▁perm iss ive ▁approach ▁to ▁fighting ) ▁because ▁it ▁was ▁rare ▁for ▁a ▁go alt ender ▁to ▁fight . ▁Em ery ▁was ▁a ▁box ing ▁fan ▁and ▁had ▁images ▁of ▁Joe ▁Fra z ier , ▁Bernard ▁Hop kins , ▁Mike ▁T ys on ▁and ▁the ▁fict ional ▁Rock y ▁Bal boa ▁on ▁his ▁hel m ets . ▁ ▁Em ery ' s ▁err atic ▁behavior ▁was ▁the ▁subject ▁of ▁much ▁spec ulation ▁by ▁the ▁press ▁during ▁his ▁ten ure ▁with ▁the ▁Ott awa ▁Sen ators . ▁Re ports ▁concerning ▁Em ery ▁included ▁a ▁road ▁ra ge ▁incident ▁involving ▁a ▁senior ▁citiz en , ▁a ▁car ▁accident ▁that ▁led ▁to ▁a ▁missed ▁flight ▁to ▁a ▁road ▁game , ▁laten ess ▁to ▁practice , ▁a ▁stick - sm ash ing ▁incident ▁during ▁practice , ▁f ights ▁with ▁team m ates ▁during ▁practice , ▁and ▁rum ored ▁alco hol ▁ab use . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁the ▁media ▁spec ulated ▁that ▁Em ery ▁was ▁involved ▁with ▁a ▁bad ▁crowd ▁and ▁recre ational ▁dru gs . ▁When ▁asked ▁about ▁this ▁spec ulation , ▁Em ery ▁respond ed , ▁" I ' m ▁not ▁a ▁saint ▁and ▁I ' m ▁not ▁in ▁j ail , ▁either ." ▁At ▁one ▁point , ▁Em ery ▁was ▁asked ▁by ▁the ▁team ' s ▁general ▁manager ▁whether ▁he ▁had ▁a ▁drug ▁problem ; ▁Em ery ▁respond ed ▁in ▁the ▁negative . ▁P add ock ▁later ▁expressed ▁regret ▁on ▁how ▁Em ery ▁was ▁handled ▁in ▁Ott awa ; ▁he ▁was