Was There a Players-Only Team Meeting on Sunday?
After the Minnesota game on Saturday, I remember reading or hearing something about the team calling a players-only meeting for Sunday. Does anyone know if that actually wound up happening or did that get pushed aside by the Concussion-Gate shitstorm? Looking for a sign that there may be some semblance of leadership left on this team.
September 30th, 2014 at 2:47 PM ^
Let's ask the captains. I'm sure they're on top of it.
September 30th, 2014 at 3:56 PM ^
September 30th, 2014 at 2:47 PM ^
Jake Ryan was asked about this on Monday and he said there was no team meeting. Take that FWIW.
September 30th, 2014 at 2:53 PM ^
"No, not really." What does that even mean? Yes, or no? "Not really" is not one of the options.
September 30th, 2014 at 3:00 PM ^
When asked if they were sinking. Man that guy's really method!
September 30th, 2014 at 3:13 PM ^
Clark sidestepped the question, Jake asked the reporter to repeat it and then didn't answer what he actually asked.
In other words, there probably was.
September 30th, 2014 at 3:04 PM ^
There was a team meeting, it just wasn't communicated to Ryan.
September 30th, 2014 at 2:50 PM ^
There was, and Dave Brandon requested to sit in on it since there was no film session that day. It explains why Hoke and DB didn't speak before Monday.
This is all speculation.
September 30th, 2014 at 2:51 PM ^
yeah, but no question about it
September 30th, 2014 at 2:50 PM ^
Yes. I heard the players really prepared well for it and were there supporting each other
September 30th, 2014 at 2:57 PM ^
Hoke stood in the hallway and clapped.
September 30th, 2014 at 8:57 PM ^
once the meeting itself started, execution seemed to break down.
October 1st, 2014 at 2:14 AM ^
Prepared well, but apparently failed to execute
September 30th, 2014 at 2:51 PM ^
Frank Clark was asked about this during yesterday's presser and said "not really" then went on to talk about how everyone knows what they need to do. Execute, make tackles, etc.
September 30th, 2014 at 2:51 PM ^
The players must have decided they had better things to do
September 30th, 2014 at 3:07 PM ^
Like win games?
September 30th, 2014 at 2:57 PM ^
There was a thread which appeared perhaps a couple hours after the game from someone who gave us a laundry list of things - this meeting included - which turned out to not happen (or at least not as they were described in that thread), at least most of the items they mentioned didn't to the best of my knowledge. It was the same person who posted some stuff about the QB situation last week, I believe. That might be where this came from.
September 30th, 2014 at 3:06 PM ^
Did you find anything that guy had to say credible?
September 30th, 2014 at 3:11 PM ^
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September 30th, 2014 at 3:13 PM ^
OK, thanks.
September 30th, 2014 at 3:10 PM ^
Yeah, this "player's-only" meeting thing was kinda started purely on some rumors I read here and on Reddit. Clark not knowing what to say probably was just because he didn't expect to be asked; I'm sure the older players did talk to the team but I doubt it was much of a meeting. Say what you will about the outside world, but it does seem like this team is trying its best to focus on each game and keep the distractions outside.
September 30th, 2014 at 3:13 PM ^
Didn't the same guy start the "Peppers wasn't really injured, he was being punished" rumor?
From what I remember, a few posters called him out on the 5 or 6 of the 8-9 rumors he said were true via his "inside information" and then announced he wasn't going to be sharing his inside info with mgoblog anymore. I may be a skeptic, but his whole vibe came off as Ace Williams-ish.
September 30th, 2014 at 3:24 PM ^
Peppers was pretty injured earlier in the week from what I heard. Nothing to the mouthing off at practice stuff.
September 30th, 2014 at 3:38 PM ^
September 30th, 2014 at 3:41 PM ^
Were you not the one who "verified" him?
September 30th, 2014 at 3:59 PM ^
I qualified it (a lot, short of verifying really - I put a big "if" in my initial statement) with that given the person he claims to know, he would probably only have access to certain information (a very narrow scope, but some of it game-related) - that thread Saturday night would have been way beyond the scope of anything he could have credibly known given his described relationship to the person he mentioned, and as a few of the items have been shot down by people even closer to the players now, we'll probably not take that as sourcing anymore. I was willing to give him the benefit of a doubt, but that time has passed now.
September 30th, 2014 at 4:01 PM ^
if what they said in the e-mail I received is correct, then they would be in a position to hear certain things - not comprehensive information perhaps, but some information. I will put it that way
(my emphasis)
September 30th, 2014 at 3:13 PM ^
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September 30th, 2014 at 3:14 PM ^
Yes there was, then Dave Brandon "accidentally" interrupted the meeting with 50 pizzas and free coke for everyone.
September 30th, 2014 at 3:41 PM ^
but was there free chocolate lava cake?
September 30th, 2014 at 4:15 PM ^
Domino's Lava Cakes: It's all about the presentation.
September 30th, 2014 at 7:33 PM ^
I didn't know what they were at first glance. Well, I should say I thought they were something else, at first glance.
September 30th, 2014 at 3:17 PM ^
Sounds like it was just a rumor. Nothing seemed to come of it.
September 30th, 2014 at 8:09 PM ^
September 30th, 2014 at 11:04 PM ^
So did Hoke and Nussmeier get into it or was that made up as well?
October 1st, 2014 at 8:51 AM ^
These guys can't even "execute" a players only meeting? Me, oh my, how are we EVER going to do it on the field?