Fred Jackson on McGuffie
Scroll down to about midway through the article. I get the impression that Jackson wasn't exactly thrilled with McGuffie's decision to sit this game out. There are rumors now that he won't be traveling with the team to Columbus next week as well. Make of it what you will.
http://michigan.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=877096
November 17th, 2008 at 2:16 PM ^
Just because the comment is unambiguously negative, doesn't mean that all of the also-negative implications are true.
"I'm homesick." That is clearly a negative comment. No two ways about it. Nothing positive about being homesick. "McGuffie is going to transfer to another school now" is a big leap from the first statement. Just like all the conclusions that were being jumped to by commenters.
I think the common sense that was being lauded was the ability to acknowledge Jackson's comment as negative, yet not let become monumental without further evidence.
November 17th, 2008 at 5:31 PM ^
I actually hadn't put anywhere near that much thought into my comment. I'm just saying this whole comment thread was unnecessary because we know very little and we can't change it anyway.
November 16th, 2008 at 9:56 AM ^
I agree with Chitown... maybe if the guy had a gut feeling he wasn't able to make it happen yesterday, he was honest to his coaches about it. It's a little disappointing because he's been so BA despite his size, but let's not throw him under the train just yet. After all, this is our boy Sam.
Let's not borrow trouble here...
November 16th, 2008 at 11:17 AM ^
I was told by a source that McGuffie told Fred Jackson he was ready to go at halftime......and was laughed at.
November 16th, 2008 at 11:38 AM ^
Hey Chitown Blue! Stop with all the logic and common sense. This is where people go to leap to false conclusions.
November 16th, 2008 at 11:43 AM ^
OK. How's this:
I bet that when Schafer has sex with his wife, he does it missionary style, and then she asks for something different, and he refuses - CUZ HE REFUSES TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS!!!!
November 16th, 2008 at 12:06 PM ^
That's more like it.
November 16th, 2008 at 11:49 AM ^
about him not playing yesterday. Its more about the rumors of him not traveling with the team Saturday to Columbus. I remember back when he signed his LOI that he said he wanted his family to move up here to be closer to them. With the economy in the toilet up here, that probably isn't going to happen. IF he does transfer, it could be more for family reasons than anything else.
With that said, the fact that he was laughed at when he said he was ready to go at halftime probably doesn't bode too well for his future in Ann Arbor.
November 16th, 2008 at 11:53 AM ^
If I was a coach, and a player told me at the start of the game that he wasn't ready to play, then came to me at the start of the 2nd, and told me he was, I'd probably laugh too. I get that.
Look, I think it's clear that McGuffie could have played, but for whatever reason felt like he couldn't (he probably is actually hurt, and just wrestled with whether he could play through it), and then somewhat quickly regretted his decision not to. At that point it was, legitimately, too late. The coach had him sit to teach him a lesson.
I really think that's the beginning/end of this story.
November 16th, 2008 at 12:57 PM ^
This conversation went down a great path. The guy's tough. His deep catch down the middle in the ?Toledo? game is enough evidence for me.
If he wanted to go back in, then I think Chitown is probably right. He called himself out and then quickly realized he wanted to play. At that point, as a coach, I imagine you can't reward a kid for flip-flopping around.
I just hope that in the future he's more inclined to play hurt. I'm sure coaches will know if he's not ready to go and make the right decision. Especially when we've got a stable of backs these days.
Chitown, your Schafer comment made it much easier to be in the office on a Sunday.
November 17th, 2008 at 11:49 AM ^
ESPN reporting that McGuffie has had a death in the family.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3708088
November 17th, 2008 at 11:58 AM ^
NO THREET on Saturday ahhhhhhhhh! Fuck.
November 17th, 2008 at 12:02 PM ^
Aaaaaand, this is pretty much why you shouldn't start passing judgement off a single comment from a fucking coach.
November 17th, 2008 at 1:42 PM ^
In high school, I had to tell a coach once that I couldn't play because I was injured. He actually called me a pussy. I made it through the week in practice playing half speed and hoping the injury would be better by game time, but come Friday night I couldn't go. That happens. And this is a common way for a football coach to react.
Practice is much lighter than games. The fact that he could practice is not a good indicator that he was able for game action. I'm not saying this means there's no cause for concern, but like Chitown, I think you are all taking this way too far and I think we should chill about it until there is something more substantive to freak out about.
November 17th, 2008 at 3:11 PM ^
Calling a kid out in the press isn't something I've EVER seen FJ do. NOT cool.