Fitzgerald Remains Day-To-Day
[mod edit: Original Poster wondered if Toussaint was out for season due to sloppy FreeP referencing. Per an article Sunday, Michigan has cited he is day-to-day]
http://www.freep.com/fdcp/?1286913589264
Print article above has quotes from Rich Rod talking about injuries and how he's never had so many season ending ones. He then lists the season ending injuries and the players name is in parenthesis. Well he says one is a torn shoulder and Fitz Toussaint is listed as the player. He's not out for the season right? I thought he was kind of week to week or day to day at this point. Did I miss something? If I am totally wrong please delete this mods. I just thought it wasn't that serious. Maybe Snyder is misprinting.
Would be a bummer.
October 12th, 2010 at 4:08 PM ^
That definitely reads like Fitz is out for the rest of the season. I feel bad for the kid. He just can't get on the field and stay healthy.
October 12th, 2010 at 4:26 PM ^
I'm more excited to see him perform than Dee Hart... and that's saying something... he's a beast when he isn't injured.
Too late for a medical redshirt?
October 12th, 2010 at 4:43 PM ^
Wasn't he redshirted last year?
So, yes.
October 12th, 2010 at 4:45 PM ^
No, if you've already used your redshirt and you have a season ending injury, you can still petition for a medical redshirt, which would essentially give you 6 years on campus.
October 12th, 2010 at 4:47 PM ^
That's what I thought, just wasn't sure; either way it's a moot point as he's not out for the season
October 12th, 2010 at 4:59 PM ^
But I don't think a player can take a medical redshirt that would grant a 6th year until AFTER the 5th year, and is usually not granted unless two years were lost due to injury. I could be reading the rule wrong (someone correct me if that's the case), but I don't think Fitz can qualify.
October 12th, 2010 at 5:18 PM ^
No, I'm pretty positive he can point to all the damage fate has done to him and the NCAA will give him another year. He'll be a third year Freshman! Which is really a shame, since the coaches were apparently trying him out to be the #1 back in Fall camp.
October 12th, 2010 at 5:28 PM ^
You apply for the sixth year after your fifth year, but the second injury does not have to have occurred in the fifth year. In sum, any player who misses two seasons due to injury can apply after five years are over to get the sixth year.
October 12th, 2010 at 6:08 PM ^
I was not aware. I thought you only get one redshirt redshirt season.
Interesting.
October 12th, 2010 at 10:26 PM ^
Yea the most notable example I can remember is Jason White was a 6th year senior for oklahoma
October 12th, 2010 at 4:33 PM ^
He seems to work wonders for the Pistons, so I wonder if him or someone like him would be able to work with Fitz and other players past these injuries.
October 12th, 2010 at 4:44 PM ^
i am very glad someone else saw this guy making this face at last the MSU game. he was totally hamming it up.
i am not too sure about your point total though...
October 12th, 2010 at 5:00 PM ^
It was at 200 or 300 last December, then a couple days later it was at -600. It was a big WTF.
October 13th, 2010 at 7:39 AM ^
If you've been a member for over a year, your year old points drop off @ 365 days. I've been in a battle to stay even for several months, and I'm almost never negged. This should be fixed.
October 12th, 2010 at 11:07 PM ^
to month to month or year to year
October 12th, 2010 at 4:09 PM ^
Regardless, nobody should count on him being a contributor this year. I really feel bad for the kid, considering he lost all of last year with the broken collarbone and the knee this year. He makes Brandon Minor look unbreakable.
October 12th, 2010 at 4:29 PM ^
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotator_cuff
My mom tore hers and it took her a year or two to get it healed completely because they wanted to avoid surgery if possible. My guess is its either not that serious and it takes several weeks to heal or they give him surgery and he's back by spring practice.
October 12th, 2010 at 4:35 PM ^
who has torn theirs repeatedly, if he's listed day-to-day i would hazard to guess he's popped his shoulder out 1-2 times in practice(s). to avoid tearing further ligaments and pulling the "stuff" within the cuff completely off the bone (yay Cancun 2004!), he's being given time to heal. again, this is just a guess based upon my own physical experience.
October 12th, 2010 at 4:45 PM ^
geaux blue was beatin' up the beats, yo!
October 12th, 2010 at 4:57 PM ^
the sea was angry that day my friends!
October 12th, 2010 at 5:01 PM ^
At least my injury involved St. Patricks day, a copious amount of alcohol, an icy surface, and an attempt to perform some basic gymnastic maneuvers.
