Don't post it if you wouldn't say to the players parents

Although I don't have 1000 experts analyzing my every move, I do have a wife. Mike Williams does not deserve so many wives.

...but as a fan its frustrating to consistently see missed tackles, blown assignments, etc. and the blames often going to be placed on the player even if he's trying his/her hardest. Not saying that it is right, but player's are often the first target than fans will usually go after

but would you tell your daughter that she played poorly in an eigth grade volley ball game? If so, harsh. If not, why post it here? I'd expand the sentiment and advocate not posting anything one wouldn't say to a player's parents or the players themselves. Gordie's suggestion does not eliminate criticism, merely poorly articulated, angry criticism.

It is the duty of the parents to tell their kids they suck. We shouldn't be doing Mike Williams' parents' job. This is America, after all.

who knows if players and their parents are actually reading mgoblog? They may well be, and while have to have judgements and analysis that are sometimes negative, attacks on effort, personal traits, etc should be avoided.

I appreciate your sentiment, but you give a forum way too much credit. If a player blows on the field, he will most likely feel terrible afterwards. Then he will go to film study and be humiliated in front of his teammates as they review the game. Then the coaches will try to improve his play by going over his mistakes with them. At that point even if someone saw their name on the internet and clicked on it and saw some guy wrote he sucked, I'm not sure it would phase him much. The players know where they stand. When they accept the "free" $100,000+ education they understand what they are signing up for. If they didn't like the competition/pressure they would go to divison 3 and stay anonymous.

No need for cheap insults and name calling. Still, these players knew what they were getting into when they came to a big time college, and part of that is being criticized for poor play. I don't think its out of hand to say a player played awful, it happens, sometimes they play awful their entire career. I wouldn't say they are bad people or make judgments on their character, but I'll be damned if I'm not gonna say they suck because it would hurt their feelings. If they don't like it, play better, and if they can't, go somewhere else.

...that you have to accept that when you mistakes, fans will likely give you shit. It sucks, but at the same time, they are legally adults now and they should be able to take the fact that some people aren't going to be happy when they screw up. I can understand a policy in which we don't describe players with a large amount of profanity, say that they suck completely and shouldn't be on the team, or other things that we do when describing NFL players who suck. But at the same time, I'm not going to refrain from saying something along the lines of "Jonas Mouton screws up in a big way virtually every game" just because he feels bad about making mistakes.

Brian: Hello Mr Sheridan nice to meet you. Mr Sheridan: So Brian I hear you run that blog on Michigan football Brian: Yes Sir since 2004 Mr Sheridan: I loved my time there, you know my son goes there. what do you think of him? Brian: Well when I see him come onto the field I want to kill myself, but standing on the sidelines he seems like a perfectly nice young man.

Who are the brown nosers who take the time to give Brian points?? Pretty sure he's all set on his points.

Sorry.

These kids are getting a FULL RIDE scholarship to attend the University of Michigan. If the people who pay for tickets that help allow those scholarships to exist finds the tackling they witnessed appauling, then I would say they have a right to express that. It's not analogus to your daughter, because your daughter isn't being payed to play volleyball (YES getting a scholarship is getting paid, just ask any college student how beneficial no school costs would be). Any threatening, non-performance based, or extreme insults shouldnt be said obviously, but "Mike Williams needs to step up and make those tackles," is completely warranted. Stating facts is not a crime, and it shouldn't get such a negative connotation. If being called out on under-performing is the only trade off to getting free schooling, I'll take that every single time.

To the Board: "Lloyd didn't bring in all these shady Florida kids with their dreadlocks and coke deals." To Mrs. Odoms: "...I like Dave Chappelle..." To Debord: "You were not good at your job." To Mrs. Debord: "Your son was quite bad at his job."