Thought this was worthy of a share: A GR Press article on Demar Dorsey at GRCC.
http://www.mlive.com/smallcolleges/grandrapids/index.ssf/2011/08/football_star_demar_dorsey_loo.html
Good for him.
Did he play last year?
Does anyone know if he played last year? If yes, how was his play in general?
Article says
Articles says he stayed away from school and football last year waiting to see if he might get cleared for D-1 competition or if junior college was necessary.
It will definitely be interesting to see how that affects his play this fall though. Good luck to him.
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This is what he was doing last year........
(Photo edited for MGoBlog consumption)
that was before last year.
that was before last year. He was away from that group all of last year. the kid's trying to move past all that and you go digging it up. shameful.
This picture was posted on
This picture was posted on his public facebook account at sometime in 2010(didn't require much digging). If you'll notice, he has many tattoos in this picture, yet he didn't have any when he committed to Michigan on signing day 2010. I don't doubt that he's trying to get his life together now, but people here are acting like he's been a youth minister for the past year, when in reality he was selling coke and making it rain on hoes.
When a picture is posted =/=
When a picture is posted =/= when it was taken. Either way, what a baller pic.
Like I said
Like I said before......notice the tattoos.
girl on the left...
i've been staring at for the past few minutes.
girl in the middle looks like Dwyane Wade.
Oh let doo it!
FUCK BITCHES. GET MONEY.
Good for him, i wish him the
Good for him, i wish him the best. Grcc is going to be beastly this year, they also have 4 star WR Corey Smith (jerrod Wilson's teammate) coming in next year.
I am interested in when he
I am interested in when he can transfer back into a powerhouse program. I know it won't be here unfortunately, but somewhere like Auburn seems like a great fit.
Am not an expert on GRCC,
however.
I believe I have read repeatedly from people on here that GRCC is one of the few community colleges with fotball programs which has acceptance from UM in terms of academics. Hopefully he is serious about both academics and athletics and gets his grades up far enough to play at Michigan one day.
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Credit Transfers
"The Michigan Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (MACRAO) Articulation Agreement was established to improve transfer student articulation between two-year and four-year colleges and universities in Michigan. Grand Rapids Community College is a participant in this MACRAO Agreement."
University of Michigan says: "If you are following the MACRAO agreement, your coursework should satisfy most of the distribution requirements of the college. The University of Michigan will accept coursework that was completed for a grade of C or better in areas of study available at the Ann Arbor campus."
Therefore: Demar Dorsey could very well transfer his credits from GRCC to U of M.
It seems like a gentleman from Florida who is attending a community college over 1000 miles away from home may have actually thought about that fact already.
Note: I posted this response twice, because two separate posters discussed this same topic from two different angles. Both deserved the same response. Carry on.
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interesting
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Already replied...
..to a reply. Pretty sure that would place this somewhere in the range of a double-post. Or at least on the shy side of good MGoBoard manners.
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thanks for posting
Love this story! Love hearing when something makes the lighbulb go on, and a kid gets it...then gets determined. I will be rooting for this kid wherever he goes.
Mom, MGrad and life long fan living in So Cal
Interesting quote
"Two years, I see myself at a great D-I, winning the Heisman, winning defensive player of the year," Dorsey said in a calm, serious manner.
Woodson was the only defensive player in NCAA history to win a Heisman, and Dorsey knows that.
"Only Woodson, and I’m the next," Dorsey said. "That’s my word that I’m standing to live by."
Now that Michigan has Woodson's defensive coordinator back, perhaps he'll be motivated to get his grades up, transfer to Michigan, and live out his dream.
Michigan's offensive style requires more players that have greater interactions with the Higgs field.
Damn, I read this article and
Damn, I read this article and wonder just what the hell RR was thinking in recruiting this kid. Dorsey wasn't even ready for HS let alone Michigan, I hope he can cut the mustard at at JC, but have my doubts.
Give me a break
Every coach in America wanted this kid. How's that rotting corpse smell these days, gordo?
"The difference between a man and a boy is, a boy wants to grow up to be a fireman, but a man wants to grow up to be a giant monster fireman."
- Jack Handey
Wanting something and
Wanting something and realizing it isn't feasible are two different things. The moment I heard Dorsey was enrolled at Lifeskills, it was a WTF moment for me. Seriously, from Lifeskills to the University of Michigan, it just doesn't compute. To me the whole Dorsey escapade was one of RR's biggest gaffes.
