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| Date | Title | Body |
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| 3 weeks 5 days ago | Not targeted toward anyone in |
Not targeted toward anyone in particular - just a reminder to all of us (myself included) that, at the end of the day, these are kids with sudden celebrity thrust upon them. Some of them are more mature about it than others, but I try not to get too personally angry or disappointed or judgmental of any of them (even the ones who commit to Ohio). |
| 3 weeks 5 days ago | Come on |
Let's give the kid a little bit of a break. Yeah, maybe it seems flaky to make every new school your #1, but he's a junior in high school and I think it's kind of refreshing that he's going on college visits and enjoying them to the fullest and getting excited about it. Not every 16- or 17-year-old has to handle the process like they're signing an NFL contract with their parent as an agent. At the end of the day, Mathis's indecision is no more blameworthy than Levenberry's idea that he should settle on a school based on a major he may or may not even be interested in when he graduates from college 6 years from now. |
| 4 weeks 3 days ago | Ah yes, let's heal the |
Ah yes, let's heal the divisions in the fan base by maintaining an indefinite jihad against a group of people who are unlikely to be purged from the public discourse any time soon, including the University's current president, former football coach, and numerous high-profile alumni. /s Precisely *because* he's separated from the program, recognizing RichRod's culpability in his own failure is a form of catharsis for the Michigan community; waging an ongoing witch-hunt against still-present rival factions is not. |
| 4 weeks 3 days ago | I think you're missing the |
I think you're missing the point. I'm not saying that all of those distractions weren't deleterious in their own way, but none of them individually or cumulatively explain RichRod's handling of the defense or his decision to hire and then retain Greg Robinson. Certainly, the Freep imbroglio, Lloyd Carr's undermining presence, the lack of support from some segments of the fan base - all of it was extremely harmful to the program. But my point is that - *even controlling for all those factors* - the mismanagement of the defense under RichRod was a firing offense in and of itself. |
| 4 weeks 3 days ago | I know that this controversy |
I know that this controversy has been beaten to death - and then beaten some more - on this board, but a quote like this just demonstrates to me that at the end of the day, Freep aside, Lloyd Carr aside, stretchgate and "Michigan Man" and whatever else notwithstanding, RichRod was a woefully incomplete head coach who did not deserve to be retained at this program. |
| 4 weeks 3 days ago | Sorry, I should've clarified. |
Sorry, I should've clarified. This is totally true, but my opinion is also conditioned on the premise that if you aren't going to a T14 school, you probably shouldn't go to law school right now at all. |
| 4 weeks 3 days ago | You could consider taking the |
You could consider taking the civil service examination. If you've been preparing for law school, your preparation would serve you well there. There are areas of government that are hiring, and while the pay may not be top-notch, a government job can be extremely rewarding and have great perks/job security. |
| 4 weeks 3 days ago | Agree with this completely. |
Agree with this completely. If you do go to law school (which, see my comment supra, you should not), go to the top-ranked one without regard to any other factors. I've never seen a group of people with more of a prestige fetish than the legal profession. |
| 4 weeks 3 days ago | 180. |
This is probably not at all what you want to hear / may not even be an option for you at this point, but please for your own sake and your wife's sake and the sake of your career opportunities in both the immediate and long term, PLEASE do not go to lawl school. Not only has the deep recession & slow recovery decimated new lawyers' employment prospects, but the legal industry is undergoing a fundamental structural change. Document review - the labor-intensive, incredibly tedious job that was the only entry point for lower-tier law school graduates to snag a job with BigLaw - is going to be entirely computerized within a generation (or sooner), eliminating yet another substantial chunk of available jobs. Meanwhile, hiring freezes at DOJ and across virtually all state and municipal governments make criminal prosecution an unrealistic option for most law school matriculants, and the diminution of legal staff on the prosecutory side is having a negative externality on hiring in the criminal defense sector as well. Political movements toward simplifying the internal revenue code and bankruptcy law are still inchoate but pose a significant threat to those sectors of legal practice down the road. Law school is basically a cash cow for universities, but even if you've got a major scholarship in the bag, I don't think it's worth the time and opportunity cost. One point on which I have to disagree with the above poster: The legal market is so bad right now that even a school like Michigan (in the elite "top 14" of law school rankings) has had an atrocious success rate at on-campus interviews the last several years. There are enough unemployed Yale, Harvard, and Stanford grads that schools further down the food chain aren't even getting a serious look. TL;DR - There are no jobs. It's called "lawl" school for a reason. Avoid at all costs. |
| 5 weeks 4 days ago | I am cringing so hard at |
I am cringing so hard at "Lil' Sister." |
