Rocky Bernard, I can quit you.

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Apr 21, 2008 1:57 PM PDT

According to the Seattle Times, Rocky Bernard has been arrested for domestic violence.

I sure hope that this turns out to not be the case because, well, I love Rocky and I love the Shakedown. However, if it is true that Rocky is guilty of this then, well, fuck off Rocky. I can put up with a lot of stuff from professional athletes (I still have an irrational love for Barry Bonds, even though he's a dick and most likely a cheater), but abuse is one thing I can't put up with.

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Yikes.

If Rocky owns up to this and shows that it’s an isolated incident, I’ll cut him some slack. If this blows up into Jerramy Stevens proportions, then I think Ruskell is going to drop him.

So…how bout that Laws fellow in the first round?

by BrianL on Apr 21, 2008 2:26 PM PDT reply actions

Some ugly stuff.

Don’t know what else to say. Sometimes I wish professional athletes weren’t humans outside the game.

by John Morgan on Apr 21, 2008 3:18 PM PDT reply actions

I miss Darby. :(

Cheeseburgers are delicious.

by Coach Owens on Apr 21, 2008 3:21 PM PDT reply actions

He sells poisoned milk to school children.

I reject your reality and substitute my own!

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Apr 21, 2008 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions

NO!

Cheeseburgers are delicious.

by Coach Owens on Apr 21, 2008 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions

It's true

You ever wonder how AK’s sister got that way?

by Robert on Apr 21, 2008 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions

You did it to her?

Cheeseburgers are delicious.

by Coach Owens on Apr 21, 2008 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions

John

since you moved this to the front page, feel free to clean up the bad language.

I reject your reality and substitute my own!

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Apr 21, 2008 3:50 PM PDT reply actions

John swears more than most people I know.

Cheeseburgers are delicious.

by Coach Owens on Apr 21, 2008 3:53 PM PDT up reply actions

Fuck shit piss ass

Coach Owens = Scruffy's spell check

by Scruffy Lefty on Apr 21, 2008 3:59 PM PDT up reply actions

Nope, still not as much as JM.

Cheeseburgers are delicious.

by Coach Owens on Apr 21, 2008 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions

A very dead Mother Teresa

swears more than most people you know.

by BrianL on Apr 21, 2008 4:03 PM PDT up reply actions

Wrong.

Cheeseburgers are delicious.

by Coach Owens on Apr 21, 2008 4:05 PM PDT up reply actions

Yeah, I grew up poor, am a Teamster.

Language doesn’t bother me none. I think it’s honest. To me, domestic violence is ugly. Beyond ugly. Brutal and base and vulgar. So, if you don’t want to change it, I don’t want to change it.

by John Morgan on Apr 21, 2008 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions

Word.

I reject your reality and substitute my own!

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Apr 21, 2008 4:06 PM PDT up reply actions

Point proven.

Cheeseburgers are delicious.

by Coach Owens on Apr 21, 2008 4:09 PM PDT up reply actions

Ugh, this sucks

Damn it, Rock.

by Strang on Apr 21, 2008 3:56 PM PDT reply actions

if this is true....then fuck off, as the post says

Bradtastic!!

by MFAN on Apr 21, 2008 4:00 PM PDT reply actions

Like I said earlier

I’m willing to let Rock explain himself before casting any final judgment on him. If this is the one time he screws the pooch on an issue like this, then I’ll eventually come to forgive him. However he’s got a long hill to climb before he gets to that point with me.

by BrianL on Apr 21, 2008 4:08 PM PDT up reply actions

bahaha

seahawks at work.

by stlcardinalsfang on Apr 21, 2008 4:20 PM PDT reply actions

At least the Seahawks are,

how they say, “competitive” each year.

Cheeseburgers are delicious.

by Coach Owens on Apr 21, 2008 4:29 PM PDT up reply actions

yeah

they were real compeitive in that green bay game.

by stlcardinalsfang on Apr 21, 2008 4:34 PM PDT up reply actions

At least they won more than 5 games.

Cheeseburgers are delicious.

by Coach Owens on Apr 21, 2008 4:36 PM PDT up reply actions

it don't matter unless you bring home the prize.

by stlcardinalsfang on Apr 21, 2008 4:41 PM PDT up reply actions

Not the time or place, please.

by John Morgan on Apr 21, 2008 4:41 PM PDT up reply actions

What?

Cheeseburgers are delicious.

by Coach Owens on Apr 21, 2008 4:42 PM PDT up reply actions

my bad

coach turned me in a completly different direction. forgot the diary was about wife-beating.

by stlcardinalsfang on Apr 21, 2008 4:47 PM PDT up reply actions

Wrong.

Cheeseburgers are delicious.

by Coach Owens on Apr 21, 2008 4:48 PM PDT up reply actions

You are not Graham.

I reject your reality and substitute my own!

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Apr 21, 2008 4:59 PM PDT up reply actions

That doesn't even apply here.

