Agreed

Exactly. And while it has got to be very hard to give up on your dreams, I really hope the young man thinks long and hard about his football career. I am sure he can find someone to let him play, but that may not be a good thing.

He was "Decommited" by the medical and coaching staffs some time ago, No?!

Bingo.

It's got to be tough for him. Who here hasn't watched a game and hasn't imagined what it would be like to play? It must be amazing. Maybe even worth a knee (but probably not). But I get it. I understand. Good luck, Mr Falcon. Hope you're dreams are fulfilled to the extent that your body allows.

Individuals on the STAEE and OSU boards are contending that Michigan pulled his offer.  

Has everything in perspective. Good luck to Matt, hope you stay healthy.

If I was a teenager in his position, I would probably be a little salty too. I don't follow recruiting closely, but I'm assuming when he committed, he was at least under the assumption he would get a chance to play. Then we told him no. Perfectly reasonable to be a little upset. But good luck to him as long as it's not against Michigan

Yeah, I was kind of curious about some of his phrasing, like "Coach Harbaugh did not give me the opportunity to play" and playing for an "ELITE (all caps)" team. While I totally get his frustration, the team was honest with their concerns. It's not like they waited until after he signed to break the news. I see nothing sinister here.
The staff merely wants to invest in someone who has a higher percentage likelihood to play. People can form their opinions as they wish. But Matt now can live his dreams of playing D1 football, and Michigan can (hopefully) get themselves a great replacement.

From the start he was not happy with the decision. He said that a top surgeon told him and Jim Harbaugh that he could still play.

True but if he feels that he can play the game he loves at a high level at a big time school I certainly can't blame him for doing so

Same with Dele' Harding. One of the strangest recruiting stories I've ever heard. He still lists himself as a commit on Twitter but has refused contact with the staff that doesn't consider him a commit.

The dude with the huge hog? Not sure about his eligibility.

ಠ_ಠ

and hate that I somehow knew who that was immediately lol. I swear I'm not an avid pr0n guy but he is well known, much like another guy that almost drowns his female "partners" (victims) in baby batt...well, you know.

There are rumors floating around that he was offered a full scholarship with the instructions to sit out his senior year and rehab a previous injury. He didn't, and re-injured himself.

That's pretty harsh. Let's not forget that De'Veon said he just learned how to pass block this year. De'Veon and Green have had two years of awful coaching and Isaac had one in addition to his internal issues. Higdon is a freshman.

it sounds like the staff told him not to play this year at Southfield while enrolling early at UM so his rehab would be overseen by the coaching staff. Him, his family, and his coach didn't head the advice and he subsequently re-injured his knee. 

These are 18, 19 or 20 year old kids and still developing as players. They don't owe us as fans/donors/ticket holders anything except their best efforts. Sometimes they aren't going to enjoy success (although I'll take 8-2 and I'd challenge you that non-injured angry De'Veon Smith was pretty damned solid). Criticism of their play is okay but I think your use of the term "putrid" is weak. Very weak.

wow. Also...JH does what you say, in taking all possible RB's, and then when they don't pan out, he's criticized for that. I think I'll go with Jim Harbaugh's strategy on this one...and probably on everything compared to internet coaches.