That wasn't the question at the time...
At the time, it was all about Dorsey's juvenile-arrest record. The question as to whether an occasional recruit couldn't pass admissions wasn't much of an issue, because that issue was one that Schembechler, Moeller and Carr all had to deal with at one time or another.
No, the Dorsey keruffle was aimed at his juvenile record, because that was the way to continue the press war on Rodriguez.
He was ultimately rejected by
He was ultimately rejected by Admissions for his faulty grades. And, considering he is still ineligible per the Clearinghouse, they seem to have been correct in their assessment. Which is interesting considering the hand-wringing against Admissions here and elsewhere after he was turned down.
If Dorsey was a kid with his legal problems and a 4.0 GPA from a school that wasn't LifeSkills, there wouldn't have been nearly the outcry. There's no need to turn this into a Holy War about RR and the Freep. RR got himself into this situation by recruiting a player with an appearance of a sketchy past coupled with bad grades from a disreputable institution, which would surely have made his transition into the academic life at the University of Michigan a significant challenge at best.
No, I understand exactly what happened with Admissions.
You weren't telling me anything I didn't know already.
But Drew Sharp didn't harangue Coach Rodriguez about Dorsey's grades, and the fucking Free Press didn't send two reporters to Florida courthouses to look up his transcripts and ACT scores.
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I put up a tough front, but deep down I just want to be held.
Section 1 probably has one of
Section 1 probably has one of these in every color.
"They will meet a dastardly fate here for that! There isn't a Michigan Man who wouldn't like go out and scalp those Buckeyes right now."
One of us desperately needs to have the joke explained to them.
And, it is assuredly you.
I never said it was the
I never said it was the question at the time. What I did say: When I heard Dorsey was enrolled at Lifeskills, it was a WTF moment for me. I think it was poor judgement to try to recruit the kid just based on him being enrolled at Lifeskills, not even taking into account all the other baggage the kid had.
You forget that the media
You forget that the media only made poor judgments about RR, RR himself never made any poor judgments about the media. Events always happened to RR, he never helped bring about those events. That poor fella was just a victim.
This topic.....
This topic should not turn into a point of tension. It was merely an article about a kid that appears to be turning his life around. Considering the NCAA clearinghouse did not pass him, there was obviously no chance we could get him in. The free press had nothing to do with the NCAA Clearinghouse rejection.
It's obvious that the free press did not like RR. Find me one major sports writer around a major college town that wouldnt crucify a coach making $3m who lost to Toledo in his first year every change he got. It comes with the territory. After you build some street cred, you can afford losses like that (barely), but certainly not after two years worth of embarrassment when the Dorsey drama was going down.
Some coaches take their lumps and plow through it. RR went the other route and culminated his career with....well.....we all know what happened at the team banquet.
Good point
I don't fully understand how someone can read a story of a kid from a terrible background turning his life around and use it as an excuse to bitch about RR, but I guess the torch and pitchfork society isn't going to just leave him alone.
I'm happy for Dorsey and hope he ends up at a great school someday. And if it's Michigan, that's even better.
I wouldn't call this post OT
I wouldn't call this post OT but whateva. Yeah, RR never should've recruited DD, but I can see how he got sucked in. The kid is an absolute monster on the field, if he stays on the right course there's no queston he'll end up a mega-star. Hell will probably freeze over before UM would accept his transfer, I just hope he doesn't end up a MSU. That would pain my soul!
"Those who stay will be champions"
I sincerly wish nothing but
I sincerly wish nothing but the best for Demar Dorsey. The kid has obviously made some mistakes, but he is clearly paying his dues and will have earned all of future successes.
He has a tough face.
I hope he's learned his lessons and can get his life back on track.
DD, there is still hope.
Abort, Retry, Fail?
I've heard the kid still has
I've heard the kid still has some attitude issues at GRCC. It's great that he has distanced himself from Florida and all the bad stuff he was involved in though.
"They will meet a dastardly fate here for that! There isn't a Michigan Man who wouldn't like go out and scalp those Buckeyes right now."
I haven't seen him around
I haven't seen him around campus, but I know I've seen a few posts on here where someone mentioned running into Demar. Maybe one day when I'm wearing one of my many M polos to work, I'll walk into a classroom to fix an issue and he'll be there.
