Don't you dare be pulling my leg. I love me some Fleet.
was quoted as saying he was dismissed. However, simply being suspended seems like the more usual punishment for one semester's academic screwups.
I hope that they can work stuff out and Norfleet can stay on the team. He can still be a valuable contributor.
Who's the jackass downvoting Don?
Doesn't matter at all to me and downvotes don't automatically mean somebody's a jackass.
MIght be because I said yesterday that I didn't share the veneration of DN the way some do, which is not the same thing as saying I want him off the team or can't be a contributor. I'm not a fan of the dancing, but that's a personal opinion and not relevant to the situation.
According to @SamWebb77: Dennis Norfleet suspended from Michigan football team. As of now, not dismissed from the program.
— The Michigan Insider (@michiganinsider) May 13, 2015
This makes my morning.
Bo kicked people off the team to make a point all the time. Then said players adjusted their attitude or focused in on whatever got them kicked off or stopped breaking team rules, and they were back on the team.
This may be how Harbaugh operates to some extent as well, and may be a new experience from the milk and cookies "you meant to do it the right way" experience of the last coaching staff.
I think the lesson to players, former high school coaches, and the media is: don't over blow it until the player figures out if they really, really are kicked off, or they are being disciplined with an opportunity to come back.
In any event, I haz a not so sad ... come on 'Fleet get you act together. We want more Atomic Dog!
Eh. I haven't been able to root for him since finding out that he was an absentee father.
Somehow I've missed this particular piece of info.
I'll never understand people that are capable of abandoning their own flesh and blood.
A few weeks ago, his instagram was "hacked" by some girl he was messing around with. She posted a bunch of his texts which showed his "extracurricular activities" including the absentee dad thing.
Glad I did all of my screwing around before the advent of social media and digital cameras.
All the more reason to hope that a good coaching staff and a degree will set him up to be a more responsible father and have a life after football. This is a young man whose father was in prison around the time he joined Michigan, and who has a learning disability and suffered from lead poisoning as a child. I'm rooting for him to get on the right track.
Makes me want to pull for the guy and those connected to him all the more.
I see a much different view then the one you are sharing. Just don't think this is the forum to make statements about Dennis and his daughter.
Context? I'm not going to bash somebody for that just because some Internet guy says it.
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I heard it too.
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Let's go fellow Crusader!
Dennis Norfleet situation is still up in the air we are working with him and the UofM staff to put Dennis in the best situation to graduate.
— Coach Terel Patrick (@KC_CoachTP) May 12, 2015
Like I said yesterday, there is more to the story. It isn't all about academics. Confirmed by John Borton at The Wolverine.
Although a lot of major outlets ran with the "dismissed" tag yesterday, the DetNews article did mention that there was ongoing tutoring still happening, as I recall, and that Norfleet has about 90 credits under his belt right now.
Interestingly, in the same article, Coach Harvel sort of lamented that Michigan may not have been the best fit for Norfleet from a football perspective in his opinion, but he would still love to see him graduate from Michigan, if it works out that way.
Whatever you might think of his career to date at Michigan, I would like to see him graduate in the Big House if possible too.
Absolutely.
Whatever you think of him as a football player let's remember he's a young man and it's good for us all of we can get him his degree instead of seeing a kid tank. Just IMHO. We don't know what's going on behind the scenes with a kid who had been an pretty good guy for his stint here.
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It's highly unlikely he's going to have a professional football career, and getting his Michigan degree will be invaluable as he makes his way in the post-college world.
Huh... Still going on?
Here's what I do know. As of last Friday he was done as a football player. As of yesterday, things took a turn. Here's a quote from his H.S. Coach: "This isn't a Jim Harbaugh issue, it's a Brady Hoke issue.''
Fast forward to today, sources close to Norfleet say they will be shocked if he plays this year. UM Football Spokesman David Ablauf responds with "this is an internal matter." When specifically asked whether Norfleet was still part of the team or suspended, Ablauf said, "That is all we are providing."
Lots of moving parts here and more will come out over the course of a week or so.
Still bumming listening to The Smiths ...
+1 as this is such an awesome gif! Can't stop laughing.
Because of his atomic dog dance or because of his high school 7 on 7 skills?
He hasnt done anything to help this team win games, not sure what all the hullabaloo is about...
You seem fun
sorry for not drooling over his jitterbug skills...
Right -- every time he touched the ball it resulted in negative yardage.
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Seriously, did you see any of the end-arounds or screen passes that went for 6-7 yards? I'd say those helped the team.
As well, he was a spirited player and by all accounts a hard worker.
In summary, a useful 3-star utility type ... not a waste.
Agreed. He's not a regular game-changer, but he has some skills that nobody else really has on the team, other than Jabrill Peppers and maybe Jourdan Lewis, both of whom have full-time jobs on defense.
Because up until yesterday he's been nothing but a bright spot on what has been somewhat of a dark time for Michigan Football.
Enough
He's better than anyone else we have at the slot.
I'll take Cole
Cole in the spring game was him getting man handled and thrown around. I'll take fleet.
He's better than anyone else we have at the slot.
How many times did the return men before him fumble? I'd say he's done a few things to help the team.
He cared enough to come to Michigan and stayed when the program was turning into a dumpster fire. He has kept his spirits up and obviously friends to do so for his teammates, even if Don doesn't like the dancing, I think it shows he's remembered this is a game and is having fun.
just to downvote me? thats sweet of you, its like I have a little spot in your heart, granted a dark spot. I could care less about his dancing, found it quite entertaining actually.
could you care? As in you care a lot and could care less, and you are now self aware of this, and realizing that your care for his dancing may be overkill?
I LIKE THE DANCING!!!!
I DONT like his extreme lack of production.
A clear difference, learn how to read...
Dancing - good.
Sucking - bad.
wish you lived in a more cultered area to understand how Norfleet has benefited the football team.
I don't agree with the stupid comment by TyTrain but why do you have to turn it into a race issue. NOT COOL
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a lasting impression with you. And I love this beautiful cultured, diverse, chock full of the arts and non-profits and education, community that I live in. Have you looked outside today? Freaking beautiful, lets try to enjoy it!!!
hard to believe that you are truly a football coach. You are telling me, that the only contribution a player can make to helping a team win is by making big plays on game day? Do you know how he works in practice? If he is pushing the guys ahead of him for playing time....I would say that is a contribution. If he was being a leader...that is a contribution. A football coach ought to know that if the scout team is doing its job, they are helping the team win. You may not like his dancing, you may think he is overrated as a player, but to say he hasn't done anything to help this team win games is ignorant.
Do you care about all the players on your team? Even the ones that have no chance of contributing on game day? Or are they expendable to you?