Whatever you think about his behavior and decision-making ability during the wee hours last Sunday, Alabama senior cornerback Simeon Castille showed a lot of character in his meeting with the media on Thursday evening.
Castille patiently answered every question put to him in a 3 1/2 minute Q&A with print and broadcast reporters (which was cut short because Castille had to get to class) and seemed genuinely remorseful and contrite for the bad publicity his disorderly conduct arrest has given to his team and his family. Alabama football media relations director Jeff Purinton later said that the interview session was Castille's idea, not at the behest of head coach Nick Saban or the media relations staff.
If everyone who got in such trouble would simply take one day to face the music, we wouldn't see the media and message-board firestorms we've seen after recent similar incidents.
Think back to last summer, when Crimson Tide linebacker Juwan Simpson was arrested (albeit on far more serious charges). Then-head coach Mike Shula chose to shield Simpson from the media for most of the summer, and the story never really reached a resolution until Simpson was suspended for the season's third game.
Head coach Nick Saban has said he'll keep any punishment Castille will face in-house, and that's not really a problem for most observers of Alabama football. Just knowing that there WILL be some consequences for Castille's actions --- and that he seems sorry for them --- is good enough for most of us.
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