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I mean, you have done…

I mean, you have done nothing it improve the MBB either. So… out you go. 

Sigh. Ok. I'll play.

Hey,…

Sigh. Ok. I'll play.

Hey, would YOU like to be the head coach of the University of Michigan Men's Basketball program?

Subs. It'll be crazy.

Subs. It'll be crazy.

There is merit to this merit…

There is merit to this merit.

There are very few realistic "home run" names we could get that would draw immediate national attention. Kelvin Sampson, for instance; no idea if he'd leave but $$$ talks.

However, the alternative to a home-run hire is "some dude" who basketball junkies be like "oh yeah!" and the rest of the nation never hears about because they don't move the needle. Drake's coach? JMU's? TTU's? Whatever. They are all just... dudes. Maybe they'd be great. Maybe not. No one will notice, unless it works out spectacularly. If it doesn't, well, we're in this boat already.

Now, Dawn Staley... like Sampson, I have no idea if she would entertain the idea. But like any of the no-name dudes, it would be a hit-or-miss swing. No idea if it would work out. But our program sucks, it has nowhere to go but up. Why not do a "hit or miss" swing that WILL draw national attention? If it works... awesome. If not... we are no worse than we are now. 

Not saying she should be our top choice. But this is business, and, it's not a bad business idea.

Calm down. I am all for an…

Calm down. I am all for an early decision, but any coach we would want to hire still will be gainfully employed thru at least Thursday next week if not for up to two or three weeks beyond.  This is not college football.  Sky is not falling on the coaching search… yet. Stop with the hysterics. 

and hips.

and hips.

...except the program you're…

...except the program you're spying for.

Or, is it that Chips'…

Or, is it that Chips' offense doesn't fit Tony's style? Something like the zone/man distinctions that were highlighted in a post yesterday. I mean, when RR came in, his idea of "running the ball" was dramatically different from Carr (or, really, the entire B1G).

Fairly said. At least my…

Fairly said. At least my issues don't include... living in Texas!

I dunno... my reaction is, I…

I dunno... my reaction is, I mean, good job, thumbs up. That took a lot of effort, it's well organized, nice format and use of bold and bullets, a lot of information to digest in an easy way.

Still... feels like its totally unnecessary and way more effort than the situation requires? OK, we're barely making the tournament. Yay team? Certainly didn't mail in the year like the MBB team; but this was always a tweener year with what the last couple teams were, and the incoming class. So we barely make the field, we'll play whomever gets put against us, and it's probably someone no one can predict. And it doesn't matter anyway b/c SC or LSU or whatever will crush the next game.

Here is what we are going to…

Here is what we are going to miss: JJ on 3d and long.

He bailed us out of so many bad situations with incredible, tight throws, or him taking off when the play breaks down. I think we got so used to it, we don't remember that is a key thing that set us apart. Ask Alabama about that 4th down play. Or the 3d and long deep in the Natty when he recognized the Wash. D formation from film and more or less flipped the field. Over the season (even two seasons), we probably avoided losing games because of him doing this. And we can't expect any of the guys currently on the roster to be able to do that in a sustainable way. It's going to show by the end of the year.

OTOH, looks like the Vikings or Giants are gonna get to enjoy that special skill.

I live in DC area and I…

I live in DC area and I dunno if anyone out here who roots for that team would call him a "stud." He is not sucky on a really sucky team. Draw what conclusion you will.

Harbaugh can trade Herbert…

Harbaugh can trade Herbert to the Giants for the Giant's #6 pick in 2024, their 1st round pick in 2025, their 1st round pick in 2026, their 1st round pick in 2027, the Knicks' first rounders in the next four NBA drafts, Taylor Swift, and a small country to be named later.

Too bad there aren't any…

Too bad there aren't any coaches on Seattle who might have some familiarity with JJ.

Oh wait...

Any QB's fit in the NFL is…

Any QB's fit in the NFL is almost random. Who's his coach? Coaches (plural)? How stable is his instruction year to year? Who's he throwing to? What kind of O line is he behind? What support does he get from the RBs (running, blocking, catching)? Is the D bad forcing them to be playing catchup all game? 

