Kentucky Basketball: Terrence Jones & Stacey Poole Involved in Late Night Car Accident, No Serious Injuries Sustained
by jc25 on Nov 11, 2011 9:57 AM EST
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PrintWhat's the old adage? Nothing good happens past midnight? Last night, Kentucky players Terrence Jones and Stacey Poole were involved in a car accident at 2:30 in the morning. Jones and Poole's car was struck by another vehicle that had swerved into the wrong lane. The driver of the offending vehicle was reportedly under the influence and charged by police. Luckily, none of the parties sustained any serious injuries. Both players were checked at a local hospital and released.
In a statement on his website, Head Coach John Calipari has decided to enforce a curfew on the team as a result of this incident. He also noted that Jones did leave the scene of the accident for fear of altercation with the other driver, but had been sufficiently questioned by the police.
Our players did not break any rules by being out last night. As of yesterday, this team did not have a curfew and our normal procedure is to begin the season without one. I usually let the actions of my team determine a curfew. However, because of the actions of a select few, this team has showed me an inability to make proper judgment and decisions that they’ve been given the freedom to make.
Therefore, going forward, this team will now have a curfew for the rest of the season. I will inform the team of a time later today.
We hold our players to a higher standard at Kentucky. They must learn that they’ve been placed in a leadership role and that every action defines this team, this state and its fans. As always, any additional punishment will be handled within the team.
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At least no one was hurt
There’s been plenty enough bad news in sports this week.
1/x doesn't die, it just fades away.
Gillispie out "night putting" again?
This could have been bad.
by wildcatwhisperer on Nov 11, 2011 10:28 AM EST reply actions
I also want to thank all the veterans out there today for their service.
by UK1972 on Nov 11, 2011 10:41 AM EST reply actions 5 recs
This veteran thanks you for remembering ...
… on behalf of those who won’t read this.
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by Glenn Logan on Nov 11, 2011 11:00 AM EST up reply actions
Me too!
Gotten more texts today about “thanks for your service” than I can remember when?
So, you’re welcome, it was an honor and privilege to do so!!
If your wings don't sweep....
make me number three.....even my kids sent me Veterans Day stuff.....
I have the privilege of being a sixth generation military serviceman…..not because it is a family tradition, but because it was necessary……..
I am now and shall forever be the Cat in The Hat, The Artist Formerly Known As ABC!!!
by Greg Alan Edwards on Nov 11, 2011 4:48 PM EST up reply actions
Oldest was in the Civil War, I'd guess??
Congrats Bro, something to be proud of!
My boy is off next to month to Parris Island, so that will be two for our family. Gotta start someplace, right?? :-)
If your wings don't sweep....
actually we were one of those "split families" in the civil war
I am now and shall forever be the Cat in The Hat, The Artist Formerly Known As ABC!!!
by Greg Alan Edwards on Nov 11, 2011 6:48 PM EST up reply actions
United States Veterans.....
….The team we all cheer for.
by phatcatfan on Nov 11, 2011 4:03 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Here we go...
Dan Wolken just tweeted that the driver of the car was one of Jones’s high school classmates that also goes to UK, then said “interesting.” Let’s hope this doesn’t grow any more legs.
The problem with quotations on the internet is, you don't know whether they're accurate. - Abraham Lincoln
by Anything but Gatorade on Nov 11, 2011 10:53 AM EST reply actions
What's interesting about that?
Am I missing something?
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by Glenn Logan on Nov 11, 2011 11:00 AM EST up reply actions
It is Calipari butt hurt from Wolken trying to get hits
So no, you haven’t missed anything
Dayman, Fighter of the Nightman, Champion of the Sun
Taking a step inside Wolken's mind here
The two went to the same HS. That might lead to questions about whether Calipari got Jones to commit to UK because he’d let his buddy come to UK, too. I have no idea whether or not that’s against the rules. A “package deal” kind of thing.
The problem with quotations on the internet is, you don't know whether they're accurate. - Abraham Lincoln
by Anything but Gatorade on Nov 11, 2011 11:17 AM EST up reply actions
I actually thought it was slightly "interesting"
if for no other reason than it is a pretty big coincidence.
by blue kentucky girl on Nov 11, 2011 11:19 AM EST up reply actions
oh, wait
I thought you meant the driver of the OTHER car, the allegedly drunk one that hit them, was a high school classmate of Jones. I see now this person was the driver of the car they were in. There really isn’t anything much interesting about that at all then, huh? Unless I’m missing something.
by blue kentucky girl on Nov 11, 2011 11:28 AM EST up reply actions
That was my initial thought too
That two guys from Washington happened to get into an accident in Lexington.
Now that I see they were in the same car together, then I see nothing odd.
Of course its difficult, its a shortcut... if it was easy it'd just be "the way."
UK is a public university and the admissions standards are not Ivy League quality
Unless someone is saying that Cal is paying for the other kid to go to school at UK, then no… there’s nothing fishy about it at all.
