Mizzou LB speaks out on Twitter about Maty Mauk situation
Maty Mauk was suspended by Mizzou late Monday night stemming from a video that surfaced on the internet recently.
You can read all about that saga here.
Speculation was running wild about the video, and it was no doubt creating a lot of questions for Mizzou teammates.
It appears as though Tigers LB Michael Scherer was fielding one of those questions via text message when he mistakenly posted that message to Twitter instead:
Sent a text and it ended up on Twitter.. Damn iPhone
— Michael Scherer (@Mike_Scherer38) January 26, 2016
A screenshot of the Tweet was captured before it was deleted:
#Mizzou senior LB Michael Scherer speaks up about Maty Mauk. Here's the deleted tweet too pic.twitter.com/0HeInSslyU
— Mihir Bhagat KWQC (@MihirBhagat) January 26, 2016
Since the message in his intended text message was public, Scherer decided to address the situation on Twitter.
Here’s what he had to say:
But now since I did that I will say yes the video is very old, yes Maty has been doing everything he can to be a better person and
— Michael Scherer (@Mike_Scherer38) January 26, 2016
… Yes you should look at yourself in the mirror before pointing out someone else's problems. No one is perfect. Everyone makes mistakes.
— Michael Scherer (@Mike_Scherer38) January 26, 2016
That gives us some new information on Mauk’s situation, as well as shows us why Scherer is considered one of the team’s leaders.