Shane Morris plans to return to Michigan

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Shane Morris said he plans to return to Michigan next season

— angelique (@chengelis) December 30, 2015
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PutInPeters18

December 30th, 2015 at 4:54 PM ^

It may just be that Morris' redshirt was due to the fact that they were able to redshirt him, given that Speight would now qualify as a competent back-up. Originally Shane was supposed to redshirt his freshman year, but couldn't due to injuries. All that can really be taken from that is that Shane Morris was not the top QB on the depth chart, that was Rudock. With that, it is entirely possible that Shane (had he not been redshirted) could've been anywhere from 2nd to 4th behind Rudock, Speight, possibly even Malzone (given the hype he had during spring). I think O'Korn will be the starter next year, but Shane could still turn out to be alright.

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grumbler

December 30th, 2015 at 9:59 PM ^

But that only means that Harbaugh finally gained enough confidence in Speight that he was willing to use him in the event something happened to Rudock.  Obviously, he wasn't that confident earlier, and would have burned Morris's redshirt rather than play Speight.

The depth chart data favors Morris over Speight for 2015.

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klctlc

December 30th, 2015 at 4:04 PM ^

THis issue has been beaten to death.  There is a significant amount of the fanbase here who go "all touchy feely" about Shane everytime the issue is brought up.  

He seems like a great kid and hard worker, but any analysis here by football people screams "MAC level QB"

Pray for your hope and change, the rest of us will deal with reality.

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Pepto Bismol

December 30th, 2015 at 3:44 PM ^

Devin Gardner, a 5th year senior was reduced to running for his life on practically every snap under the disaster that was the Hoke/Borges/Nuss offense.  And most applaud his effort in the face of certain doom.

Yet Shane Morris gets plugged into the same system for about 6 quarters and struggles = Bust.

I'm definitely not saying Morris is the answer, or is even good.  I'm just continually surprised that he's so widely labeled as a bum considering such limited experience in an offensive system that failed in just about every possible way.

I still read it on here:  "I wish Gardner could have a season under Harbaugh and see how different things turn out."

Meanwhile:  "Shane Morris?  He's crap."

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Dawkins

December 30th, 2015 at 3:46 PM ^

it was still apparent that Devin at least had a QB's brain. Shane doesn't and won't ever be a big ten starting quarterback. 

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Brandywine

December 30th, 2015 at 5:05 PM ^

DG was pretty rough out there, no doubt. But, Shane has clearly looked orders of magnitude more lost and that's what worries people. It's also true that Shane has looked no worse that Devin in his first few appearances (MSU 2011? Yikes), but Devin picked it up quite nicely in his first start @Minny, whereas Shane unfortunately did not.



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Pepto Bismol

December 31st, 2015 at 10:38 AM ^

I didn't mean to make this about Gardner.  My previous comment definitely carries an unintended tone. 

I just completely disagree with this Dawkins guy that Gardner had more of a "QB's brain" or whatever he said.  Gardner succeeded where Morris did not, in my opinion, because the entire offense was a clusterf*** of epic proportion and he was an elite athlete capable of evading multiple rushers when the entire offensive structure fell apart around him and could make something out of nothing.

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bronxblue

December 30th, 2015 at 5:06 PM ^

I mean, Wilton Speight won UM a football game this year, and I doubt anyone thought he was capable of doing so until he did.  Also, this is the Big 10 - there are a LOT of terrible QBs that start, and I'd assume Morris is, right now, able to start on a couple of those teams.

He needs to get better.  But based on the limited evidence we have we don't know if he's not capable of being better.

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Go Blue Eyes

December 30th, 2015 at 3:28 PM ^

Harbaugh said Rudock was the best quarterback and it wasn't even close.

The rumors were that O'Korn was playing better than even Rudock but was of course ineligbile.

My guess is, like mentioned above, Shane comes back for spring and tries to win the QB competition.  If he loses it, he can still transfer (or hopefully grad transfer).

 

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Mr. Yost

December 30th, 2015 at 5:47 PM ^

You would love that wouldn't you?

Still so many on this board clinging to that glimmer of hope.

Anything can happen, but at least we have a head coach that is going to play the best option. So if it's Morris, we know he's pretty doggone good.

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LSA Aught One

December 30th, 2015 at 3:53 PM ^

I don't. I don't really give a shit about most people. I'm real good at pretending I care about them. I'm also real good about visualizing their demise. My doctor says that's no good. I think Shane will be a contributor and will be able to get a jump start on a neat Master's degree either way. I think it is a good decision by both parties.



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mgokev

December 30th, 2015 at 5:50 PM ^

Asshat indeed. Could anyone possibly think he could've already made peace with the fact he isn't going to the NFL so he might as well get a degree from a world class institution?

Meanwhile people are all like "transfer to GVSU for playing time" because one year of playing football at a lower level will be worth it all in the end?

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coldnjl

December 30th, 2015 at 3:33 PM ^

I remember when AJ Williams was horrible, when Ruddock was the worst QB in the world, when Chris Wormley was a bust...some guys just hit their stride at different times...Not sure why people can't see that with Shane, the big issue is mental. That can be fixed by great QB coaching, and he has the best. We all know he has the physical tools to excel...

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