An Interview With Demar Dorsey

...someone from the school needs to get on the horn with his parents and him tomorrow and give them the official word on the admission decision.  If they're sending him a release form pending an admissions decision, that's crazy.

It'll just break my fucking heart if Demar doesn't get in.  

I think it's ridiculous and awful that the school has not contacted him about this yet.  If you can't take him, fine, but let him know one way or the other.  Wow.

Shit. 

I wish him luck wherever he ends up, but DAMN I hope he ends up in a winged helmet.

Just... Shit.

on so many levels... This one just gives me the feeling that its going to come back and bite us in the ass.

Thanks for the great work, Tom.

What an unfortunate situation to be in.  Dorsey has worked so hard to get things turned around, and I think Michigan owes him a chance to compete, both on the field and in the classroom.  It sounds like that's not going to happen

now I'm nervous.

Good luck, Demar. We'd love to have you.

This does not sound good.  Shame on the Athletics Department and Admissions Office for not getting this figured out before the offer was made.  And shame on the Detroit/Ann Arbor media for likely ruining this kid's chance to make a new life for himself in Michigan.  One of the reasons it was expected Dorsey was coming here was to get away from a negative environment in Florida with his peers.  If he ends up in a D1 program like FSU, it might not provide him the opportunity he would have at Michigan.

This is not the time for the University to further vindicate the "investigative reporting" of the local media.

This is rediculous. I cannot believe the way this recruit has been treated for the last 6 months.

He's held up his end of the bargain and we haven't held up ours. The worst part is that if it comes to pass that he will not be a Michigan Wolverine, the floodgates will open and everyone will reiterate their general nonsense on the issue of how this kid was never meant to come here.

I do feel for the kid.  Does he deserve admission?  I don't know.  I'm not one in the position to know the answer to that question, but he certainly doesn't deserve the torrent of bullshit he's received from the local press.

Yes, I'm the same guy who has occasionally stood up for the local press, but what they've done to Demar just isn't right.  The "investigative piece" in the Freep was prepared well before Demar committed.  What better way to show bias than to write a piece in hopes of being able to run it.  Shouldn't the facts precede the story?  Shouldn't they have written a similar piece of MSU's Jenrette?  Same crimes, same state...difference is that Dorsey was younger and Jenrette was arrested for the same thing while at State. Ok...Ok...I'll drop it.

Best of luck, Demar, whether in A2 or elsewhere.

This makes me very sad.  I hope that everything gets sorted for better or worse (for us) so this kid can get back to making the best of his life.  I really hope this is a big misunderstanding....... I just think that a place like UM could not just keep him out of trouble but provide the venue for him to exceed.  

Also.  I hope that the press doesn't turn around and say how the coaches promised a scholarship and such and then went back on it.  This just looks ugly on so many fronts.  I hope the best for him.

Because if he ends up going to Florida state he deserved admission here. This makes me mad on so many levels.

I really hope he ends up getting in. Dorsey is getting seriously shafted if he doesn't get in. I don't know what admissions think they have to gain by turning him away at this point. Its almost as if they expect the media to slap a "UM Reverses on Deliquent" line on the front page of the news the same way they went after them for recruiting him in the first place. The reality is, we look bad two-timing someone, our recruiting will suffer, and the media is just going to use it as an excuse to criticize us a second time for even looking at him.

I have half a mind to send admissions an e-mail about this. Granted, I am bias because I want Dorsey to make our secondary awesome, but if he weren't a recruit, I wouldn't know about it because the process wouldn't be as public, and admissions doesn't have any business pulling this on anyone.

And God help him if he ends up at Florida State. If he's qualified for FSU and he ends up not getting a shot at an education here, admissions should be ashamed.

EDIT: The admissions phone number for anyone who might have an inquiry about their status or something tomorrow: XXXXXXXXXX

What? I'm just sayin'

I hope/anticipate that Dave Brandon will be able to show the way forward on this based on what's right and that we'll get harangued by the Freep afterward.

(sorry for re-posting but no one's going to comment in the other thread again)

Not comparing the individuals, but the general situations.  Pat Tillman beat a weaker kid senseless in high school, felony assault.  He would have lost his ASU scholarship if it stood, the judge took this into account and reduced it to a misdemeanor.  He went to juvie (sp?) for 30 days after high school, and wasn't required to disclose any of it to the university.

First point is that Tillman got a second chance and it turned out pretty well.  Second is what admissions may be missing with this: the entire purpose of the court's action was to provide a second chance.  Take the path out that football provides you, and do better with your life.  Denying admission is denying the opportunity, in effect subverting the court's intent.

Michigan is the second chance.  But Demar you can make wherever you need to.  We'd love to have you, keep your head up regardless

Hmm. Seems the lowlife crawl over here to read from time to time:

Via Twitter

[RT from Adam Rittenburg]

Mark Snyder, AKA, @freepwolverine

RT @freepwolverines: Dorsey to mgoblog in interview: "They told me they don't think I can get in"

if I wanted to open up my recruitment, I would have to send [the letter of intent] back to them. If I can't get in from the admissions, then I have to send that back. My mom said we need to do that, so we have to send it out tomorrow, and we'll go from there.

So...it's over? He's not coming? Or he's not coming barring admissions stepping in before the outgoing mail is collected?

we should start a petition for dorsey and send it to the schools admission board

but I fear the writing is on the wall for this one.

Best of luck to Demar.