Exit O'Maury Samuels
Per Steve Lorenz, O'Maury Samuels has been booted:
Per #Michigan, second-year running back O'maury Samuels has been dismissed from the program; no elaboration given: https://t.co/vfOmkeiOvT
— Steve Lorenz (@TremendousUM) December 12, 2018
Samuels got scattered carries as a backup the past couple years as Michigan had crowded backfields. Karan Higdon's departure was going to open the door for a third player to join presumed platoon members Chris Evans and Tru Wilson; Samuels's departure removes an option.
Christian Turner, Zach Charbonnet, and maybe Hassan Haskins (who played some linebacker) or Michael Barrett (who's practiced at both viper and slot receiver but was a hell of a running QB in high school) will now vie for those snaps. Turner looked slippery and tough to bring down in some cameo snaps this year; Charbonnet is flying up recruiting lists and might end up a five-star.
December 12th, 2018 at 1:30 PM ^
Well, that probably kinda explains why he wasn't getting snaps in garbage time at the end of the year.
December 12th, 2018 at 2:28 PM ^
As it turns out, no; the incident in question was on December 8. Four days between now and then is pretty fast; incomprehensibly so to certain rivals of ours.
December 12th, 2018 at 1:31 PM ^
Wonder what happened. Excited to see Christian Turner in a larger role next season.
December 12th, 2018 at 1:40 PM ^
alleged domestic violence and destruction of property....
Not Great, Bob. See ya.
December 12th, 2018 at 3:20 PM ^
Did you just answer yourself?
December 12th, 2018 at 3:57 PM ^
I'm sure he was "merely joking, of course".
Never forget. RIP RollDamnTide.
December 12th, 2018 at 1:32 PM ^
Trevor Keegan is going to turn this frown upside-down on Friday
December 12th, 2018 at 1:34 PM ^
Hmm...I thought Samuels would be a serious challenger for significant playing time.
December 12th, 2018 at 1:34 PM ^
Angelique Chengelis just tweeted further info:
O'Maury Samuels per 15th District Court was in court today for hearing on one count domestic violence and a second count of malicious destruction of property. He has a pre-trial hearing Dec. 27th per a court spokesperson
https://twitter.com/chengelis/status/1072922330719051776
Glad we have a firm zero tolerance policy on issues like this.
December 12th, 2018 at 1:52 PM ^
In East Lansing this would have gotten him a free ride to practice.
December 12th, 2018 at 1:59 PM ^
OR his punishment would have been riding to practice with LJ Scott.
December 12th, 2018 at 2:15 PM ^
Littering violation
December 12th, 2018 at 3:21 PM ^
Littering and, littering and, littering and...
December 12th, 2018 at 5:05 PM ^
Or just taking off the Spring game
December 12th, 2018 at 2:06 PM ^
In Columbus this gets you a position on their coaching staff.
December 13th, 2018 at 2:23 PM ^
And maybe the head coach's wife has a chat with you....but doesn't tell her husband.
December 12th, 2018 at 3:18 PM ^
And then a humanitarian award.
December 12th, 2018 at 9:40 PM ^
Maybe the Nobel Peace prize, nothing too serious.
December 12th, 2018 at 4:02 PM ^
And a guaranteed spot in the rotation.
December 13th, 2018 at 9:41 AM ^
Speaking of which, word on the street is all crystal balls now have Samuels playing for sparty next fall.
December 12th, 2018 at 2:12 PM ^
If charges are true, good riddance.
December 12th, 2018 at 2:43 PM ^
The fact that he was dismissed makes me think that they'll stick. [I have no inside knowledge and this is just a guess].
Harbaugh has a tendency to suspend when there may be smoke but no fire. Outright dismissal generally has in the past meant that the internal investigation has concluded that there's fire to go with the smoke.
One good thing about Harbaugh is that he's very consistent in his actions. He usually won't answer your questions directly, but he acts in a very consistent way that implies a formula to his thinking.
December 12th, 2018 at 2:46 PM ^
Unless he pled guilty, I actually would hope we wait to know for sure (on the other hand he could be let back on if it turned out to be untrue). It's a fine line because I also don't think you can wait for the legal process and give second and third chances based on sentences altered by plea deals, or else you're Dantonio before you know it. But we should all remember that Jourdan Lewis was accused of domestic violence as well, and our reaction was markedly different. That also took a while to get resolved in court.
December 12th, 2018 at 3:01 PM ^
Here's a link to the case. Don't know the severity, but I do like that Harbaugh seems to treat credible charges as ones that deserve a proper response.
