Any news on Grant Newsome?
I was wondering after seeing Grant's statement in one of the Shea Patterson transfer board topics, if there were any news on how his knee is doing? Is he practicing with the team this Spring? Not only was he a great tackle prospect but, seems like an awesome kid. I just want this story to have a happy ending.
April 19th, 2018 at 12:50 PM ^
I could be wrong but I think he's working out but nothing as far as football practice
April 19th, 2018 at 12:51 PM ^
Of course it will, but will our story have a happy ending?
Not with a bang, but a whimper.
MAAAARBY'SS....
Is that still applicable?
too close to home.
p.s. I love Arby's
That reminds me....I haven't see much of the Nihilist Arby's account on Twitter lately. Someone should probably do a well-being check, however that is achieved on Twitter.
It's a reason to BE ON Twitter. Hilarious. Here's one from a few days ago:
Yes. You’re a disappointment to your parents, but look at the bright side, you’re not the one who gave birth to an unloveable fuck up, they are. Eat arbys
We could win a natty and I would say over 75% of the daily posters here wouldn't be happy.
Boobs
Don't you mean up for a happy ending?
Indeed it will, not sure how that applies to my comment though? or were you just trying to make sure your comment was up top?
i think the dude just messed up his reply.
based on timestamps (12:51 pm), his comment would have been the third in this thread anyway (yours and one below at 12:50).
...i may watch too much crime drama tv.
he hasn't even gotten clearance from his doctors to play.
Finally, an actual correct answer. He never received medical clearance to take part in physical aspects of practice.
Here's an MLive story from 3/23:
http://www.mlive.com/wolverines/index.ssf/2018/03/michigan_football_inj…
"Offensive lineman Grant Newsome, who missed all of 2017 rehabbing from a knee injury, still has not been cleared to practice. There was hope he'd be able to return by spring, and he participated in winter conditioning with the team, "but he's not at the point to come back," Harbaugh said."
if the biggest Michigan blog on the internet has already told you Newsome news, there is no news.
April 19th, 2018 at 12:50 PM ^
April 19th, 2018 at 12:54 PM ^
Thanks, yea google didn't really show anything recent. Best I could do was an article from February and didn't see any coaches even mention him in the presser piece.
April 19th, 2018 at 12:55 PM ^
He didn't get his fucking leg amputated.
Anything more than that is miraculous gravy.
I think he wants the story book ending. You are right it does have a happy ending in that he did not lose his leg, but to see him run through the tunnel and take the field and compete would be the Hollywood story book ending we all want to see.
I have a dollar that says he dons a Michigan football uniform and runs through the tunnel before a game one last time before he graduates and leaves the team. Sadly, I don't think he'll play again.
(Please God, let me be wrong on that last part...)
but he's able to run. We don't know how hard or long he can run, but the ability to run means that if he never plays football again, and I dearly hope he'll be able to play, he can live a fully normal life.
That's not just a story book ending, it's a damn triumphant ending.
Didn't get his non fucking leg amputated either.
April 19th, 2018 at 12:56 PM ^
He's got a janky knee.
was one hell of an injury. For him to even have himself in a position where the question can be asked is an incredible acheivement.
I just don't know if it is feasible. From what I have learned about the seriousness of that injury, to really play 100% on that leg the way that he would need to may not be possible. It is clear how badly he wants to play, but it is hard to fathom risking a re-injury that could really impact his life negatively. I hope that he is able to play, it would be an incredible story, but really it already is.
I was surprised that he didn't wear knee braces. Almost every D-1 and NFL offensive lineman wears them on both legs. I don't know if that would have prevented or even mitigated his injury, but I still think it's odd.
Also question for any mgodoctors on here: is it more difficult for big dudes like Newsome and O-linemen to come back from knee injuries compared to smaller players? I imagine so right?
Right after that game the coaching staff made the knee braces mandatory for all the Oline.
April 20th, 2018 at 10:24 AM ^
I'm fairly certain those braces lock to prevent hyperextension as well. I don't know the specifics of his injury, but his knee definitely bent the wrong way. A brace would have prevented that much at least.
Well, the block was legal. Was it a cheap hit? Probably. Should it be legal? No way in hell.
But I will never believe he was intentionally trying to hurt Newsome, as I have seen others insinuate many times. He took on a huge object in front of him in a way that the rules clearly allow. It was bad fucking luck that Grant's right cleat planted when and where it did. It was a legal football play that ended poorly for Grant, despite that it ends with no problems on hundreds of similar plays each weekend.
But that's now back to back years a badgers defender has made a stupid play on a Michigan player and gotten them hurt. First that idiotic helmet first dive at a guy's knee then a late pile driving hit on a QB that got rid of the ball. He had no reason to wrap around peters. He could have just done what pretty much everyone does and shoved him down.
April 19th, 2018 at 10:25 PM ^
Newsome had that severe of an injury since he limped off the field on his own. I guess his dislocated knee popped back in place and damaged the major artery to his lower leg. Glad he did not lose his lower leg!
It's technical legal, but I dislike it. Lots of people would be fine with it no longer being legal.
I know the Amazon show really opened my eyes to how severe his injury was. Him walking off the field is incredible.
where he talks about the injury and that day in his life and gets emotional really got to me.
Watching the Amazon show gave me such a better perspecitive of what he went thru. Kid is tough as nails and loves Michigan. Hoping for a miracle but seems like a real long shot based on how that leg looked on the show.
It really shouldn't be hard to grasp—the doctors were literally within minutes of amputating his leg.
Why anybody would think for one minute that there is anything beyond a tiny chance he ever plays again is a testament to the power of fantasy over reality.
So... You're saying there's a chance?
from reality. It's more that we're not doctors and don't hang around Grant all day to see what he's been going through to rehab. Add to that how tight-lipped the football program is about injuries, and it breeds this kind of optimistic speculation. Sort of the "no news is good news" effect. I think until Grant himself comes out and says "it's over" people will hold out hope - whether that seems logical or not.