DJ Williamson no longer on roster at MGoBlue.com
I was just looking over the roster and noticed that DJ Williamson was no longer listed. CC and Vinopal are also both gone, so this has been updated since their transfers. I know that there were many rumors circulating, but I hadn't seen it confirmed that he had left the program. Does anyone know when this happened or if it was even announced? It looks like you can chalk up one more available scholarship for the 2012 MegaClass.
http://www.mgoblue.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/mich-m-footbl-mtt.html
I didn't see any other names missing, but Hoke did say he expects more attrition. Look it over and see if you notice any more names missing.
will fit in nicely then. WR for WR. WIN.
we like to register on a site, sit around for 3 years, and then troll the board.
Kenny, we all know you "bate" something, but I'm just not convinced it's "flames"
Those roster keepers can be a frumpy bunch.
Not sure about "confirmation" but it has been reported he was leaving for a while now.
Rumored, but it was never confirmed:
"DEFINITELY NOT BONUS: I don't have a second source on this one so file this under strong rumor, but DJ Williamson is also supposed to be on the way out."
Don't know how to block quote, but thats from post above.
- Change to plain text editor, write <blockquote> and </blockquote>.
- Paste your material where the "and" was in that sentence.
- Switch back to rich text editor.
- ?
- Profit.
Thanks! Can always look to the MGoElders to provide useful direction in times of need!
Haha if 21 is elder, then sure. Otherwise, it's just something I picked up from someone else on the site.
Well then I guess I would be your elder (by 3 years). But by elder I guess what I meant was "more points than me."
I saw this, but just as Brian said, he had only heard a rumor and up until recently he was still listed on the roster. When Vinopal and CC left, both were confirmed by all recruiting sites and on this site as well. No one has said anything on here other than there is a rumor he may be leaving.
I was just pulling relevant info from post for those unable or unwilling to click. Confirming, not attacking, your post.
So what scholarship numbers does this leave us at for this class?
18 available + future attrition and guys not getting 5th years
That's the class size they're recruiting.
Um, I could be wrong on this but wasn't this known a couple months ago?
Should we be more concerned with how this affects APR vs. recruiting...?
APR data is scheduled to be released soon, I believe the 24th (of May). I could be wrong on the exact date, but I know it will be released within the next month.
Good luck to Williamson wherever he goes.
Then it is a huge worry, if he just he transfering but left with good grades then it's just a small worry. Either way, I wish Michigan didn't have to worry about these sorts of things.
And good luck to DJ if this is true, wish it would have worked out.
The biggest hit to the APR is likely to come from Tate Forcier, if the rumors are true that Miami decided not to admit him once they saw his Michigan transcript. Evidence is:
[1] He was ruled ineligible for the Gator Bowl, so that's not just smoke, but fire.
[2] There were enough hints in the various statements by Tate and his father to indicate that he wanted to be allowed to make up missed work in more than one class. They also indicate that the AD refused to get involved, which I take as another sign that it was an academic issue.
Put 1 and 2 together and I'll guess at least two Fs. If it was a single prof refusing to accommodate him, Tate would have been all over that.
Since this has been the Bizarro Michigan the last few years, and we've transferred from an offensive minded coach to a defensive minded coach, does this mean the AMHG is going to target our WR's now? After this year we lose Stonum, Hemingway, and Odoms. That leaves us with Roundtree as a senior and a bunch of guys who have never played more than a couple snaps.
Well, the AMHG has already struck his vengence on Stonum with a DUI and possible long term suspension. Hell, maybe he will be suspended the whole year and given a redshirt year, providing us a little room at WR and only causing us to lose Odoms, Hemingway and Grady.
Besides DJ himself, there's no one more affected by this revelation than a young man named Je'Ron Stokes.
This post is exactly why I thought we should have taken Devin Lucien for this year, and why I think that WR is a much bigger priority than the staff and the fan base think it should be. Withour current roster+commits, 2013 and beyond looks like a wasteland at the WR position.