If the Bears had drafted Pat Mahomes, rest assured he is not in GOAT status. (As a lifeline Bears fan, I can testify to that.) Brock Purdy on the Panthers would be crap. 

Best of luck to JJ to land somewhere that can maximize his opportunity and not ruin him for just being there.

"Players greed"...? Can I…

"Players greed"...? Can I introduce you to capitalism? Do you understand the concept?

Asking people to leave money--a LOT of money--on the table while the schools make billions, the coaches make millions, and they are told to be happy with their free college education... while athletes their age in other sports (tennis, golf, soccer) make millions... for... what reason? Because it ruins YOUR viewing expectations? Or it ruins YOUR "interest" in the sport? 

Sounds like communism to me. Honestly. 

Meh. It's like, Thanos…

Meh. It's like, Thanos blipped half of all living creatures, even though obviously within a few generations populations would just go back to where they were before the snap. Not a reason not to destroy a civilization to get the purple stone, torture your adopted daughters for the location of the yellow stone, go to war with the Avengers, and still do it anyway.

Yes.

Yes.

This is going to be a…

This is going to be a fascinating draft/offseason. So many QB-needy teams (as usual--this year it's CHI, WAS, NE, ATL, LV, DEN, PIT, NYG, MN*/TB* *pending FA issues, and maybe SEA, not to mention ARI and CLE who wish they could change QBs), and so few FA QBs (only Cousins has good numbers; when the 2d best QB FA is Baker, it's a bad year for QB FA's).

Add in the mix: three allegedly top-notch rookies, plus JJ who seems to divide the talking heads, plus Nix, Penix, Rattler, even Jordan Travis...

I mean, you could see four or five QBs going in the first ten or fifteen pics--if not the first four or five picks.  And nothing is obvious. CHI, because they are run by idiots (full disclosure: OP grew up in Chi burbs so is, unfortunately, a Bears fan) may run it back w Fields for a couple bags; WAS and/or NE might realize they need to build up their teams first and trade back--taking a rookie when the rest of your team sucks wastes the first year of a rookie QB contract; PIT is a total mystery what they are going to do. Does ATL give $ to Kork Coupons or go w/ a rookie? Does SEA do one more year w/ Gino?

Hell, even throw MIA and DAL into the mix, if they don't want to renegotiate w/ their QBs and want to get value now instead of facing Dak or Tua go into FA next year. (There is simply no accounting for Jerry Jones's uber-maximum confidence in himself and thus uber-minimum intelligence level.)

Totally wild.

 

I half jokingly said it the…

I half jokingly said it the other day but will repeat. 

Chargers at five trade Herbert away for a bag and a half, thereby solving their cap woes, and draft JJ AND get a ton more picks.  I hear the Chargers HC said JJ should go #1. 

Wait... robf is leaving…

Wait... robf is leaving MGoBlog to mod for a TBD pro blog?

I blame Warde.

FYC's cover of "Suspicious…

FYC's cover of "Suspicious Minds" is fantastic. Then again I am a huge FYC fan sooo take that with a grain of salt.

European soccer and NCAA…

European soccer and NCAA have a lot of similar structures. Dozens of leagues/conferences. A handful of super major ones (EPL, LaLiga, etc.) / (SEC, B1G, etc.).  Some mid-major leagues (Eredivisie, Superliga, etc.), and lots of minnows. The mid-majors have some teams that, some years or even most years, are somewhat competitive with ones with teams in top leagues (e.g., Porto/Sporting, Ajax, Galatasaray) (similar to Gonzaga in hoops or, a few years ago, Boise St. in football).

This analogy works far better in basketball, however, which isn't surprising--number of players are smaller and the number of games a year is larger (both like soccer), hence the distribution of talent and results is more spread out.

So based on this analogy, the lesson of the UCL is: The super major leagues will always dominate the playoffs. Only rarely will a not-usually-great team even make it very far (Roma, Tottenham recently) or a mid-major make it far (Ajax a few years ago). It'll be won by the super duper programs (City until they get hammered for FFP violations, LFC, Bayern, Real/Barca, Juve/Inter/Milan). (Arsenal cannot ever win it b/c Arsenal.)

