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Speculation from Ann Arbor seems to indicate what we’ve talked about before: Our favorite Wolverine may not be long for the program.
“All you need to know is I’m out.” – Tate Forcier
Less than a minute had passed since the Michigan football team beat Connecticut, 30-10, in the season opener and sophomore quarterback Tate Forcier appeared to make his decision.Through his words and his body language, he had no interest in remaining at Michigan. When asked if he had a minute, he responded with those eight words.
While it’s not sure what this might mean, given the earlier speculation, the frustrations about his participation and leadership during the offseason, his potential academic issues, and other factors it may not be long before we see last year’s “QB savior” on another team’s sidelines.
If true, I hope he has as much success as other recent transfers; even if it makes this a whole lot less relevant.
UPDATE: According to Tate’s dad, there’s no transfer in the works.
“This is a good growing experience from this. The way I see it, it’s a long season. We knew disciplinary action was coming.” – Mike Forcier
As people who watch football on TV and write on the ebays, we’ll never know the ins and outs behind the scenes in these situations. Tressel has handled things in-house in the past, so it’s not beyond belief that this could be a response to something else and not a permanent demotion.
However, it would be unfortunate if the decision to limit his playing time was somehow connected to participation (or lack thereof) in off-season workouts. You know, given the circumstances.
September 5th, 2010 at 2:18 pm
Just another indication of this kid’s immaturity from the start. On the other hand, you can’t ignore the success former skunk QBs have had other places. One starts at Arkansas(Mallett)and another starts at Arizona State (Threet). Both better teams than Skunk U.
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ErictBBC
September 5th, 2010 at 2:27 pm
I’m not going to rag on him too hard for his immaturity, though he has displayed an awful lot of it. He is only 19 or 20 years old, and I’m sure many of us know how hard it is to contain emotions – especially ones as strong as disappointment – at that age.
Mallett and Threet’s success at other scores really underscores a major point against Rich Rod as a coach. Good coaches build their teams around the talent they have, bad coaches force players to fit a mold. Threet and Mallett were good quarterbacks that simply didn’t fit what RRod needed for his system, and so they suffered. Now that they’re in systems that better fit their needs (or better work to fit them) they’re thriving.
I honestly believe that Five-cier’s best choice right now is to bag out and head somewhere else asap. Especially since he ends up having to sit out longer if he isn’t off campus by time the school year starts next week.
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