December 13th, 2018 at 2:07 AM ^
Re: Firm zero tolerance policy. I hope that the situation and evidence is quite convincing at this time to warrant the dismissal. I'm always a bit uneasy when decisions are made before a person has had his day in court. 2 sides to every story. Perhaps a suspension until his court date would be appropriate? But then, the scholly wouldn't open up in time.
I certainly don't condone DV but we have absolutely no facts available to us at this time. I didn't see such an unwavering position from the blog when JD was (possibly falsely) accused 2 years ago. Does it matter if you are All-BIG vs. 4th on the depth chart?
**** Sorry Kevin, didn't see your post below what I responded to. I think we are saying about the same thing.
December 13th, 2018 at 11:02 AM ^
If he was dismissed from the team this fast, he probably just admitted it to the coaches. No need for the legal process at that point to determine his fate on the team
December 12th, 2018 at 1:39 PM ^
Welp.
It looked like he was pretty far back in the queue prior to this. Wilson and Turner were both ahead of him, and Evans obviously is at the top of the list for next year with Charbonnet carrying ultra-high expectations into fall camp.
This is mostly sad for him, since if he were staying out of trouble he'd be a good transfer candidate, and now he'll have a hard time finding a landing spot. But if you can't control yourself, consequences follow.
December 12th, 2018 at 2:02 PM ^
"But if you can't control yourself, consequences follow." -- We have a tacit no politics rule on this site Mr. King. Please abide by it.
December 12th, 2018 at 2:14 PM ^
Are you really taking the position that "don't commit domestic violence" is a political issue?
December 12th, 2018 at 2:23 PM ^
Was reading about Michael Cohen just before this post and tried to make a joke. My mood has now shifted and I see it's not really funny.
December 12th, 2018 at 3:24 PM ^
The policy is explicit, not tacit.
December 12th, 2018 at 2:30 PM ^
Deleting my unnecessarily dickish comment after seeing your response. Cheers and happy holidays.
December 12th, 2018 at 2:54 PM ^
This is obviously another ding to the RB depth, including Taylor transferring and Gray decommitting. It would be nice if Michigan could dig up a solid prospect for this class if there's one out there. Charbonnet is looking like he's going to get lots and lots of PT.
December 12th, 2018 at 3:02 PM ^
There is a 4* RB at Cass Tech who desperately wanted Michigans attention but never got it. Jaren Mangham, committed to Colorado.
December 12th, 2018 at 3:05 PM ^
Sounds like they are kicking the tires on current Rutger commit Kay'ron Adams. Which I like considering what Rutger RB de-commits have done in the past(Saquon Barkley, Jonathon Taylor and Stevie Scott).
December 12th, 2018 at 3:48 PM ^
Recent history has shown there is no better indicator of RB success than being a Rutger decommit.
December 13th, 2018 at 1:01 PM ^
Consequences follow such actions. My prayer for this young gentleman is that he has so much life left. He has more than enough time to write a completely different narrative to his life.
December 12th, 2018 at 1:44 PM ^
Would be nice if Eric Gray would renew his commitment
December 12th, 2018 at 1:44 PM ^
poop...had high hopes for this guy for some unknown reason. Hmmm, hope he's ok.
December 12th, 2018 at 2:04 PM ^
Hope that whoever he allegedly assaulted is OK. I know you mean get his life together, but he's not the victim here.
December 12th, 2018 at 6:21 PM ^
I posted my comment before I saw that he allegedly assaulted someone. Either way, hope everyone is ok and getting their stuff together on this one as it sounds like it could be a DV issue.
December 12th, 2018 at 1:45 PM ^
Hard to trust those O's.
Next back up.
December 12th, 2018 at 1:48 PM ^
Heard Mork already has him penciled in on the 2-deep.
December 13th, 2018 at 12:41 PM ^
Nope. Rated too high...not a big enough chip on his shoulder.
December 12th, 2018 at 1:52 PM ^
The program has really been on a roll since 11/24. It's absolutely the right call given the DV charge, but man it's been a rough 3 weeks.
December 12th, 2018 at 2:12 PM ^
Feels about par for the course at this time along with the coaching and recruiting questions still to be determined.
December 12th, 2018 at 1:55 PM ^
Wow!
ES no Bueno, glad there's zero tolerance for DV, but a true shame it happened in the first place.
December 12th, 2018 at 2:03 PM ^
Hope the victim is okay and O'Maury is learning from this.
While Samuels' talent was scintillating, it did not appear he was going to be a major contributor to the football team. Evans, Wilson, Turner looks like a very strong rotation next year, and that's without ZC or other potential contributors.
December 12th, 2018 at 2:11 PM ^
Can we build a wall around Alabama, to keep Charbonnet from entering?
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