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Originally posted by genus49:
Originally posted by Afrikan:
Originally posted by genus49:
Originally posted by SanDiego49er:
That's very tragic and sad. Not unexpected though. He was so troubled. What could have been if he didn't have addiction and had his head on straight?
By most accounts he was in a much better space. Even talked to rookies recently.
Though someone posted a recent interview which sounds very sad in hindsight. Still don't know what happened but hard to imagine it wasn't self inflicted.
I hate going there but I always wonder what happens if Kaepernick doesn't steal his gf. Maybe it wasn't any big deal or maybe it was enough of a push to derail his career and I imagine that wasn't great for mental health basically knowing what could've been. Just very sad.
the interview I was talking about
Last week, Aldon Smith was on Laced Up talking about his life and career. You could tell right away he was struggling. Mental health matters.https://t.co/sI58KjhVeW
— ???????????????????? 🍀 (@TylerTalksBall) June 13, 2026
Am I going to get a ban for calling out your BS, since you're a mod now?
You're not the genius you think you are, if you would have done the research about how all that went down, you wouldn't say that stupid s**t. I've corrected many folks on here about that for years now, YET yall just don't want to accept the truth...and just prefer to have reasons to bash a past player.
It's f**king pathetic that our fanbase still does this s**t... yall are some horrible f**king people... like legit bad people. This isn't the first time on this forum.
She left Aldon (we probably know the reason)... and dated someone else.... a year plus went by she, broke up with that other person...and THEN she got close to Kap.
Kap was mature and knew what he wanted, he was ready. Aldon, when dating her, was not at that place....and he wasn't at the place for a long time. At the expense of her mental health, should she have stayed with Aldon? For his career's sake, for the 9ers and fans sake? Of course not. What ever it was that she had with Kap years later, it worked out. They are still together...have a child.
For folks to use Aldon's death as an excuse to ONCE AGAIN take a swipe at Kaepernick is just pathetic... BUT NOT SURPRISING!
As a mod you should set an example of how you want you members to behave.... but no that has never been the case around here with some mods.. Kolohe, Phoenix. They are not mods anymore. That might be a hint for you genius, but you're too prideful.
I had a close friend who went the same path as Aldon, but got killed being in a bad situation. It didn't matter fun he was as a person... it didn't matter how nice he treated people around him...it didn't matter how unique he was as a person, interested in different hobbies...reading... (like I'm sure Aldon was behind the addiction).... it doesn't matter... once someone gets caught up in that, even with good people/support around them... sometimes it is not enough.
Many of us knew in the back of our minds Aldon was heading in this direction.... we've seen it before. And worse, I had a co-worker who was a great person... bad situation happened with his other job..and then he broke up with his girlfriend (yet she still stayed in his apartment)... that f**ked with him and he got to drinking. Years pass and he had stomach problems and lost his secure City and County job.... but what happens? Some time passes and he finds someone new. He falls in love...he's happy... he has a baby. What a turn around. This is all he wanted.... but all those years of drinking f**ked up his body and he died before his kid turned one. It's been some time since he passed but we still have a picture of him, with his wife and kid, in our main work area...
What ever someone might be going through (relationship, school, work, friends)... it is a moment... it can be a week, a month, or year... but there is a good chance it will get better. What you don't want to do is mess up your health when you are down...you think about your future and how it will somehow get better. Because when it does get better, you want to make sure you can enjoy it. 😕
R.I.P. Aldon..
It was a small comment not bashing Kaepernick as a player. And no you can respond to me without getting banned but if you throw in personal insults while doing so there will be responses like there would be in any case.
I'm aware of the circumstances and bro code still applies. They were teammates and Kap still decided to date an ex of his teammate.
You can reason that away however you want but calling other people who disagree with you legit bad people isn't the moral high ground you think you're taking.
Originally posted by Heroism:
Not only is what Genus said correct, but almost every player in that 49ers' locker room hated Kaepernick for it. You ever notice how he has ZERO notable teammate friends from those teams? It's not a coincidence.
Anyone with connections to the team around that time knows this. There were fights and s**t happening that were never reported to the media. One of fights happened during mandatory minicamp. Tomsula cancelled the rest of minicamp over it and didn't tell the media why. Kap absolutely carries part of the blame for Aldon spiraling out of control.
