Mad 5 Chemistry: extant
Boredom has got me twitter hopping (yeah, creepy I know, guilty as charged) and it looks as if the Mad 5(Glenn, Mitch, Caris, Spike and Nik) are having a pretty good time on campus goofing off together. Also of note: seems like GR3 is a bit of an instagram fiend
Update: Nice article in the Ann Arbor news on these guys
Beilein reaffirms what we've gathered from the twitter feed:
"I sense that this group has great spirit and great camaraderie coming in already," Beilein said. "We hope that doesn't change."
Baumgardner also talks about the extra 8 weeks Beilein gets with the freshmen starting this year:
"Under new NCAA legislation, Beilein and his coaching staff can hold workouts with incoming freshmen over the summer, so long as they're enrolled in school -- giving him a jumpstart in prepping them for their college debuts. "
For an mlive article, its a pretty good read.
I'm sure I must have missed something somewhere along the way, but when, where and how did this group earn the moniker of "The Mad 5?"
GR3 Retweeted it...
And I thought it was cool.
Love it, hate it, completely ignore it.
I kinda like it.
I get the play off Fab 5, but why are they mad?
A good thing: e.g. dude has mad hops.
"The Mad Five: Mad intensity, mad hops, mad bomber, mad skills, mad quicks
"This is creepy.
I probably check Novak's twitter once every couple days too. I'm not proud. Michigan basketball is my thing.
That really wasn't intended as a judgment on you. I know this is the new normal. This post isn't even near the creepier end of the new normal. I just don't like the whole damn thing. It amounts to an unhealthy level of access that will eventually lead to something extremely shitty happening to one of these kids.
that the chemistry develops beyond feeding squirrels on the diag and playing video games...
I think whoever took the picture of Trey Burkes dorm room gets the award for biggest creeper, but yea this is pretty bad too.
Please tell them not to feed the squirrels.
The U has got people driving around on carts feeding them peanuts...I always thought they were some kind of genetic experiment(what happens to squirrel DNA when there is no resource-driven natural selection?).
Love Stauskas's shoes and socks.
THAT is creepy!
How is that creepy? I am loving his fashion-ish-ness.
/jealous I couldn't pull it off.
This might be the first year I have ever been more excited to watch the Basketball team than the Football team. Still pretty hyped to watch Denard kick some ass out on the field, though!! B1G champs in both sports!!
Totally personal, but I assumed GRIII lived with Glenn Robinson (Big Dog) and his mom. That dude in the picture isn't Big Dog. Any idea if he trains with his dad?
Mad 5, normal freshman, I don't care if we call them the Care Bears as long as they get us some W's against Sparty.
Adidas has to get these boys some new duds. All this UA stuff isn't good for their image...
In the fourth photo, is that the British Prime Minister?
I heard someone observe that the new athletes on campus this summer seem goofier than in prior years. Not goofy in a bad way, more like playful. They are more into enjoying stuff and less concerned with acting/seeming cool.
Also: Nothing wrong with feeding squirrels
Is getting Denarded
Who brings a projector to their freshman year dorm room?!
Second from the left.