November 15th, 2015 at 1:30 PM ^
going to play football at UM.
November 15th, 2015 at 1:30 PM ^
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November 15th, 2015 at 1:32 PM ^
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.
November 15th, 2015 at 1:48 PM ^
He was "Decommited" by the medical and coaching staffs some time ago, No?!
November 15th, 2015 at 3:41 PM ^
Medical staff advised him to not play football and to fully rehab his knee.
He went against their wishes and played anyways. Went down with a knee injury and had to get his second knee surgey within a year.
I don't know the whole story but it seems things soured between him and the coaches since then.
November 15th, 2015 at 1:30 PM ^
This was likely. He doesn't have a FB scholarship at UM.
November 15th, 2015 at 1:30 PM ^
Good luck to Matt.
November 15th, 2015 at 1:30 PM ^
Good luck in the future and stay healthy Matt, bummer when injuries plague kids' careers.
November 15th, 2015 at 1:30 PM ^
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November 15th, 2015 at 1:48 PM ^
Bingo.
November 15th, 2015 at 3:57 PM ^
November 15th, 2015 at 4:20 PM ^
Individuals on the STAEE and OSU boards are contending that Michigan pulled his offer.
November 15th, 2015 at 4:48 PM ^
I contend that people at Staee and OSU suck.
November 15th, 2015 at 5:59 PM ^
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November 15th, 2015 at 1:32 PM ^
Kinda seemed like he took some subtle shots on his way out. Undertand the frustration though and to a point cant really blame him.
November 15th, 2015 at 1:34 PM ^
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
November 15th, 2015 at 2:10 PM ^
November 15th, 2015 at 3:30 PM ^
he was going to have a chance to play, but UM also suggested strongly that he sit out and fully rehab his multi-injured knee and his scholarship would be good even without the SR year. He (his parents it sounded like actually) decided he should go ahead and play anyway for that last bit of high school, and then he blew out the knee... again...
It's understandable from his point of view of wanting to play, but he has to understand where UM is coming from as well.
November 15th, 2015 at 2:00 PM ^
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.
November 15th, 2015 at 2:35 PM ^
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.
November 15th, 2015 at 6:09 PM ^
Opinions. Even if you have a Board-Certified, experienced physician, they still can't perfectly predict the future.
November 15th, 2015 at 3:04 PM ^
November 15th, 2015 at 1:33 PM ^
I want to know if his head coach is happy, costing him a chance to play for UM by pushing or simply allowing him to play for Southfield when the coaches said not to.
November 15th, 2015 at 1:34 PM ^
All of those injuries have to be such a blow for someone his age. Not sure I would have handled it that well
November 15th, 2015 at 1:36 PM ^
November 15th, 2015 at 1:41 PM ^
If I were an 18 year old and football was my everything, I would probably feel the same way he does. Think that despite what injuries I had I could still come back and play and not worry about injuries anymore. Being a grown adult with some perspective now, I can look back and see that 18 year old me would've been very unwise to give up a free education at UM and that that will likely open so many more doors and opportunities in the long run than playing football at a lesser school.
TL;DR, I get where he's coming from and don't blame him one bit, but a free UM education is better than maybe playing football somewhere else in the end, IMHO.
November 15th, 2015 at 3:13 PM ^
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November 15th, 2015 at 2:51 PM ^
Is Twitter the commitment venue of record?
November 15th, 2015 at 4:20 PM ^
I wish I knew the answer to that.
November 15th, 2015 at 1:42 PM ^
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November 15th, 2015 at 1:49 PM ^
November 15th, 2015 at 6:56 PM ^
Fred Jackson wasn't an awful coach.
November 15th, 2015 at 1:49 PM ^
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.
November 15th, 2015 at 3:52 PM ^
November 15th, 2015 at 2:14 PM ^
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.
November 15th, 2015 at 2:48 PM ^
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