Originally posted by SanDiego49er:
He was found slumped over behind the wheel. Which is not the first time he did that certainly. We have seen that before. Usually he would get back up from the drugs or alcohol. This time tragically was the overdose apparently that killed him. It's a sad and tragic situation. I feel bad for him and his family. It was severe addiction and mental health. Perhaps he could have been saved with the proper mental health counseling. Plus drug and alcohol rehab. It's way beyond his player days. Which he certainly could have been great too. If he was not so troubled. Just a terrible situation all the way around.
Originally posted by genus49:
Originally posted by SanDiego49er:
He was found slumped over behind the wheel. Which is not the first time he did that certainly. We have seen that before. Usually he would get back up from the drugs or alcohol. This time tragically was the overdose apparently that killed him. It's a sad and tragic situation. I feel bad for him and his family. It was severe addiction and mental health. Perhaps he could have been saved with the proper mental health counseling. Plus drug and alcohol rehab. It's way beyond his player days. Which he certainly could have been great too. If he was not so troubled. Just a terrible situation all the way around.
To be fair we don't know what happened. I assumed it was self inflicted due to that recent interview but if you read what happened that day he was delivering pizza to a charity thing just hours prior.
Let's at least wait to see what they say was the cause of death first. Maybe it was an OD. Maybe it was a health situation.
Originally posted by Afrikan:
Originally posted by genus49:
Originally posted by SanDiego49er:
That's very tragic and sad. Not unexpected though. He was so troubled. What could have been if he didn't have addiction and had his head on straight?
By most accounts he was in a much better space. Even talked to rookies recently.
Though someone posted a recent interview which sounds very sad in hindsight. Still don't know what happened but hard to imagine it wasn't self inflicted.
I hate going there but I always wonder what happens if Kaepernick doesn't steal his gf. Maybe it wasn't any big deal or maybe it was enough of a push to derail his career and I imagine that wasn't great for mental health basically knowing what could've been. Just very sad.
the interview I was talking about
Last week, Aldon Smith was on Laced Up talking about his life and career. You could tell right away he was struggling. Mental health matters.https://t.co/sI58KjhVeW
— ???????????????????? 🍀 (@TylerTalksBall) June 13, 2026
Am I going to get a ban for calling out your BS, since you're a mod now?
You're not the genius you think you are, if you would have done the research about how all that went down, you wouldn't say that stupid s**t. I've corrected many folks on here about that for years now, YET yall just don't want to accept the truth...and just prefer to have reasons to bash a past player.
It's f**king pathetic that our fanbase still does this s**t... yall are some horrible f**king people... like legit bad people. This isn't the first time on this forum.
She left Aldon (we probably know the reason)... and dated someone else.... a year plus went by she, broke up with that other person...and THEN she got close to Kap.
Kap was mature and knew what he wanted, he was ready. Aldon, when dating her, was not at that place....and he wasn't at the place for a long time. At the expense of her mental health, should she have stayed with Aldon? For his career's sake, for the 9ers and fans sake? Of course not. What ever it was that she had with Kap years later, it worked out. They are still together...have a child.
For folks to use Aldon's death as an excuse to ONCE AGAIN take a swipe at Kaepernick is just pathetic... BUT NOT SURPRISING!
As a mod you should set an example of how you want you members to behave.... but no that has never been the case around here with some mods.. Kolohe, Phoenix. They are not mods anymore. That might be a hint for you genius, but you're too prideful.
I had a close friend who went the same path as Aldon, but got killed being in a bad situation. It didn't matter fun he was as a person... it didn't matter how nice he treated people around him...it didn't matter how unique he was as a person, interested in different hobbies...reading... (like I'm sure Aldon was behind the addiction).... it doesn't matter... once someone gets caught up in that, even with good people/support around them... sometimes it is not enough.
Many of us knew in the back of our minds Aldon was heading in this direction.... we've seen it before. And worse, I had a co-worker who was a great person... bad situation happened with his other job..and then he broke up with his girlfriend (yet she still stayed in his apartment)... that f**ked with him and he got to drinking. Years pass and he had stomach problems and lost his secure City and County job.... but what happens? Some time passes and he finds someone new. He falls in love...he's happy... he has a baby. What a turn around. This is all he wanted.... but all those years of drinking f**ked up his body and he died before his kid turned one. It's been some time since he passed but we still have a picture of him, with his wife and kid, in our main work area...
