lhglrkwg

December 6th, 2016 at 9:18 PM ^

Coming in as a hot shot 18 year old expecting to be the next great quarterback for Michigan and probably an NFL career and it just didn't work out that way. It can't have been easy for him to stick around especially after the Hoke debacle and then Harbaugh coming in and working everyone as hard as they've ever been while he isn't moving up the depth chart. He persevered far more than your average Michigan football player. I hope he tears it up wherever he goes next year

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Alumnus93

December 6th, 2016 at 10:05 PM ^

I was a critic of his with all that Sugar Shane twitter stuff, and that he hadnt done squat, and seemed way too comfortable in Hoke's country club atmosphere as the 5 star qb heir apparent....   now I digress...

I think he has a shot in the future in the view of being that Harbaugh QB that NFL teams will give a shot to because he matured late, etc, especially after Speight pans out. He has an NFL arm, for certain, and I will be rooting for him going forward.

 

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Alumnus93

December 6th, 2016 at 10:05 PM ^

I was a critic of his with all that Sugar Shane twitter stuff, and that he hadnt done squat, and seemed way too comfortable in Hoke's country club atmosphere as the 5 star qb heir apparent....   now I digress...

I think he has a shot in the future in the view of being that Harbaugh QB that NFL teams will give a shot to because he matured late, etc, especially after Speight pans out. He has an NFL arm, for certain, and I will be rooting for him going forward.

 

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Swayze Howell Sheen

December 6th, 2016 at 10:16 PM ^

some people (admittedly, just a few) come down hard on a kid who came to UM because he loved it, did what he could to help the team, and is now moving on. Isn't there any topic where people can avoid being a-holes?

 

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bluesparkhitsy…

December 7th, 2016 at 4:58 PM ^

Don't let the haters get you down. From what I've seen, the consensus view is very supportive and respectful toward Morris -- great kid and athlete who maybe didn't end up where he wanted to be but who was always there for his teammates and fans. Those things show huge character and it's hard to overstate how much having someone like Morris helps a program.



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EastUGoBlue

December 6th, 2016 at 10:30 PM ^

Shane,

I'll always remember how excited you were to commit and how hard you worked as a recruiter. I'll also remember the concussion you received against Minnesota that ended up getting Dave Brandon fired. I can't thank you enough for the latter. Sorry you had to pay a physical price for that, but we all appreciate it!

 

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uncleFred

December 6th, 2016 at 11:10 PM ^

Should it prove true that you've decided to transfer elsewhere, I wish you all the best. Thank you for your consistent and laudable efforts in support of the University of Michigan and it's football program. You are a credit to our school and should I ever have the opportunity to meet you I hope you'll accept my handshake.  

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DMack

December 6th, 2016 at 11:15 PM ^

If he really wants to make a splash on the scene and be noticed by NFL teams, he should transfer to Western Michigan and light-up the MAC (provided the coach stays). He could go the resume building route and go to a school like Vandy, Duke, Rice or an Ivy League school. 

I wish him the best in his future unless heś playing against us.

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Honk if Ufer M…

December 7th, 2016 at 12:25 AM ^

Shane was one who stayed, and he IS a champion!
 
His critics say he never came through under pressure, but I'll tell you what I saw.
 
I don't know Shane very well, but I've been in his company maybe 15 times over 3 years I guess, observed him with his teammates and talked to him a handful of times briefly or for a few minutes at a time. First of all, at least in the times I saw him, he's super respectful, down to earth, and nice, and it seems genuine. 
 
Once he met me, and we seemed to connect in some way, I feel anyway, he was always happy and excited to see me. If guys were teasing him or giving him shit in the ways people, friends and teammates do, not about football but just whatever in conversation, he just naturally took it with good nature and well, and was just cool and could laugh at himself. 
 
Then there were two nights in particular when I saw him on Saturday nights after games that showed how he handled himself under pressure. The first one was on the night of the home opener last year against Oregon St., the first win under Harbaugh. That was after losing to Utah the week before of course, and now they came home and crushed the Beavers, looked good, and the team was super hyped. 
 
