Aaron Craft Appreciation Thread
#11 seed Dayton upsets Ohio State to end Aaron Craft's career. Gritty career. Or as Verne called him, angelic.
Who are we heckling? You think Aaron Craft is going to visit this site? It's a bunch of people thinking it is funny and smarky to show a bunch of gifs about a guy who played for a rival who (by all accounts) seems like a halfway-decent kid who would have been welcomed with open arms had he played at UM.
I don't care that much about this usually because whatever, it's an internet forum. But my gawd does this place devolve into RCMB territory whenever something bad happens to OSU or MSU.
Welcome to the Internet, you must be new here.
Fuck him
Fuck ohio
I'm sure Craft is a good guy, but there are a lot of other players who represent themselves in an honorable way. Most of these guys don't go to Ohio State. Let's appreciate them first.
In other news. HAHA!!!!
EDIT: I'll neg myself for missing the obvious.
I'll take this instead I guess.
Until 4:30 hits.
I appreciate that we went 2-0 against them this year.
So many memories
as much as i love to hate the guy (and the team), what is the point of this?
If you still were coaching in Tampa you could sign him. He's not going to be doing anything else.
OSU! Don't even care that it throws a wrench in my bracket. Happy trails! I will drink a celebratory beer as soon as I get home.
OSU! Don't even care that it throws a wrench in my bracket. Happy trails! I will drink a celebratory beer as soon as I get home.
i would have rather had osu winning, and then losing to cuse. i hate untidy brackets more than i hate ohio.
SUCH AN ANGELIC COUNTENANCE. SO MUCH HEART. SO MUCH GRIT. BEST DEFENSE.
SUCH DEFENSE.
MUCH FOOTWORK
SUCH SPEED
SO ANGEL
Tough way to end your collegiate career but I think all of us would love ot have a PG like him any day of the week.
And now he can follow Trey into the pros. I think Trey will have a better pro career.
About following Trey into the pros. Craft will never be a NBA player.
His career ends with him getting beat off the dribble and then him missing a shot to win. Fitting ending.
I suppose my questions are these - is it possible to end your college basketball career on a duffed layup but still show grit and determination while doing it? Can you commit an intentional foul with incredible hustle? Has Dan Dakich downed some Tussin and Jameson on his way to a little nap now?
his three-point shooting against us.
No reason to single out the star of the team who everyone unduly praises all the time? I'm sure he's a good guy, but some people here need to lighten up.
Had this "upset" in my bracket!
I guess we know who has the best basketball team in the state of Ohio.
OSU would be the 3rd best.
sweet prince.
I guess Trey Burke was right.
If the commentators are merely speaking about one team or one player then they really haven't done their homework. Should know and be able to talk up both teams.
I don't know if I can blame them for it in the first round as they have to cover a lot of basketball.
Need a replacement for this one.
As a Michigan fan, I love this thread.
As a parent, I get a litte uneasy. It's not like this dude brought any of this on himself (other than the airballs). For all intents and purposes, he seems like a good, upstanding citizen. His career is over now, so I wish him well.
Have anything against Craft personally. He seems like a good dude, and I think he and Trey were both really good for each other.
It's the commentators we hate. Craft does not have a holier-than-thou attitude. The commentators do, and they use Craft as a vehicle for that. And that's what people hate
I think he is overly whiny on the court, but for the most part, you're right.
The kid gets crazy amounts of attention, and yes, he's basically just a REALLY good rec/intramural player offensively...but damn, I tip my cap to that kid.
I may respect him more than any other player for any of our rivals in any sport.
I'm going to miss our teams competing AGAINST him.
Well done Aaron, congrats on one hell of a career.
/standingO
So why do you respect him so much? Other teams don't have gritty rec players?
First game on Thursday and an upset of OSU. There goes my chance to win 1 billion dollars.
No thank you Aaron Craft.
I'd love to see a slo mo replay of the last few seconds. I think craft took 5 steps.
I thought the same thing. Looked like a mini running back on that final play
Could that be the reason why they lost?
Suck it Craft
I do appreciate Craft. I picked OSU to win the game, but I was rooting for Dayton. Glad that OSU is out, but I don't have anything bad to say about Craft. I don't think that he was a great basketball player, but he played hard. I wish that all of the players on my favorite teams always played as hard as he always did. I am glad that we don't have to face him anymore.
...of fail
I guess who I feel bad for is Bruce Pearl. Dude got a show-cause penalty for recruiting Aaron Craft and lying about it. What we didn't know at the time is that he must've said "have you seen his jumper? I would never recruit him"
Dan Dakich has stepped off the ledge.
He'll need to find somebody new to love like a son.
Oh, wait . . .