Predictions on who will wear the vacant Legends numbers? (#11 & #21)
Kind of talked about it a little yesterday.
My picks for who will wear the vacant Legends numbers are Chesson for #21 and Countess for #11.
The only reason I think they'd give Chesson #21 is because he's the only true receiver to have any significant playing time. This year is interesting because this is the first year we don't have a clear choice for #21 unlike 2012 and 2013.
Something I don't see happening but would make sense would be for Funchess to change from #87 to #21 since he is pretty much all but listed as a receiver, and Butt to get #87 since he's a TE.
This would drive many people crazy who already can't keep up with the crazy amount of number changes, though.
Your picks?
There's a huge difference between the tradition of the #1 jersey that has developed more or less organically over the last few decades, and the contrived "tradition" that has been foisted upon the program over the last few years. Like the new buzz-phrase on MGoBlog over the last week or so, "if it ain't broke, break it!", what we've seen over the last couple seasons with the Legends #'s has become exactly that, breaking what had been working very well on its own for the sake of making some new so-called tradition.
WolvDevo, you should know this as well or better than many of us here, that if you look at all the time-honored traditions we cherish as fans of Michigan Football, each and every one of them started on their own. If you understand that basic fact, then you'll understand why so very many Michigan fans oppose the Legend Patch program as it currently is implemented.
The Little Brown Jug? No, the Michigan AD didn't just issue some sort of declaration that we're going to create a trophy game; rather, it started off as a squabble over a rather cheap and insignificant piece of equipment. The tradition wasn't the creation of some marketing department or CEO who wanted to brand it. It started organically.
The M Club Banner? Look it up. The tradition of having the largest CFB Stadium? Look it up.
I can go on and on, but real tradition starts on its own and is picked up on by the fans, by the players, by the genuine excitement it generates in and of itself. No f'n marketing genius involved.
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I liked Ryan taking the #47 only because I thought he looked better in it, but I don't really like any of the others to date. I preferred Roundtree in #12, Gallon in #10, and DG in #12. To me those numbers represented those guys because that was their choice. I'd prefer guys to make their own numbers famous rather than give every top position player a number of a legend of the past. It takes a bit away from each guys contribution IMO. That being said I'd agree Countess would get the nod on #11. I don't see anyone taking #21 unless they give it to Funchess. I could also see Funchess getting the #1 if he's making the FT change to WR. I don't see any of the other WRs worthy of a legacy number this season. Maybe in another year Chesson, Darboh, or Canteen earn it, but they're not there yet.
The season can't come fast enough.
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The NCAA will decide before the 2022 Qatar World Cup.
No legends jerseys...
Build a monument park like the Yankees have. Put it in the stadium, outside of the bowl...just behind the north scoreboard (the one furthest from Crisler).
Honor full teams, championships, heismans, and give statues to all of these guys that are legends (plus Woodson and Carter).
THOSE are your legends.
Not a stupid patch and an oddly stained locker. A statue for everyone to see, in the monument park with everything else about Michigan football history.
Basically an outdoor Schembechler Hall. Hell, for that reason, maybe you put it outside the gates just so people can visit it 365 days a year.
Regardless of where it is, that's how you honor people, with their peers.
Me personally, I'd rather be in a hall of fame than have my number retired. And it's basically the same thing, give these guys a statue and then you can have two guys with the same number if you want. This way you can honor full teams with plaques and wall and all sorts of cool stuff to share your history.
For a school that banks on tradition, history, THIS IS MICHIGAN, the old times, etc. - JoAnn Fabrics patches are nothing special.
Or, pick one player to wear the jersey for Homecoming, and let that be it.
The patch looks stupid, particularly when they haven't even figured out that creating a white version for the away jerseys looks a million times better. It's amazing someone got paid to do the design work on that thing.
We probably all cringe at the "forced" match-making of today's player and a legendary figure by means of a common jersey number. I propose we honor one such number a year by ALL team members wearing an emblem of the Legend's number on the shoulder of the jersey for one game.
Actually, my first choice, which I know would be nixed by the NCAA, would be to handle this like MLB does Jackie Robinson's #42 Jersey one game a year--with all Michigan players wearing the same legend number for one game a season. As I said, i know that won't/can't happen, but i can dream.
Am I alone in this thinking?