Gardner-Morris is there a double-standard?

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Thanks for having the cojones to post this. 

No.  Gardener wasn't limping nearly as visibly on that foot.  It could've been a turned ankle for all anyone knew.  Plus, today, THERE WAS A VERY CAPABLE BACKUP QB WHO COULD'VE BEEN PUT IN AT ANY TIME!

Only a racist would think this.

Head injuries and how do you not have a head injury yet are different.

I doubt they were able to officially diagnose a broken foot during the game.  Likely Gardner knew his foot was hurt and played through it.

However, when you see someone take a cheapshot to the head, get up woozy, and then not only not get checked for a concussion but then stay in the game....and even get thrown back in the game after they are taken out.   It is something that was obvious and is actionable.

I do not think I can recall Gardner showing that level of distress after a hit to the head, and then he stays in.

Head injuries are different and people are rightly more sensitive about them. That said, I sort of agree that people are looking at this with a very different lense than Gardner's 2013 pummelling. It's probably more that the game and season look lost as opposed to last year were we were in most games still until the near the end.

The issue is not the leg. Anyone who thinks the issue is the leg doesn't know what the fuck they're talking about. The issue is that he got rocked in the chin, was obviously concussed, could barely stand, and the coaching staff pretends not to have even noticed. That's risking Shane's life out of incompetence or negligence. There are no other options. This is in an entirely different universe than playing a guy on a bum leg.

In the game with Gardner you could tell something was not right but he could walk to and from the sidelines. There were times when he would take a hard step or turn and you could something was wrong but he was able to walking normally.

Morris couldn't walk without visibly hobbling. He wasn't able to protect himself in the pocket with his movement.

THEN Morris takes an extremely hard hit to the chin and almost falls over waving off the sidelines.

If the medical staff evaluates Morris's leg and determines it's a sprain or a twist or even a break and he tells Hoke he wants to continue then I lighten up on Hoke. Give him the benefit of the doubt.

When they didn't check out him (with doctors) after the hit I was angry at the refs and the staff.

When they let him not only run a play but throw a pass after the hit I was furious.

When they let him back in after Gardners helmet came off, even for a running play, I was livid and wanted Hoke gone for that and nothing else.

Gardner has shown he is a tough kid and a competitor and has taken a beating. But he was never put in a situation like Morris was today.

Playing with a concussion is WAY more dangerous than playing with a broken foot.  Now I think a lot of people are jumping to conclusions that Morris was concussed -- the staggering could have just as easily been from his leg injury -- but if it turns out that he was concussed, then leaving Morris out there was plain reckless.

The difference was the headshot Morris took.  They didn't even appear to be checking him.

IMO that was one of the cheapest, dirtiest shots I've seen in college football in a while.

a qb in obvious distress and his lineman waiving to the sidelines to come and get him and a QB who has taken several hits but gets up and forms the huddle. DG did not know he had a broken toe and he did not show it during the entire OSU game. Watching Morris trying to tough it out but clearly in considerable pain with lineman signaling the sidelines is altogether different.

That said, I do agree those of us that want to see Hoke removed will seize an any opportunity to further our cause. But this is not one of them. Morris should have been pulled.

People can die from head injuries dude.  On the other hand, injuries to most other body parts aren't so bad and people can play through them somewhat (e.g. Matt Stafford, Cam Newton, Gardner, etc.)

Truthfully, I think the outrage has more to do with how bad we suck right now. If Michigan was 4-0 heading into this game, and 5-0 exiting it, the outrage wouldn't be the same.

Im not saying Hoke handled this situation correctly (he didnt), Im simply saying we suck right now, and everything is being over-analyzed right now (and rightfullly so).

Morris could not, and that left him exposed behind poor pass blocking. Hoke was just asking for Morris to take more shots, including the head shot, given those circumstances. Idiotic, plain and simple.

Um? None of you guys remember DG choking up blood against sparty? 

What if it was David Brandon who decided that Morris would play today?  Brady Hoke certainly had the look of someone who was really pissed at his boss all day.  Maybe Hoke was so pissed that he wasn't paying attention to whether or not Morris looked OK.  

Bottom line: I don't think hBrady Hoke would ever compromise a player's heath on purpose.

No.

Since Hoke has been here, there has been increasing ineptitude on offense. Whether it is due to youth. small mistakes, execution, or play calling, or all four, it doesn't matter. The quarterbacks in particular, the running back, and the wide receivers are getting killed out there - week in and week out. This year, and last.

To some extent, we were pissed about Gardner getting killed all last season, and poor damned Toussant. We aimed (maybe misguidedly) our frustration at Borges and Funk. We got Borges' head and thought we'd be better with Nuss.

Now it is just obvious that the real problem is in a management system where the head coach meets with the OC twice a week, whether they need to our not - and while that seems hands off - remains loyal to his position coaches and sets an overall strategy for the offense that is simply not attainable with the young personnel on hand. Hoke does not recognize the need, nor either direct or agree to the changes necessary to enable this set of offensive players to be successful.

If for nothing else, I think the entire offensive coaching staff (at the very least the tight end coach and the line coach) and Hoke should be gone for fielding an offense that puts the players they purport to care bout in extreme danger week in and week out.

FWIW - having Nuss on the field is not working. We need a QB coach and an OC. Rich Rod had McGee in the box to read the opposing teams defense, recognize down and distance, sense momentum, and call plays. Rich - with his headset on - sent those plays and checks in and added his sense or quick checks. Smith was on the field to coach up the QBs as they came off based on what was sent down from the box. Shane may have been pulled if there had been a decision maker in the box. Of course that would depend on Brady Hokes headphone GA getting the message to Brady Hoke fast enough to get him out.