...talks about how UConn hasn't been in contact and how they're out. (HT: UMHoops)
Exit Ray Vinopal
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This rumor had been bouncing around the internet for long enough that it was hardly a rumor anymore, but Hoke has just confirmed it and now it's really not a rumor:
Hoke on Vinopal: "Ray decided to go back Youngstown. That issue's more a family issue."
Michigan loses both a two-star recruit no one expected would ever play and a guy who started half his freshman season, which says all you need to about last year's secondary. The free safety spot is manned by… uh… definitely somebody. I think we can safely assert Michigan will put eleven players on the field this fall. That's all we know. Since the depth chart by class has exactly one other body at the spot, that true freshman Minnesota decommit Tamani Carter, it's safe to say the eventual starter is kind of up in the air.
March 23rd, 2011 at 9:28 PM | 
Jon Anes
Jon Anes
March 23rd, 2011 at 1:45 PM |
Damn, as a short white boy I
Damn, as a short white boy I
Damn, as a short white boy I was excited to see him play as he didnt have exactly the best football measurements but he did work out there.
Best of luck to him
Blue is Faster
March 23rd, 2011 at 2:23 PM |
I wish Ray luck and hope that
I wish Ray luck and hope that
I wish Ray luck and hope that whatever he and his family are going through right now, that it all works out.
“What the mind can conceive, the mind can achieve and those who stay will be champions.” - Bo
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March 23rd, 2011 at 2:24 PM |
Sad Panda is sad.
Sad Panda is sad.
Sad Panda is sad.
"the Spirit of Michigan...is based on a deathless loyalty to Michigan and all her ways....and a conviction that nowhere is there a better university, in any way, than this Michigan of ours" - Fielding Yost
March 23rd, 2011 at 2:43 PM |
That is a shame. I'll always
That is a shame. I'll always
That is a shame. I'll always remember that (game saving?) tackle on Leshoure in the Illinois game.
March 23rd, 2011 at 3:05 PM |
I didn't know Vinopal was a
I didn't know Vinopal was a
I didn't know Vinopal was a Mooney, probably needs to go back home and get Deprogrammed from all the shoddy defensive principles he picked up at M.
March 23rd, 2011 at 8:45 PM |
No, he's a Tony Gibson man.
No, he's a Tony Gibson man.
He needs more Gibson. Ray is going to Pitt.
Who is Jon Falk?
March 23rd, 2011 at 3:19 PM |
Huge shame. I really liked
Huge shame. I really liked
Huge shame. I really liked him and was looking forward to seeing him continue to develop. I hope for the best for him and his family, and here's hoping he gets welcomed back to UM with open arms in a year or so.
March 23rd, 2011 at 4:16 PM |
Horrible situation to be in
Horrible situation to be in
I hope he can lock down his family issues, and make it back someday. But if not, hopefully he can successfully continue on with his education.
The team will be alright. It may take a short term hit, but the way recruiting breaks down this year, an extra scholarship could be very useful.
"I love him, he's a great coach, he's a great mentor, he's a great friend. He's every single thing you want a college coach to be, and he does it flawlessly." -David Molk
March 23rd, 2011 at 6:38 PM |
In honor of...
In honor of...
all the dude wanted was his rug back...
March 24th, 2011 at 9:21 AM |
is it just me....
is it just me....
....every time I hear Coach Hoke reference the POWER PLAY I think that I ended up in an alternate universe wherein we hired Barry Melrose to coach football?
No radio. Nothing of value.
His name is Jon Anes. He was my year at Michigan. I had a good friend on played baseball that was pretty close to Anes. It is true that he suffered from depression. He also coupled that with drinking a lot of hard liquor.