That photo is so perfect, and yes, Jordan Poole probably couldn't have gone out in a more Jordan Poole way.

It seems like this is the right decision for everyone.  It's a shame he never became fully weaponized at Michigan, but he has a lot of talent and I hope he does well in the pros.

If DJ Wilson and Rashan Gary previously led the list of vaguely disappointing Michigan players to leave early, I think Jordan Poole has either topped that list or created an entirely new category of early departures (since I'm not sure "vague" applies).

But Michigan fans should be forever grateful for The Poole Shot. Thank you, Jordan.

Nothing but the best of luck to the kid, and I hope Ace is ok.

Just more proof that height is not as important for wide receivers as some make it out to be. The smaller, shiftier receivers seem to be more productive in our current landscape. Sure, everyone will take a Calvin Johnson on their team but those guys are very rare.

I'm still holding out hope that Poole returns.  If he is still projected as a late second rounder, returning to improve his position would make sense.  On the other hand,  his game is extremely limited in college, especially in a Beilein offense (probably unavoidable, not a criticism of Beilein). He needs to be somewhere he has more freedom to showcase his elite offensive skills - and yes that includes step back threes or some other flamboyant drive or shot.  That's what elite offensive players do.  Sometimes they make spectacular shots and sometimes they don't.  And yes, he has elite skills.  I just don't think he had the full opportunity to blossom here.  Unfortunately, many Michigan fans failed to appreciate him here and that's their loss.

Personally, I will continue to be a huge fan of his and be thankful for the opportunity to watch him at Michigan.  I love his swag, his infectious enthusiasm, his love for the game and love for his teammates.  Without Poole, I don't think Michigan makes it past the second round either of the past two years.  I'm betting on him to be successful whatever decision he makes.

"Both teams played hard.  (Rasheed.)"

Man I miss Rasheed (especially after witnessing a beat-down like last night's record-setting game*).  Maybe the funniest Detroit professional athlete in memory.

*Most consecutive playoff losses.  Jebus.

I think the conventional wisdom of big-bodied WR in the red zone comes from the NFL where the corners are all quick twitch ninjas that can jump a slant route, but the fade technique: if do right, no can defense.  /Miyagi

In college, the corners just aren't as good and the fade is comparatively harder to throw for college level QBs. It makes more sense that slot-type college WRs are better in the red zone because they can still operate in the small space, while the big bodies are slower to get going and there is no threat to go deep. The big WRs also tend to be doubled as both the OC and DC see them as the go-to guys when it comes to the red zone and everyone's lizard brain takes over.

Poole's last inadvisable step-back three at Michigan is entering the draft.

HA!

Anyone that followed MBB saw Jp swag diminish as the season progressed.  Indeed, he became a pouting fellow a couple games, refusing to shoot for an entire half one game.  

It is becoming more and more difficult to be a passionate M fan as the $ has taken hold. Understandably., 

I wish all these players of early departures well, but I won't follow any in the pros.

Give me Brandon Peters types any day.  There is a proper time to leave.

After you get a M degree.  Bo rolling over again.

I have two pieces of bad news for Michigan fans:

1. The NCAA will never have player welfare as any part of its primary mission.
2. The NCAA will never institute policies that allow Michigan and similar institutions to fully leverage its financial and brand powers.

Both of these are because of one simple reason: The NCAA was founded because a bunch of colleges that played each other in sports wanted the rules under which that competition occurs to be well defined and fair. Player welfare is at best tangential to these pursuits. Furthermore, in any given sport there are something like 5-10 schools with the kind of brand and monetary resources to compete at the very highest level under completely laissez-faire recruiting rules. But when you've got a democracy, the 50 - 350 other schools are going to outvote the very top tier every time, and they want legitimate competition, not to be the punching bag for the elite. As long as Michigan wants to play anyone who's not regularly competing for a championship (in any given sport), they are going to have to be subject to the whims of their competitively lesser, but numerically greater, foes.

The fact that hockey is a sport that has so many schools that are normally D2 and it's too expensive for most D1 schools to want to jump in only exacerbates this problem. The entire composition of the body of D1 hockey schools would have to change before anything changes with the recruiting rules.

It's simple economics: The 1% want unregulated capitalism, the 99% want socialism. The fact that the resources (players) to achieve the economic goals (winning) happen to be sentient human beings is unfortunate collateral (not that this is the way it should be - just the way it is).

Nazar means "evil eye" in Hindi

bball schedule is ideal from what perspective?

we have home/away with three of the top teams in big ten with OSU, MSU and Iowa... illinois could be sneaky tough and purdue usually a decent team

College hockey feels like it's basically run by a bunch of little schools in New England and Minnesota who can't win much else and figure if they can just roll some dice for a couple of weekends they can maybe stumble into a title and then have something to put on school brochures.  It's insane how hyper-focused they are at making it clear that good young talent should go elsewhere.

I'll admit to being surprised Poole is leaving because he doesn't seem like a guy who is going to love hanging around the G-League, but he clearly is done with UM and I wish him luck finding a better fit somewhere else.  

I'm not sure if I was more disappointed to see Poole or Darius Morris go before they are ready.  Unfortunately, I think the outcomes will be similar.

But if this actually worked, think about the results: no hockey player could be offered a scholarship until a full year (or two) after they got drafted by major junior.

This is what I don't get. I don't get why this isn't talked about more and why the big programs aren't furious. Doesn't this rule mean the NCAA is making it their official position that the biggest programs effectively cannot recruit top talent anymore? It seems like it's basically regulatory capture. The small schools have basically made their stupid way of recruiting the only legit way to recruit which is to have your whole roster be 21-26 and all the top American players just go to the CHL. I hope Michigan completely ignores this rule along with North Dakota, BC, BU, etc etc. I swear the Quinnipiacs of college hockey do everything they can to ruin this sport