John Michael McGee wants back in

[NateHeupelESQ]

I'm not going to pretend I've ever thought OU should bring him back, but it takes serious balls for a kid to own up to it and make this call.

So, this would be my proposal: He comes back as a preferred walk-on. He makes it through that year as a positive contributor to the team, and we give him his scholly back.

@JLMcCuistion #Sooners 2012 signee John Michael McGee. MT @CLHMcGee: Yeah I'm scared to contact the program I quit on last Aug but that call will be made.

https://twitter.com/JLMcCuistion/sta...83678662926337

[Mr. Pink]

We need O-lineman, right?

Sense the sarcasm...

[2SBTM]

He deserves a second chance if people who break the law get second and third chances...

[VRO405]

I like the preferred walk-on idea...

[61sooner]

Let's have a meet with the coaches and if they are interested, bring the kid back. He didn't get booted for any bad behavior.
What has he been doing this year? Going to JC, working?

[61sooner]

Let's have a meet with the coaches and if they are interested, bring the kid back. He didn't get booted for any bad behavior.
What has he been doing this year? Going to JC, working?

[Tundra]

If the coaches want him back then I'm all for it.
He didn't do anything wrong. He just made a rash decision and quit. If any of you have ever played any kind of college athletics then you know how hard and different it is.
Sounds like he knows he made a mistake in his eyes and wants to come back. I have no problem with that.

[drspencer]

I'm not going to pretend I've ever thought OU should bring him back, but it takes serious balls for a kid to own up to it and make this call.

So, this would be my proposal: He comes back as a preferred walk-on. He makes it through that year as a positive contributor to the team, and we give him his scholly back.

@JLMcCuistion #Sooners 2012 signee John Michael McGee. MT @CLHMcGee: Yeah I'm scared to contact the program I quit on last Aug but that call will be made.

https://twitter.com/JLMcCuistion/sta...83678662926337

I like this idea. I would be ok with it. Dan Cody left OU for a year then came back. He turned out to be an AA.

[OnlyOne]

I love the preferred walk-on idea. Kids make mistakes, as we all have, and if he has matured and is willing to work his way back, then why not? We damn sure need the help.

[El Jefe]

On board with the preferred walk-on bit. Wouldn't be too pleased to hold a scholarship for him. That said, I'm sure some other school will give him a scholarship. That might be better for him as I can't imagine his teammates at OU would welcome him back after he quit like that.

[OUfootball]

Whatever the coaches decide, I am for! That being said, it creates a bad precedent to allow someone back that quit on there team..

[oudidntknow84]

What was the reason he left? Girlfriend? or Something else?

[drspencer]

Whatever the coaches decide, I am for! That being said, it creates a bad precedent to allow someone back that quit on there team..

Doesn't really set a bad precedent if they make him work his way back.

[drspencer]

What was the reason he left? Girlfriend? or Something else?

From what I heard it was a girl.

[usaosooner]

Make him pay his way this spring/summer and if he survives Schmidtty then let him back on the team for the fall

[beelzeBob]

He deserves a second chance if people who break the law get second and third chances...

Really? Do you know that in the State of Oklahoma it is still technically illegal to have consential anal **** with your wife? How should these cr**** lawbreakers be dealt with?

[beelzeBob]

I like this idea. I would be ok with it. Dan Cody left OU for a year then came back. He turned out to be an AA.

Cody didnt quit. He had legit medical reasons.

[Mr. Pink]

It's settled. I'll email Stoops and Co. and let them know what we decided they should do with McGee.

[drspencer]

Cody didnt quit. He had legit medical reasons.

Yeah, I know that I'm just saying that there's been guys who have left the team and come back to play. I'm ok with it if he had to work his way back on the team and scholarship.

[NickDangerThirdEye]

Money may be a big issue, so a walk-on status may not work.

[melbitoast]

I'm not going to pretend I've ever thought OU should bring him back, but it takes serious balls for a kid to own up to it and make this call.

So, this would be my proposal: He comes back as a preferred walk-on. He makes it through that year as a positive contributor to the team, and we give him his scholly back.

@JLMcCuistion #Sooners 2012 signee John Michael McGee. MT @CLHMcGee: Yeah I'm scared to contact the program I quit on last Aug but that call will be made.

https://twitter.com/JLMcCuistion/sta...83678662926337

I like the preferred walk-on idea...

I like this idea. I would be ok with it. Dan Cody left OU for a year then came back. He turned out to be an AA.

I love the preferred walk-on idea. Kids make mistakes, as we all have, and if he has matured and is willing to work his way back, then why not? We damn sure need the help.

On board with the preferred walk-on bit. Wouldn't be too pleased to hold a scholarship for him. That said, I'm sure some other school will give him a scholarship. That might be better for him as I can't imagine his teammates at OU would welcome him back after he quit like that.

NateHeupel, you're a ****ing genius!! Seriously, I think that's a great idea. Make him earn it back and prove himself. Don't punish him with Schmitty necessarily, just make him earn it back.