Of course its difficult, its a shortcut... if it was easy it'd just be "the way."
If Wolken is stalking...then I guess KSR is too?
Anyway, not coming here to pick a fight, but I’m just glad the kids are okay. Drunk driving is a huge problem and I’m honestly glad this accident won’t impact the future of these young men. It can all change in a moment.
Also glad to see Cal putting up a curfew thus taking some kind of proactive response to the situation rather than just offering some wrist slap and letting them do it again the next weekend. There are plenty of coaches out there that let the players run wild and I don’t think Calipari is one.
Finally, I’m not big on conspiracy theories, but you all have to understand that you put ANY top 10 school in this situation, where their best player was out at 2:30am and “left the scene of an accident” (even if justified) and the conspiracy theories would abound. They’d write about it at Duke, UNC, Louisville, Cuse, UConn, heck even Vandy. Just be thankful there isn’t anything more to the story and hope Terrence Jones has some legs left for the season, because I Cal might have half a mind to run him a season’s worth for having “the inability to make proper judgement and decisions”.
by Remote Cardinal on Nov 11, 2011 12:08 PM EST up reply actions
KSR doesn't speak for the UK fanbase, regardless of how much they think they do
Agreed on the rest though. Dan Wolken is a Cal troll of the highest order.
Dayman, Fighter of the Nightman, Champion of the Sun
I'm never downtown on Thursday
I think I’ve seen Terrence out downtown every time I’ve been out this year. There are frequently several players out on Friday and Saturday*. I don’t begrudge them that. As long as there is nothing else to the story, this is pretty minor news. A curfew does seem like a good idea on the night before a game.
- I should add I’ve never seen any players inside a bar, just standing outside downtown letting people come to them. I suspect Darius and Eloy are the only players old enough to legally enter a bar.
I suspect that's right.
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by Glenn Logan on Nov 11, 2011 11:01 AM EST up reply actions
Well we can all rest easy now
Gary Parrish has weighed in.
Calipari said Jones left the scene out of “fear of an altercation with the driver of the oncoming vehicle,” but who does that? Seriously, who has ever done that? Have you ever done that? I know I’ve never done that.
The fact that Gary apparently can’t grasp the benefits of not getting into an altercation with a drunk guy pretty much says it all.
1/x doesn't die, it just fades away.
Not only that ...
… the police are evidently satisfied with his explanation. Why does Parrish deserve one?
Just askin’.
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by Glenn Logan on Nov 11, 2011 11:42 AM EST up reply actions
He suffers from what the Germans call "Sportsmannmehrenzeitung*"
Roughly translated: “He is a prominent sports figure and therefore there is more to the story than what has been told – I just know it”
*might not actually be a real word, it’s been 15 years since I took German.
1/x doesn't die, it just fades away.
by JLeverenz on Nov 11, 2011 11:55 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
College sports and poilce
Society is probably a little on the edge about the interactions between college sports figures and police right now. JLeverenz is right about the value of not getting into it with drunk guys, especially if you’re a local celebrity and physically huge. Also, how many times has Gary been hit by a drunk driver late at night? It’s time to question your life choices if that happens to you more than once (I, for instance, always leave half an hour before closing time to minimize risk). Terrence leaving the scene does bother me a bit and I certainly could baselessly speculate about other reasons why he might have done so. I’m not going to, though, because I don’t actually KNOW anything.
I think it’s good for journalists to speculate, to look for the story beneath the story and whatnot, but they need to keep it to themselves until they actually have facts to report. Parrish is welcome to do some investigative journalism if he doesn’t believe the official story. I genuinely hope he does, and that nothing comes of it.
Don't know that I would leave the scene entirely
But I can understand why a potentially hot-headed 20 year old would feel the need to leave.
Of course its difficult, its a shortcut... if it was easy it'd just be "the way."
Wolken and Parrish
When Cal was in Memphis both were reporters for the Commercial Appeal – the paper where Calkins works – can you imagine working on the sports desk there? – But I digress.
Cal did have some teams that made UK’s team turmoil look tame – night clubs, raining benjamins, allegedly hitting a girlfriend, etc. Therefore, they are trying to say “I told you so” or “here we go” or “once a knucklehead, always a knucklehead” -the last being GP’s opinion on boogie, btw.
I will have to say that based on the Cal years here, I have been impressed/amazed that the kids at uk have been fairly well behaved. i do believe Cal has had a better behaved group – much to the disappointment of the memphis sports writers.
just gonna have to let the haters hate…….
only one rule in my house - uk has to be your favorite college bball team
by memphis wildcat on Nov 11, 2011 12:15 PM EST reply actions
Do you think the city has anything to do with that?
I am about as square as they come when it comes to going out at night, but my perception is that Memphis would have more nightlife than Lexington. Is that accurate and if so, do you think it helps Cal here?