Think of the safety of the…

Think of the safety of the players!

No, really...

WAIT ARE YOU IMPLYING THAT…

WAIT ARE YOU IMPLYING THAT WWE IS NOT SPONTANEOUS AND LEGIT BUT IS CHOREOGRAPHED AND SCRIPTED AHEAD OF TIME???

Next, what, you'll tell me Santa isn't real either? Must really suck to live in your version of the world.

Or ... the Chargers trade…

Or ... the Chargers trade Herbert to the Bears to move up to #1 and select JJ. WOTS is the Chargers' HC is a big fan of JJ, says he's the best in the draft.

I kid, I kid.

More realistic: Seattle moves up to take him? Also based on HC's familiarity with him.

Just say to yourself...

WE…

Just say to yourself...

WE ARE NATIONAL FOOTBALL CHAMPIONS.

And the nonthreatening fans of Purdue's #2 hoops team coming to watch them play our last-place and hopeless men's team during UM's spring break... suddenly doesn't seem worth stressing about.

Feels like this year has…

Feels like this year has gone exactly as expected. Losing so much production, a year away from lofty reinforcements, this was never going to be a highly-seeded team. Making the tournament was a reasonable although not guaranteed goal, and that is about where it is. NCAAW has so many returning players each year (b/c $(WNBA) << $$$(NIL)) that it was never reasonable to expect a spectacular season with the team we had this year.

I live in the DC area so…

I live in the DC area so local radio talking heads were examining the possibility of him being an HC for a whole year before, during and after the past season. Word from the Commodes' er Commanders' team has been that he is difficult to work with -- "my way or the highway." He's unapologetic about it, and while he doesn't seem to be mean or a dick, apparently he's just too inflexible if not abrasive. 

On top of that, he might not be good on his own. Having Patrick Mahomes and Andy Reid will cover up a lot of bad coaching. Having Sam Howell and Ron Rivera, notsomuch.

The fact the franchise knew him well and he didn't crack the finalists for the opened gig says all you need to know.

(I am secretly rooting for them to trade back and draft JJ... ok wait guess it's not a secret anymore.)

MAYBE THE OP IS AN ALUM OF…

MAYBE THE OP IS AN ALUM OF THE AERO PROGRAM?????

I have been collecting…

I have been collecting streaming services over the years for various purposes -- what is now MAX because of Game of Thrones back in the day; Peacock for the Premier League; Amazon Prime b/c of course Amazon; Hulu and ESPN+ b/c I have kids = Disney plus package; Netflix b/c well it used to be the only game in town. I just never cancelled anything.

But I refuse, refuse, refuse to go to Paramount plus. So there. I do have limits, apparently.

The livin’ is easy on Third…

The livin’ is easy on Third Base. 

Just remember the lesson…

Just remember the lesson from Rick & Morty: Portals are two-way transportation devices, folks.

That's the NCAA record. Not…

That's the NCAA record. Not the college record.

Pearl Moore, who played at a tiny school called Fancis Marion, scored 4,061 career points from 1975-79. At the time, women's hoops was governed by the AIAW, not the NCAA. The AIAW had tiny schools and what we now call D-I schools competing side by side. Immaculata College was the dynasty of women's college hoops in the 1970s. I'm not even sure that would be D-III these days.

I did make a mistake, I thought Caitlin was in mid-2000 points, not mid-3000. So you are right, it's not 1000 pts off. But she needs to get over 4K to get the all-time record.

She is 8 points from the…

She is 8 points from the NCAA Women's scoring record.

She is like >1000 points from the actual college women's record, set in the 1970s, before the NCAA took control over women's hoops.

User name checks out.

User name checks out.

Honestly, those first three concerns, that's like saying, "I know she's hot and into me, but I don't want to date her because she might leave me for another guy." Like... ok, whatever makes you happy, I guess.

BUT WHO WILL OUR QB1 BE…

BUT WHO WILL OUR QB1 BE AFTER THE APRIL XFER PORTAL CLOSES???

(Not entirely kidding, bc that's gonna have a lot more to do with our success in 2024 than who we hire as DL coach.)

My friends, it all comes…

My friends, it all comes down to what WB will use the April portal to be out QB1. 

