[Mark: Death Row inmates get offers of marriage; does that mean that they are good people? Does that mean they were innoncent of that which they were convicted? Your buddy is a convicted felon. Don't you get it?]

[Ed Note: I love how some people will desperately spin in the vain hope of deflecting the truth from themselves. Same IP, same email, same phony url; same person. Busted, deal with it.]

[NOTE: this commment is written by the same person who is calling himself "dude" and "nikki" and "anne flori." A person so gutless, they don't even list their real email address. Clearly they must be lying. Gee what a shock considering their friends are convicted felons who murdered someone.]

The five friends played football at La Jolla High School and occasionally surfed at beaches where rivals have been known to settle differences with their fists.

I still remember the people from my High School days who were trouble. I don’t need to be reminded when I go back home. I sure as hell don’t go out drinking with them.

He later told police they drank a few beers, smoked some marijuana…

Now there is a role model. Pot-head, and irresponsible drinker. Guess it’s too much of a cliche to call him a lover and a fighter, as well.

For those wondering how a punk like this meets Doug Flutie, you can read about it here:

Doug and his thug protege

“I thought Hank had more athleticism and ability than the starter,” Flutie said. “He had a strong arm and all the potential in the world.”

Seems the UNH coach saw Hendricks for what he was. I am guessing Hendricks had an attitude problem, and/or he made bad decisions. Hmmm.

Hendricks acknowledged to police that he intervened when Kauanui’s former girlfriend, Jennifer Grosso, tried to defuse the violence

Seems to me the coach was right not to play him. Off the field decisions usually reflect on the field as well. It’s even more so for QBs.

“He pulled Grosso off Eric House and said, ‘You don’t know what the [expletive] is going on,’ ” according to prosecutors.

Authorities said Grosso was the only person who tried to stop the fight.

I have lost a great deal of respect for Doug. If my daughter were dating someone from the Hendricks family, I would make sure he got of glimpse of my shotgun, and saw me shoot it; just to get the point across.

I also have to wonder about the family’s move to Boston. It strikes me as very odd, and creepy; almost like they are “hangers on.” — can’t wait for the ‘they went there for their son’, as if that makes it any better –

MTV should do an episode of “Busted” about Hendricks. Maybe that will drive home the point that being a punk, drunk, pot-head is nothing but a dead end. Then again, I don’t think MTV really cares to make a difference.

If he was so removed from the group, then why was he out partying with them — on his second day back — ? If he is not part of them anymore (other than almost 4 months every year when he came back for summer break, and did what they did in high school, presumably) then why was he with them on his second night back? Sounds like someone hanging out with old friends that HE GREW UP WITH, and spent his life around, and still kept in touch with, and knew quite well. This would include the High School years that I hear were VERY ACTIVE criminally.

More importantly, so what? Oh wait, he tried to cover up the killing and protect his friends. Wait, they weren’t friends they were long lost acquaintances who needed help covering up a crime; and he being the ‘good boy’ that he is, helped out. What a crock of crap.

He knew EXACTLY how they behaved, and he went back to relieve his glorious High School days of drunken stupidity. It didn’t bother him one bit they were going out and getting drunk, fighting, and engage in all manner of reprehensible behavior. If he was “changed” as you allege, he would have never gone to the bar, or to the house to fight. He would left before it went badly. He didn’t, he behaved just like he did in High School.

Your analogy is like saying a Blood or a Crip is not a Blood or a Crip because he was in Alaska for 3 years.

Actions NOT place signify who you are are. Even if he was on the road to being a ‘good person;’ unlikely in my mind, he still did what he did with his ol’ running buddies. That speaks clearly as to who he is, not what he could be. Even if he did not know how they behaved (come on!) he would have left when it started getting out of hand, or even looked like it was getting out of hand. He didn’t.

As for Emery, well I have written about him, and made it clear he was not the “good guy” everyone is making him out to be.

Still, they all f’d up their lives. People who hang out together, do so for a reason. It seems surf, dope, booze, and thuggery were the common threads here. The all had a history or thug behavior, that includes ‘golden boy’ Hendricks and ‘clean’ House.

It doesn’t matter what their history was, it’s what they did that matters. But nice try.

Oh, and O.J. Simpson was a “top” student as U.S.C.; that didn’t stop him from murdering his ex-wife, and most recently engaging in an armed assault on several people in a Las Vegas hotel room.

Anyone else notice that a large number or “dean’s list” members are either in places they shouldn’t be, thus winding up dead; or they are being arrested? Yea, me also. The “Dean’s List” isn’t what it used to be. Attending college is not proof of usefulness either.

The parents were complete failures — as are most parents these days — ; however it’s clear these kids thought they were special and above the law. Quite frankly, none of them strike me as useful individuals. Hanks MIGHT have been someday, but I doubt it.

“Anything I do in this lifetime, I can guarantee, it will be in dedication and memory to him,” Hendricks said.

Oh please, get real. It gets worse.

Hendricks said he prays for Kauanui every day.

He’s dead, dummy. It’s too late.

The judge ordered the men to stay away from Windansea beach while on probation and to have no contact with other defendants in the case, the victim’s family, or several others named by the prosecutor.

This will be broken withing 6 months, if not less.

As for the “gang” charges; it’s clear that they were a gang, but not in the meaning of the statute. Another example of overcharging by Bonnie Dumanis.