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4 weeks 6 days ago	this is demoralizing	I'm a physician living in Boston and was part of the first response team on Monday.  There were limbs everywhere, we literally couldn't put in enough IV's and there was nothing put smoke and haze everywhere.  It was twenty minutes but it seemed like two hours and when the police cleared us because another bomb was found, was the only time I could truly process.   It was horrific.  I haven't slept well the last few nights and frankly I'm not sure why something like this would even happen.   I keep thinking of the eight year old boy who only wanted to be there for his dad as he crossed the finish line.   Today the hospital was on lockdown as gunshots were being fired outside, and helicopters were flying around.  We could see them from the cafeteria while eating breakfast.  A variety of my fellow attendings and a few residents decided just to stay at home rather than take the risk.  This entire time has been surreal and I'm not sure when it's going to end.
7 weeks 4 days ago	I completely understand	I am a father of two kids and I wonder if I am worthy of the opportunity all the time. My father was a horrible father who was genuinely never there for myself or my family. But the one thing we bonded over was sports. There were no fights, arguments or beatings that often frequented our house. He was just a dad and I was just his kid. My boys now sit in my arms decked out in Michigan gear. They love this school that they don't know and want to go to school where "daddy" went to school. This is the life you will have and you will live. Love it, embrace it, never let it go. Because like life, great moments in sports pass pretty fast. But you will never forget the loved ones you shared these moments with. Good luck, god bless, prayers to you and all the fathers and sons out there and go blue!!!
47 weeks 1 day ago	Isn't zach Randolph an MSU	Isn't zach Randolph an MSU grad, first round pick and perennial 20 and 10 guy?
47 weeks 1 day ago	I think an easy way to	I think an easy way to determine if this is true is to observe weight gain over springs and summers if they are truthful. It just appears to me that the dramatic size difference over two seasons for their players is just surprising. I'm not saying it particularly matters but people like Magnus will come on and say things such as "this is normal weight gain in any off season conditioning program". But it just appears that they have had a dramatic size change of late. It means nothing in terms of performance against us - that I concur with.
47 weeks 1 day ago	None taken honestly	None taken honestly
47 weeks 1 day ago	On another topic	Does anyone else think the Spartans maybe using? I have a buddy of mine who is an ER doc who swears he is convinced some of their players are on PEDs because of some odd lab values from ER visits. I have to say their kids are huge - middling three stars who put on a lot of weight rather quickly. I guess time will tell but his suspicion got me thinking. Just look at game film and on the defensive side of the ball especially it will seem plausible. Alternatively our strength and conditioning the last few years could just suck. Magnus you might know the answer to this...
47 weeks 1 day ago	He can now get an early jump	He can now get an early jump on the football teams mandatory steroid use program. Seriously good pull for them. Good kid, great talent and excellent work all around on their parts. Surprised by Spartys ability to get such good skill players. I wonder who heads up their recruiting in that segment.
1 year 8 weeks ago	This is a team that deserves	This is a team that deserves to go the Frozen Four.  Frankly they deserve to win.  Lots of struggle for that program - this could be a defining year for them....
1 year 9 weeks ago	He's not going anywhere.  He	He's not going anywhere.  He will go in the first round next year - this year he is second round at best likely not to be drafted at worst. This is the reality of running a top flight program.  You will get some great players who will want to leave early.  This is life to be honest. I know we are getting bent out of shape but would you rather Beiliein recruit players who suck.  Burke won't go - they will do well next year.  Smotrycz leaving on the other hand really, really hurts.... And if Burke leaves we will figure it out.  This program under Beilein just has....
1 year 10 weeks ago	Thank you for the post Dan.	Thank you for the post Dan.  I don't understand the vitreol but I guess that is what impassioned fanbases do.  Many times I think Michgian fans are above it all - that we are courteous, professional and overall better.  That we don't stoop to name calling or such juvenile comments.  But there are the fringes of every fan base.  After all, it's just a game and we aren't playing each other any more (unless we make it really far in the tournament). This may be sacrilage for me to say, but MSU looks really good.  This team has one phenomenal go to player in Draymond Green, who is playing better than almost any other player in the country right now.  They are big, physical, can get to the hoop, rebound like animals - this is a very good team.  You may make it to the Final Four - I think Brandon Dawson getting injured is a huge blow.   But in my mind this is the deepest team since Mateen Cleaves senior year.  Having said that enjoy your time in the sun because there is only one coach as good as Izzo in the Big Ten and that is John Beilein.  He has won at every level and has never had this kind of talent.  This is going to get really interesting for the next five to ten years.
