OT: Zak Irvin has left his team in Italy for "incomprehensible reasons"
As cited in the article, it's unclear why he left. The team released a statement saying Irvin left "for incomprehensible reasons" and "with no signs of intolerance."
Sportnado has reported he left the team for personal reasons and plans to return to the US.
Link:
http://www.mlive.com/wolverines/index.ssf/2017/09/ex-michigan_star_zak_…
September 19th, 2017 at 3:01 PM ^
Apparently not.
Imagine the statement in fake sign language.
September 19th, 2017 at 5:04 PM ^
good luck, Charlie
September 19th, 2017 at 3:43 PM ^
Europe ain't Detroit
September 19th, 2017 at 5:04 PM ^
it's pronounced Day-Twat
September 20th, 2017 at 8:53 AM ^
So you're saying that if we had a Waffle House in Detroit, it would be called the Day-Twat Waffle House?
September 20th, 2017 at 7:33 AM ^
Neither is Indy
September 19th, 2017 at 4:37 PM ^
How's your Italian?
September 19th, 2017 at 5:38 PM ^
Adesso, solo cosi cosi.
September 20th, 2017 at 11:34 AM ^
... was written in Italian. However bad mlive sportswriters are at sports writing, they are quite a bit worse at international languages.
September 19th, 2017 at 3:06 PM ^
...if there's a bit of mistranslation there. The team president is quoted in that article as having previously called Irvin "an excellent schoolman," which is...odd.
I also wonder if the "no signs of intolerance" is a reference to racism (or the lack thereof). Racism in Italian soccer is sometimes blatant.
September 19th, 2017 at 3:15 PM ^
It sounds like he left the team and they don't know why because there was no sign of a problem.
September 19th, 2017 at 3:36 PM ^
Probably because of italian sports numerous problems with racism in the past.
September 19th, 2017 at 4:15 PM ^
What I wonder is whether the spokesperson was essentially saying, "We don't know why he left, because we weren't having any race-related problems." That may not seem like such an odd thing to say in Italian sports. I don't know.
September 19th, 2017 at 5:32 PM ^
I think it's more of, "We don't know why he left, there were no signs that he was dissatisfied (or intolerant of his situation)."
September 19th, 2017 at 5:47 PM ^
The translation was clearly not ideal.
September 20th, 2017 at 8:56 AM ^
To me, this Italian guy was saying, "Irvin left. Ladies, look at my gorgeous chest hair that you can see because the top 4 buttons on my shirt are undone. And look at this gold chain, and how my sheer pants hug my manly hips..."
That's a loose translation, of course...
September 19th, 2017 at 4:45 PM ^
No wonder he left.
September 19th, 2017 at 3:02 PM ^
Google translate is killing it.
September 19th, 2017 at 3:04 PM ^
Decided his style of play fit in better in the over 40 YMCA league.
September 19th, 2017 at 3:04 PM ^
Was that whole article copied, run through google translate, and pasted?
September 19th, 2017 at 3:15 PM ^
I love that commercial.
September 19th, 2017 at 3:18 PM ^
The llama in the background is a really nice touch.
September 19th, 2017 at 3:24 PM ^
what the historical accuracy of that commercial is. I assume he's speaking modern Italian, but Marco Polo died in 1324. English was pretty different back then. I wonder if Italian was, too.
September 19th, 2017 at 4:02 PM ^
I don't know about the Italian, but unless Marco Polo took an undocumented trip to South America, he certainly did not own a llama.
September 20th, 2017 at 8:59 AM ^
No language on Earth does NOT evolve over a 700 year period. Hell, the French spoken in Quebec is noticably different than French-French. So no, modern Italian is almost certainly between "very" and "dramatically" different than 700 years ago.
September 19th, 2017 at 3:14 PM ^
Looks like SciFi Network is running out of ideas and has jumped the shark.
September 19th, 2017 at 3:18 PM ^
Mclewained!
September 19th, 2017 at 3:17 PM ^
Gave Zak the shitz.
September 19th, 2017 at 3:45 PM ^
Noticed he wasn't with the rest of the team at the first home game when they were honored. Wonder if this had something to do with it, possibly just needs time to figure some things out. I Pray that all is well with Zak.
September 19th, 2017 at 3:55 PM ^
Living abroad is not for everyone.
September 19th, 2017 at 3:55 PM ^
"We have provided all the attention and total availability since the first day of his arrival in the city. I remain his last message in which, recognizing our extreme professionalism, we deeply apologize for the discomfort that is causing us." WTF???
September 19th, 2017 at 3:59 PM ^
Clearly... he made some bad shrimp scampi and gave everyone food poisioning... that's the only answer for the discomfort he is causing them.
September 19th, 2017 at 4:28 PM ^
Now imagine that with the Bear Monster sign language interpreter.
September 19th, 2017 at 4:27 PM ^
He told the coach he prefered franzia over the Brunello di montelcino. Cant slappa da brunello.
September 19th, 2017 at 5:02 PM ^
he got sick of pasta every night
September 19th, 2017 at 6:50 PM ^
All the best to Zak moving forward. He was always one of my favorite M players to watch.
September 19th, 2017 at 7:36 PM ^
Why don't we just tweet him?
I mean, Tarik Black was clearly fine, because he was tweeting right after the game.
(Sorry, low blow to the poster who said that...but seriously, I feel like he'll make a statement when he feels the time is right).
September 19th, 2017 at 7:56 PM ^
anybody make a pasta joke yet
September 19th, 2017 at 8:36 PM ^
arrivederci. He must have a good reason. I don't know why anybody would voluntarily leave Italy to come to America.
September 19th, 2017 at 8:49 PM ^
Might be missing a lot of things available only in the U.S.
September 19th, 2017 at 11:26 PM ^
where in the Italian version a policeman overtakes a speeding motorist and shouts at him, asking him for a sweater (a pullover).
September 20th, 2017 at 12:58 PM ^
This is not OT.