Player safety has to be paramount on any college football sideline whether it is NAIA or Division I. What happened on the sidelines during the Michigan-Minnesota game last Saturday when Michigan Quarterback Shane Morris was sent back on the field after receiving a serious blow to the head was bad enough. The dance that the University of Michigan Athletic Department is doing now to try to avoid accepting responsibility for the situation is just as bad if not worse. Michigan Head Coach Brady Hoke is using the mantra of "deny, deny, deny" and it seems to be working.
Michigan Athletic Director Dave Brandon described what happened as a "serious lack of communication" between the Michigan medical staff and the Head Coach. From what I saw the Michigan medical staff never even took a look at him before Head Coach Brady Hoke sent him back out on to the field. Brady Hoke described Shane Morris condition as "fine" after the game yet Brandon was issuing apologies 12 hours later. The Medical Staff is describing Morris' condition as a "probable concussion" (maybe Morris should get a second opinion from Ohio State's Medical School) and no one is wanting to take responsibility for what happened.
The ESPN announcers that were working the game immediately questioned the legality of the hit and called for the suspension of the Minnesota football player for "targeting" Morris. Hoke was offended because the media was questioning his integrity for allowing this to happen. He needs to take responsibilty. What sanctions should Hoke face?
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