Mom of Nick Marsh blasts Freep for misleading headline

The mother of Nick Marsh has not taken kindly to a headline by the Detroit Free Press that was used without permission.

In a sensitive time when recruits and current players are undoubtedly hoping to avoid questions about the Mel Tucker situation, it seems like the Detroit Free Press isn’t respecting the wishes of said recruits.

According to the mother of Nick Marsh, her son was approached with questions about the situation and he replied with “no comment” and the Detroit Free Press went on to use a misleading headline without permission.

She went off on the paper on Twitter.

So you a child says No comment and proceed to make a headline. You don’t consult the parent after you say it’s a story about Nick personal journey as a football player. You all should be ashamed !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Use my child for a sensationalized headline!!!!! https://t.co/grQIRcS1TM

— MaMa_Tron210 (@MamaTron210) September 12, 2023

There’s nothing that a recruit could say right now that could be emotionally fair given the situation. Asking them about the head coach that recruited them likely getting suspended and likely fired for a nasty incident is going to yield a mixed bag of responses. But if a player says no comment or visibly doesn’t want to speak about the matter, you respect that.

Clearly that didn’t happen in this case.

From the looks of it, the Freep may have burned bridges with one of the state’s best recruits. Not exactly good for business.

Marsh’s mom is right, though, you don’t publish a headline like that or use quotes when a player doesn’t want to comment. It should be common sense that any commit or recruit is waiting to see how Michigan State handles this situation before making a final decision.

According to multiple people, Nick and his mom @MamaTron210 told Mick McCabe no comment on a phone call. Then when approached at practice, @CoachRusss told reporters that Nick was not going to talk about the current situation. https://t.co/J28ccX3D1f

— Doug (@dhagg42) September 12, 2023

Plus, this just isn’t the distraction needed for Nick Marsh during his senior season and with so much stress already added to his plate with the whole Tucker situation. Now he has to answer to people who believe his quote means that he’s leaving.

This comes just one day after Marsh’s mom expressed gratitude for Spartan moms who are helping to keep things intact during this mess.

Do better, Freep.