Speight receiving death threats?
In the below article, Mo Hursts talks about how much of a struggle it must be for Wilton "receiving death threats and people telling QBs to 'kill yourself'. You're supposed to be our fans and shouldn't be saying that type of stuff"
As a football fan, I'm obsessed with Michigan to a point where I periodically have to check my priorities because I put a lot of stock in a game; however, Mo's statements really puts the "dark side of sports" into perspective. Here is illustration of where obsession can lead to "Misery" levels.
I am as dissapointed with the up and down QB play as anybody, but when it crosses the entertainment realm and enters the realm of personal attacks (nevermind the student-athlete part), then it gets psychotic.
Hopefully this is just a few twitter trolls (e.g. the Isiah Thomas jersey burning) and not a legitimate thought by some of these fans, because that would be dispicable.
http://michigan.247sports.com/Bolt/Having-heard-the-backlash-teammates-…
EDIT: As someone pointed out below, The 247 article I linked left out a pretty critical follow-up on Mo's statement with the section below, which can be found in the article here
https://www.landof10.com/michigan/michigan-coach-jim-harbaugh-wiltons-s…
---Wait. Did Speight get death threats?
“I assume so,” Hurst answered. “I remember that punt thing [against Michigan State in 2015], yeah.”
It’s college football. Not life versus death.---
September 11th, 2017 at 7:15 PM ^
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September 11th, 2017 at 7:27 PM ^
I reread the article I linked to make sure I didn't miss that part and I don't see where it says that. Care to help me out?
September 11th, 2017 at 7:32 PM ^
247 conveniently left the most important quote out to run their clickbait. Hurst says he assumes he got death threats because Blake O'neil did.
https://www.landof10.com/michigan/michigan-coach-jim-harbaugh-wiltons-s…
I hope the OP edits the link before this gets out of hand. Not his fault, but 247s.
September 11th, 2017 at 7:45 PM ^
September 11th, 2017 at 7:52 PM ^
I have edited the OP. I am a little disappointed the 247 left this critical piece of info off their article as it changes it from: "he received death threats" to "I am guessing he did since Blake did".
Thanks for the link to the article with that missing info.
September 11th, 2017 at 7:24 PM ^
So now if you're critical of Speight, you will be thrown into the 'death threat' category by some.
Not going to stop me from saying what I think of Speights game one bit.
September 11th, 2017 at 7:25 PM ^
You can critique him and not be a vile shithead.
September 11th, 2017 at 7:35 PM ^
Agreed.
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September 11th, 2017 at 7:34 PM ^
I know some people are just irrational and unstable sports fans, every fan base has those kind of people. Though some of the time threats like these are probably coming from gamblers, who lost a lot of money because a team lost or didn't cover the spread.
A butt hurt gambler will sometimes feel the need to angrily blame a player for the money they lost. I'm not advocating this kind of behavior. I'm just mentioning the possibilities.
EDIT: I now see that someone mentioned this in the thread.
September 11th, 2017 at 7:43 PM ^
September 11th, 2017 at 9:09 PM ^
I'm as big of a Speight doubter as they come but this is pretty sad. Some people take sports too far. Sports are meant to be fun. Entertainment. I just laugh whenever I see people crying or getting upset about it. Pretty fucking pathetic. Grown men acting like babies over a damn game that has nothing to do with them.
September 11th, 2017 at 7:45 PM ^
has started a quarterback that met the expectations of most fans and was the anticipated starter of the very coach who recruited the player he thought would lead his team during his tenure as coach. Now, this was true in the Schembechler era as it was going forward.
If you were around here during the time that Henson and Brady were battling for the starting spot, most Michigan fans would now insist they were Brady fans, and they would be lying big time.
Brady was never regarded as the best quarterback in the battle for the starting spot until he finally won the job midway to late in his junior season. After the first two games of his first season as starter, he had lost to both ND and Syracuse.
In his first year as a starter as a freshman, Chad Henne was thrown into the starting role after Matt Guttierez came up with an injury as the opener approached and Henne became the surpirse starter on opening day and then secured that role over four years.
Henne took over for John Navarre after Navarre was cruelly thrown into the role of starter because the only quarterback that Michigan fans anointed as their guy from the get-go, Drew Henson, left to play baseball for the NY Yankees. The cruel joke is that Michigan fans wanted Henson when Henson abandoned the progrqm and his team.
Brady was never the beloved qb in the Brady-Henson era, it was Henson who the fans wanted to succeed and replace him. Brady was constantly challenged and succeeded through his own determination and perserverence. He was never the beloved leader in Ann Arbor. And those who claim otherwise are lying through their teeth. He had to prove himself week after week until he was finally accepted through the dint of his own personality and performance.
Navarre and Henne proved themselves likewise. And I suspect that until Speight proves himself in the same way, he will never be given his due.
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September 11th, 2017 at 9:16 PM ^
It predates Lloyd's tenure as coach. Elvis Grbac took his share of flack when he was our QB, even though he set a bunch of records. I'm sure Michael Taylor and Demetrius Brown did, too. I bet even Harbaugh had to deal with some assholes.
September 11th, 2017 at 7:48 PM ^
HATE!!! hearing this...Its just a game!! Nobody is more diehard than me but come on people!
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September 11th, 2017 at 8:12 PM ^
I have a hard time valuing this take when you said Shane Morris was better than Speight yesterday.
Shane Morris who had 0 TD passes here in 4 years and had barely 4 yards an attempt career.
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September 12th, 2017 at 10:12 AM ^
I wouldn't necessarily disagree... but:
Total QBR:
#59 JT Barret - 59.1
#69 Alex Hornibrook - 55.5
#102 Wilton Speight - 39.3
September 11th, 2017 at 9:35 PM ^
You don't really sound like much of a fan.
To you and other haters. Maybe watch NFL instead as college football may not provide the level of professionalism you are looking for, outside of Heisman candidates.
September 12th, 2017 at 4:03 AM ^
September 11th, 2017 at 8:11 PM ^
Fans need to wrap their head around the fact....They don't play the game!!!! It is sad that 18-22 year olds can move on better than 30+ year old's
September 11th, 2017 at 8:22 PM ^
being generated both within and outside the program. It feels like we're in the middle of a losing season with crap falling apart..but we're 2-0 and still on course for a good season.
Who is stirring the pot?
September 11th, 2017 at 8:29 PM ^
Nothing within.
Just the village idiots.
September 11th, 2017 at 8:40 PM ^
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September 11th, 2017 at 8:51 PM ^
No more booing, if they can't get support and love from a home crowd then what the heck are we?
Go Blue! Go Wilton!
September 11th, 2017 at 8:51 PM ^
This is just gross.
September 11th, 2017 at 9:09 PM ^
Depression is not uncommon, nor is it amongst college kids with the weight of succeeding at one of the country's best universities, while also having the pressure of hundreds of thousands of Michigan fans wanting you to be an all-star football player on Saturday
I guess having known so many kids in my time at M who struggled with failure, feeling inadequate, and feeling depressed, for anyone to say "kill youself" to kid for playing football needs to get some sense beat into them. Whether it happened to Wilt or not, I know it happens to college athletes all too often. I think Bosch was struggling with depression while he was here too. I honestly wish we could somehow ban those clowns from Michigan football, the internet, life, etc.
September 11th, 2017 at 11:42 PM ^
Geesh... Hope their parents are able to keep them grounded and realistic expectations.
September 11th, 2017 at 9:13 PM ^
Hint: Probably not a Michigan fan at all.
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It sucks being in the public eye like that. You can't pick and choose your "fans" and there are a lot of crazy folks out there off their meds
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