Trey Burke complains of leaving Michigan poorly fed and poorly prepared for pro life
This was rather disappointing to read...
http://www.mlive.com/wolverines/index.ssf/2016/10/trey_burke_complains_…
October 25th, 2016 at 3:49 AM ^
Exactly. That would be TOO crazy.
October 24th, 2016 at 4:22 PM ^
I do know, however, what it's like to eat as the athletes do, at least at a basal level without all the other perks they get beyond the normal student body. I was in the dorm caf line plenty of times behind basketball players, football players, and other athletes. They certainly were not complaining whilst piling up their trays with food.
So, when he bitches about "jail food," it shows a certain lack of tact, if not a complete lack of awareness.
October 24th, 2016 at 4:48 PM ^
October 24th, 2016 at 5:01 PM ^
I was in jail for one night and much of the next day. Don't mess with me I'm hardened. Cereal for breakfast and boloney for lunch. Standard fare I expect. One tip, do not toss condiment packages you don't use. Those are jailhouse currency.
As fior Burke is seems like it took him long enough to start bitching. What was his holdup?
October 24th, 2016 at 5:54 PM ^
I'm guessing something between loitering & MANSLAUGHTER!
October 24th, 2016 at 6:16 PM ^
October 24th, 2016 at 7:35 PM ^
Bingo. They caught me standing around a dead body. Who knew that could be against the law.
October 24th, 2016 at 4:45 PM ^
You think the current atheles feel the same about the food? I highly doubt that. I've seen the Umich Football and Umich athletics snapchat channel. The kids are showing off the food quarters.
October 25th, 2016 at 8:42 AM ^
Where Trey talks about his great memories from Ann Arbor and how much he loves Michigan. What happened over the past three months?
October 24th, 2016 at 3:55 PM ^
Well he came to UM in 2011 which was a year before the South Quad renovation. The food definitely did suck.
October 24th, 2016 at 3:56 PM ^
Go on. Because that was not my experience as a student in the mid-2000s. I even had a lunch-only meal plan for a year I didn't live in the dorm.
October 24th, 2016 at 5:47 PM ^
Jesus, it's dorm food -- what did he expect?
I remember the athletes had a special training table at South Quad when I was a studeny and they got better food than the average Joe.
October 24th, 2016 at 5:47 PM ^
Jesus, it's dorm food -- what did he expect?
I remember the athletes had a special training table at South Quad when I was a studeny and they got better food than the average Joe.
October 24th, 2016 at 4:05 PM ^
Really? I was in West Quad in 2007, so we had to go to South Quad for dinner. I thought the food was decent. It wasn't awesome, but what cafeteria food is? Also, the West Quad breakfast was legitimately great. It had an omelet bar, what more could you want?
October 24th, 2016 at 4:08 PM ^
dorm food was the greatest thing I ever had. Guess it's all perspective.
October 24th, 2016 at 5:07 PM ^
October 24th, 2016 at 5:25 PM ^
Appreciate the honesty and logged in to upvote.
October 24th, 2016 at 6:19 PM ^
an unheard of thing for which the upper classmen gave me a ton of crud. in 1980 nobody trained much in the off-season and guys came to camp to get in shape (i.,., to loose weight). to put a point on mabel's apt comment, i didn't have a mother since she passed when we were kids. somebody cooking for me, anybody, was a great thing!
October 24th, 2016 at 4:19 PM ^
I was in East Quad in 2008 and West Quad in 2009 and ate a lot of dinners in South Quad after band practices. Its was super up and down depending on what they were serving and what times you went (food out too long, not having much stuff towards closing time, etc). Some of it definetely sucked for sure, but you learned what was good and what wasnt. Would kill for an unlimited cafateria now cause im a terrible cook lol.
October 24th, 2016 at 6:57 PM ^
but even when the food sucked, they always had cold cuts, cheese and bread where you could make a couple sandwiches, etc.
believe me. i didn't starve.
October 24th, 2016 at 4:34 PM ^
I graduated in 2008 and think you're flatly wrong. Sure, it's cafeteria food, but prison food? Come on.
October 24th, 2016 at 6:54 PM ^
See. Told you. It has nothing to do with being a student-athlete.
Has everything to do with you perspective and experience as a student.
I can't imagine food at the University of Michigan sucked in comparison to what I ate in college.
I also can't imagine the food at the University of Michigan could compare to "jail food" for anyone who's actually tried both.
...so it's a gross overreaction. But for folks to be surprised and act like this is on Trey or student-athletes, that's silly.
Plenty of former students feel the EXACT same way he does. Plenty of former students felt like college didn't prepare them for life. Plenty of former students will tell you they "didn't learn anything" in college.
It's just the opinion of some.
I personally don't agree with a lot of it, but I'm not surprised by any of it. Personally, I didn't learn anything in college from class. No teacher or class prepared me for life after college. Everything I learned was from interaction and experience, not something from a test. (A big reason for that is because my major was tailored for the football team and well, I was one of a few who actually tried and applied themselves).
So the value I took from college was putting my in real life situations without necessarily the real life consequences, and that has helped me in life. Or at least thats what I tell myself every time Sallie Mae comes calling.
October 24th, 2016 at 8:06 PM ^
If his two years of college did not prepare him, stay a third year! Hell get bat-shit crazy and stay all four, AND do not "check out". So he complains that college did not prepare him, but he was only "checked in" for 1 year - WTF Trey!?!?
October 24th, 2016 at 3:56 PM ^
Sounds like the "poorly fed" and "unprepared" parts are both his fault...
