Aaron Hernandez: A Life Wasted

You can take the athlete out of the hood but you can't always take the hood out of the athlete.

Photo of Aaron Hernandez in 2009
while at the University of Florida

The story of former Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez is simply pathetic. The 23 year old kid had all the talent in the world, a $40 million contract, fame, a great on field situation, national endorsements, a fiance and an 8 month old daughter, and he threw it all away when he executed his "friend," 27 year old Odin Loyd.

Hernandez being escorted out of his
home by North Attleborough Police

There are a couple of things that really bother me about this whole case. First of all, it baffles me how Hernandez could be so stupid as to murder his friend a mile away from his home, leave shell casings in the  rental car, then return the car with the shell casings in it. This isn't stupidity, this is arrogance. The kid has grown up thinking he's untouchable because he's a Latin king (according to a caller on 9.37 FM) and a thug who likes to carry around guns. He shot Loyd and figured his boys would take the rap for him or the cops won't come after him. Guess what pal, no ones going to jail for you. You're an adult and have to pay the price for your decisions.

Tweet by Adam Schefter

Another thing about this that bothers me is that this may just be the tip of the iceberg. It has been reported that Hernandez may be connected to a double homicide in Boston around July 2012. According to Adam Schefter of ESPN, Boston PD located a car identified in the homicide last year and it appears it was rented at that point by Aaron Hernandez. The guys already getting a life sentence. If he's convicted of this then he may never see the light of day again. Lets not forget he also is being sued for shooting his buddy in the face a few months ago. The s**t has hit the fan for him.


Finally it just disgusts me how he fooled everyone. He fooled Urban Meyer, Bill Belichick, Robert Craft, everyone. These guys took a chance on him. They drafted him when no one else would. They gave him $40 million. And he didn't care. He just wanted to be a tough gang member.

 He made us all think he was a changed kid. We were cool with the fact that he smoked a little weed in college, but he managed to hide his gun loving thug life from us, which we would never have accepted. He said he the Patriot and Belichick way changed him, well that was a load of crap. Congratulations Aaron, you went from an adored famous athlete to a low life piece of garbage we all wish we never had drafted.