MBB Snowflake thread
it's time to go more all out in football and basketball. Go to Columbus. See what they do to get 5 star after 5 star to go there for basketball and football. I don't even care if it's illegal. The NCAA doesn't care if you cheat anyways. Who cares about admissions? Ohio State lets anyone in who can breath and have been the best football/basketball tandem in the country since 2000 while we pludge along doing things the right way and getting our asses handed to us by them but hey we do things the right way. Why can't Beilein get a Jared Sullinger, Mullins, or Oden while Thad Matta can? Beilein is a better player developer than Matta even as this year has been shitty. I believe he's a better developer of talent than Izzo too but they get the talented 5 stars that keep their programs from having down years like this year for Michigan. If we recruited as well as the Buckeyes do for both football and basketball, we'd never go through these hardships. Top 5 classes every year in both sports and Harbaugh and Beilein would have us rolling as the best college sports program in America. Your snowflakes below.
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I dont think we should resort to cheating and everything. That being said, that loss tonight was pretty painful.
My snowflake is that ThadMattasaGoblin is a moron.
Shit! That was going to be my unique and interesting thought.
What recruiting rules does Michigan violate all the time? Be specific.
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They do things that aren't ok. Alrighty then. I'm glad I asked for specifics.
When people talk about programs cheating, I think they're referring to more than a few free drinks at a bar.
As someone who knows a lot players, this is mostly bullshit.
I think it's fairly common knowledge to regular students that student-athletes get perks around campus whether that is tutoring or leniency in class or getting into Ricks and Skeeps underage no problem.
This doesn't separate Michigan from the rest of the college world of athletics.
i'm sure burke showed you his transcript
Its called talking to people. We joked about the class a couple times. I know its hard to believe that michigan players actually talk to people sometimes but it happens.
@ ak47
You do realize Beilein backed off that transfer from West Virginia because Beilein wasn't interested in him bringing along his little friends to party while on his visit. I guess Izzo allows a lot more extracircular stuff to happen to insure commitments.
The same thing happened with the kid from Southfield that went to MSU. Players told him he didn't have to do anything school or class-wise, they went to a strip club (yeah I am sure its was all just pure clean fun that went on), his mother publically mocked their academics, but yeah they got their man!
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This makes about 10 games this team has CHOKED down the stretch...They could have EASILY won 19-21 games and been a NCAA Toruney lock ..Instead they will not even make the NIT which is completely embarassing coming from a NCAA title game and Elite 8 appearance...Other programs seem to be able to sustain 10-15 years of straight NCAA appearances and just reload...why cant we?
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Thats my take as well. We had the ability to get into the tournament this year even with this ridiculous roster setup. Instead we continually threw the ball away at the end of games, had guys who made dozens of FTs in a row miss them, and then proceed to not execute a basic stategy of fouling up 3.
The fact that we aren't going to make the NIT at this point is an absolute joke.
The fact that we are going to finish 8-10 in this garbage of a year in the conferece is a joke.
9-9 for me was my last goal for this team and they failed dramitcally.
A guy like Dawkins who most expected to do nothing this year explodes for a million points, blocks a hugo shot by a guy half a foot taller than him, and its all a waste.
just for the fact of saying we have guys making dozens of free throws in a row when almost nobody in all of ncaa has done that
I just expected Irvin and Spike to deliver. Both had been money up to that point and Irvin's free throws were as pure as can be.
He could miss the second, but had to make the first.
Well the two missed FTs were as costly as can be.
6 point game = 2 possession game
7 point game = 3 possesion game (you back off and can let them score a three with 3 seconds left and you still win by one)
The same year Michigan made the national title game. I don't know why people have forgotten this so suddenly.
This year obviously hasn't gone how we wanted, but given the circumstances, it's not that surprising that this is the year that the team hit a bump in the road.
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Nice, 1 example. Problem is Beilein's been here for 8 years.
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7 footer but had a chronic injury. horford 6'10 but transferred when he finally could have helped. teske 7'0 coming soon.
udoh transferred early after JB got here. but he should know that. he should also know that guys like burke, stauskus, DMo, GRIII and McGary would all blow up and turn pro at least a year early.
There's another. This is an issue because of the system we run which isn't a pound it down low system. Would you rather be MSU the last few years than UM?
If Mitch had more time to prove he could be successful in this system, the perception would have changed. That it didn't happen was out of Beilein's control.
Teske next year.
He is not coming until fall 2016.
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It comes down to whether you really think that money exchanging hands is a bad thing or not when the NCAA should legally pay athletes anyways. Was the Fab 5 worth it? I'd say probably since it gave us massive exposure, we beat up on OSU and MSU every year, and went to two title games. We got caught but years later they're making documentaries about Michigan basketball and if the rollover never happens we probably stay an elite basketball program and never go in the doldrums.
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Webber was the only one of the Fab 5 who took money, but he took far and away the most of any of those involved. The others, Taylor, Traylor, and Bullock were all after the Fab 5. Traylor was the only one to actually pay Ed Martin back.
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teske is 7'0". i will look forward to 20 min each out of a jr doyle and a frosh teske.