunts and uncles—I had 13!

Hoping for the best for all of us.

Not sure if it's age or just the internet but sure seems like there's been more death lately with Covid talked about all the time and losing my dog a few months ago and now my dad. We lost contact with most of my non immediate family when we moved out here from New Jersey when I was a kid so I haven't felt losing that much family. Can't imagine experiencing that many aunt and uncle deaths and knowing it's your last one. Sorry for your loss.

[Thrillsseeker]

My condolences to you all.

[R_S]

Brandt said something stupid but he does not deserve to be fired or have honors removed. Cancel culture is not the option. I think we all are still wondering what happened on that highway. Brandt just got carried away and said something really dumb.

If anyone has listened to Gil Brandt on the radio in the last year, you can really hear how his sharpness and "vigor" if you will, has declined quickly. 2 years ago I wouldn't have said that. Some people are propped in the spotlight for way longer than they should be. I highly doubt he would have said those things 3-4 years ago. He should have retired years ago. but not stripped of lifelong accolades.

[DP39]

Brandt said something stupid but he does not deserve to be fired or have honors removed. Cancel culture is not the option. I think we all are still wondering what happened on that highway. Brandt just got carried away and said something really dumb.

If anyone has listened to Gil Brandt on the radio in the last year, you can really hear how his sharpness and "vigor" if you will, has declined quickly. 2 years ago I wouldn't have said that. Some people are propped in the spotlight for way longer than they should be. I highly doubt he would have said those things 3-4 years ago. He should have retired years ago. but not stripped of lifelong accolades.

Very much agree with his decline. While he's still impressive for his age, one has to understand that "for his age" is the most important part of that statement.

It also wouldn't surprise me that he has had access to 5+ years of inside scoop stories regarding Haskins that have tainted his feelings towards him a little -- of course, I'm not, in any way, condoning his comments....just trying to possibly understand why he made them.

As for this crazy, current cancel culture: Yeah, sure, cancel a 90 yr old man for one insensitive comment and just erase all he's done for the game of football for 70 years.....that makes sense. Stupid is as stupid does.

[Jobu]

My condolences to you all.

Same here.

[DP39]

Yes, my condolences to you all, as well.

[gojira5150]

Damn so young. My dad passed a couple days ago. Old or young it reminds you that no time is guaranteed to us.

Condolences. It does hurt. My Mom passed Dec 24th 2021 from a battle with stage 4 neck cancer. She was diagnosed last Setp '21 and to watch her dwindle so fast was heart breaking. I LOVED my mom and spoke with her daily just to make sure she was Ok. That last week was Brutal. I was glad she passed so she wouldn't suffer anymore. I don't have parents or grandparents left.

[Steelknife]

Brandt said something stupid but he does not deserve to be fired or have honors removed. Cancel culture is not the option. I think we all are still wondering what happened on that highway. Brandt just got carried away and said something really dumb.

I love how some people are so terrified of this cancel culture bogeyman it’s become “there should be no consequences for someone’s actions.”

[Steelknife]

Brandt said something stupid but he does not deserve to be fired or have honors removed. Cancel culture is not the option. I think we all are still wondering what happened on that highway. Brandt just got carried away and said something really dumb.

I love how some people are so terrified of this cancel culture bogeyman it’s become “there should be no consequences for someone’s actions.”

[franco32]

Brandt said something stupid but he does not deserve to be fired or have honors removed. Cancel culture is not the option. I think we all are still wondering what happened on that highway. Brandt just got carried away and said something really dumb.

I love how some people are so terrified of this cancel culture bogeyman it’s become “there should be no consequences for someone’s actions.”

There should be consequences, but they should be proportional to the conduct. Firing people and trying to cancel a 70 year career for one dumb statement is not proportional. It's really that simple. These puritanical rules and boundaries will not end well for anyone.

[RemoAZ]

Damn so young. My dad passed a couple days ago. Old or young it reminds you that no time is guaranteed to us.