"The difference between a man and a boy is, a boy wants to grow up to be a fireman, but a man wants to grow up to be a giant monster fireman."
- Jack Handey
Hoke's too arrogant to get
a guy like Dorsey and that's about my only problem with him (Hoke) and was one of my favorite things about RR (although he didn't win many games).
Anyway, why GRCC? Do they have a great history/ rep as a CC in football? I would have thought that he would have stayed down South.
"They're stuck with that quarterback (sophomore Braxton Miller) for the next two or three years, that's fine with me. He throws worse than (Tim) Tebow. - Steve Everitt
I wonder on what basis you
I wonder on what basis you would make an evaluation that Hoke would be "too arrogant" to recruit Demar Dorsey...
Right, because Hoke, a guy
Right, because Hoke, a guy who worked his ass off to get to back to Michigan, who would have walked here, would not appreciate the same determination in a potential player. Right.
You seem to not understand Michigan Arrogance. It's partly about the hard work, persistence, and determination is takes to get here. The rest is the prosperity one tends to attain once here. Michigan Arrogance is built on a foundation of humility.
IMHO...
DB will not going to let this kid in. It wouldn't matter if Hoke wanted him or not. IMHO.
Although I do believe DB is savvy enough to allow Brady a "mulligan" or two, (his first trending towards Stonum) I believe Hoke passes on Dorsey.
It's potentially one hellava come back story for all parties but I just don't see it happening in and around Ann Arbor at the moment. That wound needs more time to heal and if Demar keeps his ducks in order he'll be SEC bound in no time. My what could have been...that guy has freakish athletic ability.
"Don't stop your feet on contact!"
-Brady Hoke
Newsflash, if we don't win Rose Bowl '13 we will have little choice but to lay the blame on Kate Upton. That is all!
Brandon does not work for the
Brandon does not work for the admissions department. He doesn't decide who gets admitted and who doesn't.
Wait a minute!
Brandon has zero say so on STUDENT-ATHLETES? Do tell.
"Don't stop your feet on contact!"
-Brady Hoke
Newsflash, if we don't win Rose Bowl '13 we will have little choice but to lay the blame on Kate Upton. That is all!
It's beyond his control. It
It's beyond his control. It doesn't matter most of the time because for the most part, we'll admit a football player who meets the NCAA minimum. But if the admissions people reject a kid, he can't overrule them.
Understood.
I was addressing the fact that DB made mentioned on several occassions of his heavy involvement with the recruiting process. And with that I'll leave it to the imagination on whether Hoke would go for Dorsey or not. I'm leaning towards he will not based on DB's messaging thus far ie new era, new beginning, ect...but I could be wrong. We're on the same page as far as admission criteria. Things should get interesting if Dorsey considers us for his next stop. There's Shawn Conway as well if I remember correctly (@GRCC) although I don't believe he was as highly ranked and we seem a bit finicky about receivers at the moment any way. Thanks for the response jmblue.
"Don't stop your feet on contact!"
-Brady Hoke
Newsflash, if we don't win Rose Bowl '13 we will have little choice but to lay the blame on Kate Upton. That is all!
Do you suppose you ever come
Do you suppose you ever come off as arrogant, insufferable and abrasive or is that something you only see in others?
If you don't get the
If you don't get the qualified version of arrogance that is 'Michigan arrogance,' then you just don't 'get it,' and there is nothing more I can do for you.
I think your failure to
I think your failure to appreciate the metaphorical usage of language, and that language is always evolving, is perhaps indicative of your own lack of intellectual evolution. If it makes you feel good to stand there with your dictionary in hand and cry "But...but...but that's not what this book says!!!", then have at it. But in doing so you are rejecting some of the most fundamental aspects of language.
Annese has a way with kids
Annese has a way with kids who need a little extra motivation. He did it at Montrose, then Muskegon, and now GRCC. He's a tough coach and pulls no punches. I hope Demar buys into what Annese is selling and becomes an enormous success in football and beyond.
Where are his dreads?!?!?
Where are his dreads?!?!?
I know Demar's 4.25 forty
I know Demar's 4.25 forty time is probably 5 FAKES out of 5, but I wonder who would win in a race between him and his cousin Denard? A 10.3 100m is pretty damn fast.
"They will meet a dastardly fate here for that! There isn't a Michigan Man who wouldn't like go out and scalp those Buckeyes right now."
Good for him.
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