Cryptic tweets by those who have recently left the program
What happen in the dark is gone come to the light
— James Hudson III ™ (@__BallisLife2) December 17, 2018
At the end lets take the road less traveled: the high road. Unless you want to get a panel of all the transfers together & identify the central theme of all the departures & since that will not happen let them speculate. Be blessed
— Sabrina Caldwell (@LaJefa92394950) December 17, 2018
We know what’s going on ... just can’t speak on it...
— Al〽️ightyReem (@_KareemWalker) November 24, 2018
December 17th, 2018 at 6:17 PM ^
being hurt vs injured is one of the toughest things to guage, especially for a coach. some of the most respected stories are of guys coming up big in games when injured; think gardner vs osu.
December 17th, 2018 at 4:05 PM ^
Hey Shawn/Maizen, what happened to your twitter account?
December 17th, 2018 at 4:05 PM ^
I know I am just supposed to be mad at Diagonal Blue for posting this but I don't like the looks of those two tweets from today.
December 17th, 2018 at 4:07 PM ^
Is this like Jeopardy?
I'll take "Three highly-ranked recruits who didn't do much (unfortunately) while at Michigan", Alex.
December 17th, 2018 at 4:10 PM ^
BINGO!
December 17th, 2018 at 4:47 PM ^
Always the player's fault, eh?
December 17th, 2018 at 4:08 PM ^
I miss the old Maizen/Bluey....at least you had whiny, half baked hot takes in those days, or tried to tell us Beilein should be fired....now you've moved on to cryptic unexplained posts..its sad.
December 17th, 2018 at 4:09 PM ^
What is the point of being cryptic?
If there is a problem it should be brought to light.
Being vague on twitter just makes people sound defensive for no reason since they aren't providing any evidence or clarity.
December 17th, 2018 at 4:09 PM ^
Yeah. Kareem Walker... F him. What's going on is you have to earn your keep, and go to class...
December 17th, 2018 at 4:16 PM ^
Agreed. Seems like some sour grapes. We shall see.
December 17th, 2018 at 9:26 PM ^
Fuck YOU 93! You don't know shit in general or shit about Kareem or if he went to class or had any actual school issues and you sure as fuck don't know anything about what is or isn't happening on the team or if there are legitimate things to be upset about or worried about with Harbaugh behind the scenes.
December 17th, 2018 at 4:12 PM ^
There have been a lot of transfers, before, during and after what was, by and large, a successful year. The OP's pessimism notwithstanding, this is weird and at least potentially troubling...
December 17th, 2018 at 5:19 PM ^
There have been five. Two of which were bottom of the depth chart guys.(Taylor, Walker) Two more were potential future contributors but who hadn't seen meaningful snaps yet.(Singleton, Hudson) Solomon is the outlier here. But considering his bizarre recruitment should we really be surprised that it ended this way?
December 17th, 2018 at 6:09 PM ^
I'm definitely raising my eyebrows a bit today, given events over the past month. But, I'm not sold that things are as dire as OP would have everyone believe. Dude up above on this page (sorry I don't remember who, and the site isn't very navigable these days so I'm not checking now) put it pretty well I thought. I'm not ready to abandon ship just yet.
December 17th, 2018 at 4:12 PM ^
What came first? Internal turmoil, or suspiciously bad play calling and lack of adjustments @ C-bus?
December 17th, 2018 at 4:14 PM ^
My random guess is that JH takes an old school stance "if you don't like something, then there is the door" when dealing with any player issues or concerns.
December 17th, 2018 at 4:51 PM ^
Reading this - man this sounds accurate.
I definitely could see some of these players being told they would be taking care of and helped, but they interpret that to mean they will be coddled and handed playing time. Then they get here and it is hard and they aren't handed playing time and the coaches are yelling at them - and all of a sudden, they haven't played a lot in 2 seasons.
And it's the coaches fault - then 4-5 guys experience the same thing and they bond together because misery loves company - and they go on twitter to cause problems and "get back" at the coaches/schools who they feel "screwed them over."
December 17th, 2018 at 5:07 PM ^
I'm sure he says it with a smile on his face.
December 17th, 2018 at 5:58 PM ^
"I'm just telling you the right way to do it. If you wanna look at me like that, go fucking somewhere else." ...iirc
December 17th, 2018 at 4:15 PM ^
Saban is a prick to play and work for. But he wins and gets guys to the NFL. It's not going to work for everyone.
But sure, keep speculating from a couple negative tweets from players who weren't happy in the program.
December 17th, 2018 at 4:16 PM ^
Doesn't this guy have 0 MgoPoints? How can he start threads?
December 17th, 2018 at 4:24 PM ^
Very good catch. Dear mods, it looks like you need to “fix the glitch” on all of maizen’s accounts.
December 17th, 2018 at 4:32 PM ^
This must be Brian's Venom account
December 17th, 2018 at 4:17 PM ^
Transfers usually are leaving for a reason. Every team has players that are upset. It’s the reality of team sports.
December 17th, 2018 at 4:18 PM ^
I was hearing the same thing when Trevor Pryce, Jon Ritchie, et al transferred out prior to the 1997 season during back-to-back-to-back 8-4 seasons.
Somehow we went undefeated in 1997.
Wayyyy too much attention is paid to the goings-on of young men trying to find their way. It doesn't have the impact everyone fears it does.
I was hoping people would have learned after the Notre Dame game.
everyone needs to calm down. . .