We have quite a few wide receivers on scholarship. If the staff, which has the chance to view them in practice (unlike us), deems that position sufficiently filled, I'm inclined to agree with them. I mean sure, the guys behind Rountree/Stonum/Hemingway/Odoms haven't produced much, but have they had a chance to?
the compassion and concern for the kid's well-being flowing from the posts asking for revised scholarship numbers and penciling in recruits to take his spot?
Good luck with everything, DJ.
EDIT: The fact that this post was immediately marked "Flamebait" is solid proof that the quality of commenters on this board has dropped significantly over the past few years (and exponentially, recently).
I tried to un-flamebait you, but only served to increase your flamebaition
This system is still something of a mystery to me.
I have somehow double Redundant'd you in my attempt to mark you Underrated
My voting system isn't even enabled most of the time. I guess that raises the quality of the voting and keeps me from having to worry about how to make it work. Sounds like everybody wins.
But now it's positive flamebait. Not sure if I understand it, but I also +1ed you.
I also tried to un-flamebait you, but I'm sure this will be marked redundant now like the rest.
Summing to username. Twas all was ever needed...
So your use of excessive caps to crticize the board was not an attempt to "flame" certain people? Of course it was. Why wouldn't you expect the people you are calling out to respond by marking your post as "flamebait" or "trolling?"
Calling people out for saying stupid things is not flaming. I doubt you'd mark it flamebait if I called people out for using o$u (the TSIO shit is bad enough, imo) or Spartina or whatever else some of these new super clever posters come up with. I don't comment very often but when I see the board turning in to MLive I call out the MLive-ness. It doesn't accomplish anything but it makes me feel better.
Of course I expect the dipshit posters that caused the post in the first place to downvote it--but the post went from 1 or 2 to -1 very quickly and stayed there till my edit. The fact that the post could stay at -1 for any amount of time tells me something about the overall quality of the posters.
And yes, I realize there are people like you out there that follow me around and downvote everything I post for some reason.
Close your eyes and give me your hand
Do you feel my heart beating, do you understand?
Do you feel the same, am I only dreaming
Or is this burning an eternal flamebait?
I downvote anyone who makes one of those dramatic message board farewell posts and doesn't stick to it. Sue me.
Think of it as a farewell tour for some 1970s rock band who re-unite five years later to make more money.
Is the sensitive NANCY nature of this board that everything and everyone is a troll or flaming.
Man, what an incredible pile of crap this message board has become. Over moderated, sissy points, no sense of discourse, no diagreement allowed.
But oh yeah, parrot to death the neat little euphemisms Brian comes up with and get pos-banged to the heights of posting glory!
Golden poop away.MGoBlog!
While I agree with your sentiment to some extent, I disagree with your way of broaching the subject. You are often quite negative, which provides a new viewpoint to the discussion, and I often enjoy reading your posts, but verbally attacking sitegoers will get you nowhere. If you don't like the quality of this message board, there are aways others you can visit.
I tried to moderate your post as "interesting" and it went from 3-flamebait to 5-flamebait.
Anyway, wherever he ends up (or if he's still at M, just not on the team anymore) I hope he can finish his degree.
Your original message didn't qualify as flamebait in my book, but the edit certainly does
But, on the flipside, do you think he gives a damn about us Michigan fans? He has ended his relationship with the Michigan community, why should we have an outpouring of compassion for him?
I never said we should have ill will towards him but I do not think taking a holistic teamview approach to his leaving is rude or damning with regards to him.
My +1 Insightful just un-flamebated you to normal status.
+5 Flamebait post?
This is all very exciting!
no idea but i just moderated this "interesting" (there really need to be different options so you can moderate something just to indicate you were thinking the same thing) and it turned you from 1 Normal to 1 Trolling.
All my "underrated" tag did was... absolutely nothing.
I tried to +1 (Insightful) you but I guess the stench of flamebait is not something easily alleviated. However, I'm not sure that having a couple people mark your comment flamebait is solid proof that the quality of the board has dropped. There are, and always will be, ignorant people, and the limited moderation categories aren't helping things.
Not saying people negging this particular poster are ignorant, just that there are going to be people who disagree with a certain viewpoint, regardless of its valildity, and auto-mark it flamebait or trolling. I can certainly see how someone could see this comment as flaming but I personally wouldn't.