[mavsfan31]

I would think that he would come back as a walk on before he would go to another school on scholarship.

[DirtySouth_Sooner]

hope we seriously give him a chance ... and while were at it, let that TE from moore back too. he reminded me of another gresham.

[OU812]

I agree with the walk on idea. I'm skeptical that someone who quit before the season started would only quit again when it gets tough. If the coaches want him back I'm sure he'll have to earn it back.

[NateHeupelESQ]

Money may be a big issue, so a walk-on status may not work.

He can get student loans, and if money is really that big of an issue he can get pell grants, too. Bottom line, you earn a scholarship with a solid HS career, but you keep it with hard work and commitment to the team. He's got no currency left on the former or the latter. If he really wants it, he'll prove it.

[byrk75]

It's settled. I'll email Stoops and Co. and let them know what we decided they should do with McGee.

Tell him to have our team prepared for bowl game as well.

[NateHeupelESQ]

Money may be a big issue, so a walk-on status may not work.

Apparently, McGee must've heard you:

@CLHMcGee As long as there is a God money will never be an issue. Son of a 26 yr RN working in day surgery and a retired Marine Sgt. #LimitlessHeights

https://twitter.com/CLHMcGee/status/276037354983149570

[OnlyOne]

NateHeupel, do you believe he's going to be given a second chance?

[NateHeupelESQ]

NateHeupel, do you believe he's going to be given a second chance?

If I'm being perfectly honest, I don't think so. The coaches came about this >< close to losing the team entirely last year. They'll probably be paranoid of the effect on the team.

That said, I think you give him a shot. Dusty Dvoracek put a kid in a coma and we let him back. He did what it took to pull his **** together, and I'm absolutely proud to call him a fellow Sooner alumnus. If we're going to forgive that, we have to forgive this.

[2SBTM]

You readin LandThieves bud?



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[NickDangerThirdEye]

You readin LandThieves bud?



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[2SBTM]

Any update on this situation? He give OU a call?

[drspencer]

Not sure if he might be coming back or not. Looks like he talked with Patton around 10 days ago. From from the tweets it sounds like Patton may have given him an option to come back. Although, he's been pretty quite about it since then.

Aye but I was made to make mistakes, not fake perfection!

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6 Dec Limitless Heights ‏@CLHMcGee
Reason I left: Immature overwhelmed teenager looking for the easy way out. #BigMistake

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6 Dec Limitless Heights ‏@CLHMcGee
Great to hear a coach say I just want you to be successful whether its here or somewhere else.

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6 Dec Limitless Heights ‏@CLHMcGee
Good lil chat with Patton.

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[2SBTM]

Awesome, hopefully it works out for all parties. Will be interesting to see how it plays out.

[NateHeupelESQ]

Looks like he's heading to Henderson State University in Arkansas. Not sure if that's a stop on the comeback tour, or the final destination.

[OnlyOne]

Damn, I was hoping he would be been given the walk-on option here at OU.

[melbitoast]

Looks like he's heading to Henderson State University in Arkansas. Not sure if that's a stop on the comeback tour, or the final destination.

Where'd did you see that?

[m40]

I'm fine with him coming back ****uming the players are ok with it. Have the team captains talk with him and if they clear him put it up for a group vote

[usaosooner]

He's not coming back here. That road is closed. Henderson is what i heard as well

[NateHeupelESQ]

Where'd did you see that?

His twitter feed.

[melbitoast]

His twitter feed.

Thanks.

[Stoops'Visor]

Jake Trotter ‏@Jake_Trotter
Also, OG John Michael McGee has in fact reached out to the OU staff about rejoining the team at some point. A possibility

[atlantasooner]

I wonder if there's a still a chance here for McGee or Trotter is quoting old info.

[psk2080]

I wonder if there's a still a chance here for McGee or Trotter is quoting old info.

Maybe Trotter is getting his info from Landthieves and missed the updates from JMM's twitter page...

[55-17beatdown2011]

The JMM reports came from Patton today during a post-practice press conference. Patton confirmed JMM had begun communicating with the coaching staff about returning to OU.

[Sancho]

I dont have a problem with him being allowed to come back, but if it were me I would make it clear that he is on his last strike. One ****up and he is gone, whether its academics, getting in trouble with the police, or just flaking out - he is out the door.

[Mad Dog Madsen]

I like this idea. I would be ok with it. Dan Cody left OU for a year then came back. He turned out to be an AA.

Not really... Dan Cody had clinical depression and actually redshirted.

[drspencer]

Not really... Dan Cody had clinical depression and actually redshirted.

Yes, I knew this. I was just making the point to say that there were players in the past that had to leave the team and come back to be successful.

[TenYards]

Make him work for it, but make a path for him to return.

[Sooner 76]

Not really... Dan Cody had clinical depression and actually redshirted.

IIRC, he didn't leave school, but he didn't practice either.