Condolences. It does hurt. My Mom passed Dec 24th 2021 from a battle with stage 4 neck cancer. She was diagnosed last Setp '21 and to watch her dwindle so fast was heart breaking. I LOVED my mom and spoke with her daily just to make sure she was Ok. That last week was Brutal. I was glad she passed so she wouldn't suffer anymore. I don't have parents or grandparents left.

Sorry to hear that man. I just have my mom left. Age catching up with us.

[gojira5150]

Damn so young. My dad passed a couple days ago. Old or young it reminds you that no time is guaranteed to us.

Condolences. It does hurt. My Mom passed Dec 24th 2021 from a battle with stage 4 neck cancer. She was diagnosed last Setp '21 and to watch her dwindle so fast was heart breaking. I LOVED my mom and spoke with her daily just to make sure she was Ok. That last week was Brutal. I was glad she passed so she wouldn't suffer anymore. I don't have parents or grandparents left.

Sorry to hear that man. I just have my mom left. Age catching up with us.

Thx Bro. No doubt. It's crazy. I'm 54 and all mine are gone.

[Steelafan77]

Brandt said something stupid but he does not deserve to be fired or have honors removed. Cancel culture is not the option. I think we all are still wondering what happened on that highway. Brandt just got carried away and said something really dumb.

I love how some people are so terrified of this cancel culture bogeyman it’s become “there should be no consequences for someone’s actions.”

There should be consequences, but they should be proportional to the conduct. Firing people and trying to cancel a 70 year career for one dumb statement is not proportional. It's really that simple. These puritanical rules and boundaries will not end well for anyone.

It's the nature of the beast. The whole social media addiction has turned most into Zombies...

God forbid they'd have to live without it...

Like everyone sits around waiting for someone to fuck up so they can Pounce.... Joe Rogan most recently.


This forum is the extent of my social media experience...

Anyway, Just my opinion and I certainly don't want to disrespect anyone or worse derail this thread; especially in a thread where folks are genuinely grieving...

Peace

[franco32]

Check out the news article below. This is really weird. A witness said Haskins was slowly making his was across and had his arms partially raised. He called 911 six minutes before the incident supposedly happened. Was Haskins out there for 6 minutes? So odd.



https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/ver ... h/2733043/

[BethlehemSteel]

Sorry to all who’ve had family struggles recently

This news is just what we didn’t want to hear

https://mobile.twitter.com/andyslater/s ... UZ8mvAlW4w

I guess it will Start trickling out soon

[MJG75]

Brothers, my heart goes out to you and your families and loved ones. God bless you guys. We represent a humanity that is suffering right now in so many ways. My heart goes out to all of you who have experienced grief and loss.

[RemoAZ]

Had the funeral for my dad today. I'm not good at that emotional stuff so my goal was to just get through it without any embarrassing tears. My mom wanted the military to honor him as he was a Marine in Vietnam. Not sure if it was just because it was my dad's funeral but that Navy officer gave the best performance of Tapps I've ever heard. The guy was super talented. Try getting through that without a tear or two escaping. Kept thinking about that scene in Just a Few Good Men where Jack Nickleson makes fun of their white uniforms to make myself smile. Solid 90s movie knowledge for the win!

[beerbrother]

Had the funeral for my dad today. I'm not good at that emotional stuff so my goal was to just get through it without any embarrassing tears. My mom wanted the military to honor him as he was a Marine in Vietnam. Not sure if it was just because it was my dad's funeral but that Navy officer gave the best performance of Tapps I've ever heard. The guy was super talented. Try getting through that without a tear or two escaping. Kept thinking about that scene in Just a Few Good Men where Jack Nickleson makes fun of their white uniforms to make myself smile. Solid 90s movie knowledge for the win!

Tough times. Glad you found a trick to get you through. Don't worry about sheading a few tears, it happens.

