Comments on: After big game at BC, receiver Marcus Davis glad he could give detractors ‘something else to talk about’

By: kenroe

kenroe — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 02:37:52 +0000

As i stated last week i posted very early in the season on this blog that MD needed to be benched hes been a sorry lazy teammate the whole year again not just against Fla st, and i completely disagree with everyone saying ohh well we did’nt have any other options this year cause he was so talented that’s straight BS period. How do we know how Fuller Knowles or Asante would have played had they started over MD and DR? we don”t cause they never had the opportunity!!!! It also irks me that the coaching staff is still trying to defend this dude cause he had a good game against BOSTON COLLEGE woooaaahhh give me a break REALLLY? Wow its almost as if they’re trying to justify starting his sorry tail all year knowing he was’nt a team player its BS and everybody on this blog knows if they’re honest with thereselves!!!!!!!

By: Kirk

Kirk — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 23:07:55 +0000

I wouldn’t start MD on a high school team. He shows he doesn’t care unless the ball is thrown to him. Once again the coaching staff doesn’t coach well. If they did they would have seen his blocking issues in previous games. I say goodbye MD, Frank Beamer, Spriney and Newsome.

By: 86 Cougar

86 Cougar — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 21:32:56 +0000

Very very well said Crooked Road, it really doesn’t matte anymore. Good riddance Marcus Davis!

By: crooked road

crooked road — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 20:37:12 +0000

Actually, scott, not trying to defend Barry, but Marcus Vick was in the NFL for one year, technically. He actually played in one game. I think they made him a WR or something. I tried to forget him as soon as he was kicked out of VT, so I didn’t follow his ‘career’.

I think Barry’s bigger point was about the actions of Marcus Davis being detrimental to the team’s success, not about the NFL stats of the previously mentioned players. To me, it’s been an issue for over 3 years, not just the last two weeks. At this point, knowing how much of the season is left, it doesn’t matter how apathetic MD is, just as long as we beat UVa. It seems obvious that he still doesn’t care to block, but he sure cares when the pass is supposed to come his way. As a senior & headline player, he sends out a call for ‘leadership’ on the team. That strikes me as really ironic, but evidently went over the head of Marcus Davis.

Again, only two games left in his Hokie career, so it doesn’t really matter.

By: scott whitaker

scott whitaker — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 18:45:48 +0000

#20 Barry is convinced all Hokies are thugs as are the fans who apparently throw bottles from the stands. Happens all the time. Of course what the clown forgot to mention was that Marcus not only didn’t play in the NFL, he never finished at VT. I’ll personally take MV over many guys in the NFL. Served his time for what he did but not once have I ever seen him lose his temper, show boat excessively or act like a jerk on the field. So Josh Morgan did what Barry, tell us more than the one incident? You had never heard of him until he got flagged that one time. Deangelo Hall was a very talented player at VT but a jerk in the locker room. Nobody was sad to see him leave. Barry’s still smarting over the fact his team’s graduation rate is one of the lowest in the conference.

By: scott whitaker

scott whitaker — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 18:34:27 +0000

#16 Eagle I’m guessing it doesn’t take a whole lot to keep you happy. Being simple minded must take a lot of stress out of life.

By: Still Learning

Still Learning — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 18:26:59 +0000

The NFL is a business Barry. If you can play you can stay. What is your point? There are bad actors from every college in the country and you know it. Marcus Vick was kicked to the curb by the NFL for one reason…he couldn’t play. The Steelers and Ravens have multiple thugs, and they also have the best defenses in the league. If you don’t like the NFL don’t watch it. If you want to point fingers at thugs, you’ve got hundreds of colleges to choose from.

By: Trevor

Trevor — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 17:59:31 +0000

Davis’ talents was never the question. It was his consistency that was the target of cricticism. The viral video just confirmed what fans were saying all season long.

I hope that the benching, which can be a powerful motivator, lit a fire under his butt, and he plays like the wide receiver everybody thought he would be. He showed up in a big way last season against LOLUVA and he will be needed again Saturday.

By: Barry from Ivy

Barry from Ivy — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 17:05:33 +0000

Davis probably lost a lot of his desire to excel once the Hokies were exposed as just a mediocre team which most of us knew from the beginning. Davis will be fine once he gets to the pro level. The NFL revels in types of players like the Vick brothers, Deangelo Hall, Josh Morgan etc etc.

By: 540Hokie

540Hokie — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 16:54:16 +0000

I hope peppers ferry, who claims the players are demoralized by the coaches, read the quotes from Martin Scales. Doesn’t sound demoralized to me. Sounds like a team player who is motivated.