Could Bryan Mone play this year in place of Glasgow?
November 15th, 2015 at 12:35 PM ^
I'd hate to see what happens when you burn redshit.
November 15th, 2015 at 12:36 PM ^
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November 15th, 2015 at 12:40 PM ^
November 15th, 2015 at 12:42 PM ^
Aw man, you fixed it! Now the thing I said makes no sense.
November 15th, 2015 at 1:00 PM ^
I could tell exactly what was going on! (We MGoBlog readers are very adept at gathering contextual clues to piece together the big picture and understand temporal modifications to board posts.)
November 15th, 2015 at 3:14 PM ^
for your picking up his wonderful typo in a timely manner, while allowing us to figure it out anyway.
November 15th, 2015 at 1:45 PM ^
Put on your rose-colored glasses and this should give you some idea:
November 15th, 2015 at 12:36 PM ^
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November 15th, 2015 at 1:53 PM ^
Agree
November 15th, 2015 at 12:37 PM ^
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November 15th, 2015 at 3:28 PM ^
And maybe if you're in that position that's what you'd do...and I'd have no issues with that. But the decision should be 100% Mone's.
November 15th, 2015 at 5:01 PM ^
i think the coaches have a say; and a very significant one. i could see it happen, if he can play against psu and osu.
November 15th, 2015 at 12:38 PM ^
November 15th, 2015 at 12:40 PM ^
According to the edge of the internet, he has been practicing:
http://www.boards2go.com/boards/board.cgi?action=read&id=1447556353.487…
No idea what his health is though.
November 15th, 2015 at 3:30 PM ^
That's so selfish.
If that's what Bryan wants to do...no problem with it. But this decision should have NOTHING to do with competitive advantage.
It should only be because Bryan wants to play now and kill the opportunity to redshirt.
November 15th, 2015 at 5:42 PM ^
November 15th, 2015 at 12:40 PM ^
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November 15th, 2015 at 12:45 PM ^
It might be somewhat counter-intuitive, but a broken bone is the easiest injury to recover/return from.
November 15th, 2015 at 12:48 PM ^
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November 15th, 2015 at 1:11 PM ^
Actually, I do. But I study sports-rehabilitation. But, what I don't study is football-coaching, or at least, I'm only beginning to.
Rationally speaking, I have no clue what his specific conditioning is.
But I also know that keeping his physical conditioning up is easy as pie.
In fact, easier, as he has no game-reps, practice-reps, and thus has more time to focus on rehab/proper recovery time.
You can absolutely keep in top condition with leg break. And despite being in a cast.
In fact, the evidence has been clear for decades that weight bearing and resistance training as early as tolerable is best for healing breaks.
Many athletes come back (thanks to modern training methods/better understanding) saying they feel "stronger than ever", and this is largely true (not to mention the psychological effect that can actually make this true by itself). In fact, a physical injury can further enhance an athletes proprioceptive intelligence (for lack of a better term), as they will be forced to become more in-tune with their physicality (notice the trend toward athletes taking dance classes, doing yoga, and Harbaugh emphasizing multi-sport athletes--that's kinesthetic IQ). But this is all icing on the cake. Summarized, I have no doubt of his physical abilities, particularly with him being at a world-class institution like UM, with acess to the world's best.
The real difficutly will be with is game-rhythm, and in-game skills e.g. hand-technique, body-positioning, play identification. Of which I am relatively ignorant.
But I'm under the impression that DT, of all the other positions is one of the furthest towards brute-strength on the physical-versus-mental spectrum.
I mean it's all speculation as far as him returning this season. But I have no doubt about his raw physical recovery. Bone breaks are easy peasy.
November 15th, 2015 at 2:00 PM ^
November 15th, 2015 at 2:18 PM ^
This is one of the most comprehensive eviscerations of a ragepost that I have ever seen on the internet.
November 15th, 2015 at 3:56 PM ^
proprioceptive intelligence, either.
November 15th, 2015 at 5:31 PM ^
DQ just brought the blizzard on you man
How does it taste????
November 15th, 2015 at 1:42 PM ^
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November 15th, 2015 at 12:46 PM ^
That would be an interesting position to be put in, especially if you are going to miss out on a year of football but on the other side of the coin the games he would be playing in would be pretty awesome: Penn State, Ohio State, possibly Big Ten Championship against Iowa, and possible College Football Playoff scenario.
November 15th, 2015 at 3:36 PM ^
But it's still his choice to make.
Just like it was Shane's decision whether or not to offer to burn his redshirt in the Minnesota game.
At this point, it's 100% on the player and we shouldn't pass judgement on the decision. I have no issue if a guy says "no, I'd like to take that year and help the team for a full year down the road" or if I guy said "no, I want to play now."
As long as the player makes the decision, that's all that matters.
November 15th, 2015 at 4:00 PM ^
He only misses out if he isn't off to the NFL before his 5th year.
It should be his choice, and maybe he should keep that 5th year option just in case he gets injured again and nagging injuries keep him from heading to the league before that.
November 15th, 2015 at 4:06 PM ^
Or Rose Bowl, or other New Year's game - if we win out.
I'm on a mission to stop - or at least temper - all this talk that makes it seem like making the Rose or other major Bowl would be a disappointment this season.
Let's be real - I don't know what cosmic/karmic forces caused Blake to drop that punt snap, but we have NOT been the same team since. At least on D & ST. The passing game has actually hit a level we've not seen since Henne years.
So I would feel great about winning out and making a major bowl, even if we end up griping about it forever.
SO - IF Mone can physically possibly play, he must play!
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November 15th, 2015 at 1:01 PM ^
Molk came back late in the year in similar fashion, but he immediately went out with another injury.
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November 15th, 2015 at 12:46 PM ^
He's a true soph right now, right? So you'd be losing Mone's theoretical 5th year in 2018 and if he's good enough to start this year then who's to say he wouldn't be playing on Sundays in 2018.
November 15th, 2015 at 2:23 PM ^
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November 15th, 2015 at 12:55 PM ^
I say do it. I think Mone has the potential to go pro after 4 years anyways, very possible he has a huge year next year and burning the redshirt is a moot point.
November 15th, 2015 at 11:30 PM ^