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Originally Posted by ASTalumna06
Have you seen the video?
It's entirely possible that Hoke didn't see what happened, but I would be really surprised if that was the case. The QB was hit HARD, he was shaken up, he was wobbling while he walked, and he had to lean on a teammate while heading toward the sideline. How does a head coach miss that?
If I saw that and I was Hoke, I wouldn't care what anyone else thought, I'd try to take the QB off the field and out of the game.
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No, I didn't see the video (or the game), and the QB is a premiere position so it's possible he did. But there are other scenarios.
Again, not a UM guy (so I don't know Hoke's game day proclivities) but some Head coaches go to the bench (if only for a play or two) to talk to the unit that's just come off the field. Could the QB hit have occured when Hoke was talking to bench players? I don't know, but that's my point about the chaos inherent on sidelines that TV cameras seldom, if ever, pick up.
I'd want to know when the medical people made the declaration the kid was out, who (what coach) they told the kid could not return, and go from there.
Clearly, at the very least, an assistant may have let the coach down, not informing Hoke if Hoke didn't see the hit/resulting wobbliness for himself.