OT - one last Baxter Update?!

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February 29th, 2012 at 8:42 PM
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OT - one last Baxter Update?!

Back when I first started visiting this site, not a post could go by without someone asking for a "Baxter update." it was everywhere and this was when tomvh was still around and tim s. it might have been em0 or king of belch, but whoever it was it was my first exposure to an MGoMeme.

Anyhoo, the subject of the update, Dillon Baxter was a 5* rb who flirted with going blue but ended up at USC. He then left there after this past season, surfaced at SDSU and has now left, according to the tweeters. Of no real consequence here, just saying goodbye to a meme. Goodbye :(

Brent Schrotenboer (@Schrotenboer) 2/29/12 7:09 PM San Deiego State has dismissed Dillon Baxter from the team, less than 2 months since he transferred from USC

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February 29th, 2012 at 8:44 PM | I don't really get it... (Score:1 Normal)
justingoblue
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But it's a Tripp Welborne Identity post, so it gets a +1 from me.

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February 29th, 2012 at 8:48 PM | Man, talk about a bust.  He (Score:3 Normal)
WolvinLA2
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Man, talk about a bust.  He was the High School player of the Year to a few services and a consensus five star.  It just shows that nobody's a can't miss prospect. 

February 29th, 2012 at 8:53 PM | He was definitely an A+ talent, and... (Score:1)
KAYSHIN15
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thats the recruit services job. To grade the talent. Its the coaches job to analyze the young man's character. He was and seem to still be an F- in the character department. Its unfortunate.

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February 29th, 2012 at 9:06 PM | I don't think the services (Score:2)
WolvinLA2
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I don't think the services only rate talent.  It's mostly that, but often you'll see guys with behavior or grade issues get rated lower because of it. 

That said, a prospect's offer list is usually also affected by these issues, but Baxter's wasn't.  I just don't think people saw this coming.  I don't recall him every being labeled as an upstanding guy, but I don't remember anyone concerned about this stuff either.

March 1st, 2012 at 7:18 PM | There are a bunch of guys (Score:1)
ken725
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There are a bunch of guys that have behavior/attitude problems in HS, then get worst once they get to college.

I remember hearing that Baxter was really cocky and some attitude issues, but didn't think it would get this bad.

Greetings from Bolivia.

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February 29th, 2012 at 9:20 PM | To be fair I believe he's (Score:2)
thisisme08
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To be fair I believe he's already a daddy with a kid who is at least 2 years old at this point.  

I know lots of college football players make that work but sometimes that combined with the pressures of a blue chip propect can be too much.  

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February 29th, 2012 at 10:41 PM | I don't know, I think you (Score:4 Funny)
biakabutuka exp...
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I don't know, I think you could say Tacopants is a "can't miss" prospect.

February 29th, 2012 at 8:50 PM | Hair! (Score:2)
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http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/great-michigan-retro-afro

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February 29th, 2012 at 8:57 PM | Johnny Orr (Score:1)
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Johnny Orr does not have an afro.   He has an anti-afro.  

February 29th, 2012 at 9:49 PM | I had no idea Fletch went to (Score:4 Normal)
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I had no idea Fletch went to Michigan!

February 29th, 2012 at 10:16 PM | He does bear a resemblance to (Score:2)
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He does bear a resemblance to Don Corleone and John Cocktolstoy.
 

February 29th, 2012 at 10:57 PM | who is this former player? (Score:1)
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apparently nobody else has noticed one of the last comments on that thread, by this guy: http://mgoblog.com/users/sfish66 --anybody have a guess who it is?

RIP my avatar, June 14, 1998 - October 26, 2012.

March 1st, 2012 at 12:21 PM | Steve Fishman? (Score:2)
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http://www.lostlettermen.com/steven_fishman-michigan-basketball-big_10-p1503/

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March 1st, 2012 at 7:06 PM | MGoHOF veterans committee (Score:1)
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Dave Baxter is exhibit A as to why we need an MGoHOF veterans committee. Can you imagine how this blog would have reacted to an afro like that? And is it just me, or does Frieder look like George McFly?

February 29th, 2012 at 8:50 PM | Anyone else think of Tate right away? (Score:1 Overrated)
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Shame to see the quick drop off, Rocky Long is having a rough go.

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February 29th, 2012 at 9:04 PM | IIRC (Score:1 Normal)
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Baxter and Tate were friends and HS teammates.  Tate was the biggest reason we were in it for Baxter anyway.  IMHO the thing I like most about Hoke is that he's willing to turn a super talented guy like Yuri Wright down because of character issues.  There are always going to be your Boubocar's in a class that just end up freaking out.  There's no need to tempt fate.

