Eric Puls quits Michigan basketball team to focus on his studies
December 21st, 2009 at 8:48 PM ^
wish him nothing but the best. At least he will have a cool story to tell someday down the road.
December 21st, 2009 at 8:51 PM ^
10 attempts or less.
December 21st, 2009 at 9:04 PM ^
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December 21st, 2009 at 9:58 PM ^
Sounds like he is making the right choice. CoE is tough enough without being asked to practice 20+ hours a week for a D1 basketball program. Wish him the best.
December 22nd, 2009 at 12:40 AM ^
Not 20+, but 20. Maybe even 19:57. Or are you looking to become an unnamed source?
December 22nd, 2009 at 8:46 AM ^
Somewhere just now, Rosenberg's Fink-Sense just started tingling.
Free Press headline tomorrow will read "Michigan Hoops Player Chooses School Over Team; Beilein Values Possible Reason".
December 22nd, 2009 at 11:49 AM ^
Of course, I am referring to the travel time to and from practice for for "+" in 20+.
It's funny you mention that, since I suddenly had a bunch of 313 numbers on my phone and a number of cryptic text messages such as "It's okay to talk; nobody will know" and "R U a freshmn?!"
December 22nd, 2009 at 12:18 AM ^
We never knew you eric.
December 22nd, 2009 at 3:24 AM ^
Some people are cut out to play basketball; some people are cut out to be engineers. Congratulations to Puls for being intelligent enough to tell the difference. After all, intellect is a very large part of being a Michigan Man. I'm pretty sure he'll have a great life with a UM engineering degree.
December 22nd, 2009 at 8:41 AM ^
I've had mine for over 15 years and I can tell you with absolute certainty that it has served me well. Good thing too, because I was NOT cut out to play basketball.
December 22nd, 2009 at 3:24 AM ^
I'm proud of him for making this decision. I hate to see athletes go the easy road academically because of their athletics... it's better to forgo the athletics and go the academic route. I wish there was a way for students to do both. I haven't met an athlete in engineering who has not switched to IOE within the first couple years...
December 22nd, 2009 at 10:27 AM ^
A quick creep of the directory says he's still in Civil, good luck to him.
December 22nd, 2009 at 12:18 PM ^
If he sticks with it, then I completely understand his leaving the team. I don't know much about the civil program (I had more friends in nuclear and NAME, despite the smaller size of those programs), but the first two years of basic engineering requirements are enough to drive a lot of people to other majors. Even if he took a slightly reduced schedule to fit in basketball, juggling basketball with maybe three courses that require significant time investments to even pass would be a tall order.