1 year 10 weeks ago	We could be 11 deep next year	We could be 11 deep next year - the competition on the squad is going to be brutal On top of the list above you have Brundrige, Vogrich, Bielfeldt and Horford.  Size, physicality, shooters - we have it all
1 year 11 weeks ago	This is a good time - they	This is a good time - they have size, athleticism - I'm really impressed.  Remind of VCU from last year except they don't have as much offensive movement....
1 year 11 weeks ago	I don't think there is a	I don't think there is a leveragable situation with treadwell.  Unlike the offensive line where one commit causes a snowball, I tend to find skill position players to be harder to leverage.  They have a better chance of starting out of high school and they have a prime time mentality.  You can't really appeal to their logic (admittedly that is true of kids in high school in general).  I think we will get a supreme vertical threat at wr and a top flight rb.  I think those things will not close immediately.  I also think that for a skill player Urban Meyer has a lot of pull.
1 year 12 weeks ago	Junior ran a 4.5?  It's	Junior ran a 4.5?  It's definitely possible seeing as how he had to slow down to catch most of the jump balls that came his way. I think Junior Hemingway is actually going to have a very good pro career.  He is going to be a possession number 2 reciever who will get you first downs and help your running game tremendously. Yeah...I said it....TREMENDOUSLY!!! Good for junior - in a numbers based game he will give you more than numbers.
1 year 13 weeks ago	Why why why can't we rescue	Why why why can't we rescue Soup Campbell from the disaster that is Iowa football?  I miss that guy so much.  Though admittedly Soup is probably pretty comfortable with zone left,
1 year 13 weeks ago	I don't know much about	I don't know much about Izzo and his on court demeanor makes me less than enthused.  I want the spartans to lose to Michigan every time they play.  But if they win the BIg Ten conference they deserve a number one seed.  They will also be a very tough out for any team that will face them.  They are big, physical and have in my opinion the best "team" basketball player in the college game right now in Draymond Green.    This just feels like another final four year for them.  I just get this Draymond Green won't let them lose feeling about this team.  Plus their team of two front line just seems so physical and can score on occasion.   They have the feel of a team that is built to do well in the NCAA tournament.  That has been Izzo's signature in my opinion.  Recruit guys who want rebounds, fight for every ball, get defensively in your face and have one consistent scorer you can rely on when it gets tough.    Having said all that how good a coach is JB?  This is a team without a single five star recruit.  They don't even have a single four star in their starting line up.  Yet they are one game back of the big ten title and have beaten MSU and OSU in the same year.  When he has the type of recruits Izzo has - MSU is going to be in a real dog fight.
1 year 13 weeks ago	Well to be fair	It's been Shurna, Cobble, Thompson, and Crawford who have all helped NW get back to being a legitimate bball team.  But Shurna has probably been the biggest contributor. The thing about Shurna that blows me away is that as unorthodox as his shot is, it gets off so quickly that it is really hard to stop.  I can actually see him having a pro career as he seems to work himself open for shots and is a lights out shooter and back to the basket player even when everyone is keying on him.  Congrats to him - hope he sucks it up against us but other than that it's been a pleasure to watch him play. For some odd reason though as much as I like Shurna, I really can't stand Drew Crawford.
1 year 14 weeks ago	Alabama will win pretty	Alabama will win pretty easily.  I suspect it's one of those games where we all think we had a chance or a play here and there but really we got manhandled.  They are bigger, faster and more physical.  And Saban will scheme defensivelly to make Denard a passer and with no vertical threat will load up the box.  Losing Stonum is a massive blow - we have no vertical replacement.  Expecting Roundtree and Gallon to beat a very aggressive alabama secondary off the line is difficult. The other problem is Michigan doesn't adjust offensively to what the defense throws at them.  Borges is an unbelievably stubborn coach.  He wants Denard to put it in the air vertically with nine in the box when the short timed passing game is wide open.  V Tech had one strength - their secondary and frankly we couldn't throw over their cover zero (except to Hemingway).  We wouldn't do one bubble screen to test them horizontally and open them up over the middle (or at least back them off).  The back seven athletes at Alabama make V Tech look like Indiana.  I think Michigan's defense will do a great job keeping them in the game but the offense will put them at a decided disadvantage that they won't be able to overcome.
1 year 14 weeks ago	It is a testament to Mattison	It is a testament to Mattison that the defense performed as well as it did because I believe the speed of the back seven is sorely lacking.  This disconcerting thing was V tech converting so many third downs on the ground.  This appears to me to be an athleticism and strength in the back seven problem.  Their wide recievers man handled our smaller cornerbacks but having said all that the number of freshman (true and redshirt) on the two deep was astounding.  Honestly I am very impressed by how this defense performed and if the D Line can penetrate from the ends and push in the middle (they don't have to attack like this years line did on the interior) the back seven should be stronger and faster next year. Magnus as always awesome work.  You give a professional perspective, pull no punches and I am honestly far more knowledgeable after reading your evaluations.
