Green Bay Packers' Offensive Coordinator Joe Philbin's son reported as missing

[ScreamingMeemie]

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/7442751/green-bay-packers-offensive-coordinator-joe-philbin-son-missing

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The Green Bay Packers canceled player availability on Monday, bracing for bad news as authorities searched for the missing 21-year-old son of offensive coordinator Joe Philbin amid fears that he had drowned in an icy Wisconsin river.

Police in Oshkosh, Wis. have been searching for 21-year-old Michael T. Philbin since Sunday evening. He disappeared at about 2 a.m. Sunday after an outing with friends in the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh campus area, about 50 miles from Green Bay.

Joe Philbin spent Monday in Oshkosh, where divers recovered the body of a man between the ages of 20 and 25 from the Fox River in late afternoon after a security guard reported hearing cries for help from someone on the ice. Oshkosh Police said no foul play was suspected, but the man's name was being withheld until his family is notified.

"The Philbin family's obviously going through a tough time right now, and as we always have, we're a family-first philosophy with our organization, with our program," Packers coach Mike McCarthy said Monday afternoon. "So we're supporting Joe and his family the best we can, and we're holding out hope that this comes to positive conclusion."

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I hope they find him safe and sound. How awful for the family.

[HuckleB]

1. Ugh.

I hope all is well, but., obviously it's not, even if the body is not Philbiin's son.

Ugh. We know enough now that such "outings" never fail to boggle.

[JonLP24]

2. Found dead

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/son-packers-offensive-coordinator-reported-missing-192645622.html

Sad news

[joeybee12]

6. Very sad...

Only 21, very, very sad.

[ScreamingMeemie]

3. Body Found in River identified as Philbin's son, Michael Philbin

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/7442751/source-body-found-river-son-green-bay-packers-coach-joe-philbin

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A body pulled from a river in Oshkosh, Wis., Monday has been positively identified as that of 21-year-old Michael Philbin, son of Packers offensive coordinator Joe Philbin, a source close to the family tells ESPN.

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[1gobluedem]

4. Horrible

My sympathies and prayers to his family and the Packer organization.

[joeybee12]

5. Oh shit, does that suck...

Thoughts and vibes with his family during this time.

[bigwillq]

11. Very sad story.

[TBF]

7. Heard about that yesterday -

My family lives in the area (I was born in Ripon myself). It's been a warm winter up there and even the smaller lakes are not as iced over as usual so I'm not surprised to hear that this happened. My condolences to the family - how sad for them.

[ScreamingMeemie]

8. Small world. Some of my mother's family still lives in Waupun.

[TBF]

9. We used to drive down there to see Horicon Marsh -

I have family in Fond du Lac as well. I was back in June - I tend to visit in summer (of course).

[ScreamingMeemie]

10. I haven't been there in so (too) long. Every Friday it was Schreiner's,

in FonduLac, for fish fry with my grandparents.