RIP, Junior

popanot · #1 05-02-2012, 03:55 PM

Wow, stunning news.

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/j...de-home-050212

There are reports stating he wrote in his suicide note that he wanted them to examine his brain and that's why he inflicted the fatal shot to the chest rather than the brain.

HPF Bob · #2 05-02-2012, 06:11 PM

Usually I am sympathetic about suicides but this one just has me angry. Suicide, to me, is like quitting and everything I knew about Seau is that he wasn't a quitter. Most of the former players who experienced dementia were in their 50s. Seau was just 43. Those around him are saying they had no clue this was going to happen, that he seemed his normal and jovial self.

Yes, there are people who experience depression and others who lose their mental faculties but, until I read otherwise, it doesn't sound like Seau was experiencing either. He meant so much to San Diego and to the NFL that this all just seems senseless.

It's also not tragic. Tragedies are unavoidable. This was avoidable and premeditated.

popanot · #3 05-03-2012, 07:37 AM

The accident he had (drove off a cliff) the night after his arrest a year or so ago was considered by some a suicide attempt. Not that anyone could have stopped him, but there was a pattern or warning signs. When you're in that state of mind all logic flies out the window, I guess, but it's still hard to comprehend how people don't realize the ones their impcating the most are the ones who love them the most. Sad.

HPF Bob · #4 05-03-2012, 10:46 AM

After I posted the previous comment, someone brought up the cliff incident. I suppose this can piece itself together as someone with depression/suicide bent. And having been through it myself, I know that you reach a point where all you want is peace instead of the inner torment. He left behind three kids which is the worst part.

I suspect he was someone who refused to accept failure and that translated to himself as well. Despite all his accomplishments, he still saw his life as a failure or he would not have chosen this path. Some excessively driven people are like that - they are fueled by fear of failure but, despite all the rewards and accolades, they cannot come to terms with their own humanity, that is we all fail at some level and must learn to accept and forgive ourselves and others.

NBT · #5 05-08-2012, 04:16 PM

I love the way Cushing plays LB, but I hope he takes the Saeu situation to heart and start making sure to protect his head when he makes a hit. On the other hand the guy from Baltimore (my CRS again), can't remember his name, has been playing with reckless abandon like that for over 10+ years.

painekiller · #6 05-08-2012, 06:53 PM

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Originally Posted by NBT

I love the way Cushing plays LB, but I hope he takes the Saeu situation to heart and start making sure to protect his head when he makes a hit. On the other hand the guy from Baltimore (my CRS again), can't remember his name, has been playing with reckless abandon like that for over 10+ years.

Rey Lewis.

barrett · #7 05-08-2012, 07:13 PM

It blows my mind that the players and their union can rally around Seau's death and condemn the violence of the league and what it causes and publicize the lawsuits against the NFL, but appeal the bounty suspensions and claim the NFL wants to turn the game into flag football at the same time. Total hypocricy (the same as if the league tries an 18 game schedule while fining for player safety).