Jabrill Has an Extra Motivation
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One Memory at Michigan I will never forget is our fans booing us at home.
— PeppyPep (@JabrillPeppers) July 17, 2015
New approach. New mentality. We gon' do this for US. #136〽️
— PeppyPep (@JabrillPeppers) July 17, 2015
Another memory I'll never forget, Running down that tunnel to over 100,000 fans going crazy & hitting that banner for the first time! — PeppyPep (@JabrillPeppers) July 17, 2015Silver lining to terrible fans?
Not a whole lot else frystrated fans can do. Personally I'm more of WTF, come one! than a booer but, we have been a frustrated fan base for a decade now. To make matters worse our conference rivals have been living the high life most of those years. I'm sure the players are just as tired of it as we are. They probably hear about it everyday, we only get it when we're wearing Michigan gear or diriving a car with a Michigan sticker. #Justwin
Seven years of bad coaching will do that to even the best fans.
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what Taylor Lewan eventually figured out himself:
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Jabrill is smart enough to differentiate.
The bulletin board material should stem from their competitors... NOT THEIR OWN GD FANS!
Often players do need a kick in the ass, particularly last year. But do you honestly believe that players perform better when their own fans boo them? If you're a Tigers fan, look at Nathan, Coke, Valverde, Inge, Raburn, etc. Those guys sucked, got booed, and then ... still sucked.
The coaching staff -- not us -- should be the ones providing a kick in the ass where one is needed. No player is going to be positively motivated from a fan's boos. Just look at Peppers' tweets, as well as similar comments made by other players last year. These guys now believe they are competing not only against the opposing team, but against their own FANS, as well.
That's fucked up.
It should piss Jabrill off that the fans were booing the coaches, team, whatever. At the end of the day though, this is Michigan, and the play and coaching was awful last year and warranted the booing. The Minny game was where I heard the most boos, and those were totally justified. If the team had played with the effort and heart they displayed at OSU, then there would have been no reason to boo. Unfortunately the coaches coached like they had never coached a game in their lives, and the players just didn't get the job done, and players lacked effort in a number of games. As much as the booing is not a thing I would condone, last year was worthy of a lot of boos. Only thing I can say to Jabrill is that we all love Michigan, but we expect and demand greatness, play with heart and give everything you have and if we lose, we will be dissapointed, but we won't boo. The last thing we need right now is more division, last year was last year, the fan base is finally together as it hasn't been in a long time. I understand Jabrill's frustration, but it's a new day, so let's move on.
There's no way anyone knows whether you're booing the coaches or the players. Even if you boo the coaches, the hundreds of recruits who go to the games hear that and decide that they don't want to play at Michigan because the fans don't support the team there.
You can support someone by telling them they need to straighten up and do better. Not every deserves one of these participation trophies and an "atta boy!" every time they set foot on the field. Sometimes you've gotta say, "Son, you played like shit today. Do better."
It might surprise you, but your boo's from the stands are not actually productive. Leave the direct criticisms for the coaches.
Nice avatar.
I liked it & I see you like it, too. I just thought it was funny.
I think the only time booing is justified at college games is at the refs. And when it does occur, it's almost always obvious THAT is what the fans are booing at. The negative consequences of booing greatly outweigh any positive consequences, even if there were any.
Because he hasn't learned how to STFU.
I hope he's a great player for us, but he talks too fucking much
Of course I did, but I didn't broadcast it to the world over and over, and I wasn't asked to be the face of a program.
It's not like I'm jumping on the kid for making one silly statement, this is becoming a pattern, and he insists on puting himself in the spotlight of every controversial subject... its just getting old. Play some football, prove something on the field, then run your mouth.
It's only perceived as a silly statement by the people who boo the team. And quite frankly, those people are idiots.
I always laugh at assholes who do things like tell one of our most dedicated players to STFU because they don't appreciate what's being said. "Hey please come to our university, but don't even think about speaking publicly or developing your own personality. Just be quiet, help win games, and make us money."
Well you're wrong because I've never boo'd the team. However, thats certainly the right of anyone who pays to see a game. Thats besides the point though
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Not only unfair, in a vacuum this would be downright hypocritical... but there's context to consider here.
Part of which is the extreme incompotence leading our football program for almost a decade, and part of which is a kid who cries about athletes not getting paid, the espy's, hope solo, fans booing, and a gang of other petty issues that do nothing but put him ahead of the overall good of the team.
Like I said before, if this was the first time we heard from him it wouldn't be an issue, but its becoming a pattern, and I simply am tired of hearing it.
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It's like people expect these guys to just take it and not give it right back at the piece of shit fans.
Dude, he's the only one doing this stuff and he's doing it all the time. Why is it that everyone else seems to handle themselves relatively well in the public spotlight/social media and he can't seem to?
Its not about thinking he/they should be robots, not even close, its about a kid taking offense to the fanbase that is in fact the reason he chose to come to Michigan in the first place. If 100K plus weren't filling that stadium for the last 40 years I doubt he would have selected A2 to play ball. He's not in high school anymore, his actions reflect on the entire UM community.
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Wait, I think we've now gone full circle... you're now telling me I have the right to complain on Mgoblog, but you're also telling me to let it go? Now who's being hypocritical?
So you can complain but he can't defend himdelf under the same principle that use for booing him?
Okay this is getting stupid. I never said he couldn't defend him, I was simply pointing out why he was wrong... but thanks for chiming in.
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Thats a fair point, and I would like to think you're correct, but history suggests otherwise. Regardless, this has now gone on long enough. Goodnight.
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