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Just wanted to add to those…

Just wanted to add to those who've praised this piece as probably the best piece of writing on this site in years.  Well done!   Nice to have writing that isn't mopey, or packed with obscure references.  

I'm glad you brought this up…

I'm glad you brought this up, because we wouldn't want to forget to mention Memphis...

Michigan has a population of…

Michigan has a population of just over 10 million.  There have been just over 6000 deaths attributed to Covid-19.

Since you are quite…

Since you are quite perceptive in understanding the poor recruiting going on, why don't you enlighten us with your plan to lure the 5*s needed to beat Ohio State to Ann Arbor?  Give specifics too.  First start out with your own credentials.  Provide a list of all the 5* recruits you've landed over the years.  Then, state exactly what you would do.  Don't just give platitudes either (i.e. "I would really pursue this 5* hard!"); provide specifics such as how many times per week you would contact that recruit, and what you would say to him.  Most importantly, explain how your methods would differ from the current staff, because I'm assuming you're basing your criticism on very detailed, insider information about the techniques Harbaugh uses, and aren't just making a results-based complaint.  Compare and contrast specifics, and then explain why your techniques would work, based upon your experience and expertise.

Clearly, your talents are needed.  It's time to put your recruiting knowledge to use to help the program.  

 

 

You must not remember the…

You must not remember the celebration then following the last-second win over an 8-4 Indiana team in Ann Arbor in 1979.  I don't recall Bo breaking it up.  

Hey Hei2man:  Have you ever…

Hey Hei2man:  Have you ever considered dropping off your resume with the athletic department?  What about creating a website or writing a book with all your recruiting insight?  We absolutely need you to get you somehow connected to Harbaugh so that you can get your wisdom directly to him.  As smart as he is, he clearly doesn't know he needs to recruit better players in order to win, and it's obvious that he needs you to tell him the unvarnished truth. You alone are the only one in the whole universe of UM coaches, athletic department staff, boosters, fans, etc. who has the clarity of vision to see that having better players makes a team better.  I know I wish I had thought of that, but I lack that piercing intelligence, and courage to go against the grain that you just have in spades.  I would bet any amount of money that if you were able to get your message to him, he would have a reaction something like this "Recruit better players?  Of course!  I never thought of that before!!  I am forever in your debt, Hei2man!!!"   

...and by the way: I know I'm not up to your intellectual level, but I have a great idea for the title of that book I think you should write:  "Recruit 5-stars; not 3-stars".  Good, isn't it?

Takin' it on the run/pass option

When Patterson becomes eligible, Harbaugh will be able to roll with the changes.  Until then, he's just riding the storm out.  

Takin' it on the run/pass option

Some of you are complaining that Harbaugh hasn't been rolling with the changes, but until he gets some better personnel, particularly at QB, he'll just have to be riding the storm out.  

Captain Jeffrey Spaulding?

The African Explorer?   Hooray, hooray, hooray!!!!

"Facts"

You appear to be saying that "facts" are merely the impression  - or feelings - of the "victim".  The better choice of word then should  be "feelings", rather than "facts".  If I tell a woman that I know that I like her shirt - with utterly no other intention than paying her a compliment, and she receives that intentded compliment instead as act of misogyny, I am not a misogynist.  She is merely overly sensitve, and irrrationally so.  Use of the word "victim" immediately presumes that these people are in fact "victims" of some act, and are the sole arbiter of what constitutes that act.  

If we reduce the judgment of every act to the feelings of the recipient of that act, we have no standards at all for behavior.  There are overly sensitive people of every gender, and we can't turn over all moral authority to them.  There have to be some objective standards.   

Good point

It's also possible the pilot was killed in a bizarre gardening accident.  

Not that different

The day before the Fitzgerald sank was unusually warm and nice as well.  The storm came in fairly quickly.   

Standing vs. sitting

Why do people assume that you can't make any noise sitting down?  You can yell just as much sitting down as you can while standing, and truly, I doubt the players can tell - or care - if the fans are sitting or standing, as long as the crowd is making noise.  

small sample size

Do you mean the majority of Michigan fans responding to this post (~50 people)?   The night games have been great fun, but every survey of the season ticket holders shows that a large percentage of them travel by car a great distance to attend, and so a night game requires them to find a hotel, and turn it into a two-day trip.  That's an inconvenience for a lot of the fan base, and the portion of the fan base that pays a lot of bills.  .  