1/x doesn't die, it just fades away.
perhaps....
i do believe either Cal has been lucky to get better kids or he has learned how to recruit better kids….
only one rule in my house - uk has to be your favorite college bball team
by memphis wildcat on Nov 11, 2011 12:54 PM EST up reply actions
Memphis
is a larger town, and is MUCH rougher than Lexington in the downtown area. Beale Street is a lot like Bourbon Street Lite. The alcohol flows much more freely there than you’d find on Vine or Main (I believe their open container laws are similar to New Orleans), and when I was there (about 9 pm on a Saturday night in January), there several instances were my “trouble” antennae were on full alert.
So yeah, I can imagine if you put the same group of kids in Lexington and Memphis, they would be much more likely to get in trouble in Memphis.
You can put it on the board....YES.
Should have said...
“there WERE several instances WHERE….
Lesson — always preview before post!
You can put it on the board....YES.
all I care about is that everyone is ok
Including the idiot driving drunk.
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"Interesting" Coincidence
For a suspicious — is there any other kind? — reporter/columnist the question might be who paid for the SUV? Much would depend on the year and model of course: a 1992 Explorer, not so much; 2010 Escalade, hmm?
"In times of universal deceit, telling the truth will be a revolutionary act." - George Orwell
I don't understand the curfew.
So what, it’s 2:30 in the morning. That’s not abnormal for college kids; although if I was ever out at 2:30 I’d likely be in a condition that warranted a visit to the pokey. Good for them, keeping clean.
They were sober, straight and the accident was not their fault. If this remains the case I’d say let them go without a curfew. As long as they aren’t breaking any laws, staying sober, keeping up in the class room AND playing like they’re possessed, no curfew.
War is God's way of teaching Americans geography. - Ambrose Bierce
I had the same thought about imposing a curfew
But Cal has such a difficult task — balance the fact that these are kids who are exploring their freedom and who want to have fun with the fact that he has to keep themy from getting themselves or the program in trouble. Since the team lives under such a large and bright spotlight, I can understand tipping the balance towards the latter.
You can put it on the board....YES.
I think the night before a game it might help to have a reasonable curfew.
Possessed might come a bit easier. ’-)
Kids NEED to be kids though.
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Are you serious?
Forget “in season” issues – this was the night before a game. I played college football and had a 11pm curfew, even though it was hardly enforceable as the players lived in houses all over campus (75% of the students lived in 11 fraternities houses).
Curfews are part of life in college sports. Especially when the students show they can’t handle “freedom.”
by JackBluto on Nov 11, 2011 3:29 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Well, Cal is the one that said he didn't impose curfew unless required.
I don’t see that TJ did anything out of the ordinary to cause the team to have curfew. Again, “out of the ordinary” is in relation to college kids.
War is God's way of teaching Americans geography. - Ambrose Bierce
College kids doing what college kids do
A Thursday night with only one more day of classes. Why wouldn’t they be out late? Of course Bruce Pearl would have never recruited these guys considering that there were no alcohol, drug or unregistered firearm issues. Life is kind of empty not having Bruce to kick around.
Also Re: Jones
SAndersonNOB Scott Anderson
@ @btcoop71 they did a breathilizer..if he had a trace of alcohol he would have been arrested for being underage.
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Breathalyzer
If they all took a breathalyzer than its really unlikely there is any more to the story. The legal limit for people their age is .00, anything in the system is enough to be arrested. If Warren is telling the truth, we don’t have to worry and there is no reason to doubt him at this point.
19-20 years old and typically short on judgment
Being out at 2:30 am begs for problems for any (underage) kid. We’ve all had similar experiences. However, these particular kids need to understand the high profile they are under.
A borrowed Escalade
Man that just sounds bad
I hope no ones starts a witch hunt.....smoke fire??
Kentucky student Larry Warren, a friend and former high school teammate of Jones, said he was driving the players in a Cadillac Escalade he had borrowed from a roommate.
by OvaDwayneBowe on Nov 11, 2011 5:51 PM EST up reply actions
there's nothing to hunt.....nothing to see here......move along.....
these aren’t the droids you’re looking for……
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by Greg Alan Edwards on Nov 11, 2011 6:06 PM EST up reply actions
Well, now, I know I was never out
at 2:30 AM during my college years. RIGHT!!!
On a lighter note, how would you like to be drunk and see a guy as muscular as TJ get out of the car you just hit? Regardless of who suggested it, the idea to get away is defensible, if not wise.
"The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena . . .who spends himself for a worthy cause . . ."
And if I was, I'd probably been to the Red Lion (or some like establishment)
and smelled like either cheap scotch or that high-% beer they used to serve.
"The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena . . .who spends himself for a worthy cause . . ."
And of course, you'd roll out of there and hit Sir Pizza!
OBTW, seen Chesty lately?? ;-)
If your wings don't sweep....
Just to set the record straight ...
… there is no law specifically against a minor having a BAC> 0 unless he is operating a vehicle. In that case, the limit is 0.02. Above that level is presumptive guilt.
Since Jones was not the driver, it is unlikely that he would have been asked to submit to a breathalizer.
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