MSU AD advises Burke to not use his advice. Sparty On.

"Hey, Trey? Just wanted to make sure you knew I was kidding. You should totally go, man. Seriously."

This can't be real.

I guess his subject and verb have just agreed to disagree.

Not sure if it's really from Hollis, but the advice seems both relevant and pretty accurate.

This really is from the MSU AD?  Great googily moogily.

Forget the hypocrisy. MSU is doing something classy for once, can't you be happy with that?

I mean I enjoy a good "SPARTY LOL" as much as anyone, but for someone like Burke facing a difficult decision like this, it's actually good advice. 

"Hey Trey, follow your heart and go Pro so you don't kick our ass next year."

this has to be an ncaa violation.  They have violations about stretching, how could this not be a violation

It really was Mark Hollis. Unless someone "hijacked" his account.

It has to be some kind of violation for an official at another school to be in direct contact with a current Michigan athlete, right?  If not, it should be!  (For you lawyers out there, this seems akin to a laywer contacting a represented party directly without opposing counsel being included.  Big no-no!)

Hollis' Tweet was in response to a Burke tweet. To see it, Hollis is either following Burke on Twitter. Or he searched for him on Twitter. Sparty's gonna Spart.

Nice Sparty grammar

In fairness though, previous to Hollis saying that Burke tweeted the following:

Trey Burke ‏ @Trey_Burke3

EVERYONE got something to say... smh I thought this was my life!

So admittedly it may be Hollis just giving him advice...and in this case it seems like genuinely good advice

He's not telling him to go or stay.

Trey, I know you didn't ask for my advice, but my advice is to ignore the advice from people you didn't ask for advice.

While I agree that Burke really has to do what he feels is best for him in the end, getting something like that from MSU's AD is bizarre.  \

If it was me that was considering going pro, the person I would find most insightful on advice would be the rival AD of my school.

Yep, makes total sense.

There has GOT to be some kind of tampering rule that this is a blatant violation of, hasn't there?

I would be so embaressed if I was a msu fan.

WTF is up with ADs these days?  Why can't they just administrate like administrators do and stay the f-ck out of the public eye?  I'll tell you why - they are egotistical maniacs who crave attention.  Here's some advice to all you ADs out there:  Do your jobs like everyone else and shut the f-ck up.

The Roy Roundtree thing wasn't allowed because the kid was  a recruit. Coaches aren't even allowed to say a recruits name to the media until LOI's are in. NCAA has some weird rules, because i know that twitter thing happens all the time. 

Burke tweeted that everyone is trying to tell him what to do, and Hollis said to listen to his mind and seek the help of people he wants. I dont understand the outrage over it? Maybe its the rival school thing, but Hollis's job is to make money for the school, and a better Michigan team means more money coming in for the game against michigan. also hollis loves to help the state of michigan (like scheduling home and homes with CMU and EMU to help them out. sigh)

Odd for AD to tweet to Burke?    Yes

Good advice?     Yes

The things that come out of this guys mouth are ridiculous, he's worse then Gordan Gee.

Hollis doesn't get when to talk and when not to talk. There's this, and then I think sometime last year he said somthing like "I'll take a better program over a better season any day" after we beat them in basketball. There's been one or two other occaisions where I wondered why the MSU PR team doesn't shut down his twitter

I don't always offer unsolicited advice, but when I do, I tell them to ignore unsolicited advice.

Let's just call it what it is. He is trying to convince Trey to leave because if he does, then that makes Michigan less dangerous. He's afraid of us and what we can do to that program with more head to head wins and a few more good recruits. He's afraid if Michigan keeps winning, then Michigan State becomes 2nd best in our state. He'll do whatever he can to prevent that.

 NCAA Bylaw 13.1.1.3
 

An athletics staff member or other representative of the institution’s athletics interests shall not make contact with the student-athlete of another NCAA or NAIA four-year collegiate institution, directly or indirectly, without first obtaining the written permission of the first institution’s athletics director (or an athletics administrator designated by the athletics director) to do so, regardless of who makes the initial contact.

He's joing the NCAA men's basketball committee next year.  So get ready for 4 years of crappy seeds out West.

I'd advise Draymond to just skip the nba draft and head straight to Europe. They all end up there anyway.

I don't know if it's just me but I have a hard time seeing Dave Brandon ever doing something like this.  Frankly I don't have a problem with it as a Michigan fan but it seems so inappropriate and... lame.  Lame is the word that comes to mind.

I laughed out loud throughout. Thanks to all, especially the trolls who kept the thing going.

Want to know whats funny? We are your "2nd rival." Yet, you talk about us more than tO$U and yourselves combined.

That paid "the situation" to be on the field for the football home opener, then denied it.



I rest my case

@MSUAD Should I take your advice or wait for the BigTen to have it's say? #GholstonPunch

He is trying to sabotage us and encourage Trey to leave using reverse psychology. He is scared and rightfully so! Go Blue!

At the very least this is the most unprofessional thing Ive seen an AD do short of a Gordon Gee presser. I do not care what his advices this smacks of tampering and if there is no rule on it there should be.



everyone please retweet this so it gets maximum attention.