[The Athletic- Subscription Required] What Happened to Malik McDowell?
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theathletic.comPosted Jul 12, 2019, 7:27 PM UTC
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theathletic.comI feel bad for his mom. I'm sure everyone thought she was crazy and making an ass of herself, but it's clear she was the only one that saw the writing on the wall. Dude needed to move away to a program with a drill sergeant for a coach that would not tolerate any of Malik's BS.
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What did his mom say/do?
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She was ultra vocal about her desire that he not go to MSU and that he go to a good program far away from Detroit because of the bad influences there.
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Honestly it's nice to have the saga summed up all in one article. I remember going to the first training camp practice and looking for Malik all day only to find out he crashed an ATV in Pete's presser afterwards.
Seems like he was doomed to fail either way.
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Does anyone else feel bad for this guy? Obviously he's made some dumb decisions, but he's also the casualty of an entertainment machine that puts profit before the people who produce that profit. Saying he's simply an idiot is like saying that a burned out child actor is just an idiot.
These kids are excused and exploited at every turn by the people who stand to profit from their talent. No wonder he doesn't know how to handle his current situation. A lot of us would probably last out in anger and denial as well.
I don't know, I'm as tired of talking about him as anyone else here, but I don't think he's just a dumbass.
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Most people aren’t stupid enough to pull a wheelie on an ATV without a helmet.
John Schneider and Carroll both thought we had the culture to set him on the straight and narrow. We thought Bennett, KJ Wright and Wagner are all figures that can keep him accountable at the time.
If I tell you before hand that he’s going to end his NFL career weeks after the draft by an ATV accident, no scriptwriter would have ever thought of such a scenario.
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Len Bias. This isn't completely without precedent.
But look at some of the players who make the field and still get spit out. Manziel, Leaf, etc. These kids are handed everything, then when it doesn't go their way they lose their heads. They're taught they're special until they're not, and they don't know how to handle it.
Of course it's up to him now to grow up and understand the universe makes exceptions for no one. I'm just saying I get why he's struggling with it, and acting out.
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I feel like he just needs a supervisor
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Ah, gotcha. Thanks.
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Or you could support actual sports journalism like what they have at The Athletic.
Pasting the link here spreads awareness for said actual journalism, and OP even tagged that a subscription is required. People love to bitch and cry about the state of sports media, and The Athletic drives it's revenue by getting people to sign up for it, rather than sensationalized clickbait to get you to see advertisements.
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That doesn’t work...?
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I am on PC...do you understand how subscriptions work?
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Did you guys see the police video where he fought the officer? This guy is an idiot.
Link to video
Dude can barely tackle a cop half his size.
yes I know he’s being tazed while he’s doing it, it’s a joke
He was also super duper drunk.