Changes to Big House locker room
Greg Dooley from MVictors posted some interesting changes from inside Michigan's locker room at The Big House.
The Legends program looks to be done.
Not only did Desmond Morgan not have the patch on his #48 at the Spring Game, but the wood engravings have been removed from the Legend number lockers. The patch and the players who wore the number used to be there.
A Tom Brady tribute has been added to the locker room-
Also a great moments wall has been added.
April 18th, 2015 at 10:51 PM ^
I like it
April 18th, 2015 at 11:22 PM ^
Like it yes; love it yes even more.
April 18th, 2015 at 11:55 PM ^
snagglepus
April 18th, 2015 at 10:52 PM ^
I never liked the special stained lockers...that was a bit much. The Brady piece is a nice touch, I think we need to do more to honor legends who aren't, well, passed away.
April 18th, 2015 at 10:55 PM ^
Glad to see this whole Legends fiasco being straightened out by Harbaugh and company.
April 18th, 2015 at 11:33 PM ^
But patches and legend jersey sell more merchandise! DB had a vision that mere mortals like you and I just cannot comprehend...
April 19th, 2015 at 12:06 AM ^
When DB came out with those, I was shocked that Brady Hoke went along with it. The Legends crap was such a 'non-team' move.
It showed that Hoke was clearly DB's puppet at that point. The Hoke era jumped-the-shark at that precise moment.
April 19th, 2015 at 11:27 AM ^
When they first came out, I thought it was really cool. When Desmond was getting honored for all of his accomplishments right before the start of UTL, the stadium was rocking, he was standing there with tears running his face, I had chills down my spine... it was special moment, and a unique thing.
I'm not so much a fan of how it eventually went, but it started out as a great idea.
April 19th, 2015 at 12:15 PM ^
I think you have to separate the honoring Desmond's accomplishments aspect from the awarding individual players special numbers aspect. The former wasn't the issue, the latter was awkward and a crappy DB marketing special.
April 19th, 2015 at 12:35 PM ^
Which is why I didn't have a problem with it to begin with. Junior Hemingway already had the #21 jersey; now he gets a patch added to it and a nice ceremony for Desmond. All well and good.
Once players started switching numbers and it became a huge deal, well, that wasn't so good, which we agree on. But to say that the moment the Legends program came into existence was the exact moment that the Hoke era "jumped the shark" is fairly shortsighted.
April 18th, 2015 at 10:58 PM ^
Love the Great Moments wall. Looking forward to some new additions to it.
April 19th, 2015 at 12:41 AM ^
Hell yes! The Great Moments wall is badass. Would love if the display had a button to press and hear the radio PBP of each of those.
April 19th, 2015 at 11:03 AM ^
That's a brilliant idea, seriously. You should email somebody about adding that. I don't know how to convey that I'm not being sarcastic.
April 18th, 2015 at 10:59 PM ^
Where's the David Cone tribute?
April 18th, 2015 at 11:03 PM ^
In the bathrooms.
April 18th, 2015 at 11:06 PM ^
The DB one is in at the bottom of one of the Port-a-Shitters at the golf course that is brought out during football season for tailgating.
Actually was surprised to see them out there over the winter on my way to a hockey game. Figured they were brought out Fridays and put away Saturday night/Sunday morning
April 18th, 2015 at 11:02 PM ^
That great moments wall will undoubtedly have a few additions to it by the time Harbaugh finishes here.
Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad
April 18th, 2015 at 11:03 PM ^
*Few dozen
April 18th, 2015 at 11:12 PM ^
Are we going to renovate this locker room? I always thought that ours looked kind of plain and MSU spent 27 million on theirs at their stadium.
April 18th, 2015 at 11:15 PM ^
Have you been inside the locker room before? The thing does not to be renovated. It's perfect just the way it is.
April 18th, 2015 at 11:21 PM ^
It was renovated in the past ~5 years? Despite MSU renovating theirs last year, those signs still had some grammatical issues...
April 18th, 2015 at 11:45 PM ^
Doesn't matter what year it is, Spartans can't spell.
Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad
April 18th, 2015 at 11:46 PM ^
UNIDED WE STAND
April 19th, 2015 at 12:10 AM ^
STAEE
April 19th, 2015 at 12:44 AM ^
Pretty Acurate!
