Getting to Know Moritz Wagner

Submitted by Everyone Murders on

John Niyo has a nice fluff piece about Moritz Wagner's integration into the team and U.S. culture in this morning's news.  Not much more than fluff to the article, but it's nice to read about Michigan basketball, get to know more about a player, and to have no mention of recruiting shenanigans (shenanigans? - yeah, I said it!) in an article on MBB.

Interesting that he's up to 228 already (thanks, Chipotle - wait until he discovers BTB!).  Glad to see this young man aboard the team, and Beilein Uber Alles.

www.detnews.com/story/sports/columnists/john-niyo/2015/10/22/niyo-germanys-wagner-hungry-fit-um/74439472

SoDak Blues

October 23rd, 2015 at 9:09 AM ^

Thanks for posting - agreed mostly fluff, but great to hear about an exciting addition to the team.

“I love Chipotle,” Wagner said, laughing. “We don’t have that in Germany. I live for Chipotle.”

Well played Moritz, well played.

Everyone Murders

October 23rd, 2015 at 9:17 AM ^

Not because the show itself was funny.  But the concept was almost like a real-life The Producers (and substantially pre-dated The Producers). 

Sometime in early 1965, Hollywood, CA:

"Guys, I've got a great idea for a comedy series.  It will be set in a German P.O.W. camp!  It will have a multi-cultural set of prisoners, and they'll have comic misadventures with the bumbling camp staff!"

"What?  No, that was 20 years ago.  This will be comic gold!  What's funnier than a Nazi prison camp?"

Muttley

October 23rd, 2015 at 12:01 PM ^

an ordinary prison.

The studios balked, thinking that the American public wouldn't give a warm reception to a group of convicts.  Searching for a way to make the prisoners likable, they switched to a show about American prisoners of war.

BTW, all of the main German characters (Klink, Schultz, General Bulkhalter, Major Hochstetter) were played by Jewish actors.

LSAClassOf2000

October 23rd, 2015 at 12:33 PM ^

Werner Klemperer's (Klink, for those who weren't aware of the actor's name) father Otto Klemperer is regarded as one of the more gifted conductors of the last century. When the family moved to the United States in the 1930s, Otto became the Music Director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic for a time, but not before stops as the director of orchestras in Hamburg, Strasbourg, Cologne and even Berlin at the Kroll Opera House. He managed to get his first position in Prague at the reocmmendation of Gustav Mahler, if I remember correctly. 

Lumpy_wolverine

October 23rd, 2015 at 9:18 AM ^

This surprised me from Beilein:

  • “Mo’s exceptional,” Beilein said. “I know I’ve said that in the past with some guys, and once you got past the addition and the subtraction, they sort of stopped. I don’t see any stopping Mo’s learning curve right now. …

Starting to get excited about what's coming in basketball season.  I know that Wagner probably won't get many minutes this year (and may RS), but the future is looking good.

 

CorkyCole

October 23rd, 2015 at 9:30 AM ^

I won't be surprised if he does. The 4/5 spot may have a lot of depth, but those are the two spots that have more unproven depth. Doyle is pretty much the only guarantee minutes guy at those spots unless you count Irvin and Dawkins, who will more than likely play a lot of time at the four in smaller lineups.

I expect to see a lot more situational lineups dependent on the length of the opposing teams than in past years. I think Mo will be one of the main guys to benefit from those lineups.

I will not be surprised to see a much improved Chatman this year either, so that's not to say it won't be tough to find those minutes.

Qmatic

October 23rd, 2015 at 9:22 AM ^

Am I the only one who never was super impressed by BTB? I mean dollar burrito day was nice, but there were a few other late-night stops that I enjoyed more than BTB.

Back to topic-I think Wagner is going to be real good in 2 years

CorkyCole

October 23rd, 2015 at 9:34 AM ^

By the way, UMHoops started rolling out some player previews a few days ago. I tried posting the Dawkins article on the board, but for some reason my work computer wasn't functioning properly.

For those that are dying for some hoops content, I suggest checking out that site.

MGlobules

October 23rd, 2015 at 9:41 AM ^

Most Germans I know revile American fast food. Fortunately, in A2 he can actually eat well. In fact, this should be a selling point for Beilein with foreign players.

JeepinBen

October 23rd, 2015 at 10:27 AM ^

It's just a bit different. I went to a Burger King in Germany for lunch (like 8 days into an 8 day work trip, everywhere I went for dinner brewed their own beer in the building, I ate local) and it was pretty similar to BK here. Except everything was tiny. I think the small drink was about 8oz (here lots of smalls are 24), same with fries and the sandwiches themselves.

DreisbachToHayes

October 23rd, 2015 at 11:42 AM ^

There was someone a couple months ago who published his study on the best way to maximize your order at Chipotle while still paying for no doubles/extras.  It was something along the lines of this.  Went there every day for a year, then went home, deconstructed the burrito, and weighed-out all the ingredients, etc.

Google it or something.

True Blue Grit

October 23rd, 2015 at 10:48 AM ^

But how soon we'll start seeing him on the court remains to be seen, given how much he has to learn.  I'm guessing it's more likely he redshirts this year than plays.  Still, I wouldn't be surprised if we see him in games later in the year.