Manny out today
January 23rd, 2010 at 11:41 AM ^
Just saw that, they said that Manny did not even make the trip to Purdue.
January 23rd, 2010 at 11:41 AM ^
Hopefully one of the younger guys can really step it up, I'm thinking Morris has a breakout game.
January 23rd, 2010 at 11:42 AM ^
I just heard this on College Game Day. I really don't know what to think at this point.
January 23rd, 2010 at 11:42 AM ^
what a bummer. I hope whatever happened doesnt warrant a suspension. I'm bringing my dad and brother to the MSU game Tuesday and want to see him play.
January 23rd, 2010 at 9:26 PM ^
I would be pretty shocked it he did not play the game on Tuesday; it would have to have been pretty egregious for that to happen.
January 23rd, 2010 at 11:43 AM ^
Ok, so Deshawn has to score 40 or 50 today.
January 23rd, 2010 at 11:46 AM ^
No Novak needs to hit at least 10 threes and Douglas needs to get at least 20, along with Sims double-double (maybe 25-12).
January 23rd, 2010 at 11:45 AM ^
C'mon, Manny.
January 23rd, 2010 at 11:49 AM ^
Without him, we wouldn't have been beaten OSU or UCONN, but nonsense like this should suggest that he could use another year with Coach JB before heading off to the NBA.
January 23rd, 2010 at 12:19 PM ^
...it could make him that much more likely to leave at the end of this season.
January 23rd, 2010 at 12:30 PM ^
I bet he thinks he's ready. I was merely pointing out that incidents like this suggest otherwise.
(Of course, if one is engaging in such incidents, I don't really expect that person to engage in this type of deliberation - athlete or otherwise.)
January 23rd, 2010 at 11:49 AM ^
This definately is a bummer. Hopefully this is just punishment for being late for a meeting or practice rather than something larger. We stand to lose a lot without Manny as he is the only player on our team that can consistently create his own shot. Definately will need someone else to step up today besides Sims. Hopefully we have a hot day behind the arc.
January 23rd, 2010 at 11:50 AM ^
We all know Manny is probably the best player on this team. We also know that he isn't a perfect fit for Beilein's system. Maybe today everything will come together and the system will work to perfection. Heres hoping.
January 23rd, 2010 at 11:51 AM ^
Please someone just tell me that Manny and Cissoko have never been seen in the same car...I beg you!
January 23rd, 2010 at 12:05 PM ^
+1 for obscure office space reference
January 23rd, 2010 at 11:51 AM ^
I gotta good feeling
January 23rd, 2010 at 11:52 AM ^
Oh great.
January 23rd, 2010 at 11:54 AM ^
Manny shouldn't still be getting suspended by his own coach in his junior year. If you're going to get suspended, at least let it be due to jacking an MSU player in the face.
January 23rd, 2010 at 11:57 AM ^
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January 23rd, 2010 at 11:56 AM ^
dylan at umhoops says it's "unsportsmanlike conduct in friday's practice." probably nothing too serious.
January 23rd, 2010 at 12:00 PM ^
Well, certainly it's nothing he could get arrested for, but being suspended by your own coach during the B10 season still requires a serious mistake of judgment.
January 23rd, 2010 at 1:08 PM ^
But in all actuality...go Beilein...I like when the coach is in charge...
January 23rd, 2010 at 11:59 AM ^
was lost anyway, at least in terms of tourney bid, this game will be interesting to watch in terms of a glimpse at the future of this team when Manny isn't around (particularly if Ziegler opts elsewhere and the "slashing wing" position sort of disappears).
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:07 PM ^
Because he said it was lost? You know, without winning any of these games (without a wish or a prayer if Manny doesn't play), the season is pretty much lost. Because it's a glimpse at a Manny-less future? Uh, it is...and it's not even taking Sims out of the equation yet. Because Ziegler may opt elsewhere? Everyone from Brian on down is thinking that at the moment. And then yes, we will have NOBODY who can create off the dribble. We'll be looking at a lot of jacked up jump shots as the buzzer sounds...