But that was also the day his redshirt was announced. Now I don't know, and haven't asked, if that was his choice or the coaches wanted him to do it, but either way, and it might have been the day he found out, or decided, for all I know, but it was the day it was made public and now everyone knew. After everything he and the team had been through, and now he's seen Harbaugh come in and turn everything around already, and all the excitement and the seeming big year ahead... and he's not gonna be able to play and be an onfield part of it and has to watch his friends and teammates and the other QB's get to be a part of it in a way he knows he won't, and that the whole world now knows he'll be sitting it all out and maybe done here. 
 
That had to hurt and be a big disappointment. Yet there was Shane in a big group of guys who started or played in that historic 1st Harbaugh win, being as excited and happy, & celebrating and happy for everyone else as any of the other guys! That's who Shane is as far as I can see.
 
The 2nd time was the night of the sparty calamity lucky cheating fluke. I don't think anyone would've been going out that night, except they had a crowd of important recruits to host and show around that night. The ones I met were Crawford, Nauta & I'm pretty sure Long, but some DB anyway. (Nauta was in awe of Jake but also was sort of messing with him, telling him he needs to take more advantage of Michigan's marketing power, including that he should shave a lightning bolt into the side of his head! Also funny banter about their respective 40 times)
 
Anyway they were pre-gaming at Shane and Jake's house, a lot of the team and recruits, and Shane saw me and came over to talk to me and after a couple of minutes I started to talk about the game and the disaster, & I wasn't saying or about to say anything critical or blaming Blake, who I don't know, but was going to defend him from some of the BS crap he took that had pissed me off, ignoring how much of it wasn't his fault and how he had made everything we did to be winning and in the game possible, but as soon as Shane heard me start to say anything about the play, worried about what I might say, he immediately said, quietly, hey, don't say anything, Blake is over there about 10 feet away, I'm afraid he'll hear us and he doesn't need to hear anything more about it now. 
 
So that was who Shane is too, aware, concerned for, & protective of his teammate who was under too much pressure and exposure to hate and scorn already.
 
I could also give a counter argument for his football detractors and what I think would've happened if things had been done differently and if he had been given extended contiguous game time and games like Rudock was given before he clicked, but that's beside the point here. The thing is that in the face of it all he was a real Michigan Man who fought through storms of shit and kept on punching with style, courage and grace, even though hate that usage of the word.
 
I think he had football greatness in him that never blossomed under the circumstances he was in or was put in, but I think could have under the right planting and tending by somebody like Chauncy Gardner/Chaunce the gardner.
 
Anyway, it sucks that it came to this and he has to seek less blue pastures, but I hope he goes to a big school that needs him with a coach that believes in him and has confidence in him and will give him a chance to prove it on the field by letting him get comfortable, learn & get experience by playing through his mistakes, giving him time to warm up, get in a groove and get hot, without every play being a life or death audition for a chance to get one more play before being benched indefinitely for each mistake or imperfection. 
 
I hope he edges out Peppers (see what I did there?) & wins the fucking Heisman, and has a record setting game in leading his team to a great comeback that ALMOST beats us in quintuple overtime in the national title game!!!
 
Go Blue & Go Shane!
 

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Mr. Owl

December 7th, 2016 at 2:25 AM ^

Kid has wheels & a cannon arm.  Too bad those things don't always come together with instincts.

Wonder what he could have done if willing to try receiver a bit more.

(People always whine about Gardner, but he played his ass off at QB, considering...)

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Rabbit21

December 7th, 2016 at 5:56 AM ^

He recruited his ass off for Michigan in the class of '13 and got put into a pretty awful situation his sophomore year. For those reasons alone, he had a huge impact on the program. It's a shame things on the field didn't work out the way he wanted them to, hopefully he finds a good landing spot and tears it up there.



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matty blue

December 7th, 2016 at 8:55 AM ^

hope he pulls a gutierrez, starts for a season somewhere, and gets a shot at the nfl.  stranger things have happened.

regardless, congratulations to him for getting a michigan degree.

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MileHighWolverine

December 7th, 2016 at 1:48 PM ^

Will he go to the bowl game or does this take effect immediately? I'd love to see him get some burn in the Orange Bowl as a swan song. Kid deserves to ride out on top after all he went through and gave to the team.

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Kevin13

December 7th, 2016 at 9:18 AM ^

and hope he finds a school he can start at next year and have a good season. The kid never met expectations, but always worked hard and did what ever was asked of him to help the team. Have a lot of respect for the kid and hope he gets a chance to shine next year.

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