Louis Bullock was at the game
He was actually at both the Saturday and Sunday.
He's really made an effort to reconnect and re-build the bridge. He was at the road game at Maryland in 2015, the Purdue game last season at Crisler where he was in the locker room with the coaches and team and now he watched Michigan win the B1G Tournament 19 years after his team did it in 1998.
http://www.freep.com/story/sports/college/university-michigan/wolverine…
“In tournaments like this, conference tournaments, each game you need one guy that’s going to have an exceptional game to help you get a win,” he said, pointing out Michigan's various heroes this week. “Because it’s so much basketball in a short amount of time.”
To finish it off against Wisconsin, at the end of an emotional and exhausting week, Bullock understands how Sunday has to go.
“I think they need a full collective effort,” he said. “Because four days in a row is tough to play.”
This was him at Crisler last season.
March 13th, 2017 at 11:38 AM ^
Sorry, but F Lou Bullock.
March 13th, 2017 at 11:41 AM ^
I really just can generate more than a "Sigh" about that whole deal. It probably helps that I wasn't following Michigan at the time.
March 13th, 2017 at 11:41 AM ^
He was a guard, not a forward.
March 13th, 2017 at 12:13 PM ^
Sweetest jumpshot I've ever seen at Michigan. Loved watching him play.
But, seriously, this. All of this. Screw this guy, don't let him anywhere near these players. Any guy who literally walks past "DO NOT ASSOCIATE WITH THIS MAN" posters with Ed Martin's mug on 'em and STILL takes money, who came from an affluent background, who was still taking money AFTER the NCAA was already in town sniffing around... Nope.
He can build his own redemption bridge to nowhere, AFAIC.
Fuck you two, BlueWon, three YouLose, four fuck you thrice, five hypocrisy not nice.
March 13th, 2017 at 11:41 AM ^
i say forgive but do not forget.
good luck to him- he was a talented college basketball player.
March 13th, 2017 at 11:43 AM ^
cool
March 13th, 2017 at 11:50 AM ^
March 13th, 2017 at 11:56 AM ^
th Michigan staff ruined the program. Your going to blame the inner city kids?
* post was meant to a reply above, not original post *
March 13th, 2017 at 11:58 AM ^
Both of his parents were teachers.
March 13th, 2017 at 12:04 PM ^
I thought I remember hearing the same. Pretty sure Webber was just fine as well.
Either way though, I still think it's unfair that the blame gets placed on the players and not on the staff, athletic department, compliance, etc. You're 17 and a big time high school player and plenty of other schools are offering you money. Other players are getting paid too. Why would you turn that down?
March 13th, 2017 at 12:10 PM ^
And taking money is against the rules and puts the entire university at risk.
March 13th, 2017 at 12:53 PM ^
At 18, I did a lot of shitty, stupid things. I ABSOLUTELY would have taken money under the table. If anyone on here says they woul not have taken money, they are either an extremely honest person, or they're just a normal level of dishonest.
March 13th, 2017 at 12:56 PM ^
March 13th, 2017 at 12:58 PM ^
Which, in this case, is having a middle-aged alumnus think you're a cheater.
I'd be fine if he never stepped foot on campus again.
Should the University still be able to set foot on campus after supporting Apartheid for decades and fighting tooth and nail against divestment for another long time in the face of requests, protests and movements for them to do so?
That's just the tip of the iceberg of the U supporting, training & feeding mindless or unconcerned cogs to, working with and enabling dirty, dastardly, corrupt, thieving, murdering and harming industries, corporations and government departments.
I guess all the coaches, administrators, network execs, advertisers, conferences, the NCAA, the shoe companies and the merchandisers must have all come from broken homes in the most bombed out streets of Detroit or Camden and just haven't matured yet at ages 40, 50 or 60, so we'll just give them a pass for stealing every single penny, adding up to how many billions (?), that the cheating dirty players make for them by putting on body and brain breaking shows for us.
I'm sure glad those honorable, principled and integrity filled fine fellows get to stomp around any and every campus there is without falling below your standards and approval.