What ever someone might be going through (relationship, school, work, friends)... it is a moment... it can be a week, a month, or year... but there is a good chance it will get better. What you don't want to do is mess up your health when you are down...you think about your future and how it will somehow get better. Because when it does get better, you want to make sure you can enjoy it. 😕
R.I.P. Aldon..
Originally posted by Howlett49:Yeahhhhhh, with all due respect, this probably not the place to vent about your feelings.
Originally posted by Afrikan:
Originally posted by genus49:
Originally posted by SanDiego49er:
That's very tragic and sad. Not unexpected though. He was so troubled. What could have been if he didn't have addiction and had his head on straight?
By most accounts he was in a much better space. Even talked to rookies recently.
Though someone posted a recent interview which sounds very sad in hindsight. Still don't know what happened but hard to imagine it wasn't self inflicted.
I hate going there but I always wonder what happens if Kaepernick doesn't steal his gf. Maybe it wasn't any big deal or maybe it was enough of a push to derail his career and I imagine that wasn't great for mental health basically knowing what could've been. Just very sad.
the interview I was talking about
Last week, Aldon Smith was on Laced Up talking about his life and career. You could tell right away he was struggling. Mental health matters.https://t.co/sI58KjhVeW
— ???????????????????? 🍀 (@TylerTalksBall) June 13, 2026
Am I going to get a ban for calling out your BS, since you're a mod now?
You're not the genius you think you are, if you would have done the research about how all that went down, you wouldn't say that stupid s**t. I've corrected many folks on here about that for years now, YET yall just don't want to accept the truth...and just prefer to have reasons to bash a past player.
It's f**king pathetic that our fanbase still does this s**t... yall are some horrible f**king people... like legit bad people. This isn't the first time on this forum.
She left Aldon (we probably know the reason)... and dated someone else.... a year plus went by she, broke up with that other person...and THEN she got close to Kap.
Kap was mature and knew what he wanted, he was ready. Aldon, when dating her, was not at that place....and he wasn't at the place for a long time. At the expense of her mental health, should she have stayed with Aldon? For his career's sake, for the 9ers and fans sake? Of course not. What ever it was that she had with Kap years later, it worked out. They are still together...have a child.
For folks to use Aldon's death as an excuse to ONCE AGAIN take a swipe at Kaepernick is just pathetic... BUT NOT SURPRISING!
As a mod you should set an example of how you want you members to behave.... but no that has never been the case around here with some mods.. Kolohe, Phoenix. They are not mods anymore. That might be a hint for you genius, but you're too prideful.
I had a close friend who went the same path as Aldon, but got killed being in a bad situation. It didn't matter fun he was as a person... it didn't matter how nice he treated people around him...it didn't matter how unique he was as a person, interested in different hobbies...reading... (like I'm sure Aldon was behind the addiction).... it doesn't matter... once someone gets caught up in that, even with good people/support around them... sometimes it is not enough.
Many of us knew in the back of our minds Aldon was heading in this direction.... we've seen it before. And worse, I had a co-worker who was a great person... bad situation happened with his other job..and then he broke up with his girlfriend (yet she still stayed in his apartment)... that f**ked with him and he got to drinking. Years pass and he had stomach problems and lost his secure City and County job.... but what happens? Some time passes and he finds someone new. He falls in love...he's happy... he has a baby. What a turn around. This is all he wanted.... but all those years of drinking f**ked up his body and he died before his kid turned one. It's been some time since he passed but we still have a picture of him, with his wife and kid, in our main work area...
What ever someone might be going through (relationship, school, work, friends)... it is a moment... it can be a week, a month, or year... but there is a good chance it will get better. What you don't want to do is mess up your health when you are down...you think about your future and how it will somehow get better. Because when it does get better, you want to make sure you can enjoy it. 😕
R.I.P. Aldon..
Calm down bro. No need to go off on someone because you're in your feelings.
Originally posted by genus49:
Originally posted by Afrikan:
Originally posted by genus49:
Originally posted by SanDiego49er:
That's very tragic and sad. Not unexpected though. He was so troubled. What could have been if he didn't have addiction and had his head on straight?
By most accounts he was in a much better space. Even talked to rookies recently.
