Troubled hoopster Eddie Griffin dead at 25

Burned beyond recognition when he crashes his car into a train.

awful, awful way to go, but is anyone really surprised? RIP.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/bk/bkn/5073074.html

 

Sometimes when you are seemingly given everything, what you really need never comes.

I'm guessing a little more time in a collegiate environment might have helped him a little more. Who knows?

 

Am I surprised that Griffin was hit by a train and burned alive. Yes. Yes, I am.

 

Never say never, Buck.

 

Eddie Griffin had mental problems. College does not cure that.

 

I didn't think anyone would take my sentence at its most literal.

Should we be surprised Eddie Griffin died young? No. No we should not.

 

Griffin was a nutcase in college. I know people that used to play with him at Seton Hall and their stories were insane.

Part of me is surprised he reached 25.

 

I feel terrible, awful for this, pardon the pun, train of thought. My stomach sinks for even suggesting it.

But what caused Griffin to not pay attention and drive his car into a moving train? Was he simply sleepy at 1 a.m.? Drunk? Under the influence of a substance?

Or was he distracted by something else? Again, not to be terribly macabre, but don't we remember the circumstances surrounding his car crash last year?

 

I don't think so. Eddie already had his emotional, behavioral, and substance abuse issues in college and high school. The NBA didn't corrupt him, those problems were already there. More school was not what he needed nearly as much as more medical/psychiatric help. A tremendously sad end to a troubled young life.

 

My guess is that there is a very good chance this was a suicide.

 

Just horrible. What a horrific way to go.

 

Was he the one who was ... ummm ... caught servicing himself while driving once?