October 24th, 2016 at 3:56 PM ^
October 24th, 2016 at 10:53 PM ^
came on here to agree. chicken broccoli bake for the win. wow, I miss that.
October 24th, 2016 at 3:57 PM ^
He was there before gluten-free was a thing right? I wonder if that's what's bothering him... *insert eyeroll*
October 24th, 2016 at 3:57 PM ^
might get interesting
October 24th, 2016 at 5:00 PM ^
No, it won't...
What is deseret news and why are they calling Trey a Utah Jazz star? I rooted for him to succeed in the NBA, and have been surprised he hasn't - but I'm not surprised any more.
October 24th, 2016 at 3:57 PM ^
I don't want to throw stones back in a knee jerk manner, but...
Seems disingenuous to say Michigan didn't prepare him for life when he only gave it 2 years. It's not a stretch to think that a kid leaving after two years of college may not have put in the time to obtain the skills necessary to navigate life as a professional.
And claiming it's a coach's job to handle a personal issue? I'm sure any coach would do their best to help one of their players, but you can't expect to be spoon fed. I find it difficult to believe John Beilein would not help a player having problems.
October 24th, 2016 at 11:09 PM ^
for the love of God and all that is holy. "claimed it is the coach's job to handle a personal issue for a player."
I didn't know he was that type of guy, but he's out in my books. Want to get out into the world and act like a man? Get ready for it. Put your big boy shoes on and get to work. No one is going to hold your hand your whole life. Making millions in the NBA? Congrats. There will be a time when you are used up, on your own and need to figure out the basics, for the very first time.
October 24th, 2016 at 3:57 PM ^
If these are his true sentiments, I lost some respect for Trey Burke today.
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October 24th, 2016 at 3:59 PM ^
Lest we forget...
October 24th, 2016 at 4:10 PM ^
Uhhh...what is that?
October 24th, 2016 at 4:13 PM ^
Trey Burke's dorm room the day after his freshman year ended.
(Or it might be a live look at the Mad Hatter's bed room after a particularly nasty blackout)
October 24th, 2016 at 4:17 PM ^
Wasn't even the end of the school year--it was right after the season ended, IIRC. The rumor was he was ready to walk out the door. Then he came back.
Also remember this was a kid ready to go play at Penn State. You think he'd be in this position if he'd ended up at PSU, playing in a bottomfeeder program as a middling recruit?
October 24th, 2016 at 6:20 PM ^
October 24th, 2016 at 6:59 PM ^
Trey basically made us a non-bottom feeder.
I understand you're upset because it's your alma mater. And I agree with 90% of the stuff you've said in this thread - especially in regards to the food comments.
But I feel like you just wanted to call him an ungrateful bastard and tell him to go to another country.
I'm joking about the last part, just a similar tone to those folks who had that response to all of the Anthem protests.
Imagine if Trey doesn't come to Michigan. We'd just lost the star PG to the NBA, we'd have someone else...but the National Player of The Year?
We weren't PSU, but we were a lot closer to PSU than we were to what Burke turned Michigan into.
October 24th, 2016 at 4:16 PM ^
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October 24th, 2016 at 4:23 PM ^
Uhhh...what is that?
October 24th, 2016 at 3:57 PM ^
Burke comes across as a spoiled, entitled prima donna with those comments.
October 24th, 2016 at 3:57 PM ^
He's from Ohio. Cut him some slack.
/s
October 24th, 2016 at 3:59 PM ^
for adult life because an adult wouldn't have made such comments. Seriously of all the things to complain about with regard to college hoops, he talks about Michigan not giving him NBA lifestyle prep and the food not being top notch. Those comments mostly reflect poorly on him.
October 24th, 2016 at 4:06 PM ^
October 24th, 2016 at 4:17 PM ^
IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A DIRECT MESSAGE
LIKE PRIVATE YOU KNOW
signed,
all the buckeyes
October 24th, 2016 at 3:59 PM ^
There isn't much context, we don't know what positive things he said, and for someone who was "checked out," winning National Player of the Year and leading the team to the final ain't bad.
He's not the first collegian, athlete or otherwise, to complain about cafeteria food.
October 24th, 2016 at 4:10 PM ^
Needs to be added? He said what he said, they seem like relatively cut and dry comments.
October 24th, 2016 at 4:16 PM ^
Had this article appeared in the Players Tribune, or some other similar media outlet in which the interviewee maintains a high degree of control over the content, I would have less caution.
My kneejerk reaction is one of both mild sadness and ambivalence. It requires little effort to conjure up thoughts of my contemporaries (Class of '98) complaining about cafeteria food. It also requires little effort to remember those who thought the food was great.
The "jail food" comment strikes me as hyperbole. I equate this to post-game interviews where football players draw paralells between playing a game and actual, real life warfare. Do these players actually know what warfare is like ... almost never. Does Trey know what "jail food" tastes like ... probably not.
One final note ... I ate many meals as part of a varsity team's South Quad training table during my time at Michigan. I also ate many cafeteria meals at Markely. There was a HUGE difference between training table and Markley. Training table was usually great food, plenty of choices, and unlimited.
Oh well. I remain eternally grateful for Trey's two years. He left as a NPOTY, an NCAA Tournament Finalist, and a lottery pick, so I have no nits to pick with his departure. IMHO, he should never have to buy another drink or meal in A2 for the rest of his life. He was/is a warrior.
October 24th, 2016 at 4:00 PM ^
call the Wambulance, quick. In other words, he has gotten smoked in the NBA by pretty much everybody so he needs somebody to blame it on. He should step up his game or go to Europe and ride pine over there, but don't throw your college program under the bus because he can't hack it.
October 24th, 2016 at 4:27 PM ^