yuri wright

[kiddkush]

Ok, so I agree with making a kid accountable for his actions, and the university wants to keep a clean image but, Come on man! Michigan pulled they're offer on the kid b/c of sexually graphic tweets found from a long time ago in his twitter accoun. He was also released from his high school. Not saying we would have had him, but if I was a incoming recruit. I would let coach know that I want to play with the best, but you can't do that if they're not on the team. This is b/s, you can find the info on rivals

 

[wolverine304]

Yeah I thought it was a bit harsh. O well. Bring on garnett and diamond!

 

[wheels002]

I cant help but wonder if there is more to it than just old tweets. It could have been about his attitude about them or some other things he has done.

 

[TheVictors]

I just heard about him "going nuts" on Twitter about his recruiting situation. His HS booted him and allegedly ND is going to pull interest too. I assumed it was more than old tweets by the way in which this ND fan got all into it with me.

 

[deathroh]

A Sam Webb post from Wednesday....

Lets play the "what if" game...

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What if a so-called insider continuously made up recruiting info and passed it off as fact, but fans continued to lend credence to it by reading it, believing it, and propagating it across the internet as fact?

What if the latest completely fabricated, concocted piece of drivel had Michigan dropping a recruit because of his admittedly appalling, but also adolescent tweets?

What if in highlighting that bad judgment by said recruit in a ridiculous attempt to buttress the counterfeit report, the ire of the coach of one of the most prestigious programs in the country was raised?

What if said coach thought that (your favorite college program) was the source of that false info?

What if down the line that limits (your favorite college program's) ability to recruit that prestigious school?

Would that finally convince people to turn their nose up at garbage when the stench is unmistakable?

If the answer to the final question is yes, then in my opinion the potential price paid might well be worth it.

By the way... the above scenario is based on a true story.

Simple request from one friend to all of you... when you see BS like that which I've described above, and you know it's BS... call it what it is! Don't let it proliferate unchecked... or worse... lend credence to it. If you do, you may actually hurt the program that you only want to support.

 

[deathroh]

Followed up with this......

Some folks are completely missing my point...

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I mentioned this below, but I'm placing it here as my last comment on the matter. Afterward you guys can continue to hash this out if you want.

Where did I say or imply that the kid's coaches aren't upset with him? Where did I say or imply that an understanding wasn't reached with the kid and his coaches about why he was dopped? Both of those could be true and the high school coach still would have a valid reason to be upset.

The kid

 

[deathroh]

and this post from leave it to beaver....

BTW, Corollary to Sam's post

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There's already a top-top-TOP junior who won't talk to 'Michigan press' because of bogus reports on him by another 'so-called Michigan expert' ... this comes from the kid's family (who would talk to us off-record but not do an interview).

Problem is, anyone can 'hang out a shingle' in this business -- and the more nonsense-bogus their reports, the more some people are attracted to it.

All we can do is, (i) be credible; (ii) point these things out as best we can (while also protecting the kids as best we can).

 

[wheels002]

OK so DR are you saying that he didnt tweet the stuff that he did or he wasnt kicked out of high school or that we didnt drop our offer? I am confused. I had heard even a few weeks ago that we were cooling on Wright and were more focused on other players.

 

[deathroh]

OK so DR are you saying that he didnt tweet the stuff that he did or he wasnt kicked out of high school or that we didnt drop our offer? I am confused. I had heard even a few weeks ago that we were cooling on Wright and were more focused on other players.

This is straight from Scout, not my opinion. The second post I copied is probably the clearest and should be able to answer your questions to a degree. Together they do seem to imply that the offer wasn't dropped because of the tweets. Who is reporting that as fact? The posts I copied and this thread are all i've heard about it.

 

[TheVictors]

I was told he was tweeting throughout the time he was at the Army AA game about "getting pussy" and "going out partying" and used "*****" many times. His Catholic HS booted him for his behavior and some colleges are backing off ....

Now Sam Webb is confusing things greatly -

 

[mjsb2]

I was told he was tweeting throughout the time he was at the Army AA game about "getting pussy" and "going out partying" and used "*****" many times. His Catholic HS booted him for his behavior and some colleges are backing off ....

