Frank Clark Arrested On Domestic Violence Charge
No details yet as this apparently just happened but the Erie County jail's website has a log of all arrests and Frank Clark is on there:
If you are for some reason dubious that this guy who looks just like Frank Clark is Frank Clark, his DOB matches that on Frank Clark's MGoBlue bio.
When it rains it pours.
November 16th, 2014 at 10:27 AM ^
I think it was actually Curly Bill who says that
November 16th, 2014 at 8:05 PM ^
you are right....
Rhingo says 'it smells like somebody died'...
November 16th, 2014 at 8:05 PM ^
you are right....
Rhingo says 'it smells like somebody died'...
November 16th, 2014 at 5:51 AM ^
So this fall it was Lewan, York and now an ugly allegation against Clark in the news with the Gibbons mess in the not too distant past. If the allegations against Clark are true, forget the NFL.
This football program is a mess on many levels and needs a change of direction ASAP.
November 16th, 2014 at 7:21 AM ^
every player out of trouble is totally unrealistic. To be fair, Lewan's incident was in the news last fall. Gibbons' occured five years ago under a different coach. Sometimes legal issues take a long time to resolve.
November 16th, 2014 at 8:55 AM ^
Lewan pled guilty less than three weeks ago, and a Federal investigation on the Gibbons mess was still ongoing this summer, and I have no idea if the investigation was completed. It's not only the causative event itself, but the fact that these items continue to be publicized.
I'm not blaming our coaches for these issues, although the handling of some of them, particularly Gibbons, does leave some room for discussion. I believe more than ever that Michigan football needs a change in direction. The program is under a microscope right now and each event has increased visibility. The story has already showed up on ESPN:
http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/11885002/michigan-frank-…
November 16th, 2014 at 8:13 AM ^
They are not good at coaching football - that is for sure but how on earth can they watch out for everything for the all 115 or so sons?
May be Hoke has a point - may be he should keep recruiting the right kids.
November 16th, 2014 at 9:54 AM ^
that's what Jimbo Fisher says. Or does he look out for all 115 FSU-style---by getting campus and local police to fix his problems.
November 16th, 2014 at 8:44 AM ^
I don't see how a new coach is going to stop 18-23 year old, super-testoterone-filled men from doing dumb stuff. And I suspect that the average UM student body produces relatively just as many offenses, but because it's a 19-year-old kid from Rye, NY getting into a bar fight nobody reads about it on the internet. Is that Schissel's problem, though? I mean, he is the head guy. Or how about the Dean of the school the offender is in?
Michigan is not any "dirtier" or "dysfunctional" than it was in the past. It's just that 20 years ago, most of the offense we read about would have (a) not been made public, or (b) handled quietly. Michigan needs a change at the HC level because this team isn't very good and he's not doing a good job making them better; any arguments about the "inmates running the asylum" because of a few isolated cases, some of which had literally nothing to do with the HC or preceded his arrival, are irrelevant.
November 16th, 2014 at 5:54 AM ^
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November 16th, 2014 at 6:41 AM ^
Well that's craptastic. It goes from bad to worse with our football program. Hackett is probably wanting to shove a pencil in his eye right now.
November 16th, 2014 at 7:05 AM ^
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November 16th, 2014 at 8:54 AM ^
More if I could. It is the alleged victim who deserves our sympathy, not the negative effect being suspended would have on Clark's career future or Michigan's next few football games.
November 16th, 2014 at 7:15 AM ^
This season will should hurry up and die already....
November 16th, 2014 at 7:21 AM ^
November 16th, 2014 at 7:24 AM ^
final nail in hokes coffen
November 16th, 2014 at 8:56 AM ^
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November 16th, 2014 at 7:29 AM ^
Welp?
Welp.
November 16th, 2014 at 7:45 AM ^
Great. Another reason for Schlissel to call athletics a "time sink".
November 16th, 2014 at 8:17 AM ^
Again, he was referring to all of the issues surrounding the AD and coach searches as being time sinks, not athletics in general.
November 16th, 2014 at 11:43 PM ^
November 16th, 2014 at 7:54 AM ^
the link no longer brings up Frank Clark....released and no charges pressed?
November 16th, 2014 at 8:51 AM ^
OK....you're optimistic.
It's still there, just not on the first page the link sends you to.
November 16th, 2014 at 8:53 AM ^
November 16th, 2014 at 11:48 AM ^
Thanks. I was wondering why there was no bond, thinking the alleged crime must have been terrible. That makes sense.
November 16th, 2014 at 7:57 AM ^
November 16th, 2014 at 8:00 AM ^
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November 16th, 2014 at 8:09 AM ^
I'll withhold judgment until the legal proceedings take place, but this isn't a good situation by any means.
November 16th, 2014 at 8:10 AM ^
November 16th, 2014 at 8:15 AM ^
While the facts need to come out, I hope that no-one was seriously hurt and that he doesn't play for the rest of the season. There's no benefit of the doubt for getting arrested for this.
November 16th, 2014 at 8:21 AM ^
Just the current media climate is such that playing him would be unacceptable.
November 16th, 2014 at 10:05 AM ^
Okay. But you hope he doesn't play the rest of the year. That makes sense.
November 16th, 2014 at 8:15 AM ^
Maybe a dumb question, but does anyone know what an M1 is on the scale of misdemeanor offenses (I presume that M stands for misdemeanor)? Like, I faintly remember in Michigan there being an escalating scale depending on factors involved in offenses (weapons, alcohol, previous offenses, etc.), so I'm wondering if M1 is on the low end or the high end of offenses. Not that it functionally matters, but just wondering.
November 16th, 2014 at 8:47 AM ^
M1 is the highest level misdemeanor.
November 16th, 2014 at 9:14 AM ^
Thanks. Wasn't sure.
Do you have a citation to that?
November 16th, 2014 at 9:32 AM ^
November 16th, 2014 at 9:48 AM ^
Found it later, after some searching. But thanks for the heads up; never would have thought to look there. I'm more a duck duck go kind of guy.
November 16th, 2014 at 8:16 AM ^
November 16th, 2014 at 9:57 AM ^
November 16th, 2014 at 10:00 AM ^
...except for Frank Clark. So there goes 50% of your argument.
November 16th, 2014 at 10:13 AM ^
November 16th, 2014 at 11:16 AM ^
WTF? He didn't do anything against Appalachian State...
...and he was a difference-maker against Northwestern, Penn State, etc.
But hey, I guess if the team isn't good, then everyone on it sucks, huh?
November 16th, 2014 at 10:09 AM ^
I have zero faith in humanity.
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