One of my sisters is visiting for a bit. Her husband passed away a few weeks ago after battling some long term heart issues. I volunteered to speak at his service expecting they would have something for me to read as has been done in the past. Nope. Told me just to tell some stories and lighten the mood. Scrambled to write some stuff down while traveling but mostly winged it. Felt like I was doing comedy instead of a funeral service. And after thinking a bit decided to ditch suit/tie/black for flipflops/shorts/& Hawaiian shirt (his favorite attire).

They met when my sister was in college, I was in high school so I've known him almost as long as her. We had been on quite a few double dates as my sister always seemed to have a friend interested in me. Spoke mostly of their early years together giving me great material to work with. Made fun of him, my sister, myself and had people laughing at us all. Damn what fun it was to be young.

Lots of good memories shared. Wish I'd been a bit better prepared but glad I did it.

[langer]

Had the funeral for my dad today. I'm not good at that emotional stuff so my goal was to just get through it without any embarrassing tears. My mom wanted the military to honor him as he was a Marine in Vietnam.

Semper Fi, thanks to your Dad for his service.

Mine was Navy on a carrier in the 60s, the effing govt didn't allow a military funeral to happen due to COVID. Still chapped about that, raw feelings. No funeral, burial at Calvary was me and my brothers and an close Uncle from Waynesburg who we would go to games with back in the day. Had my Mom on facetime, she had COVID and was almost gone. I found her lying in a dirty bed barely breathing. But like the strong Italian woman who grew up in Penn HIlls she is, she's back to somewhat normal.

Just thinking of it brings it all back...better left in the past. Can't change it, and life is what it is, time keeps on moving.

I hope there isn't anything more to this Haskins story, was he dosed or something...playing in traffic is weird. If he was at Trubiskys before that...

[Thrillsseeker]

Had the funeral for my dad today. I'm not good at that emotional stuff so my goal was to just get through it without any embarrassing tears. My mom wanted the military to honor him as he was a Marine in Vietnam. Not sure if it was just because it was my dad's funeral but that Navy officer gave the best performance of Tapps I've ever heard. The guy was super talented. Try getting through that without a tear or two escaping. Kept thinking about that scene in Just a Few Good Men where Jack Nickleson makes fun of their white uniforms to make myself smile. Solid 90s movie knowledge for the win!

My man. Condolences to you. Don’t feel ashamed of tears. Its life and yes we’re men but, men shed tears. It happens. Absolutely nothing to be shamed about at all. But I understand. My dad was also a Marine and went to Nam. When my dad spoke we listened because we knew if we deserved it he’d whoop our ass. I’ve heard my dads voice crack and shed a tear twice in my life. While he was giving the eulogy of one of his brothers (dads the oldest of 10 kids) who died in a house fire, it damn near tore my heart out. I completely understand “trying to get thru it”. I tried not to cry so bad during that eulogy and prayed for my father to have enough strength to “get thru it”, when my dads voice cracked, I lost it. Not ashamed at all. Just felt for my dad in that moment. Was brutal. That was many years ago, and now my father is 73 and is on medication for congestive heart failure. Worse, he’s in the beginning stages of Alzheimers. That tough son of a gun still works outside, cutting wood etc (with torn rotator cuff in each shoulder and refuses surgery) but it’s tough to see him age and be old. I’ll never be ready to lose that man but I pray when its his time, his heart takes him and he doesn’t succumb to yrs of suffering thru Alzheimers. Brutal stuff. Life’s tough, dad taught me that young along with hard work and countless other life lessons.

Condolences again brother.

[RemoAZ]

Had the funeral for my dad today. I'm not good at that emotional stuff so my goal was to just get through it without any embarrassing tears. My mom wanted the military to honor him as he was a Marine in Vietnam. Not sure if it was just because it was my dad's funeral but that Navy officer gave the best performance of Tapps I've ever heard. The guy was super talented. Try getting through that without a tear or two escaping. Kept thinking about that scene in Just a Few Good Men where Jack Nickleson makes fun of their white uniforms to make myself smile. Solid 90s movie knowledge for the win!