Medically sound

He's right about it not being healthy to hold it in.  That can be deadly.  Silent; but deadly

Workouts

Sounds like the Broncos are running a lot of gassers in their workouts.  

Front page drive-in news

Though it's not mentioned in this article, the line in Night Moves "Tryin' to make some front-page drive-in news" was making reference to the old A&W drive in near the split of Maple and Stadium in Ann Arbor.  When the drive-in was torn down not that many years ago, there was an article about Seger and the restaurant's role in the song's origins.   I believe there's a plaque in the muffler shop that stands on the old A&W site commemorating the fact.  

Mardi Link

Wicked Takes the Witness Stand, by Mardi Link.   A fascinating and disturbing  story of the Jerry Tobias murder trials in Gaylord, and the complete miscarriage of justice that occured.  It will completely shake your faith in the justice system.   An added positive is that the book is published by the UM Press.  

I would also join the list of those recommending Lawrence Wright's The Looming Tower.  It's the best analysis of the rise of Al Qaeda.  

 

Not to mention...

... and Rene Descartes was a drunken fart: "I drink, therefore I am!"

Bankruptcy obsession

Why do you (PeterKlima) always bring up the fact that Treetops is in bankruptcy?  It makes no difference.  Vandalism and destruction of property are still crimes, regardless of the financial condition of the victim.  There is this sometimes-not-so-subtle implication in many of your comments that the destruction was somehow not quite as bad because Treetops is in the midst of reorganization, and that is just not a reasonable position.  

 

 

 

 

 

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Basics of bankruptcy

I don't think you understand the basics of bankruptcy, as evidenced by your frequent assertions that the payment of the damages claimed will somehow help Treetops  "bail out a failing business".   Treetops' bankruptcy is under the supervision of the federal bankruptcy court, and anyone who's ever been involved with a large bankruptcy proceeding can tell you that it's a very cumbersome, time consuming, and costly process.   Even if they were to miraculously recover all of the claimed $430,000 (litigation within bankruptcy is complicated further still), that amount, after attorney fees and other costs, would not even make a dent in their total indebtedness.  

There is a huge difference between the Treetops situation and that of a guy with a failing business who decides to torch it.  Once the federal bankruptcy courts are involved, as they are with Treetops, there's no way a comparatively small damage settlement is  going to somehow save the business.  The whole situation is a hinderance to their exit from bankruptcy; not a help.  

One more time

Can you post that one more time?  I'm not quite sure I got your point.  

Huge surprise?

Remember his incident in Aspen a few years back? 

More than three...

Actually, there have been more than three.  It's only been in the modern era that the university has sanctioned an exclusive radio contract.    WUOM Tom Hemmingway doing play-by-play for years.  Even the great Bill Fleming did some games on WUOM and WWJ. 

 

 

300

I just broke 300 home games last year.  I've been to about 20 road games as well.  

No bad seats

You're absolutely right about no really bad seats.  Talk to someone in the ticket office, and they will tell you that among season ticket holders seeking to improve their seat location, the most requested area outside of the 50 yard line is... the top row!   The vast majority of requests are to move to higher rows; not lower rows.   It's amazing to me to read so many posts in this thread by current students who act as if sitting above row 30 is akin to being exiled to Siberia. 

Other side?.

What's on the back of the shirt?  "Thanks, Coach Tressel"? 

6 in 2

If I remember correctly, teams were limited to 6 TV appearances over a two year period.  How different things are now! 

You are correct, sir!

Both Martin and Brandon repeatedly stated that the addtion of premium seating would lessen the need for ticket price increases .  Those promises lasted for oh, a good 3 or 4 months or so.  They'll never reach a point where they feel they have enough money. 

Wait a minute!

I didn't get a "harrump" out of that guy!

Not what we imagined...

To add to Magnus' point: I think a lot of us assumed that Rodriguez would sacrifice size, but gain elite speed in his receiver recruiting.   We certainly did get smaller receivers, but not even the slot guys had any great speed.  Odoms, Dileo, Gallon, etc, might be nice players, but none of them possess that elusiveness that makes up for their lack of size. 

The old adage...

Hard cases make bad law

"resell" tickets?

I've read the short paragraph regarding "reselling" the 25,000 tickets provided over and over again, and I don't think it's at all clear where that money is going.  Is UM buying them from the promoter, and then reselling them at a higher rate?  It's not clear. 