I also thank you for having your priorities straight and focusing your attention on the real and important culprits of society who do the most damage to the most people and profit the most from doing so. I think you've got it nailed.
Honesty isn't quite as rare as you think it is. I did plenty of dumb things at that age too, but taking the money wouldn't have been one of them.
I agree with you Don. I would not have taken the money. And even if I had wanted to, my parents would not have let me. Many people want to blame coaches and everyone else. It all starts at home. Parents (or anyone close who acts like a mentor: coach/pastor/Uncle, etc) who want to take it will most often have kids who want to take it. I understand there are often reasons why, but that is where it starts.
He did get paid.
Bingo. They are 17 year old kids without money flowing out of their wallets. Now, the firgging staff has every reason to have pianos thrown at them.
Honest about what? He was getting paid to play basketball. He wasn't making money selling heroin or hush money about some violent crime. I was explaining shady recruiting to an Irish friend and he didn't get it at all. "What the fuck is the big deal? Oh my God, they got paid to play basketball."
And it puts the whole university at risk? It seemed the university was just fine. Hell, even the other sports were just fine. It only put the Bball program at risk. Also, Bullock wasn't the only one taking money. So if the whole thing is gonna go down in flames if it gets found out, why wouldn't you at least get paid?
And again, we're harping on the athletes and no one says anything about the administration or coaches. They knew what was happening.
paying college athletes. What can't be argued is that Chris Webber (thoroughly middle class kid who attended a way upper class HS) whined to that crack columnist Mitch about not being able to afford pizza while receiving 6 figures for his efforts. Screw him.
Because his parents were middle class does not mean he had a thick wallet. Many parents do not give their kids shit. They want them to earn it. Im one of those parents. Kids who grow up with entitlement and who never have to work for a thing often fail in this world.
Parents should guide their kids and help them financially minimally, or when they really need it. But to buy them a new Escalade when they are 16 is BS. I actually feel sorry for those kids.
Ok, im done, i promise lol. Just a sore subject for me.
only that he did not come from an impoverished place. Regardless of what his folks may or may not have purchased for him, he certainly had lots of pizza money courtesy of cash filled cakes from Ed Martin.
Work during the summertime and save some pocket money for the school year.
March 14th, 2017 at 12:06 AM ^
I don't disagree with that. Rose got money too and (not as many) people don't hate him for it because he was honest about what happened.
Webber could explain his rationale and I'd be perfectly fine with that. But for some reason he acts like he's being persecuted.
The Athletic Department was doing everything they could by the point Lou was taking cash to get them to NOT take cash, and he still did it. Why should he get a pass?
March 13th, 2017 at 11:58 AM ^
I don't want to click freep. What is he doing to make a living now?
March 13th, 2017 at 11:58 AM ^
This is good to see, and good to read about. It is great that Bullock is reestablishing connections with Michigan.
Why?
"Sources familiar with the Martin investigation told The News last summer that the bulk of the money Bullock received from Martin came during his junior and senior seasons, 1997-98 and 1998-99 - after Martin had been banned from having contact with U-M teams and athletes, and after ex-coach Steve Fisher had been fired."
If Bullock was a Sparty or a Buckeye and was "re-establishing contact" with those teams, the MGoBlog board would be in self-righteous high dudgeon. But since he's a former Wolverine, it's all good.
The people praising this guy were still in diapers when Lou was taking cash. No perspective, and no opinion that should be taken seriously.
March 13th, 2017 at 11:44 PM ^
I didn't even give my opinion on him, jackass. I simply posted the article.
Quit putting words in my mouth.
March 13th, 2017 at 11:59 AM ^
March 13th, 2017 at 12:21 PM ^
forgiveness. Welcome back Louis.
If he is there telling the story about why what he did was wrong AND to support the team. Great. I'm assuming Beilein wouldn't be welcoming otherwise given his stance on cheating.
Saw a lot of tall dudes with the kind of alumni gear not accessible to us normal grads...was super cool to see Verizon Center cacophanous with the "Victors."
they were pretty loud during the final. seemed like a home game, except louder.