My man. Condolences to you. Don’t feel ashamed of tears. Its life and yes we’re men but, men shed tears. It happens. Absolutely nothing to be shamed about at all. But I understand. My dad was also a Marine and went to Nam. When my dad spoke we listened because we knew if we deserved it he’d whoop our ass. I’ve heard my dads voice crack and shed a tear twice in my life. While he was giving the eulogy of one of his brothers (dads the oldest of 10 kids) who died in a house fire, it damn near tore my heart out. I completely understand “trying to get thru it”. I tried not to cry so bad during that eulogy and prayed for my father to have enough strength to “get thru it”, when my dads voice cracked, I lost it. Not ashamed at all. Just felt for my dad in that moment. Was brutal. That was many years ago, and now my father is 73 and is on medication for congestive heart failure. Worse, he’s in the beginning stages of Alzheimers. That tough son of a gun still works outside, cutting wood etc (with torn rotator cuff in each shoulder and refuses surgery) but it’s tough to see him age and be old. I’ll never be ready to lose that man but I pray when its his time, his heart takes him and he doesn’t succumb to yrs of suffering thru Alzheimers. Brutal stuff. Life’s tough, dad taught me that young along with hard work and countless other life lessons.

Condolences again brother.

My dad had congestive heart failure and was losing his mind at the end as well. I really believe the latter is a blessing as he wasn't aware enough to be really scared or embarrassed about being bed ridden. I know having to be cared for would have crushed his spirit otherwise. Looking at it that way helps. I think it's harder for us to see it than for them to go through it. Hope your dad keeps cutting that wood and stays active. That's better than any medicine.

[RemoAZ]

Had the funeral for my dad today. I'm not good at that emotional stuff so my goal was to just get through it without any embarrassing tears. My mom wanted the military to honor him as he was a Marine in Vietnam. Not sure if it was just because it was my dad's funeral but that Navy officer gave the best performance of Tapps I've ever heard. The guy was super talented. Try getting through that without a tear or two escaping. Kept thinking about that scene in Just a Few Good Men where Jack Nickleson makes fun of their white uniforms to make myself smile. Solid 90s movie knowledge for the win!

Tough times. Glad you found a trick to get you through. Don't worry about sheading a few tears, it happens.

One of my sisters is visiting for a bit. Her husband passed away a few weeks ago after battling some long term heart issues. I volunteered to speak at his service expecting they would have something for me to read as has been done in the past. Nope. Told me just to tell some stories and lighten the mood. Scrambled to write some stuff down while traveling but mostly winged it. Felt like I was doing comedy instead of a funeral service. And after thinking a bit decided to ditch suit/tie/black for flipflops/shorts/& Hawaiian shirt (his favorite attire).

They met when my sister was in college, I was in high school so I've known him almost as long as her. We had been on quite a few double dates as my sister always seemed to have a friend interested in me. Spoke mostly of their early years together giving me great material to work with. Made fun of him, my sister, myself and had people laughing at us all. Damn what fun it was to be young.

Lots of good memories shared. Wish I'd been a bit better prepared but glad I did it.

I'm sure they appreciated you speaking. I couldn't do it. I wrote something and just gave it to my mom after. Would have been funny to wear shorts, an a-shirt (the official Italian uniform shirt) and sandals with black socks. That's how he'd be dressed doing same late yard work after work every day. Good times.

[RemoAZ]

Had the funeral for my dad today. I'm not good at that emotional stuff so my goal was to just get through it without any embarrassing tears. My mom wanted the military to honor him as he was a Marine in Vietnam.

Semper Fi, thanks to your Dad for his service.

