Now, This Guy Is A REAL Loser!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                 Lothaire Bluteau is, at worst, an untalented loser. And, despite the scumbags he plays, he certainly does not go around, doing what they do, off camera.

                                  But William Slagle is a genuine loser. And part of it comes from being a great big closet case, as well.  How many times have I warned you about them, girls?????????

                                    If only poor Rex Copeland had known. But, he was young, and straight, so how could he know anything??????????????/

                                     Remember Leif Erickson, as Deborah Kerr's husband, in the movie "Tea And Sympathy?"  (He also did the role on stage, too!!!!!!!!!!!)  The coach who spent "too much" time with his boys, yet had no idea, why he was dong it?????????????

                                       Well, William Slagle was not only similar to this, he was lethal.  He would have made a great Bitch Of The Week, had I done the column last week, a thing I must again apologize for, girls!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                          Slagle taught and was a debating coach at Samford University in Alabama.  Rex Copeland was his star player.  Now, Samford was a nice Baptist college, where people jump for joy, and scream, "Jesus!"  But it also makes way for lot of smoldering, repressed sexuality, and, in the cases of both Rex and Slagle, this is what happened.

                                            Rex enjoyed being the star player on the debate team--for awhile.  The team consisted of both boys and girls, but it seems Slagle had a way of driving girls to leave the team. Hmmmmmmmm....first sign of trouble there. Sounds like he did not want girls on his team.

                                                Around Junior Year, Copeland started, understandably, getting tired of the bit Slagle was forcing into his post-adolescent mouth.  It had always been drilled into Copeland by Slagle that school came first, and debating second.  Well, there came a point where Rex was just not happy with this scenario.  The better he did, the more the coach drove him, until he grew so tired of the debating team he wanted nothing to do with it.  His performance began to tank, because he wanted to keep up his studies--he was hoping to become a lawyer--but enjoy all the social activities that college students regularly enjoy. And why shouldn't he?????????

                                                 Slagle would have none of this.  Now, this was not brought out in the ID program, but I am firmly convinced that part of all this is Slagle had unacknowledged sexual feelings for Rex, who was rather good looking.  And, at 42, Slagle was single, a loner, unmarried, and childless!!!!!!!!!!!  In the SOUTH???????????  Come on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                                   If he had had the good sense to head for New York, like fellow Southerners Tennesee Willliams or Truman Capote, things might have been different for Slagle. But, once he heard that Rex had signed with another debate team, that was it!

                                                    At 2AM on September 21, 1989, Slagle drove over to Rex Copeland's apartment.  That Rex let him in was a mistake on his part; no one comes into our place past 8PM.

                                                      Feeling betrayed by Rex, Slagle, did the "Rose's Turn" thing--"I made you!," he screamed at the boy.  Then he went psycho, producing a knife--which proved he had an agenda-- and stabbed Copeland a multitude of times.  What he was doing was stabbing the person he loved but could not have because of his hung up notions of being in the closest!  This scumbag even went to Rex's funeral, embracing his parents, and consoling them!  The nerve!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                                         Now, he is in prison, and I hope he is someone's bitch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rex deserved better than he got at Samford.

                                                           Beware those closet cases, dolls!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!