January 23rd, 2010 at 12:02 PM ^
an interesting game. Everyone will need to step up obviously,but it seems like Manny has been forcing way to much lately instead of letting the game come to him. We will really miss him on the boards, but it should be fun to watch what this team can do without Manny. Plus Maybe he will take this like hs benching a few games back and come out on fire against msu.
January 23rd, 2010 at 1:26 PM ^
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January 23rd, 2010 at 5:21 PM ^
I lied.
January 23rd, 2010 at 12:06 PM ^
I guess it will be interesting to see if any of the guys on the team has a shiner or something. not to jump to conclusions, of course. but man what else could he have done in practice?
Anyway, the line is all the way up to -13.5 for Purdue. Cant imagine it not growing at least another point in the next 4 hours
January 23rd, 2010 at 12:17 PM ^
according to someone on Scout. He threw an elbow at someone's face during practice, allegedly. I guess it was bad enough to warrant a sit down.
January 23rd, 2010 at 12:28 PM ^
showed up at practice and wanted to scrimmage with the team. Manny introduced Jay to his ulnar nerve.
January 23rd, 2010 at 12:18 PM ^
Well, I'm sure they'd found some way to vilify Manny for the elbow last year anyway. Now they'll just call him a thug even to his own players... great.
January 23rd, 2010 at 12:35 PM ^
You did hear Bilas bring up that elbow incident immediately after Andy Rautins from Syracuse got called for a similar "intentional" foul call earlier this year, right? It was literally the first thing Jay said.
January 23rd, 2010 at 12:24 PM ^
I guess we get a preview of what things may look like next year.
January 23rd, 2010 at 12:37 PM ^
JB couldn't send a stronger message if he took out a super bowl ad. Possibly not playing against msu?! Fack!
January 23rd, 2010 at 1:02 PM ^
Sounds like there was an incident, then maybe Manny didn't react well to the aftermath. There seems to be some kind of ongoing tension between him and Beilein - the benching last year, again this year at certain points - now this statement from Beilein implies that is goes further than one specific practice altercation.
You never know, maybe for this one game you see a team functioning better as a whole. I like Manny and wish it were otherwise but it is what it is.
January 23rd, 2010 at 12:28 PM ^
Could we possibly get some p.t for Mclimans or Morgan and finally move Novak to the 3 now? Or are they red shirting this year and completely not ready for college bball yet? Either way, we need to have a perfectly executed team game today on both sides of the floor..
January 23rd, 2010 at 12:29 PM ^
I am frustrated. Manny seems like such a good guy, hopefully this is a relatively minor thing. But not even travelling with the team sounds a bit worse. I trust JB to know what he's doing. I just hope this turns around on a dime.
January 23rd, 2010 at 12:44 PM ^
I thought 2009 was bad enough, but 2010 is starting to resemble the seventh level of Hell.
January 23rd, 2010 at 1:03 PM ^
To me things couldn't get much worse. This is definitely the 8th and possibly the 9th level. That's assuming this was a reference to Dante?
January 23rd, 2010 at 1:33 PM ^
Which bay of the 8th then? Definitely not the 9th. That's a frozen pond with Satan locked in the center.
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:09 PM ^
Or East Lansing...?
(I thought maybe Saban or Kiffin too, but it's too warm where they're at...)
January 23rd, 2010 at 1:58 PM ^
we beat OSU and UCONN. Oh, and DG was able to early enroll. That's gotta count for something, right?
January 23rd, 2010 at 1:01 PM ^
The Geauxfers are taking it to State.
January 23rd, 2010 at 2:06 PM ^
Asshole!!!!!
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:08 PM ^
Pissed me off too
January 23rd, 2010 at 1:12 PM ^
Purdue hasn't been tearing things up recently. If Mich continues to play the defense they've been playing they have a shot in this game anyway.
January 23rd, 2010 at 1:16 PM ^
with Hummel/Kramer -vs- Novak/Douglass on tap.
January 23rd, 2010 at 1:20 PM ^
this will work like sitting Manny for the OT game at Iowa last year