April 19th, 2015 at 11:02 AM ^
Or count down from 1.
For the first Lacrosse game at the stadium I was in the locker room and the greaat moments wall had Anthony Carter's catch happening in 1989. (It's since been corrected.) Also last spring in Crisler they unveiled a display case showing Wolverines in the NBA and had Hardaway Jr. playing for the "Nicks" (short for the Nicholasbockers?)
unless they absolutely trashed the place since then, there is NO need for renovations. Ridiculously nice.
April 18th, 2015 at 11:48 PM ^
http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/082514aab.html
vs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_vg4Zfw2T8
Wouldn't this hurt us in recruiting?
April 18th, 2015 at 11:53 PM ^
There's really not that much of a difference...
April 18th, 2015 at 11:56 PM ^
Really. The difference is as large as the Grand Canyon. I realize the sentiment around here is that we don't need facilities, we don't need recruits, we don't spring game attendance. We'll win because we're Michigan but it is quite different.
April 19th, 2015 at 12:17 AM ^
Are you insane? Did you see that post on here on the upcoming facilities here in addition to the ones that have already been renovated? ALL of Michigan's facilities blow everyone else's in the B1G away.
The players already have a fancy Schembechler Hall locker room with stuff for their electronics. The fuck do they need them on gameday for?
April 19th, 2015 at 12:19 AM ^
Lol there it is, the spring game attendance bit.
Was 60,000 not good enough for you? You do realize Michigan had 4,000 in 1997 and 25,000 in 1998 for spring games right?
Like 35k
April 19th, 2015 at 12:19 AM ^
Wrong on all accounts. The sentiment around here is has long been we need facilities, and are glad Michigan has the very best, and need recruits, and seem to be getting some damn good ones, and we need spring attendance, and are really happy that this one had it.
And lest you forget the movement to remove the guys who thought we'll win because we're MIchigan began here.
April 19th, 2015 at 12:56 AM ^
That locker room is embarrasing. Who is designing this stuff because it's terrible. 1970s fluorescent lighting? Really! I'm not sure why you are getting down voted because that MSU locker room is 1000 times cooler and that is really unfortunate. They need to update that shit asap. I had no idea this was the case.
You probably haven't been inside Michigan's locker room, one.
Two, what is the point of spending a ton of money on a locker room that will be used 8 days in a calendar year by the Football team?
The place is perfect. There is nothing wrong with it. People are just bitching to bitch.
To lure kids to the program nobody said the locker room is terrible but it could be modernized a little bit.
Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad
at Schembechler / Glick looks like? I am guessing the everyday use one is better than the stadium locker room.
I guess I don't fret too much about the locker room. We start winning games again, and we still have a modern renovated version of the locker room Tom Brady, Charles Woodson, Desmond Howard, et al suited up in.
It's not like it is a shit hole with nails in the wall like when Bo first arrived.
The hanging fluorescent lighting ballasts? That looks like the lighting in K-Mart when I was a kid. Hard to believe that has not been corrected with some modern lighting. Not to mention the cheesy painted lettering on the wall. Some serious denial going on here.
Bryce Petty and Jameis Winston said about Michigan's facilities? They came here to work with Harbaugh and were blown away at what we have compared to FSU and Baylor.
April 19th, 2015 at 12:11 PM ^
Actually that is not the sentiment. When there was all the Dan Mullen talk all I heard was how Miss State could never compete with our facilities. Then someone posted a $27M upgrade Miss State had to facilities and then everyone yelled we still have it better (without explaining) etc. So usually people err on the side of "Michigan has it the best (well outside of Oregon and Bama)" without knowing. So if anything people are on the other extreme not "facilities don't matter".
I am also one who does care about spring game attendence in terms of recruiting because yes it is not end all be all, or even something in the top 10 - but if dude goes to PSU/OSU game and sees 90-100K then came to ours in recent years and say 30K it looks like we don't give a damn. And I am sick of the "people have better things to do" rationale. It is actually way more a pain of an ass to get to Happy Valley then AA for PSU fans and they find time to show support.
Lmao.. You must not have looked at the MSU locker room pics.
April 18th, 2015 at 11:56 PM ^
Wait, are you actually suggesting that the difference between MSU's facilities and Michigan's facilites would HURT us in recruiting? LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL.
April 18th, 2015 at 11:59 PM ^
In this particular instance yes.