Kyle Kalis talks to annarbor.com about his recruiting experience

Submitted by aawolverine on

 

“The basic reaction (to my commitment) in Ohio has been, ‘Ah, how could you do this to your home state?! You betrayed your home state!!'” texted Kalis, whom Scout ranks the country’s sixth-best offensive tackle and the top overall player in Ohio. “It just makes me laugh because I’ve only been here for 2 1/2 years.

“About 95 percent of everyone has accepted (my decision). And of course my family is OK because they’re happy if I’m happy.”

http://annarbor.com/sports/um-basketball/michigan-football-commit-kyle-kalis-talks-about-the-whirlwind-surrounding-his-recruitment/?cmpid=NL_DH_topicbox_headline

MGoShoe

July 21st, 2011 at 11:26 AM ^

...Grasshopper:

Master Shoe: Quickly as you can, create your MGoBoard thread.
[Young aawolverine tries to do so and fails]
Master Shoe: When you can take the thread from my hand, it will be time for you to post.

MGoShoe

July 21st, 2011 at 4:24 PM ^

...on your part, only a misguided attempt at understanding the true test of one who aspires to post MGoBoard threads.

Like all who aspire to be Master of the MGoBoard Thread, aawolverine's final test is actually the urn of the two symbols, the dragon and the tiger. When he can walk in this corridor, the path to the outer world, and can push the urn aside with his forearms, he will bear its markings for the rest of his life. He may ask how, if the urn contains hundreds of pounds of burning coal and iron, he with only the strength and weaknesses of a man, can accomplish such a thing.

The answer is that It is because he is a man that he can do this. Just as the softest clay, in time, becomes the hardest brick. A fragile leaf - a diamond. As a stream of fiery ore freezes into unbending iron. So too may a man ascend to himself. He accomplishes this by slowly forging the Chi within himself. The bond between the finite and the infinite. The inner essence of his spirit and the limitless power of the universe.

When this is done, he will have found his strength and the source of his survival. He will be free – free to again post MGoBoard threads.