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mavsfanforever · 11-02-2009, 05:36 PM

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Popeye Jones Charged with DWI
Published : Monday, 02 Nov 2009, 11:11 AM CST

DALLAS - Dallas Mavericks assistant coach and former player Ronald "Popeye" Jones was arrested on a drunken-driving charge over the weekend.

Richardson police say motorists reported a sport-utility vehicle being driven erratically Sunday night. Officers arrested Jones at about 9:30 p.m. at 100 S. Greenville Ave.

Spokesman Jonathan Wakefield said Jones declined a breath test, but officers believed he was drunk.

There was a minor struggle when police tried to arrest him and he was taken to the ground, causing minor facial cuts.

Jones was charged with driving while intoxicated. Wakefield said Monday he won't be charged with resisting arrest.

He was released from police custody at about 4:30 a.m. Monday.

Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, in an e-mail to The Associated Press, declined to say whether Jones faces any discipline.

Flacolaco · 11-02-2009, 05:39 PM

Time to get that Popeye Jones appreciation thread up and running...

Underdog · 11-02-2009, 05:44 PM

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There was a minor struggle when police tried to arrest him and he was taken to the ground, causing minor facial cuts.

Minor??? Looks like he got in a fight with Mike Tyson...

tcat075 · 11-02-2009, 05:50 PM

hmm...who cares.

DevinHarriswillstart · 11-02-2009, 05:57 PM

Do people really not get that driving drunk is bad?

Windmill360 · 11-02-2009, 06:01 PM

and people think what Howard is doing is bad?

rabbitproof · 11-02-2009, 06:58 PM

9:30 AM?

Raw.

GermanDunk · 11-02-2009, 07:11 PM

As long as you can get the key in...no problem.

jthig32 · 11-02-2009, 07:14 PM

Well that's disappointing.

SMC0007 · 11-02-2009, 07:28 PM

Well at least they didn't charge him with driving while looking like a gargoyle!

fluid.forty.one · 11-02-2009, 07:31 PM

"There was a minor struggle when police tried to arrest him and he was taken to the ground, causing minor facial cuts."

He struggled with police? What an idiot.

Underdog · 11-02-2009, 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by fluid.forty.one

He struggled with police? What an idiot.

True - a guy as ugly as Popeye should never give a cop a reason to make him uglier...

jthig32 · 11-02-2009, 08:16 PM

Wow. And I didn't think my opinion of Sefko could sink any lower.

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In the big scheme of things, being arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence is not a huge issue.

Unless it happens to you.

In that case, it becomes a part of your life pretty much forever. I remember back when it happened to Rudy Tomjanovich, who coached Houston, the team I used to cover for the Chronicle, and with whom I probably had thousands of late-night beers with.

And there are millions of us who it could happen to. Some have been lucky and avoided getting caught when we knew we shouldn't get behind the wheel. Others, not so fortunate.

When Popeye Jones got caught Sunday night, you can understand how it happened, if indeed it did. The Mavericks had a hugely successful road trip to LA, they used Sunday as a travel day to return home. The coaches probably got all their preparation for Monday's practice and the Utah game Tuesday done on the plane flight.

So there was no reason not to celebrate a little upon getting home.

I've known Popeye since he was drafted by the Houston Rockets in the early '90s. He absolutely is one of the good guys. There's no reason why this would change that opinion.

It's just unfortunate that bad things sometimes happen to good guys.

There but for the grace of God go a lot of us.

I got news for Sefko, this did not "happen to" Popeye. If Popeye had killed someone that night, THAT would have been a bad thing happening to someone. What Popeye did was make an idiotic choice. Now obviously good people can make bad decisions. I'm not demonizing Popeye. But good heavens, "bad things happen"??? What a moronic statement.

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And I have no patience for people with money getting caught for DWI. I think Popeye could have afforded a cab that night. This society's view on drunk driving is embarrassing.

SMC0007 · 11-02-2009, 08:39 PM

I don't think many people need to be told or reminded that drunk driving is a bad thing any more than Sefko needs to give his biased opinion on this matter. It's Popeyes problem and he's gonna have to deal with it, I'm just thankful it wasn't a player and no innocent people were hurt. Hopefully he doesn't get fired.

nowhereman · 11-02-2009, 09:08 PM

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Originally Posted by jthig32

Wow. And I didn't think my opinion of Sefko could sink any lower.

