Morgan Trent? From the Detroit News
• Morgan Trent, former U-M cornerback, played one year under Rodriguez: "I'm not surprised because I know what happened, and I know what kind of rules were broken. I couldn't see how they were going to get out of that.
"Whatever steps need to be taken (to restore Michigan's winning tradition), I'm all for it. What is happening right now obviously is not working. I don't know how long they're going to let this last until changes are made. This year is going to be the tell-all what's going to happen. We can't have three losing years in a row. Not at Michigan. To lose seven of last eight games (in 2009) is an embarrassment."
http://www.detnews.com/article/20100223/SPORTS0201/2230443/1361/Lloyd-C…
February 23rd, 2010 at 8:56 PM ^
Board melt-down imminent.
February 24th, 2010 at 2:36 AM ^
Well, that was entertaining, if a little offputting.
February 24th, 2010 at 8:07 AM ^
That's a good way of putting it.
February 23rd, 2010 at 8:57 PM ^
Looks like a quote that could have been taken out of context. Don't know, though.
February 23rd, 2010 at 9:02 PM ^
Not sure how "I know what kind of rules were broken." could be taken in any other kind of context.
February 23rd, 2010 at 9:41 PM ^
Turn your sarcasm detector on.
February 23rd, 2010 at 11:11 PM ^
..but I watched that press conference today and David Brandon basically admitted that the accusations were true and took responsibility. So, as per the part of Morgan's quote about the "rules were broken", he seems to have been saying nothing different than what our own new A.D. said.
The rest of the quote you can say what you will about it. Look, to the best of my knowledge, few to none of the posters on this board actually played football for Michigan and are ergo not as invested in the program quite as much as someone who actually shed blood, sweat and tears on the turf/grass of Michigan Stadium. It absolutely can't be easy for former players to watch all that had transpired in the last two years. Think how bad we all feel and quadruple. I'll chalk these comments up to wounded pride.
February 23rd, 2010 at 8:58 PM ^
Ah boy. This one's going to blow up in 3...2...
February 23rd, 2010 at 8:59 PM ^
I don't care how, I want to be put into a coma for the next 2-3 years and wake up when all this bullshit is over... One way or another.
February 23rd, 2010 at 9:00 PM ^
MORGAN TRENT! HE WASN"T THAT GOOD ANYWAY! RABBLE RABBLE!
February 23rd, 2010 at 9:01 PM ^
he's not all in.
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:30 PM ^
As a Michigan fan and as a Bengals fan, I see this as the ultimate betrayal...bastard.
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:45 PM ^
is not Charles Woodson. That's for sure.
February 23rd, 2010 at 9:11 PM ^
It took Braylon all of what, about 36 hours, to walk that one back?
Some of these guys sure do say some stupid shit.
Morgan, we're going to put you on the Braylon "No More Stupid Shit" Diet.
February 23rd, 2010 at 9:04 PM ^
I am shutting the Internet off for the rest of the night.
bye.
EDIT: I'm so frustrated that I forgot how to spell.
February 23rd, 2010 at 9:05 PM ^
To lose seven of last eight games (in 2009) is an embarrassment."Losing to Appy State was an embarrassment.
February 23rd, 2010 at 9:09 PM ^
...when he was specifically targeted by USC was an embarrassment.
February 23rd, 2010 at 9:23 PM ^
MORGAN TRENT SAID SOMETHING WE DON'T LIKE SO LET'S MAKE FUN OF HIM!!! WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
February 23rd, 2010 at 9:36 PM ^
Well that was unnecessary.
February 23rd, 2010 at 9:41 PM ^
It was?
I thought making fun of a former UofM player for speaking the truth was unnecessary. Now that he spoke out in an unfavorable way, people are trying to discredit him by saying, "He sucked, anyway!" Which isn't true and is completely irrelevant.
I don't care if Brandon Logan comes out and says negative things - if what he says is true, who cares if he never saw the field or if he was All Big Ten or if he was the #1 pick in the draft?
February 23rd, 2010 at 9:52 PM ^
You don't know if what he said is true regarding NCAA rules, neither do I.
February 23rd, 2010 at 9:55 PM ^
Brandon and Rodriguez both said mistakes were made in following NCAA provisions today.
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:20 PM ^
Who in the hell is Brandon Logan?
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:24 PM ^
Not sure if you're being serious or not, but he was a backup linebacker who graduated after the 2008 season. He was far enough down the depth chart the he didn't even make the travel squad as a senior.
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:46 PM ^
It was serious. I know Brandon Herron, Brandon Graham, Brandon Minor, but have never heard of Brandon Logan
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:32 PM ^
Actually wasnt his nickname up until his senior year Toast??