Though someone posted a recent interview which sounds very sad in hindsight. Still don't know what happened but hard to imagine it wasn't self inflicted.
I hate going there but I always wonder what happens if Kaepernick doesn't steal his gf. Maybe it wasn't any big deal or maybe it was enough of a push to derail his career and I imagine that wasn't great for mental health basically knowing what could've been. Just very sad.
the interview I was talking about
Last week, Aldon Smith was on Laced Up talking about his life and career. You could tell right away he was struggling. Mental health matters.https://t.co/sI58KjhVeW
— ???????????????????? 🍀 (@TylerTalksBall) June 13, 2026
Am I going to get a ban for calling out your BS, since you're a mod now?
You're not the genius you think you are, if you would have done the research about how all that went down, you wouldn't say that stupid s**t. I've corrected many folks on here about that for years now, YET yall just don't want to accept the truth...and just prefer to have reasons to bash a past player.
It's f**king pathetic that our fanbase still does this s**t... yall are some horrible f**king people... like legit bad people. This isn't the first time on this forum.
She left Aldon (we probably know the reason)... and dated someone else.... a year plus went by she, broke up with that other person...and THEN she got close to Kap.
Kap was mature and knew what he wanted, he was ready. Aldon, when dating her, was not at that place....and he wasn't at the place for a long time. At the expense of her mental health, should she have stayed with Aldon? For his career's sake, for the 9ers and fans sake? Of course not. What ever it was that she had with Kap years later, it worked out. They are still together...have a child.
For folks to use Aldon's death as an excuse to ONCE AGAIN take a swipe at Kaepernick is just pathetic... BUT NOT SURPRISING!
As a mod you should set an example of how you want you members to behave.... but no that has never been the case around here with some mods.. Kolohe, Phoenix. They are not mods anymore. That might be a hint for you genius, but you're too prideful.
I had a close friend who went the same path as Aldon, but got killed being in a bad situation. It didn't matter fun he was as a person... it didn't matter how nice he treated people around him...it didn't matter how unique he was as a person, interested in different hobbies...reading... (like I'm sure Aldon was behind the addiction).... it doesn't matter... once someone gets caught up in that, even with good people/support around them... sometimes it is not enough.
Many of us knew in the back of our minds Aldon was heading in this direction.... we've seen it before. And worse, I had a co-worker who was a great person... bad situation happened with his other job..and then he broke up with his girlfriend (yet she still stayed in his apartment)... that f**ked with him and he got to drinking. Years pass and he had stomach problems and lost his secure City and County job.... but what happens? Some time passes and he finds someone new. He falls in love...he's happy... he has a baby. What a turn around. This is all he wanted.... but all those years of drinking f**ked up his body and he died before his kid turned one. It's been some time since he passed but we still have a picture of him, with his wife and kid, in our main work area...
What ever someone might be going through (relationship, school, work, friends)... it is a moment... it can be a week, a month, or year... but there is a good chance it will get better. What you don't want to do is mess up your health when you are down...you think about your future and how it will somehow get better. Because when it does get better, you want to make sure you can enjoy it. 😕
R.I.P. Aldon..
It was a small comment not bashing Kaepernick as a player. And no you can respond to me without getting banned but if you throw in personal insults while doing so there will be responses like there would be in any case.
I'm aware of the circumstances and bro code still applies. They were teammates and Kap still decided to date an ex of his teammate.
You can reason that away however you want but calling other people who disagree with you legit bad people isn't the moral high ground you think you're taking.
Originally posted by genus49:
Originally posted by SanDiego49er:
That's very tragic and sad. Not unexpected though. He was so troubled. What could have been if he didn't have addiction and had his head on straight?
By most accounts he was in a much better space. Even talked to rookies recently.
Though someone posted a recent interview which sounds very sad in hindsight. Still don't know what happened but hard to imagine it wasn't self inflicted.
I hate going there but I always wonder what happens if Kaepernick doesn't steal his gf. Maybe it wasn't any big deal or maybe it was enough of a push to derail his career and I imagine that wasn't great for mental health basically knowing what could've been. Just very sad.
the interview I was talking about
Last week, Aldon Smith was on Laced Up talking about his life and career. You could tell right away he was struggling. Mental health matters.https://t.co/sI58KjhVeW
— ???????????????????? 🍀 (@TylerTalksBall) June 13, 2026