I got news for Sefko, this did not "happen to" Popeye. If Popeye had killed someone that night, THAT would have been a bad thing happening to someone. What Popeye did was make an idiotic choice. Now obviously good people can make bad decisions. I'm not demonizing Popeye. But good heavens, "bad things happen"??? What a moronic statement.

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And I have no patience for people with money getting caught for DWI. I think Popeye could have afforded a cab that night. This society's view on drunk driving is embarrassing.

yes

and yes. 100% accurate on both points.

nowhereman · 11-02-2009, 09:09 PM

Does this add fuel to the mchale fire?

Zki41 · 11-02-2009, 09:13 PM

Not that this is too relevant, but I read a research article for a class on drinking and driving recently. It's about "acute tolerance," which is where essentially you develop a tolerance to alcohol that allows you feel the effects of alcohol sooner but not later. This can be a result of binge drinking. Essentially, if you look at your BAC curve, and look at an equal BAC % on the ascending and descending limb of the curve, you will think you are more intoxicated at that specific BAC level on the ascending limb of the curve, but not the descending limb, even though you are at the same %.

What I'm trying to say is, and while I'm not defending drinking and driving, that people who suffer from acute tolerance can be very bad evaluators of their own toxicity. It's not that they don't know drinking and driving is bad, it's just that in some cases people gauge their ability to drive based on if they believe they are above or below the legal limit. Acute Tolerance will cause people to believe they are less drunk than they really are, and based on what they "understand" as the legal limit, make a judgment call. Often, this call is wrong.

Anyway, most people who do drink and drive are idiots regardless, and should be more cautious and what not. But I thought it was worth mentioning some scientific backing to this bad decision making.

Rick41 · 11-02-2009, 09:46 PM

Dammit Popeye.

DevinHarriswillstart · 11-02-2009, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by jthig32

Wow. And I didn't think my opinion of Sefko could sink any lower.

I got news for Sefko, this did not "happen to" Popeye. If Popeye had killed someone that night, THAT would have been a bad thing happening to someone. What Popeye did was make an idiotic choice. Now obviously good people can make bad decisions. I'm not demonizing Popeye. But good heavens, "bad things happen"??? What a moronic statement.

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And I have no patience for people with money getting caught for DWI. I think Popeye could have afforded a cab that night. This society's view on drunk driving is embarrassing.

Thank you...I have no patience for ANYONE getting caught for a DWI. Go look at my rant in the random news thread about 14 incidents of people driving the WRONG WAY down the north tollway.

If you drive drunk, you will get what is coming to you....and unfortunately sometimes to innocent drivers as well.

Jack.Kerr · 11-02-2009, 11:50 PM

Is it wrong to wish it had been Sefko and NOT Popeye?

EricaLubarsky · 11-03-2009, 12:00 AM

Its hard to hate Popeye but its easy to think McHale might be a better big-man coach here. Popeye was a nice little (6'8") scrapper that stayed in the league because of his David Lee/James Singleton hustle and rebounding.

Kevin McHale is a 6'10" 7-time allstar with three championship rings who was selected to an all-defensive team 6 times and 6th man twice. The guy was a beast on both sides of the court and was successful because of his sound fundamentals and I'd much rather have a hall of fame big man with excellent fundamentals over a moderately successful but beloved scrapper as my coach any day. Any big can learn how to scrap and get a few more rpg, but a good fundamentals coach can help frontcourt players take enormous strides in their games.

It's like the difference between having Shawn Marion and Steve Kerr as a shooting coach. Marion is a hell of a guy and has found a way to shoot, but his shot, while decently effective, is not one you'd want to teach.

craggmac · 11-03-2009, 12:00 AM

Nobody by the name of "Popeye" should ever get their asses kicked that bad.

EricaLubarsky · 11-03-2009, 12:09 AM

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Originally Posted by craggmac

Nobody by the name of "Popeye" should ever get their asses kicked that bad.

Popeye always got his tookus handed to him. The guy was run through an automatic washboard at least 10 times, and rolled around a light pole at least 5....

...until he found "me spinach"