Bowman has not made us proud, but considering the way he’s handled the situation I think he deserves another shot. He’s been honest, remorseful, and has had very difficult circumstances in the last year.

What he did is illegal and embarassing, it’s not an indication he’s a bad person or incapable of learning from his mistakes. He’s being held to the highest standards and falling short, but I don’t think he’s done anything that’s unforgivable.

And let’s not forget, Quarless is still on this team. On the scale of repeated stupidity Quarless is quite a few steps beyond what Bowman is, and he’s still on this team.

But the kid has gone through a lot in a very short period of time: essentially losing two father figures in a year. It doesn’t excuse what he did, and it’s still wrong, and for all I know he’s using just to party, but if smoking is how he deals with his the trauma of losing those important people in his life, I understand it, but obviously it needs to stop. I don’t smoke or do any drugs, never have, most likely never will despite being a college student, but from personal experience, sometimes the best way to deal with a bad situation is to find an escape from everyday life for a while.

Again, not advocating that everyone who experiences some troubles in their life should go out and smoke weed. I don’t like what he did (aside from his honesty with the PO, which I do think is admirable that he was obviously asked the drug question and admitted to it) but if he’s really struggling with his personal losses, I don’t blame him, but he could definitely find a better and less career damaging way to deal with his personal problems.

and it was some walk-on stiff or a Tom McEowen…we would have no problem saying kick him off the team…