Yesterday's Pants
A blog-thingy about the Mariners and stuff.

by BrettJMiller on Apr 21, 2008 11:47 PM PDT up reply actions

Not to sound arrogant

but how does this differ from Locklear?

against Vegas reliever Casey Hoorelbeke, whose ancestors clearly couldn't spell Hurlbeck properly.

by Christian on Apr 21, 2008 4:26 PM PDT reply actions

CHRISTIAN!!

by stlcardinalsfang on Apr 21, 2008 4:33 PM PDT up reply actions

um hi?

against Vegas reliever Casey Hoorelbeke, whose ancestors clearly couldn't spell Hurlbeck properly.

by Christian on Apr 21, 2008 4:39 PM PDT up reply actions

i was getting worried.

by stlcardinalsfang on Apr 21, 2008 4:40 PM PDT up reply actions

You're too weird sometimes.

Hehe.

Cheeseburgers are delicious.

by Coach Owens on Apr 21, 2008 4:42 PM PDT up reply actions

Huh, I must have missed that whole thing.

I have no clue why I don’t remember this.

So, yeah, fuck Locklear too.

I reject your reality and substitute my own!

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Apr 21, 2008 4:42 PM PDT up reply actions

He flat out choked her too.

And how does a chick who gets punched in the forehead, call the cops, let alone get up? I would still be asleep if he hit me.

against Vegas reliever Casey Hoorelbeke, whose ancestors clearly couldn't spell Hurlbeck properly.

by Christian on Apr 21, 2008 4:45 PM PDT up reply actions

Honestly I was thinking about this.

The Seahawks did let Lock stick around after that incident, so there is precedence for Rocky staying with the team.

Rocky better have one hell of an apology/explanation lined up, though.

by BrianL on Apr 21, 2008 4:54 PM PDT up reply actions

There is no precendence for the Hawks releasing first time criminals though

Anthony Simmons and Rashad Moore were released to keep Rocky on the path, but really the Hawks have had Stevens…and thats it in terms of being an asshat.

against Vegas reliever Casey Hoorelbeke, whose ancestors clearly couldn't spell Hurlbeck properly.

by Christian on Apr 21, 2008 4:57 PM PDT up reply actions

Well Locklear hit his GF

a week before we were going to play in the Superbowl

Just saying…

Coach Owens = Scruffy's spell check

by Scruffy Lefty on Apr 21, 2008 7:16 PM PDT up reply actions

I keep on seeing this being said everywhere

The incident took place the night after the Redskins game.

by Robert on Apr 22, 2008 12:41 AM PDT up reply actions

You know I think your right

It was right before the NFC championship game

Coach Owens = Scruffy's spell check

by Scruffy Lefty on Apr 22, 2008 7:25 AM PDT up reply actions

I remember thinking that it was weird that the crowd cheered him just as loud as anyone

by Robert on Apr 22, 2008 8:08 AM PDT up reply actions

Can you blame the fans?

Everybody was in a frenzy that year. That doesn’t make it right, by any stretch, but you have to admit that 2005 was a special year.

I reject your reality and substitute my own!

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Apr 22, 2008 8:18 AM PDT up reply actions

Oh yeah I completly agree

I’ve said many times that the 2005 Seahawks are my equivalent of the 95 Mariners.

by Robert on Apr 22, 2008 8:23 AM PDT up reply actions

I think it's best to...

give everyone the benefit of the doubt and accept we’re not going to know much more for a while.

by John Morgan on Apr 21, 2008 4:56 PM PDT reply actions

i agree

i mean, it all could be an honest mistake (highly doubtful, but still).

by stlcardinalsfang on Apr 21, 2008 5:11 PM PDT up reply actions

Trevor Laws sounds better and better

by Notor on Apr 21, 2008 5:25 PM PDT reply actions

At least he did it before the draft...

by jb3 on Apr 21, 2008 6:15 PM PDT reply actions

Way to look at the bright side.

I reject your reality and substitute my own!

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Apr 21, 2008 7:23 PM PDT up reply actions

Haha.

Cheeseburgers are delicious.

by Coach Owens on Apr 21, 2008 7:30 PM PDT up reply actions

If you read the police report..

everything comes across a bit shady.

There are a ton of holes in the victim’s story.

Rocky was talking with some girl, then randomly walks up to the victim and hits her in the face, then she just leaves? Really? You expect us to believe that is the whole story?

Ehh… I don’t know, the guy is able to crush Alex Smith’s shoulder, but he can’t even incapacitate a 21 year old female with a punch to the face? I doubt it was that vicious if that is the case.

We will see.

by ASUBoyd on Apr 21, 2008 9:16 PM PDT reply actions

If this is goodbye Bernard

and the Seahawks release him outright, do the Seahawks have to eat any of his salary?

The Mebane pick is looking better and better. STAY HEALTHY TUBBS FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!

by marinator on Apr 21, 2008 9:56 PM PDT reply actions

I'm not convinced this ist he end of Bernard.

Wait a week or two and see how this plays out. I’m guessing Rocky plays another season in Seattle.

by BrianL on Apr 21, 2008 10:17 PM PDT up reply actions

Me too.

This is the first time we’ve had any trouble with Rocky (Robert Eugene? I’m beginning to understand where all that pent up aggression comes from). Holmgren is in his last year and has no intention of losing a strong player on a D-line that is already light.

by ciarannh on Apr 22, 2008 3:10 AM PDT reply actions