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 9:46 PM ^
Only during recruiting...I imagine he had to delete his twitter account after the Clemson game. If he had any sense, he would have.
September 11th, 2017 at 9:45 PM ^
they come from gambling junkies who lose more than they can afford to.
September 11th, 2017 at 9:48 PM ^
Somebody must have bet the house on Michigan beating Cincinnati and took the points.
Reason #1,781,456 why it is IDIOTIC to gamble on the outcomes of college football games.
September 11th, 2017 at 9:52 PM ^
More like it's idiotic to gamble period. Las Vegas was built on loser money. And to this day, people still keep coming here, along with the locals, and just give their money away for free. I work too damn hard to give my money to the casinos. Fuck that. I was walking through a casino one day to get to a restaurant and I saw a lady who must have been in her 90's, hooked up to an oxygen tank, still pulling the lever on a slot machine. Come on, lady. THAT is how you want to spend your final days?
September 11th, 2017 at 10:03 PM ^
For instance, let's say I put $50 or some reasonable disposable amount money on a few games every Saturday or go to a casino once a week and drop it in a slot machine. If I get several hours of entertainment out of it and can afford $50/week, then I'd say it's fine, even if I lose that amount every week. It's no different than going golfing, to a bar, etc.
I personally don't gamble very often, but I don't think it's idiotic if it's someone's way of getting some entertainment. Just don't get carried away or do it with delusions that you'll make money. Granted, to your point, far too many people don't look at it that way and just burn money and end up regretting it, which is idiotic.
September 11th, 2017 at 10:48 PM ^
I can see that. I guess it's different because I live here. If you're coming here for a weekend for some fun there's really no issue. But if you come here for a weekend and then decide you had so much fun you're moving here that's something else.
September 12th, 2017 at 11:38 AM ^
I lost money on michigan this weekend...
I won it back on oakland/cleveland/buffalo parlay.
Gambling is fun, people just shouldn't bet more than they can afford to lose.
September 11th, 2017 at 9:46 PM ^
Yet another reason why social media is the worst. The need to interact with players, nay, the idea that you have an inherent right to friend them/follow them/tell them your innermost thoughts and feelings about their performance... Not to mention the weirdos who contact and try to become friends with recruits, only to turn on them when they don't pick the school of the fan's choice...
If I were a coach, I'd be telling the kids to ditch the twitter, make some close friends in real life, hang out with their teammates, hit the books, and ignore the noise. This crap isn't worth having a Twitter account.
September 11th, 2017 at 10:04 PM ^
September 12th, 2017 at 7:06 AM ^
The most sensible comment of all if applied.
September 12th, 2017 at 8:31 AM ^
But what would WD do to pass the time from Sunday to Thursday when he shutsdown to get mentally prepped for the big game he doesn't play in?
September 11th, 2017 at 9:52 PM ^
If we lose, its not a big deal, not the end of the world, and no one's life should be threatened. Fans are assholes.
I can only imagine what JT B. is going through right now.
September 11th, 2017 at 9:56 PM ^
September 11th, 2017 at 10:46 PM ^
Oh come on. Can't be from M fans.
September 11th, 2017 at 11:33 PM ^
September 12th, 2017 at 12:26 AM ^
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September 12th, 2017 at 7:57 AM ^
September 11th, 2017 at 11:42 PM ^
Nothing more annoying. Ok maybe buckeyes...
September 12th, 2017 at 12:03 AM ^
He said being an athlete in college is hard enough without having to worry about outside noise.
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September 12th, 2017 at 8:33 AM ^
This is a sensational headline and I'm surprise wasn't negged more. Key part from OP's post:
Wait. Did Speight get death threats?
“I assume so,” Hurst answered. “I remember that punt thing [against Michigan State in 2015], yeah.”
So, we're assuming that Speight got death threats because Hurst assumes he did, because our punter 2 years ago got death threats via twitter? I don't see the connection.
Maybe we are all too used to reading Buzzfeed.
September 12th, 2017 at 11:14 AM ^
Wait, we're having a flamewar, over death threats made on social media, that may not have actually happened?
That's the most 2017-internet thing ever.
We're in a rage about the possibility of being in a rage because of the rage we were in two years ago.
Perma-rage. Never goes away, it just hops from topic to topic.
"I'm mad as hell, and I'm . . . not sure why."