Emmitt Holt Releases a Statement about Dismissal

[IU Hoosier41 14,465]

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Definitely sucks for Holt, but he should have been smarter. Appears he is in the camp that he got screwed with how things played out given this statement.

[Hoosierfan2017 19,944]

I'm not sure how to feel about that first sentence. It's assumed that most college kids drink, but IMO I think pointing it out and implying that he was just doing what everyone else is doing is a bad look.

[IU Hoosier41 14,465]

What he fails to mention is most college students don't get warned from the Dean that if they have any more issues they will be kicked out of school....

[Never Daunted 398]

Wow this is in poor taste, I'm actually glad he's gone now. Even if you're not actually sorry about something you ALWAYS release a statement without excuses for what you did to save face. Who on earth let him write and post this?

[LazOffTheBench 3,638]

Gee, thanks, Emmitt. As an IU alum and lifelong Hoosier basketball fan, I'm very touched by your sincere statement. Please pass the whine with your cheese.

[VO5 8,272]

I see nothing wrong with the statement, personally

[IU Hoosier41 14,465]

I see nothing wrong with the statement, personally

Reread his first sentence with a sarcastic tone. Pretty sure that's how it was written...

[Never Daunted 398]

I see nothing wrong with the statement, personally

His statement is 100% the truth but that's something everyone knows already. Official statements regarding a transgression should only apologize and that's that. That is a PR absolute.

Any athletic director would look at this garbage and say, well he is sorry but he's also not. A sign of immaturity.

[VO5 8,272]

Reread his first sentence with a sarcastic tone. Pretty sure that's how it was written...

I would be pretty upset if I was him as well. I just see it as him speaking truth

[IU Hoosier41 14,465]

I would be pretty upset if I was him as well. I just see it as him speaking truth

I'd be devastated. I'd also realize I did an idiotic thing that forced the hand of my coach. Be smarter, don't put yourself in that situation.

Hell I paid extra for some beer & liquor in college so I didn't have to be the one to go get it or bring it back. Maybe I was paranoid, but that paranoia also has my wrap sheet looking pretty clean.

[Stuhoo 76,139]

If your "I'm sorry" features the theme "I'm sorry I got caught", you're not really sorry.

[IU Hoosier41 14,465]

If your "I'm sorry" features the theme "I'm sorry I got caught", you're not really sorry.

Especially a "I'm sorry I'm a college kid"

[ElectricBoogaloo 4,296]

Ah, the "everyone else was doing it" excuse. I wonder what his parents think of that one.

"Emmitt, we covered that when you were 12."

[Hoosierfan2017 19,944]

Either don't apologize because you don't think you did anything wrong, or issue a standard apology and put the situation behind you. Trying to do both at the same time doesn't work.

[IU Bud 445]

He still doesn't get it. Glad he is gone if that is supposed to be his farewell message. I hope he doesn't spend his life blaming others for his mistakes. At least he won't be making them at IU.

[MikeRoberts 6,838]

I feel for him. He is looking around and saying "everyone else on campus, including the athletes are doing the same thing and I am the villain?" If true that he wasn't behind the wheel last year then he literally got kicked out for holding a bottle of vodka. That's a tough go and I am in the camp of he paid for the sins of our coach and other players

Players failing multiple drug tests and still play...

[Never Daunted 398]

I feel for him. He is looking around and saying "everyone else on campus, including the athletes are doing the same thing and I am the villain?" If true that he wasn't behind the wheel last year then he literally got kicked out for holding a bottle of vodka. That's a tough go and I am in the camp of he paid for the sins of our coach and other players

Players failing multiple drug tests and still play...

They don't hit other people with cars (even if it wasn't his fault), almost end another person's life, get caught for having alcohol underage and play.

He did NOT do what "most young college kids are doing." Ramming your friend with a car isn't the typical IU experience, sorry.

[HoosierReb01 7,511]

They don't hit other people with cars (even if it wasn't his fault), almost end another person's life, get caught for having alcohol underage and play.

He did NOT do what "most young college kids are doing." Ramming your friend with a car isn't the typical IU experience, sorry.

You missed the part about "If true that he wasn't behind the wheel last year then he literally got kicked out for holding a bottle of vodka." 

[Never Daunted 398]

You missed the part about "If true that he wasn't behind the wheel last year then he literally got kicked out for holding a bottle of vodka."

Haha yeah I was actually just quoting the last sentence of his post I shouldn't have quoted the whole thing.

So, having said that, I'm sorry for that, but I'm also not!

[HoosierReb01 7,511]

I don't have a problem with the statement. If all he had done here was to issue a PR boilerplate apology that he wasn't serious about, then its meaningless crap. If he is seriously acknowledging his mistakes and taking personal responsibility, then its a good statement. The most important part, at this point, is whether he's seriously going to learn from his mistakes.