Jake Ryan tears ACL, out indefinitely
Per @umichfootball on twitter.
MGoBlue release: http://www.mgoblue.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/032013aab.html
What does this mean? Who will replace him? Will we see a Ross-Bolden-Morgan LB lineup?
Fuck.
March 20, 2013
ANN ARBOR, Mich.University of Michigan football senior/junior linebacker Jake RyanWestlake, Ohio/St. Ignatius) is out indefinitely with a torn anterior cruciate ligament suffered in Tuesday's practice, the team announced today (Wednesday, March 20).
"You always hate when anyone gets injured and unfortunately we've dealt with our share of injuries in the last 12 months," said Michigan coach Brady Hoke."We will support Jake to make sure he has everything he needs to get through this.I know he will attack his rehabilitation just like he does everything else and will be back when he's ready."
Ryan led the Wolverines in 2012 with 88 tackles, 56 solo, 16 stops for loss, 4.5 sacks and four forced fumbles.
He earned All-Big Ten second team honors by the media and was the Roger Zatkoff Award recipient as U-M's top linebacker.Dating back to 2011, Ryan had tallied a tackle-for-loss in 17 of his last 19 games.
I wouldn't be entirely opposed to moving Bolden to SAM as a backup to Gordon... We have several capable inside linebackers. I wasn't a big fan of Beyer at SAM, but at least he has experience there and we would still have two weakside ends with playing experience in Clark/Ojemudia.
It might be too early for rationalization, Magnus. The board is in full meltdown. MELTDOWN!
ERMAGERD, ER.C. L. TER!!!!!!
I think Bolden is already a backup at WILL and MIKE, might as well get him to back up SAM...
Sorry if I'm trying to be too glass half full, here.
maybe by the bowl game if he gets on the AP magically ACL recovery plan and we get a later bowl but there isnt much reason for him to try and rush back for that.
The ACL God hates us.
threw up
in my mouth.
Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! This is some Iowa voodoo...I know it!
You need disrupters on defense and Jake was easily our most disruptive player. Even when he didn't make the tackle, Jake was blowing up plays all year long.
You aren't going to replace a guy like Jake, period. What you have to hope is that several other guys step their game up, if they don't the defense is not going to be the same. I thought our defense was going to have to have several guys step up to be close to as good as last year before Ryan was lost, now it's just really important that young guys develop quickly.
We've basically lost our 5 best players(Ryan, Roh, Demens, Kovacs, Campbell) off that defense from last year and a 6th (Countess) is coming back from ACL surgery himself. I have faith in MAttison though that we will still be able to field a top tier defense.
Personally, I have no fear that UM will be able to adequately replace the output of Roh, Demens and Campbell. None of those guys did anything really "special" at their positions. They weren't liabilities (for Campbell that was an improvement on his previous three seasons) but they weren't big "impact" players either.
Kovacs is an odd case of a guy whose loss will hurt in some ways and won't in others. Probably a slight downgrade in total as far as replacing Kovacs but not a devastating one.
At least these ACL tears aren't happening to our best defensive players. Oh, wait. What? Fuck.
....on the way back from lunch, then saw this thread. Terrible news, and I wish Jake Ryan a speedy and full recovery. His presence and production will be missed out there, but all the same, Hoke's comment did remind us, I believe, that JMFR can still be just that in a way, even while recovering:
"I know he will attack his rehabilitation just like he does everything else and will be back when he's ready."
Still, in the interim.....damnit.
You know it's bad when Brady Hoke admits it. Not just a Boo Boo, unfortunately.
Now, the best we can hope for his a "medical" for a sixth year.
ACL takes our best defensive player in back to back years. How many other teams can say that?
I think it's highly questionable that Blake Countess was our best defensive player last year, especially considering the fact that this one guy named Jake Ryan was healthy last season.
I was talking about who was projected to be our best player, which should have been obvious given the fact that Ryan played and Countess didn't.
I still don't think the part-time starting cornerback who had zero interceptions in 2011 was projected to be our best defensive player in 2012 by many people.
Man what a gut punch. He was so fun to watch, hope he can make it back healthy!
Same with some guy named Bledsoe. Next Guy up, this is football.
*(^&%#%$@#%(^^%^_))+&*(&^$@#!@$%$(&_)(+)(*_*)^(^$*&@#*$^%)*)(_)_)(*&^%$#@$%&*()_*(&#$%^&*)(&%%$&*(^*()*_(**(!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That is all.
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I don't think he will get a red shirt. He's already been redshirted so it is highly unlikely the NCAA will grant him a 6th season of eligibility, unless they can go back and prove he was also injured his freshman year and that's the reason he was kept out.
Fuck...Cunt...Bubbles... fuck today...
GAWD DAAAAAAAMMIT
Well... if that doesn't take the cake.
well said
Don't shoot the messanger...but damn messanger...I mean C'MON!!!
At least I hope his hair made it out ok. :)
i got that sick feeling in my stomach.. you know the one..
Well that sucks for Jake
BUT
Cam MotherFucking Gordon will be ready to go!
Anyone care to speculate on who becomes our backup at WILL assuming Morgan moves permanently to MIKE? Bolden seems like the backup at SAM and/or MIKE and Ross is the starting WILL, right? Will Poole, Jones, even McCray back up Ross? Basically how does this shake up the rest of the linebackers?
Cool, thanks Magnus! I especially like that you made me go your site to see the content;) Well, it's nice that we have that many options. It seems like Ojemudia may have the best skill set and body to make the switch but I don't see the coahces going that route. I'm thinking Gordon goes there and Bolden backus up both at SAM and MIKE, Morgan takes waay more snaps at MIKE than WILL, and Ross becomes the full time starter at WILL...then we hope against hope that all four are healthy all year long or that's when the real trouble begins. Which option would be your preference or were they in order?
They were pretty much in order.
And I figured there were way too many words/options to spend so much time copying/pasting. Might as well do it the easy way...
Please, Mattison, make it ok.
What the actual fuck! and he was redshirted. Fuck things and stuff.
That he'd likely not be eligble for due to being redshirted electively as a freshman.
I didn't know this previously either. This was covered elsewhere in the comments and also the front page. Truthfully previous to this injury I thought he might only be on the team for 1 more year then to NFL...but this is not the way I'd like his 1 more year.