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:34 PM ^
He was actually a pretty decent corner prior to 2008. Then Shafer happened.
February 23rd, 2010 at 11:19 PM ^
Did you not see him targeted in the USC game? He couldn't cover anyone.
February 23rd, 2010 at 11:22 PM ^
I guess Chad Henne was a shitty quarterback and Jake Long was a shitty tackle, too.
February 23rd, 2010 at 11:34 PM ^
I am disappointing in you Magnus for even uttering the words Jake Long and shitty in the same sentence.
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:33 PM ^
fwiw I don't take what Morgan says seriously at all. He strongly disliked RR. When people speak of the older players that 'quit' on RR in 2008, they were led by Trent. I know that sounds like i'm ragging on him and I JUST LOVE RR but that is coming from my roommate who played with him.
Don't worry about this guys. It's not a big deal.
February 23rd, 2010 at 11:01 PM ^
But it is irritating regardless.
February 23rd, 2010 at 11:37 PM ^
We have a winner. My info - such as it is - supports this scenario. Trent has had an agenda since Day 1 of RR's term. We might have been much better off if the Trent family had a snow plowing business.
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:35 PM ^
Pete Carroll sure seemed to think he sucked
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:36 PM ^
ROFL LMAO
That's about as irrelevant as the fact that he was much, much better at football than you.
February 24th, 2010 at 1:43 AM ^
to the original post, but relevant to your comment about his abilities.
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:42 PM ^
I was actually referring to the use of all caps. I do not care one way or the other about your man crush with Morgan Trent.
February 24th, 2010 at 8:11 AM ^
Some of what he said is true; some of what he said is opinion.
I always thought Trent was a better player than he was given credit for, but I firmly believe that attitudes like the one he shows in this quote is part of the reason the 2008 defense failed as badly as they did.
February 25th, 2010 at 11:27 AM ^
Magnus I agree. It's like those guys that find a girl attractive, try to hit on her, and when she rejects him he's like "She's ugly anyway!!!!!!!"
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:05 PM ^
When you insult the performance of your coach with regard to winning games when you had a very mediocre career, then you deserve to take heat. I do not take any issue with his comments regarding the rules, since he's kind of right.
FWIW, I didn't neg you.
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:12 PM ^
I'm sorry, did that mediocre career coincide with the mediocre decision to hire a mediocre defensive coordinator who had the mediocre idea of playing John Thompson at OLB and the mediocre idea of playing his cornerbacks 10 yards off the line of scrimmage and a head coach who made the very horrible decision to switch to a 3-3-5 stack for ONE game in the middle of the season?
And didn't that meciocre player get drafted to the Bengals, lock down the nickel corner position as a rookie, and tally 28 tackles, 4 PBUs, and 1 sack?
Hmmmm...you know what, I know it's hard to admit, but maybe Morgan Trent was a good player who suffered through some shitty defensive coaching.
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:25 PM ^
If that's the case, then he should simply shut up and not harm the program unless he intends to burn his bridges.
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:27 PM ^
all you need to see about Trent. That game summed up his career.
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:29 PM ^
Well, if one game sums up a career, then I guess Jake Long and Chad Henne and Mike Hart sucked, too.
February 23rd, 2010 at 11:21 PM ^
They did never could win the big one until florida, it was heart breaking.
February 24th, 2010 at 2:48 AM ^
considering it was the biggest game of the year and, in order to win, you base a winning strategy upon what defensive targets you may expose, yah... it defines based upon one game
dude seriously stfu
February 24th, 2010 at 10:57 AM ^
The biggest game that year was OSU, not the Rose Bowl. That's not exactly a great defense for him though.
February 23rd, 2010 at 11:31 PM ^
Your know it all attitude really pisses me off. You're not the only high school football coach on here (I'm one) and you don't know everything football. Your constant arguments about who plays what safety position because you read scout makes me very irritated. Quit arguing EVERYTHING. You're a grumpy ass old man. BTW Trent was pretty horrible. Neg away, go RR.
February 23rd, 2010 at 11:34 PM ^
Congratulations on being a high school football coach.
I don't know everything about football. That's true.
What does any of this have to do with Morgan Trent's comments?
Also, Morgan Trent is in the NFL. If that counts as being "pretty horrible" at football, then I wish I was "pretty horrible.
February 24th, 2010 at 12:17 AM ^
About 95% of what Magnus says, including everything he has said about Morgan Trent, is correct. Just because Trent is upset with the coaching he got at Michigan doesn't mean he was a bad player. Sure, he had a bad game against USC, but who on that team didn't?