At least one internet blogger thought Dante Moore should take advantage of the unlimited-xfer rule, given that he is Oregon QB2 right now, and return home.  I am not sure that gets us where we need to go. But the point is, we have no idea who is could be, hell Sherrone might have no idea right now.  

Someone named Shane Day is…

Someone named Shane Day is gonna teach Justin Herbert how to play quarterback? Sure. 

(Ya ya I know JMFH will be the one instructing Herbert, so really, Day’s job is to do… what…?)

I remember in 1992, the…

I remember in 1992, the University of Houston Cougars were hosting our arch-rival Illinois Illini. Houston was up a lot. IIRC, on the last play of the game (or so), Houston was up 24-13 and faked a kneel-down--the QB popped up and tossed a TD to an uncovered receiver--to make an even more lopsided score 31-13 for no apparent reason.

Well, the following week, Houston visited the Big House. Bo was none to pleased with what Houston did to a conference mate, so he exacted some Big Ten revenge 61-7.

That is sportsmanship.

(BTW of course different sports have different types of sportsmanship. Golfers are supposed to turn themselves in for violating the rules; hockey players beat each other up for violating the rules. Also, European soccer teams [like in UK and Germany] would tell you its disrespectful to take the foot off the gas when playing a vastly inferior team.)

How can you have analytics…

How can you have analytics for something that has NEVER HAPPENED before?

Probabilities are based on something recurring so many times that it is statistically significant to know what the data says. How can there be any analytics on whether to kick or receive in an overtime where the rules have never, ever been played before? No data exists for that situation.

I have been there and done…

I have been there and done that (for like 16 months in 2016-2017) and do NOT recommend that to ANYone.

User name checks out.

User name checks out.

I mean what are the odds…

I mean what are the odds that the only two human beings in world history with the first name “Wink” also both had the surname “Martindale”??

NBA? Surprised no one has…

NBA? Surprised no one has mentioned... Jordan Poole.

I live in DC area and happened to be channel flipping between 3 NBA games on at the same time, and caught the portion late in the Wizards game where the home crowd was booing him. Not "Pooooole" but "BOOOOO!?" (The fact I live in DC is why I paused on the Cavs-Wizards game; otherwise why on Earth would I watch it over whatever NBA TV had on. Warriors were annihilating the Sixers at the time on The Mouse.)

JP has fallen off a cliff. Scored 0 last night, fouled out. He's not injured, and he's starting. The previous 3 games he had single-digit points too; was like 2-14 from 3 a few games ago and 0-fer the past 3 games.

He was so fun to watch with the Warriors. Then... he got the bag, Dray went Dray on his face, the trade... it's so sad. I hope he can recover from this, but holy crapamoli, he is in such a funk.

(Dare I say... he is so bad he might not even be able to elevate the current UM team, if he were on it....)

OK, that was diving even…

OK, that was diving even more into the archives. You got Tomczak right--and he went 0-for-0 b/c he only handed off in garbage time of Super Bowl XX, Da Bears' win.

I actually was thinking of Tom Tupa, who was a punter in the NFL. Kern was before my time. So ok, OSU has TWO QBs who have started in a Super Bowl. Color me more impressed.

Name the only player who was…

Name the only player who was an OSU starting QB to take a SNAP in a Super Bowl as a QB? When did he play in the game and what was his passer rating?

Name the only player who was an OSU starting QB to START in a Super Bowl? (Hint: It wasn't as a QB!)

Hint hint: You gotta be old to remember these dudes.

Or $55K to run a Vast…

Or $55K to run a Vast Network to compromise player safety.

Wouldnt be a bad idea for us…

Wouldnt be a bad idea for us to look for a one, three, four and five while we are at it.  And definitely an HC.

Interestingly, he mentioned…

Interestingly, he mentioned NONE of our rivals. Got one question abt OSU’s xfer/portals but dodged it.  Usually coaches say something about the rivalry, or a dig at the rival, or whatever. He totally avoided it. Was 100% about UM.  

Don’t know if that is a talking point (or a sort of no-talking-point) or just how he is wired or just hiw it came out. I am not criticizing him at all; I just noticed it.