1 year 16 weeks ago	Aquaman - they super powers	Aquaman - they super powers are to kill the dreams of anyone who would dare to dream. And to talk to fish apparently....
1 year 16 weeks ago	It's either Jaquay Williams	It's either Jaquay Williams or Aaron Burbridge - same as Neo - just rumors.  If it is Burbridge...I would be beyond psyched!  I absolutely think that kid is a monster - Manningham redux!
1 year 16 weeks ago	I can't say this enough -	I can't say this enough - John Cooper out recruited us for the span of 10 YEARS!  And what was his record?  First of all there is no way Urban Meyer lasts as long as Woody Hayes.  He won't even make it as long as Earl Bruce.  He is a great, great recruiter and runs a very sophisticated offense and maybe, just maybe he feels the Big Ten is going to be much easier to dominate than the SEC (with Saban and Miles) but he has a history of not hanging around long and frankly his heart attack is an disingenious as it comes.  I expect two things: 1)  The rivalry to be a push while he is there 2)  Him not staying at OSU and either leaving for the NFL, having yet another heart attack and going to the NFL or going to the NFL because there are no more challenges left in college 3)   Or him being Lane Kiffin - doing crazy shit with insane recruits and then going somewhere better I believe in Hoke, I believe he is building a team the right way, I believe he has a great coaching staff.  We will be fine because we aren't building a collection of talent - we are always building a team.
1 year 16 weeks ago	We couldn't beat our Rutgers	We couldn't beat our Rutgers for the kid when Schiano was coach.  He wants to go to Rutgers because it is close to home - unless Michigan is magically moving to New Jersey this wasn't going to happen. We will get some depth and hopefully Diamond to fll out the class.  The grant commitment was the big shocker to me.   They have real depth at TE at Oklahoma, it is insanely far away from home, and outside of Jermaine Gresham have they put a lot of tight ends in the pros?  That one was the only real surprise.  I'll go so far as to say shocking....
1 year 16 weeks ago	I heard they saw him at 31	I heard they saw him at 31 flavors and he was dying...
1 year 16 weeks ago	On a separate note - why were	On a separate note - why were people so wowed by him?  Does he run phenomenal routes?  Because he seemed good but not great to me. Does anyone get the feeling that the coaches aren't really interested in burners on the edges but more YAC type wide receivers?
1 year 16 weeks ago	I'm going to call BS on this	I'm going to call BS on this one...no friggin way...
1 year 16 weeks ago	We will close Diamond, Grant,	We will close Diamond, Grant, Henry and probably one more unexpected recruit and everyone will be happy.  This is temporary hardship. I have to say the way Team 132 played showed me a lot.  Michigan doesn't just recruit talent, they build leaders and best.  It's not just a slogan or a punchline - I love the kids who have committed and I hope we land some more but I'm not going to be upset by OSU out recruiting or any such nonsense.  John Cooper routinely out recruited us but the type of players MIchigan used to recruit and will recruit again and the fire that this staff has to win with toughness and integrity will show up on the football field.  Team 132 which isn't even close to as talented as Team 136 and 137 will be just went 11-2.  I'm not afraid of OSU - they had owned us for 8 years.  They should be afraid of us.  They better out recruit because they aren't going to out smart us and they aren't going to out play us.  That I can guarantee.
1 year 16 weeks ago	Shit get John Henry to commit	Shit get John Henry to commit I don't care He's a steel driving man FERGODSAKES!!
1 year 16 weeks ago	They are getting some good	They are getting some good wide recievers but Madaris doesn't really worry me.  He strikes me as a possession guy which is easy enough to find in the college game (YAC guys etc).  Great vertical route runners are hard to find.  Burbridge is the guy that is going to TORTURE us for the next four years.  It is going to be brutal going against that guy - he is Manningham redux.  Great hands, runs amazing routes for a high school player - I recognize grades were why we didn't take him and I appreciate Hoke being a high caliber person like that but damn if we shouldn't have thought about making an exception.  Because Burbridge is a difference maker...
1 year 16 weeks ago	I would rather win Kalis than	I would rather win Kalis than lose Reeves personally.  We won many head to head battles with OSU but lost his one.  We will lose others.  Those are the breaks.  Win consistently on the field and these battles get easier.  Plus even when Cooper was there they had hire ranked classes often.  Didn't prevent us from winning. The key for OSU is to get Ohio kids.  We are doing damage there.  In addition, honestly, I can't think of the last great college player who came to the midwest from Massachusetts.  This not a high powered football area.  Most of these kids tend to underperform.  He was a very good player but not a game changer from what I could see.  And that was playing other Mass programs so not sure how that will even translate.

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