Mike Valenti

Submitted by Kaminski16 on

This guy is an absolute clown. Did anyone listen to their show at all today? Not only would MSU "probably beat Ohio State in East Lansing," but "Craig Roh can't play," and "Rodriguez simply can't recruit." I can't handle Spartan Media.

GoBlogSparty

November 22nd, 2010 at 9:23 PM ^

On paper it looks like a huge loss.....they have had pretty good depth and a lot of their 2nd team guys have gotten huge minutes this year: Dennard, Pickelman, Treadwell, Hoover, Gholston, Bullough, and Denicos Allen have all gotten decent minutes this year. I'm not expecting the transition to be seamless, but I don't think it'll be as bad as it appears to be. What I'm worried more about is the O-Line losing 3, a position that's been somewhat of a weakness as the season went on.

M-Wolverine

November 23rd, 2010 at 10:04 AM ^

Are going to be as bad as some make it out. Significant, but not a complete rebuild.  The bigger problem is the absolute gauntlet of a schedule the Big Ten stuck MSU with, that could deflate a team record more than it was even inflated this year by not playing OSU. You're adding more tough games next year than you missed out on this year.

Mitch Cumstein

November 22nd, 2010 at 4:35 PM ^

He is obviously pretty biased.  I do think he brings up some obvious points though that we are often in denial about.  Either way, the more we lose, the louder his microphone gets. 

Bryan

November 22nd, 2010 at 4:37 PM ^

He's just pissed that Sparty has their best season in half a century and will still end up in the Cap One Bowl. 

And I stopped listening a few months back. 

Dark Blue

November 22nd, 2010 at 4:47 PM ^

I get it, you're butt hurt because the media likes to talk shit about MICH. but dude so many of these threads have been done over the course of the last 2 years.

Really no one gives a shit, not me, not Scotty, not Derp McDerp. If you wanna listen to the radio thats fine, but don't start a thread everytime someone says something badt about MICH.

M16

November 22nd, 2010 at 4:43 PM ^

1) MSU Beating OSU - To say Michigan State, a 10-1 team that trounced us at our place would beat another 10-1 team from the same conference at home is not that crazy of a prediction. 

2) Craig Roh - Even this board admits that Craig Roh hasn't had a great year. A lot of that has to do with the fact that we didn't have him down on the line for much of the year. But that doesn't change the fact that he hasn't been a particularly good player this year - just an average Big Ten defensive player. "Can't play" is strong language, agreed, but he had some high expectations coming in. I personally think he will meet those expectations in the future, but that doesn't mean he has this year.

3) Rodriguez simply can't recruit - This sounds crazy at first. He has brought in fairly impressive classes the past couple years, and this one is shaping up OK as well, which is impressive given the lack of success Michigan has had on the field. However, just to play devil's advocate, he's not recruiting on par with Florida, Texas, USC, Oregon, OSU, those types of schools. His classes are ranked lower than before he got here, and have decreased every year since he got her. 

And most importantly, he hasn't recruited defensive players that have shown they can play (yet). They may show they can play eventually. (I know there are exceptions, I don't need a lecture on how sweet Mike Martin is. He's sweet, but the D blows.)

creelymonk10

November 22nd, 2010 at 4:50 PM ^

What does MSU beating us at home have anything to do with the comparison?  MSU is a huge fraud that would lose to OSU by double digits no matter where they played.  They've avoided 3 huge upsets by 3 lucky special teams plays and will get trounced by Alabama in the Capital One Bowl.

M16

November 22nd, 2010 at 5:02 PM ^

Wow this is exactly what a State fan would be saying about Michigan 5 years ago. "Michigan is a fraud. Did you see them only beat Ball State by 8! They're barely squeaking by and they would get KILLED by the Buckeyes." How the tables turn. Sucks.

Spoof Football

November 22nd, 2010 at 4:45 PM ^

MGoPoster thinks Mike Valenti is a douchehead/bag/nose/eater?

CONGRATULATIONS on posting the 1,000,000,000th "I hate XXXXXX(Media Guy)" on MGoBlog.

I think it can be safely assumed that every Michigan Message Board Guy hates EVERYONE in the media with a venom usually reserved for urine-bomb throwing toothless, bearded, overall wearing, balding, tobacco chewing OSU coeds.

VAWolverine

November 22nd, 2010 at 4:46 PM ^

is an absolute embarassment. He is one of the reasons why Detroit sports talk radio is a national joke. I would rather listen to elevator music or be water boarded in my own home.

Did I make myself clear on this one?