2016 RB Commit Matt Falcon Likely Out For Season

Submitted by winterblue75 on

FOOTBALL: Southfield running back and Michigan commit Matt Falcon is likely out for the season with a knee injury.

 
 
This is the third knee injury that will force him to miss a large chunk of his high-school career. An ACL injury sidelined him for his entire sophomore season, and he missed half of his junior season after an MCL sprain.
 
 
Does't sound good at all
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ThadMattasagoblin

August 23rd, 2015 at 9:37 PM ^

Why wouldn't you honor his scholarship? He's really fing good when he has played and should be all healed up by next August. If you cut him loose and he stays healthy and goes to Msu or osu and tears it up that would really suck.

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Coldwater

August 23rd, 2015 at 9:43 PM ^

At this point you really have to question if he'll ever be able to play football at the D1 level....such a damn shame. Shit. He was a stud in-state guy too.

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MotownGoBlue

August 23rd, 2015 at 9:46 PM ^

Honor his scholarship and put him on a medical 2 years down the road if he legitimately cannot play football because of ongoing injuries and long term health problems. Yes?

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DennisFithian

August 23rd, 2015 at 10:49 PM ^

I was chastised on this board last week for posting a tweet that speculated the same thing a week ago NOW ACCEPTING APOLOGIES

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Rodriguesqe

August 23rd, 2015 at 11:04 PM ^

Shitty situation.

Reminder to the MgoCommunity, the kids might read these threads. We're all curious about his future, the program's future, and love conjecture. But in these situations, conjecture doesn't add much but could be really hurtful to the kid.

Talk about someone only as if they are in the room. Always a good standard.

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DennisFithian

August 23rd, 2015 at 11:15 PM ^

"Talk about someone only as if they are in the room. Always a good standard." Brian - may as well shut down the site then

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Rodriguesqe

August 23rd, 2015 at 11:27 PM ^

No. This is probably the #1 blog dedicated to Michigan and those of us who have been around a while are well aware that the kids sometime read the blog.

Even if that weren't true, its advice that might save you a world of trouble some day.

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Hannibal.

August 24th, 2015 at 9:17 AM ^

Whatever is decided, it should be based solely on his ability to contribute to the football team for four years.  A scholarship offer is contingent upon this ability and recruits have no qualms about backing out of verbal commitments.  There is no moral obligation to honor a scholarship offer for somebody who isn't physically capable of contributing. 

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Magnus

August 24th, 2015 at 10:16 AM ^

I agree. As much as it sucks for the kid, Michigan shouldn't be wagering the program's future based on feeling sorry for kids. Scholarship offers are contingent on players being able to perform their duties as athletes upon signing the NLI.

I think occasional exceptions can and should be made, such as the Austin Hatch situation. Losing two parents and suffering a catastrophic injury in a plane crash is a unique situation, but ACL tears are not so troublesome to overcome.

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