RUMOR: True freshman NJ WR no longer on team
Knowing this board this may get negged and attacked for being too premature, but the info seems relevant and has some legs so I'm going to post it. Obviously, that being said, it is still a rumor, so grain of salt and all that.
A rumor was started on Rivals, and subseqently reinforced by Scout, that a true freshman at Michigan is in trouble with Harbaugh and on his way off the team. Allegedly this is a true FR WR from NJ and he is in some "Brian Cole"-like trouble.
Since this can apply to two people, I didn't want to name anyone in the title, but the name being thrown out there is Brad Hawkins. Mainly because his twitter profile (link) no longer has any Michigan references whatsoever while Ahmir Mitchell's twitter is still decked in Michigan stuff.
So yes, this is a post about an unsubstantiated rumor with even more inferring don from 18 year olds twitter profiles. Neg away.
I coached against Hawkins and Johnson this year, and I heard this a couple weeks ago but didn't want to believe it. I think Hawkins was always on the fence of being admitted, I hope Johnson sticks to Michigan. Hawkins was just named player of the year in South Jersey, I hope he gets his act together and finds a good landing spot.
Ron Johnson was admitted and he's already enrolled (he shows up on the student directory already) so he's doing ok.
Hopefully Hawkins can clean it up and get back in or find a good landing spot.
There were rumors about Hawkins not qualifying, but this is about Mitchell failing multiple drug tests since he has been here.
That was what I understood, too. Or thought I understood. Just rumors, of course.
that Hawkins is even taking drug tests. I'd think he at least have to be on campus before that would be an issue.
I really hope Harbaugh doesn't have an old school attitude towards weed. Alcohol is much worse for your body and most players drink every weekend. No one gets a weed hangover. You can work out and study the next morning after getting baked the night before so if this is about academic and athletic performance then it's better to smoke.
This is riddled with inaccuracies and half-truths. The main point here is Harbaugh's policies are what they are and this player signed on for them. When he failed one test he was on notice to not fuck up again. When he failed multiple it was Jim's prerogative to allow him to remain on the team or not. When you commit to a school you commit to the head coach's policies. No other legal/medical authority's opinion matters.
Oh absolutely. Harbaugh has his own mold for every organization he runs. It's what makes him wildly successful. Discipline is a major key.
then why not let the player who failed a weed test live with his grandmother in Ann Arbor to straighten him out? I mean its not like we've had players get a DUI or arrested for underage drinking that got to stay on the team
This is probably policy from the MI AD. I imagine all the athletes have to follow it.
but hearing your source would be very interesting.
I know a good number of people around the team. Same guy that told me we had already signed with Nike almost 2 months before any rumors got out told me last week that Ahmir has already gotten in trouble multiple times. Fast forward to multiple insider site threads about a NJ WR being off the team...
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What's Ahmir's source? Can we trust it as much as Toboggan's?
So, just to be clear...you have trusted sources claiming Ahmir has previously been in trouble...and you are now relying on the current rumor mill to take the leap that he is off the team???
I understand smoke and fire and all that, but it still seems a bit irresponsible to make such self-assured claims where a kid's future is at stake.
Ok, so then good students and players who want to smoke occasionally will go somewhere else. Great.
That's fine. Jim wins everywhere because he gets guys that buy in, 100%. That includes his policies. If you mess up and don't like his rules, go elsewhere. If you mess up and do what he asks, you can live with your grandma for a year and go from a walk-on to being drafted.
Yeah, no one on the 49ers smoked weed.
or failed multiple drug tests? You're also assuming Jim had the same disciplining authority there that he has here, which is almost certainly untrue.
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I won't dispute that alcohol abuse is demonstrably worse than getting wasted, but the notion that there are no short-term physio-psychological effects of smoking pot is bunch of disingenuous bullshit.
It's Mitchell. Happy trails.
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Lol I wouldn't give Rivals a nickel to tickle my pickle. I don't pay for information, I have people I trust in the program that are fond enough of me to tell me interesting things.
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I'll tell the guys Trader Jack is cool
I always believe people who say stuff on the internet when they swear they are honest
Counterstrike or Clash of Clans? Because I think the former is better for camp information while the latter is better for recruiting news.
should probably get a designated pisser.
I wonder if there is a job opening for a designated "holder"?
Yes.
I'm thinking she's cool with that...
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Well, as someone complained a week or so ago, we *did* just recruit 6 wrs.
True, but with some development there can be crossover. Jeremy Gallon was recruited as a slot type and turned into a rather good outside receiver for us.
Given Harbaugh's love of the TE, his persistent stockpiling of slot guys would be a mystery to me if I didn't suspect that he felt they were athletes who could break in at other spots on the field.
Then the article can't be retrieved. Something feels like a troll job, but that could be me keeping my hopes up.
I just read this thread and can't believe I wasted my time. "It's _______. I have inside sources..." "No, it's ______ because I checked his Twitter." "No, that can't be right. It's actually ______ because he doesn't show up in the M database..." "Well, that might be right, but it's probably not because I think I know everything..." This is why people make fun of the internet.
Makes the most sense to me.
You have access to the interwebs in jail?