U of M Coach Brady Hoke Under Fire For Leaving In Injured QB [Video]

Michigan's Big Ten conference opening loss to Minnesota was bad enough, but now questions are being asked whether Michigan Coach Brady Hoke was irresponsible for leaving in quarterback Shane Morris after he was clearly injured.

Morris struggled after injuring his leg early on, leaving the ESPN announcers, Mike Patrick and Ed Cunningham, to begin questioning why he wasn't removed.

Then came a series of events leading to Morris getting hit hard in the head. It appeared pretty clear that Morris was hurting, so much so that a teammate signaled to the sidelines for help. Although Morris indicated that he wanted to stay in, many feel he should have been pulled after the hit to the head.

t this point, Patrick and Cunningham were becoming livid, first at the ferociousness of the hit by a Minnesota player, but then at the fact Morris was not taken out:

>> Ed: They have got to get him out of the ball game!

>> Mike: I'm totally with you he has got to come out.
I mean, he was wobbly after that, forget the limping.

>> Ed: You've got to eject Thieren Cockran, that is targeting. He drops his head. He launches. If it's forcible contact and it moves up into the head area, I cannot believe Cockran was not called for targeting and not only ejected from this game, but then he would be ejected for the first half of the second. You have to call tat a targeting penalty.

>> Mike: That certainly looked like it.

>> Ed: I can tell you that number 7 is still in this game is appalling. It is appalling that he was left in on that play. To throw the ball again and as badly as he was hit by Cockran and Cockran should have been ejected and missed the rest of this game and next week. Having a quarterback in the game after a hit like that is terrible looking after a young player!

Watch the sequence of events for yourself and see if you agree with the announcers.