McMullen Taking Leave of Absence - Retiring from Football

[Apathy]

[84HuskerLaw]

If his heart is not in it anymore, we ought not have him taking up a roster place for a young guy looking to be a Husker! We need DTs and there has never been a better time to join the program if you dream of becoming the next Suh! Good luck to all our past present and future Husker players - follow your dreams.

[gobiggergoredder]

The Foreman tweets are low class.

 

Appreciate what McMullen did and wish him the best of luck. I really think he was going to do something next year, but he has decided it's time to move on and I respect that.

[cm husker]

Forman, who I like when he's providing analysis, needs to get a grip.

[cm husker]

It's too bad that apparently McMullen didn't have a conversation with Banker, but I like how Banker handled the questions after the game. Glad it sounds like he would have welcomed a talk. Odd situation.

 

Best of luck to GM. I look forward to watching the Davis twins and other guys.

[Mavric]

[Mavric]

[Apathy]

I can understand Foreman's frustration. Foreman was a ex Blackshirt and McMullen has been a starter for what 3 years?

 

With McMullen coming back to start for his 3rd/4th year but deciding to quit football, not only did he quit on his teammates but he quit on former Blackshirts as well

[Elf]

I can understand Foreman's frustration. Foreman was a ex Blackshirt and McMullen has been a starter for what 3 years?

 

With McMullen coming back to start for his 3rd/4th year but deciding to quit football, not only did he quit on his teammates but he quit on former Blackshirts as well

I suppose you can look at this like McMullen is quitting on his teammates and anyone else you want to lump in there.

 

He's not likely to be playing in the NFL on Sundays so this isn't a bad decision for him. He's leaving football to pursue the rest of his life and there is nothing wrong with that at all. He also has a definitive plan for his life and he wants to follow it. From where I stand, that doesn't make him a quitter.

[Thanks_Tom RR]

I don't know where my post went but Sipple hinted at this on Tuesday. Collins, Valentine, and McMullen...that is a lot of beef missing from the defensive tackle position. Our DL will be young and slight this year. Parrella has his work cut off for him.

[NUance]

Make no mistake. This hurts our team. We've already lost quite a bit from last year's D-line. Losing McMullen will hurt. But if this is what Greg wants, I wish him the best. It's perplexing though. I mean, most guys would jump at the chance to play D1 ball. For every guy that's on the team there are 20 that aspired to play but didn't get the call. And McMullen is just walking away from it. People in this thread think Jay Foreman is being overly harsh. But I'll bet in a few years McMullen will look back and regret this decision. Oh well, I guess the team will move on too. :

[cm husker]

I know at least as many guys who regret playing football as I do who regret hanging it up early. Many guys I played with won't let their kids play. The game is really hard on your body, especially when you play on the line.

 

McMullen gave four years to the program, no? I don't see how this is "quitting" when you have your degree and simply choose to start your life.

 

Sub point: if this is quitting, then every player who ever left early for the draft has quit on his teammates.

[macroboy]

Sub point: if this is quitting, then every player who ever left early for the draft has quit on his teammates.

 

This.

 

If what Riley says is true then I am proud of McMullen.

 

I do wonder what that DL room was like last year and what was really happening there. Two go to the draft early, 2 leave, 1 coach fired. That isn't normal.

[bisonwiches]

 

 

Sub point: if this is quitting, then every player who ever left early for the draft has quit on his teammates.

This.

 

If what Riley says is true then I am proud of McMullen.

 

I do wonder what that DL room was like last year and what was really happening there. Two go to the draft early, 2 leave, 1 coach fired. That isn't normal.

Wasn't there word floating around for a bit that said VV's main reason for leaving was he didn't want to play for Hughes?

[The Dude]

Kinda surprising he quit on Parrella.