 

February 29th, 2012 at 9:08 PM | They may have been friends, (Score:3 Normal)
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They may have been friends, but they were not teammates.  The areas they are from aren't even close to each other - Mission Bay and Scripps Ranch.

March 1st, 2012 at 3:24 PM | Hey it's only down the coast (Score:2 Normal)
htownwolverine
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Hey it's only down the coast a bit right? /s

http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?q=mission+bay+to+scripps+ranch&mkt=en-US&FORM=BYFD

Who is Jon Falk?
March 1st, 2012 at 7:21 PM | Or (Score:1)
ken725
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Or this.

http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?q=mission+bay+to+scripps+ranch&mkt...

Greetings from Bolivia.

"It's special how the real true people hang together. And if you don't support the program you're not a true Michigan guy. It's that simple."  - Gary Moeller

February 29th, 2012 at 9:12 PM | If character doesn't win out at some point, then we either have (Score:2)
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to accept 2nd tier status, or become the SEC. Personally, I think there are traits that can overide pure athleticism. I think those traits come in shades of good and bad, and I am just fine with having Hoke & Co. make the tough calls.

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When the winds of changes shift

February 29th, 2012 at 9:32 PM | I think that you are thinking (Score:5 Normal)
330blue
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I think that you are thinking of Brennan Clay who is at Oklahoma.

February 29th, 2012 at 9:38 PM | Hooray for the smart dude (Score:2 Normal)
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Hooray for the smart dude with just a few MGoPoints!

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February 29th, 2012 at 9:41 PM | Look at the big brain on (Score:2)
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Look at the big brain on 330blue.

February 29th, 2012 at 9:59 PM | Well thank you Magnus. I'm (Score:5 Normal)
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Well thank you Magnus. I'm more of a reader than a poster, but I've been here for a while. I've also thrown in a few "anonymous" comments at your blog.

February 29th, 2012 at 11:01 PM | Baxter went to the same (Score:1)
Away Goal
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Baxter went to the same school as Matt Bush, the Padres 1st overall pick a few years back and super duper bust.  Way to go San Diego!

February 29th, 2012 at 9:23 PM | i'm shocked. /s  dodged a (Score:1)
ish
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i'm shocked. /s  dodged a bullet there, for sure.

February 29th, 2012 at 10:23 PM | What's that Baxter? You (Score:4 Normal)
Teepodum
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What's that Baxter? You pooped in the refrigerator? And you ate the whole... wheel of cheese? How'd you do that? Heck, I'm not even mad; that's amazing!

February 29th, 2012 at 10:53 PM | Maybe it's just me, but . . . (Score:0 Overrated)
March 1st, 2012 at 1:34 PM | I know right (Score:4 Normal)
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Making character judgments from pictures on a computer about a high schooler is pretty cool.  Hooray for your personal validation?

March 1st, 2012 at 5:17 PM | Apparently you couldn't tell (Score:2)
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Apparently you couldn't tell I was mocking people who make character judgments from pictures on a computer. 

shrim

February 29th, 2012 at 11:06 PM | Impressive (Score:2)
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I imagine it is pretty hard to get kicked out of a program at a time when you aren't even allowed to have much, if any, organized contact with the coaching staff.  Have to be quite a fuck up to receive the boot before you even have a chance to attend your first practice, but by all accounts Baxter was just such a guy at SC.

Also think the scouts missed just from a talent perspective.  He had some great open field runs and was from San Diego so the "he's Reggie Bush" comparisons were pretty rampant during recruiting, but Baxter is smaller, slower, and more upright/awkward running with the ball.  Never really impressed the few times he got to carry the ball in college.

It is spelled HOKEAMANIA.  Our coach is an ass-kicking American citizen, not one of the Beatles, for Christ's sake!

March 1st, 2012 at 12:07 AM | (No subject) (Score:1)
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March 1st, 2012 at 9:50 AM | sorry about that, i was on my (Score:2)
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sorry about that, i was on my iphone in my "powder" room.

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March 1st, 2012 at 2:16 AM | A bust waiting to happen (Score:0)
March 1st, 2012 at 3:27 PM | NFL Bound (Score:1)
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I'm sure he's thinking now that he will just enter the NFL next year and start playing pro.  In a couple years attending class and staying awake in study hall won't sound so bad.   

March 1st, 2012 at 5:07 PM | My most vivid memory of (Score:2)
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My most vivid memory of Baxter was ball security that would make Tate and Denard blush.

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