One more time

I will attempt to explain this to you one more time, since you obviously didn't understand the numerous posters who showed you the error of your argument.  As Brian points out, there is no benefit because we are already below the 85 scholarship limit, and have long passed the chance to add to the 2012 class.  A preferred walk-on is a walk on.   There is no benefit gained by having these players not return for a 5th year. 

Tailbacks

You simply can't leave out Ron Johnson at tailback, and Bob Chappius (hard to find a position because of the variety of the single wing offense) needs a spot as well.   Arguably, Germany Schultz invented the position of linebacker.  

You like the Gophers?

I've always thought the Minnesota Rouser was catchy.  I believe it was used as background music on the old Prudential College Scoreboard show as well. 

Not that much change

Apart from the move to white pants in the the 1970's, the road uniforms haven't really had any significant changes until now.  Most of the changes in the past have been fairly minor: stitching, piping, a block M on the sleeves, etc.  From a purely subjective viewpoint though, putting big stripes on the shoulders is a radical change; not at all comparable to these other small details that have varied through the years.  Ask someone not intimately familiar with the road uniforms to spot the differences in them between 1978 and 2010, and I'd bet they would be hard-pressed to find them.  Then show them the Sugar Bowl uniforms with big stripes on the sleeves, and I'm sure they'd say they were completely different. 

This is a dramatic change being passed off as a little tweaking.  I suspect it's only going to get worse, considering that Brandon is only concerned with revenue streams. 

 

 

Going back a few years...

...but don't forget Tony Boles.  A catastrophic injury and then personal problems put an end to his career, but he could have been one of the great backs ever from the state of Michigan. 

Banquet

Bo was the featured speaker at my high school athletic banquet.  The captain of each team would go to the podium and give a brief recap of that team's season.  Bo then made his remarks.  Though he did not take notes, he made a comment about each of the 15 or 20 speakers who had talked.  He was a brilliant, witty, off-the-cuff speaker, and very observant of others.  One of the earlier speakers had mentioned that she would be attending MSU that fall.  Bo started off by saying that it was too bad he hadn't met her earlier, because perhaps he could have pulled some strings and gotten her into her first choice for college.  The captain of my team wore boat shoes - with no socks - along with a sportcoat when he gave his little presentation.  He was going to be attending Miami - Bo's alma mater - that fall.  Bo called him out, and said "Son, I think you'll find when you get to Miami, you'll need to wear socks".   His eye for detail and memory were just astounding. 

 

 

Not quite a consecutive streak...

...but I've only missed 4 home games since 1968.  I don't have a precise count, but I think I'm closing in on attending 275 games. 

Manners

The coaches want to see if the new recruits pass (the) muster. 

97?

Row 96 is the top row in parts of the stadium - at least it's the last row of benches. 

Loved The Judge

Joubert had the best nickname in modern times, but as you pointed out, it's hard to beat Crazy Legs Hirsch, or Germany Schulz. 

or...

How about "Extra curricular activity" instead of "fight"? 

...and any other inclusion of the name of the sport

The cousin of the awful "football move" is of course "that's a great golf shot".  I would assume that a golfer would not be hitting a tennis shot, just as a football player would not be making a great baseball move. 

Never mind the why and wherefore...

Though he seems to be lacking the elite speed to be a WR, perhaps his great attitude and personality will lead him to becoming a humble, or even gallant captain by his senior season. 

Hello Cleveland!...HELLO CLEVELAND!!

This is Spinal Tap, and of course, Airplane. 

Real estate

Ah, the old "someone with connections told me Coach X is buying a house in..." bit.  If I had a dollar for every time we heard in December of 2007 that Les Miles' wife was seen either house hunting or actually buying a house in Barton Hills or elsewhere in Ann Arbor,  I'd have enough money to buy a nice dinner.  Furthermore, Meyer is an Ohio native.  I believe that he might have kept a house there all along. 

What happened to Martin's pledge?

Remember though that Bill Martin promised that one of the main benefits of adding premium seating was that it would allow them to stop any ticket price increases for those of us in the non-premium seating?  That pleadge lasted all of one year. 

I'm with you...

I know many people love Stanford, but to me, it feels a little cold.  It just doesn't have that classic college feel. 

I'd give high marks to Wisconsin, Pepperdine, Cornell, Indiana, and maybe Princeton.