O'Maury Samuels Dismissed from the Football Program

Submitted by WoodleyIsBeast on December 12th, 2018 at 1:23 PM

Per Steve Lorentz

 

https://twitter.com/TremendousUM/status/1072918358637596674?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet

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Gentleman Squirrels

December 12th, 2018 at 1:25 PM ^

I guess that makes sense why the staff is pushing for another back in this class. If Haskins has really moved to LB, it would make more sense to just move Barret to RB (which should have been the case from the get go) and aim to get two targets in 2020

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Ger Sauden

December 12th, 2018 at 9:19 PM ^

I thought Michael Barrett talked with Anquan Boldin before committing because Jim Harbaugh thought Michael Barrett looked like a WR, and Anquan Boldin was like Michael Barrett, both were QBs in high school, and both had the ability to make yards after first hard contact with a defender.

But Michael Barrett may end up at RB?

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Mike Damone

December 12th, 2018 at 1:28 PM ^

Hope the kid is ok and/or didn't do anything that will show poorly on the program.

From a football standpoint - no huge loss given his drops on the depth chart, w further sinking expected when Charbonnet hits the field next year...

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Tom Bombadil

December 12th, 2018 at 1:39 PM ^

All I want to see in situations like this is that it's dealt with swiftly and made clear that actions like this won't be tolerated, which seems to be the case. The coaches can't have complete control over how a bunch of 18-24 year old kids act. It's clear they're not tolerating it rather than acting as some benevolent arbiter of second chances in serious situations like domestic violence.

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J.

December 12th, 2018 at 1:43 PM ^

Precisely.  One assumes Harbaugh looked into the situation, didn't like what he found, and dismissed him for it.  Without knowing any details of the alleged behavior, I hope he's able to rehabilitate himself and land on his feet somewhere else after he finishes paying the consequences of his actions, whatever those turn out to be.

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1VaBlue1

December 12th, 2018 at 2:17 PM ^

While this is true, Harbaugh stood by Grant Perry and Jordan Lewis.  Yes, both were starters and, seemingly, more important to the team.  But he held Perry out of everything for more than a year until his grab-assing was cleared up.  And Lewis' charge sheet looked baaad.  He also booted Logan Tulley-Tilman, despite that he was a decent looking OT knowing OT's are hard to come by.

I doubt Harbaugh saw anything worth salvaging from the charges.  Nonetheless, it will be interesting to see their scope...

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TK

December 12th, 2018 at 1:34 PM ^

Here comes another situation where everyone acts shocked/disappointed by attrition but still expects us to sign 30 recruits when we have room for 20. Come on. 

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