October 12th, 2010 at 5:05 PM ^
you drunkenly broke into a 9 year-old's birthday party at an ice rink and tried to ninja flip kick the clown?
October 12th, 2010 at 4:13 PM ^
I remeber reading rotator cuff somewhere, no surgery needed though. Just day to day
October 12th, 2010 at 4:21 PM ^
How are we defining "day-to-day"? Doesn't that normally mean a guy is close to being medically cleared? That doesn't seem to be the case here.
October 12th, 2010 at 4:13 PM ^
but maybe back for the next week. This would be killer, but i guess maybe he could get a medical redshirt.
October 12th, 2010 at 4:15 PM ^
The injury is bad news for him and the team. But it's better than having him arrested and in jail, which obviously turned out to be false.
October 12th, 2010 at 4:18 PM ^
It's a bummer if he's out, but he was going to miss most of the season, we knew that. Give him time to heal and none of these are injuries that should keep him out down the road. He still has 3 years left, and Shaw will be gone for 2 of them.
October 12th, 2010 at 4:21 PM ^
a significant rotator cuff injury, he may well need surgery. If he was an accountant, maybe not but a tailback needs a solid shoulder.
October 12th, 2010 at 4:23 PM ^
Wasn't there an article somewhere that said he'll be back after the bye week? I can't remember where I saw that but I swear I did...
October 12th, 2010 at 4:28 PM ^
He is undoubtedly our best option at runningback
October 12th, 2010 at 4:33 PM ^
Based on what?
October 12th, 2010 at 4:35 PM ^
He's the only one of our backs that has an mspaint drawing of him.
October 12th, 2010 at 4:35 PM ^
Errm, Mike Shaw says wha?
October 12th, 2010 at 4:40 PM ^
but I would take Toussaint over him any day of the week. Toussaint's a bigger home run threat than Shaw.
October 12th, 2010 at 4:57 PM ^
You are aware that Toussaint has two career carries, right?
October 12th, 2010 at 5:10 PM ^
Yes I am...I'm basing this what I've every video/highlights/article I've found on them). Besides he's got 66 yards and a TD on those two carries. Toussain'ts had two carries, and they were both freaking amazing, Shaw's had many more carries, and one (maybe two) have been that good.
October 12th, 2010 at 5:21 PM ^
If Shaw had the ball on those two plays it would have been 1 play for 66 yards and a TD because that hole was 4 yards wide and he wouldn't have been caught from behind. I'm not saying Shaw is better, I'm saying that many of the big runs that our RBs have are because of the blocking by the other 9 guys and this particular run came against probably the worst defense we've faced this year.
October 13th, 2010 at 7:42 AM ^
Really?
October 12th, 2010 at 5:05 PM ^
Uhh yeah but did you see how SICK they were?!?!
October 13th, 2010 at 7:43 AM ^
Maybe so, but Fitz Touss'ain't ever gonna be healthy, so it doesn't matter how good he is.
October 12th, 2010 at 4:28 PM ^
get the kid a medical redshirt, he still has 4 years starting next year and he becomes the 2nd back in this class with D. Hart essentially! We are done on Offense, aside from perhaps an OL by the name of Bryant and a super by the name of Sammy Watkins, and we got get some effin Defense. if the class gets to 22 commits, that means 11 more - 9 are Defense!
October 12th, 2010 at 4:33 PM ^
it was poor citing on the part of the writer
Redshirt tailback Fitz Toussaint remains out with his rotator cuff injury but doesn't appear to need surgery. The Wolverines hope he'll return after the bye.
from freep article entitled "U-M's defense had trouble stopping plays it expected"
October 12th, 2010 at 5:09 PM ^
Van Slyke and not Toussaint. The Freep just inserted the wrong name.
October 12th, 2010 at 5:20 PM ^
The Freep not bothering to check the facts. What is this world coming to?
October 12th, 2010 at 5:25 PM ^
to prevent panic
October 12th, 2010 at 5:43 PM ^
Thanks for clearing that up. Didn't mean to cause a panic. I am glad it was just a case of sloppy reporting.
October 12th, 2010 at 5:49 PM ^
that it's accurate but it looks like the reporter paired the injury with the person and didn't double check.
October 12th, 2010 at 5:57 PM ^
Go figure Freep gets it wrong.
October 12th, 2010 at 6:29 PM ^
Not to be a stalker, but I saw him in the Union today and he wasn't rocking a sling or anything. For those dying to know: he is quite a snazzy dresser.