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Story from Andy Greder at PP: http://www.twincities.com/2017/10/25/gophers-offensive-tackle-nick-connelly-retires-from-team/
Bummer. Enjoy seeing the local kids make good. That settles the whole "he had a severe concussion" issue that I kept seeing posted. It also brings a little bit of credibility to that usatoday website for injuries as that's what they had posted there. Best of luck Nick with whatever direction you go in the future.
The Power Trip morning show on KFAN (the new home of the gophers) made fun of him pretty hard for “quitting” the team this morning. Pretty disappointing to hear.
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Just another example of the double standard
The Power Trip morning show on KFAN (the new home of the gophers) made fun of him pretty hard for “quitting” the team this morning. Pretty disappointing to hear.
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They did bring up Norv Turner quitting on the Vikings last year too, so at least they did bring that up. It is different for an athlete to stop playing football due to injury though. I guess until we know more about the type or extent of injury it's hard to say what the motivation was.
So what was his injury and is that why he retired?
The Power Trip morning show on KFAN (the new home of the gophers) made fun of him pretty hard for “quitting” the team this morning. Pretty disappointing to hear.
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It's definitely concussion related.
I get a little sick of the "he quit on his team" BS. This isn't the Army. Nobody's life is going to be lost if someone doesn't show up. It's an F'ing game played for other people's entertainment. While I get it's a team sport and players need to support each other, nobody else on the team is going to chase around his kids if he is physically unable to. They aren't going to support him if he's unable to work. They aren't going to complete his degree for him.
Nobody knows what else is going on in his life. He needs to make the best decision for himself.
By that same logic, nobody should ever work for another company after they take their first job, nobody should ever retire...
I especially love it when media personalities, who are notorious for moving around, make those comments.
The Power Trip morning show on KFAN (the new home of the gophers) made fun of him pretty hard for “quitting” the team this morning. Pretty disappointing to hear.
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No doubt. He was just cleared to return....to class.
. So...just like Reusse.KFAN is what it always represents...negative reporting in attempt to stir up problems.
The Power Trip morning show on KFAN (the new home of the gophers) made fun of him pretty hard for “quitting” the team this morning. Pretty disappointing to hear.
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Someone should call in and make fun of Meatsauces divorce
Barreiro has mentioned this place a couple times recently. I heard him recently and he was defending the Vikings as being more successful recently than the Gophers. Gophers have a similar winning percentage, but the fact the Vikings won a 4 team division is what made the Vikings so respectable. Where the Gophers have never won the 14 team conference they play in.