Michigan Recruiting Kalen Ballage Again
Webblog: U-M Makes Revealing Stop in Colorado to see 2014 RB/ATH Kalen Ballage - http://t.co/cq2P45U1B0
— Sam Webb (@SamWebb77) October 23, 2013
Rumors swirling that Michigan is now back in it for Kalen. Michigan might have space for 3 or 4 guys in the class now. I've heard rumors about two players on offense possibly transferring. I've also heard a rumor that one player has a possible career ending injury, but he's getting a second opinion on it. I'll leave it at that, but looks like Michigan could be going after Hand, McDowell, and Ballage.
October 26th, 2013 at 10:36 AM ^
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October 26th, 2013 at 11:19 AM ^
Also, I've never heard of a career-ending foot injury.
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October 26th, 2013 at 11:41 AM ^
I was probably in middle school or so when Walton retired, so I wasn't really not familiar with his stuation. After your post I did a quick Google search and found this article, which talks about how Walton fractured his foot and instead of obtaining proper medical care he took a bunch of painkillers and played through it. That's pretty wild. Then he apparently broke his other foot riding a stationary bike!?
October 26th, 2013 at 12:09 PM ^
is an arrogant asshole.
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October 26th, 2013 at 1:19 PM ^
Agreed.
Aside: I know that people here have mixed feelings about the Fab 5, but Walton's dislike of them (back in '92 or so) seemed visceral.
October 26th, 2013 at 1:42 PM ^
Very different sport - foot injuries tend to be amplified in a sport where tall people are constantly jumping up and down on a hardwood floor.
October 26th, 2013 at 11:43 AM ^
The lisfranc injury is considered so threatening to a player's career it's seldom mentioned in the press without the word "dreaded" in front of it. A couple of links:
http://www.newswise.com/articles/career-ending-foot-injury-on-the-rise-among-elite-athletes
Decent medical description here:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/neal-m-blitz/nfls-lisfrancs-foot-fract_b_1961141.html
October 26th, 2013 at 11:49 AM ^
Huh. Okay, I stand corrected.
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October 26th, 2013 at 10:48 AM ^
and I won't be shocked to see a couple of defense side (DB) transfers. There are some talented guys just not get playing time for various reasons but they can definitely see the field once they move to the likes of MAC schools, etc.
October 26th, 2013 at 10:53 AM ^
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October 26th, 2013 at 10:52 AM ^
October 26th, 2013 at 10:53 AM ^
Okay, but transfers are directly related to how many spots we have in a recruiting class. Agree that speculation about our young men should be avoided, but the apparent projection of some transfers is simply relevant news.
October 26th, 2013 at 12:00 PM ^
And it's probably unavoidable. But to the extent we can avoid, "I'm guessing Player X transfers because he can't beat out Jabrill Peppers," I think that'd be wise.
October 26th, 2013 at 4:55 PM ^
I never root for a player to transfer or leave the team for any reason unless they commit some terrible atrocity. But if I were to say that player x who hasn't redshirted and would have two years of eligibility left and also happens to live far from Michigan might transfer, what's wrong with that?
Also, what happened to the days where there was some real insider info on the MGoBoard and we might have a heads up about a transfer before it happened?
I just don't see the hard as long as we are respectful and not hoping that players leave to free up a scholarship.
For example, if someone said, "Norfleet has two years of eligiblity left even after a redshirt and if he values playing time over graduating at Michigan I wouldn't be surprised if he left," I don't see what's so bad about. Then we could have a discusson about how sad that would be if Norfleet never found a place in our offense and what that would mean for our offense going forward and so on and so on.
October 26th, 2013 at 7:51 PM ^
is very much in the eye of the beholder. It's inherently disrespectful to suggest kids may want to transfer because they're aren't going to play here. If a kid is doing his best fighting for playing time, you're basically suggesting he should just give up and go away. I don't believe there is a respectful way of saying that regardless of your intentions. At least not for those of us who don't see the kids in practice and in the weight room.
October 26th, 2013 at 11:23 AM ^
While the intent and purporse of your post is appreciated, the subtle jab at labor and class isn't.
October 26th, 2013 at 11:37 AM ^
I'm also not sure what that has to do with the topic or how he knows the people posting are blue colar workers?
October 26th, 2013 at 11:57 AM ^
Okay, so BiSB wanted to tell everyone on the board not to speculate about player transfers. But he didn't want to come across as though he was a self-styled authority figure laying down the law for the hoi polloi. Now, he could have written a meek post politely asking other board members to refrain from such comments, but that probably would have been ineffective. Instead he hyperbolized the speaker-to-audience relationship for mild humorous effect. This both made his words more forceful and simltaneously took the edge off of them so the words were better received (by those with any semblance of a sense of humor).
That's my take anyway.
October 26th, 2013 at 1:20 PM ^
Something that more people take as insult than joke shows either a lack of empathy or a lack of understanding of how to set up jokes.
October 26th, 2013 at 1:42 PM ^
Show of hands, then... who was offended? And who is either (a) familiar with the Safety Training episode of The Office, or (b) not offended by hyperbole?
October 26th, 2013 at 11:58 AM ^
Isn't a fan of The Office.
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October 26th, 2013 at 11:13 AM ^
If transfers were to happen...you would have to think RB and DB are options and I know some don't want to hear it but OL might have 1 or 2 guys who are buried who might take off as well.
Hopefully these kids stick it out and continue to be Wolverines, but some just want some PT and if they can't pass the guys in front of them then going MAC or D2 might be the easiest way.
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Go!
October 26th, 2013 at 11:28 AM ^
could have been avoided if not for idle time during a bye week.
Is WTKA playing another rebroadcast of a Ufer game today? Need my "fix" of Michigan Football, I hate bye weeks!
October 26th, 2013 at 12:27 PM ^
to the above question I posed regarding a Ufer rebroadcast: yes, it's on, and it's the 1979 Michigan at Staee game. Kickoff just minutes away, tune in on WTKA.com or go to the iHeart app.
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Because Erick Smith and Marshon Lattimore are silent commits. Obvs
Edit: Re: Montae Nicholson comment down below
October 26th, 2013 at 11:41 AM ^
Why wouldn't they start recruiting Montae Nicholson again, though?