Vinopal to Pitt
http://www.vindy.com/news/2011/mar/23/mooneys-vinopal-transferring-pitt/?nw
User "Y-Town Go Blue" posted this in the comments of the presser notes, and I thought I'd post it to the board. I'm going to conclude that the old staff wants him more than the new staff.
March 23rd, 2011 at 10:42 PM ^
Hmm...I've got an idea. Let's take a slow-ish wide receiver and make him our starting free safety...
I've got it!
Jeremy Jackson will be your starting FS in 2011.
March 23rd, 2011 at 11:05 PM ^
I wonder if Christian might eventually end up there. I'm not sure if corner is his best position.
I'll say this again:
Cullen Christian and Carvin Johnson are both practicing at the free safety position this spring. Cullen confirmed it himself about a month ago.
The new staff really wants him in the line up. /s
Whoa.
Does not compute.
Out of his 33 tackles, 55.5 of them were TFL. WOAH.
March 23rd, 2011 at 10:01 PM ^
Is it a violation of rules for a school to talk to a player when he is enrolled (or under scholarship, not sure which) at a different school. Assuming this didn't happen, given the quick turn around, it seems like maybe there was some delay in getting this news out. Either that, or he told MI, immediately called Pitt and they immediately accepted him.
March 23rd, 2011 at 10:20 PM ^
Helps that some of his former coaches are there. And living so close he probably has seen the campus.
March 23rd, 2011 at 10:04 PM ^
Glad he has a chance to, even if it's somewhere else.
Ray, we hardly knew ya!
Best of luck to him and his family.
March 23rd, 2011 at 10:28 PM ^
were just a kinder gentler "family" values reason...
But seriously, good luck to the kid. Hope he finds what is best for him. Transfers happen.
Kid gave more to UM than a certain five star from Massilon.
Go Blue!
March 23rd, 2011 at 10:44 PM ^
This is a sad day for Jordan Kovacs. I hate it when brothers get separated like this.
He's got jokes now too! I look forward to watching Magnus progress this off season...
March 23rd, 2011 at 11:14 PM ^
Who would have figured the family he was talking about were Tony Gibson, Cal Magee and Tony Dews?
Obviously Pitt's the nearest D-I school to Youngstown, so really he's lucky his old position coach and other familiar faces were close to home.
I wish them all success.
March 23rd, 2011 at 11:19 PM ^
The kid had moxie.
March 23rd, 2011 at 11:35 PM ^
March 24th, 2011 at 12:13 AM ^
and hard work. Hope all goes well for him in Pitt and his family as well.
March 24th, 2011 at 10:13 AM ^
That's not what I heard.
March 24th, 2011 at 10:15 AM ^
How unfortunate that Cowhoke™ has created an environment that is antagonistic towards players who value their family. Even if Cowhoke™ somehow manages to create a winning program at M it will feel soulless.
March 24th, 2011 at 10:29 AM ^
That you post here.
You sir are a cocksucker.