Now Sam Webb is confusing things greatly -

lol

 

[wlvrnstlr4life]

This kid is a DUMBFUCK in every way possible. And he's ****ing stupid to boot. Good riddance. Some dude over on the ESPN boards has links to some of his tweets. You'll find them in the oldest part of the thread. Tweeting must make people feel like celebrities. They lose all common sense and say dumb shit on a regular basis.

 

[rumseyhouse77]

Kid sounds like a head case that no team needs to deal with.

 

[wheels002]

http://blacksportsonline.com/home/2012/01/hs-football-star-yuri-wright-expelled-over-i-need-some-pssy-tweets/

This is a copy of the tweets he sent. keep in mind he went to a catholic school and in an interview his coach claims he was talked to a few times about twitter and facebook. And tweeting about sex and drugs is not a great idea when you know you are being watched and inline for a scholarship. It's like what Shane Morris said in an interview. He said he is very careful what he says where he goes and who he hangs around with because he doesnt want to do anything that may jeopardize his future and all he has worked for. It does make me wonder if they would have kicked him out of school if it was still football season. My guess is he is an inner city kid at a private catholic school with an athletic scholarship.

 

[mhughes0021]

A Sam Webb post from Wednesday....

Lets play the "what if" game...

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What if a so-called insider continuously made up recruiting info and passed it off as fact, but fans continued to lend credence to it by reading it, believing it, and propagating it across the internet as fact?

What if the latest completely fabricated, concocted piece of drivel had Michigan dropping a recruit because of his admittedly appalling, but also adolescent tweets?

What if in highlighting that bad judgment by said recruit in a ridiculous attempt to buttress the counterfeit report, the ire of the coach of one of the most prestigious programs in the country was raised?

What if said coach thought that (your favorite college program) was the source of that false info?

What if down the line that limits (your favorite college program's) ability to recruit that prestigious school?

Would that finally convince people to turn their nose up at garbage when the stench is unmistakable?

If the answer to the final question is yes, then in my opinion the potential price paid might well be worth it.

By the way... the above scenario is based on a true story.

Simple request from one friend to all of you... when you see BS like that which I've described above, and you know it's BS... call it what it is! Don't let it proliferate unchecked... or worse... lend credence to it. If you do, you may actually hurt the program that you only want to support.

wtf is sam webb talking about....why did he waste his time typing this garbage lol. Does Michigan need a more valid excuse to drop a recruit? lol. A teenage kid that gets dropped from his HS and tweeting about all that garbage seems like it would be enough for just about any school with standards to stop recruiting him. Not to mention with Countess and Richardson here already why would they want a headcase on the team if he wasnt even going to contribute.

 

[wheels002]

You know if this kid did sign with us Drew Sharp's first question would be about his tweets in regards to smoking pot and having sex with multiple girls.

 

[lostleader]

Kid is stupid....Dont need that.

Who the hell is the one in the media pissing off recruits?

 

[deathroh]

Kid is stupid....Dont need that.

Who the hell is the one in the media pissing off recruits?

Seems pretty convoluted and not as important as Webb's making it out to be, but I think his point is that Michigan dropped Wright weeks ago, but the wording in the Rivals article makes it seem like he was dropped because of this.

http://footballrecruiting.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1321024

So this is probably more of a Scout vs Rivals thing that Webb's getting at.

 

[deathroh]

wtf is sam webb talking about....why did he waste his time typing this garbage lol. Does Michigan need a more valid excuse to drop a recruit? lol. A teenage kid that gets dropped from his HS and tweeting about all that garbage seems like it would be enough for just about any school with standards to stop recruiting him. Not to mention with Countess and Richardson here already why would they want a headcase on the team if he wasnt even going to contribute.

http://www.detroitsports.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=wolverines&action=display&thread=4972&page=2

 

[erg57]

Hoke will not repeat Carr/DickRod's BooBoo Cissoko fiasco with another headcase DB. No effing way that kid is recruited. Nip it in the bud