Mine was Navy on a carrier in the 60s, the effing govt didn't allow a military funeral to happen due to COVID. Still chapped about that, raw feelings. No funeral, burial at Calvary was me and my brothers and an close Uncle from Waynesburg who we would go to games with back in the day. Had my Mom on facetime, she had COVID and was almost gone. I found her lying in a dirty bed barely breathing. But like the strong Italian woman who grew up in Penn HIlls she is, she's back to somewhat normal.

Just thinking of it brings it all back...better left in the past. Can't change it, and life is what it is, time keeps on moving.

I hope there isn't anything more to this Haskins story, was he dosed or something...playing in traffic is weird. If he was at Trubiskys before that...

Covid and the way we handled it ruined so many things. Hope your mom continues to recover.

[Thrillsseeker]

Had the funeral for my dad today. I'm not good at that emotional stuff so my goal was to just get through it without any embarrassing tears. My mom wanted the military to honor him as he was a Marine in Vietnam. Not sure if it was just because it was my dad's funeral but that Navy officer gave the best performance of Tapps I've ever heard. The guy was super talented. Try getting through that without a tear or two escaping. Kept thinking about that scene in Just a Few Good Men where Jack Nickleson makes fun of their white uniforms to make myself smile. Solid 90s movie knowledge for the win!

My man. Condolences to you. Don’t feel ashamed of tears. Its life and yes we’re men but, men shed tears. It happens. Absolutely nothing to be shamed about at all. But I understand. My dad was also a Marine and went to Nam. When my dad spoke we listened because we knew if we deserved it he’d whoop our ass. I’ve heard my dads voice crack and shed a tear twice in my life. While he was giving the eulogy of one of his brothers (dads the oldest of 10 kids) who died in a house fire, it damn near tore my heart out. I completely understand “trying to get thru it”. I tried not to cry so bad during that eulogy and prayed for my father to have enough strength to “get thru it”, when my dads voice cracked, I lost it. Not ashamed at all. Just felt for my dad in that moment. Was brutal. That was many years ago, and now my father is 73 and is on medication for congestive heart failure. Worse, he’s in the beginning stages of Alzheimers. That tough son of a gun still works outside, cutting wood etc (with torn rotator cuff in each shoulder and refuses surgery) but it’s tough to see him age and be old. I’ll never be ready to lose that man but I pray when its his time, his heart takes him and he doesn’t succumb to yrs of suffering thru Alzheimers. Brutal stuff. Life’s tough, dad taught me that young along with hard work and countless other life lessons.

Condolences again brother.

My dad had congestive heart failure and was losing his mind at the end as well. I really believe the latter is a blessing as he wasn't aware enough to be really scared or embarrassed about being bed ridden. I know having to be cared for would have crushed his spirit otherwise. Looking at it that way helps. I think it's harder for us to see it than for them to go through it. Hope your dad keeps cutting that wood and stays active. That's better than any medicine.

Right on.

Thank you.

[langer]

Covid and the way we handled it ruined so many things. Hope your mom continues to recover.

It was so frustrating...

She's doing good, but we found out she's had a brain tumor for quite a few years. So this has been just a shitty last few years.

Can't remain in the year 1979 when things were better all the way around, unfortunately.

[R_S]

Check out the news article below. This is really weird. A witness said Haskins was slowly making his was across and had his arms partially raised. He called 911 six minutes before the incident supposedly happened. Was Haskins out there for 6 minutes? So odd.



https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/ver ... h/2733043/

Well. Apparently Gil knew some dumb shit was going on.

[Steelknife]

Brandt said something stupid but he does not deserve to be fired or have honors removed. Cancel culture is not the option. I think we all are still wondering what happened on that highway. Brandt just got carried away and said something really dumb.

I love how some people are so terrified of this cancel culture bogeyman it’s become “there should be no consequences for someone’s actions.”

There should be consequences, but they should be proportional to the conduct. Firing people and trying to cancel a 70 year career for one dumb statement is not proportional. It's really that simple. These puritanical rules and boundaries will not end well for anyone.

Almost anyone who said what he said and got this kind of negative publicity for it would be fired by their employer.