December 17th, 2018 at 4:19 PM ^
I typically do not read players' Twitter accounts, mostly because I can't fathom the things that disgruntled fans sometimes say to them and it makes me hate the fans.
I guess we'll wait and see if something does come out. I wouldn't speculate too much considering we know zilch and therefore there is nothing to speculate about really.
December 17th, 2018 at 4:19 PM ^
Sounds like sour grapes to me. We all know JH is tough on people and some can’t deal with it. Why can’t Walker “speak on it”? What does he have to lose? It’s unfortunate timing with signing day coming but this seems like a whole lot of nothing.
December 20th, 2018 at 9:26 AM ^
He's got friends still in the program who might have something to lose if he "spoke on it"? I have no idea of course but that's what first came to mind when I read it.
Some people let loose in their exit interviews, some don't. It's a bad manager that assumes all the people that don't were perfectly happy in the job.
December 17th, 2018 at 4:20 PM ^
It's really strange and frightening. My hope is it's not some horrible MSU/ PSU / OSU cover shit up type crap. For all the gripes about Harbaugh, not winning enough, etc, etc, we all at least thought things were being run the right way.
My best guess if something is screwed up in Schembechler Hall, it's that there was some favoritism or injured players' toughness was being questioned and they were being pushed to return early?
Other than that, my BPONE imagination does not want to go down a worse path.
December 17th, 2018 at 5:21 PM ^
Zordich publically questioned his plauer’s toughness due to injury. We also had Durkin on staff. Who knows what the fuck is going on there.
Anyone who isn’t concerned has their head in the sand.
December 17th, 2018 at 7:58 PM ^
Seriously? You're gonna blame the Durkin shit at Maryland on Harbaugh after he's been gone for like 3 years?
December 17th, 2018 at 11:19 PM ^
JPC is Mrs Maizen
December 17th, 2018 at 4:23 PM ^
Harbaugh is a red ass so it wouldn’t surprise me if he’s rubbing a lot of guys the wrong way. It’s part of the whole, “Guys get tired of playing for Harbaugh” narrative that’s taken place before. Hopefully it’s nothing truly awful.
December 17th, 2018 at 4:29 PM ^
You mean the narrative that doesn't exist and was rather conclusively shown to be a creation of the York family when they drove him out of SF? That narrative?
December 17th, 2018 at 4:31 PM ^
What’s a “red ass?” I’m asking purely without malice and for scientific purposes.
December 17th, 2018 at 4:38 PM ^
Was going to pose the same question, because honestly never heard that expression before. And it sounds vaguely inappropriate.
December 17th, 2018 at 5:45 PM ^
He meant (AFAIK) that JH *gets* a red ass - meaning he's intense more frequently than most and his level of intensity if higher than most.
Yankee fans would ID Paul O'Neill as getting(having?) a red ass. Maybe George Brett would be more familiar to most (esp when the pine tar thing happened). Mike Singletary for the Chicago Bears. Zak Novack (esp vs MSU).
December 17th, 2018 at 6:26 PM ^
any baboon could tell ya
December 17th, 2018 at 5:39 PM ^
I've seen this statement 2-3 times in this thread now and all I can think of is that line from Hunt for Red October about the classification computer trying to ID the "magma displacements"
You see, sir, SAPS software was originally written to look for seismic events. And when it gets confused, it kind of 'runs home to mama'.
I think these comments re: JH being "hard to take" after a few years is based on not knowing what the fuck is going on and therefore running back to that old, tired media-enabled trope.
December 17th, 2018 at 4:24 PM ^
If it's some serious injustice you're doing no one any favors by "taking the high road" and not speaking on it. If they want my sympathy, then they should say their side and stop being cryptic.
December 17th, 2018 at 4:33 PM ^
Suggesting something is wrong and then backing it up with nothing is not taking the high road.
December 17th, 2018 at 4:59 PM ^
I need to get a twitter.... so i can make cryptic tweets.... that sounds so mysterious and badass!
wait. No I really don't. I just say what the fuck I mean.
December 17th, 2018 at 4:24 PM ^
I wonder if this has anything to do with the linebacker that lost his shit when he was dismissed otherwise it sounds like the staff talked to kids they didn’t want and urged them to leave, which sounds slimy, but I do remember that JH has offered to medical scholarships to commits he deemed were not physically going to pan out which is better than most coaches would do. I wonder if there’s real truth to this or if it’s bitterness.
December 17th, 2018 at 4:24 PM ^
Get up: Okay
Go to work on Monday: Meh
Check stocks: Facepalm
Check MgoBlog: Fuck
Go home: Shower
December 17th, 2018 at 4:36 PM ^
Pretty similar to my day. Add porn followed by self loathing and we have identical schedules.
December 17th, 2018 at 5:47 PM ^
Same, except I have to leave for a 5th grade orchestra concert. My son is playing so on one hand, OK cool, but on the other, 5th grade orchestra concert
December 17th, 2018 at 4:24 PM ^
Wonder what Kingston Davis had to say when he left...
December 17th, 2018 at 4:27 PM ^
So three people who left the program/are related to someone who left the program, one who was given multiple chances despite academic issues, are making cryptic tweets. Clearly it's a flaw of Michigan and means the program is run by terrible monsters who should be shot into the sun.
I sort of feel bad that Maizen's twitter account got cratered because then he could just waste his time on there instead of here.
December 17th, 2018 at 4:47 PM ^
How does one’s Twitter account get cratered?