Mike Forcier on Tate and Transfers

Thanks.

Thank you, Tom.

Thanks for the update Tom.  I think that we will need to use Tate at some point this season.  I hope he stick with it and continues to compete.

At some point he'll play this year and really deliver when he does.

Fingers crossed.... this is a issue that will get worked out without the world going to hell in a bucket..... since we're still going to need him to play at some point this year....

Great job as always, thanks Tom.

I feel kind of bad for Tate, cause I really get the impression RichRod wanted to play Forcier for at least a couple series today, but with the way Denard was playing there was no way they were going to make a change outside of those couple snaps when he banged up his hip. I hope he sticks it out, cause like other said, there will almost certainly be times we need him this year, unless we get incredibly lucky with Denard A) never getting hurt and B) never struggling mightily.

Thanks Tom. I think Tate can learn a lot from Denard on how to handle adversity. Denard came in last year and got pulled - he took it like a mature individual and cheered his teammate on. He didn't make anything public, he didn't seclude himself, he didn't blow anyone off. He just tried harder, and it paid off. Who knows, Denard may play poorly the next couple of games and be pulled again. No one knows, as it is quite early in the season. But having this kind of attitude during the first game, on top of what we have heard from the spring (not participating with team as much as expected) is not a good sign.

Good update, hombre - much appreciated.

19 year olds are emotional and that's fine.  This will all work out one way or the other.

I look forward to hearing what you have to say re: visitors today.  I hope they were as impressed as I was!

As usual, a single post with substance stands tall.

Denard was awesome today, but this team needs Tate. I hope Forcier knows there are fans out there that want him to succeed along with the rest of the team.

Started feeling a little sick to my stomach after seeing that quote.  Feeling better now.  Thank you sir for saving my barbecue nachos!

With everyone else, great job Tom.  It's funny how a couple of minutes of real journalism and investigation produces useful results, while 20 minutes of rambling conjectures by hack reporters produce crap.  Great job.

One, "disciplinary actions" suggests there's more to the story than most of us know. Two, the cameras remained on him a heckuva long time. I'll lay you dollars to donuts a lot of people who got so riled would have taken it differently if ABC/ESPN had just created the picture for viewers and moved on. It was exploitation, and cheap exploitation, and some people here got played. That's one reason to OBTAIN and education, not to be manipulated by the mass media.

P.S. Anyone who thinks RichRod was just abusing Tate is missing the boat. And yeah, I agree with the poster above the things flowed well and fast enough that yanking Denard was out of the question. 

Good job getting the scoop. Well done. I hope Tate can sleep it off and awake realizing the grass isn't always greener somewhere else. Besides, we will need him this year.

Tate's dad is quoted thus - "We knew disciplinary action was coming."

Let's not judge the kid too swiftly. Perhaps he could have done better on the sideline today but let's also try and imagine - and empathise with - what he must have been feeling.

I suspect that he'll play a fair bit this year. If he gets his head right...

I hope that happens.

I'm just curious here.  Why does Tate's dad answer the phone when some blogger calls and wants to bring up a nasty article written about his son?  And how do you have Tate's dad's number in the first place?

From the LiveBlog, it was obvious the MGoCommunity was mixed when DG went in.  We will definitely need more than 1 serviceable QB this year.  D-Rob cannot put his body through that every week.  I was encouraged by Mr. Forcier's insight, and "those who stay will be champions."

A lot of pressure on these young men.  Support them, especially when their faith may be wavering.

i think tate needs to realize that this was a team especially ill-equipped to stop a scrambling quarterback. there are certainly some opponents that we'll face this season, against whom  tate's skillset will be advantaged

You freakin' amaze me sometimes, my friend...

Your reach, connections and timing never ceases to amaze me. Now, about those HELLO postings ...

Could Tate Forcier's dad beat up Jack Johnson's dad?

I really did feel bad for him today, and I was getting pretty annoyed at people saying if they put him in he'd "throw an interception and fumble it". Doesn't anyone have any thanks in them for what he did last year? And I know you're angry Tate, but transferring is not the thing to do. Please stay. 

I don't know how these sportswriters sleep at night.  It was one thing for ABC to put the cameras on Tate on the sidelines -- he was sitting all by himself with the towel in public after all.  But to lurk around the locker room, catch a 19 year-old in a vulnerable moment, and then publish it without any investigation -- that is pathetic. I also wish people would not comment when stories like that are made, especially those that heap abuse on the player.