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Yeah, fighting Olivier the…

Yeah, fighting Olivier the very next game was not a good idea.  He took some heavy shots and was clearly concussed after that.

Oh they absolutely were……

Oh they absolutely were… they love him that much as they should.  Never before has a red wing been cheered like that in Chicago… hell even Chelios was booed whenever he returned and he was fucking born there.  Showtime gave a victory salute to the crowd after everyone left the ice, it was just a storybook ending.

Strange (or not) that the…

Strange (or not) that the first name drop by Stapleton (if this is legit) is Bruce Madej... who of course is good friends with JUB.  It's like elementary school antics of "we're better friends and talk shit about you behind your back." 

Guys chill, I have a 2nd…

Guys chill, I have a 2nd date setup with a former Bama cheerleader if it’s Michigan vs Bama.  No joke, I need this, lol.

They moved Debrincat to the…

They moved Debrincat to the 2nd line before NJ playing with Compher.  I'm assuming splitting him from Larkin/Raymond was not just done with the hopes of increased production from the top 6 (which has worked), but also in anticipation of reuniting him with Kaner on the 2nd.

I'm all for bringing in Kane.  Not dissing Copp, but they need more production from the 2nd line than he can offer.

My son was born in October…

My son was born in October 2020 so remains a perfect 3-0!!!  His mom has some mental health issues and took off to the other side of the country back in August and had only seen him a few times since.  He was also diagnosed with autism just over a week ago.  Needless to say, it’s been an emotional week and I just really needed this for my own mental well being.  

Go Blue!!!

You have a University and…

You have a University and athletic department already under a giant cloud due to the Nassar abuse.   Now you have your 2nd most important coach under investigation for, at the very least, self admitted improper sexual conduct with a rape survivor who has made it her life’s work to educate regarding college sexual assault.  
 

You’d have to be a mental midget to believe saving some money somehow outranks the damage done to the program.

HR: No Mel, “How’d ya like…

HR: No Mel, “How’d ya like to see Tuck comin’” is not an acceptable question when interviewing interns.

I live in Texas and it’s…

I live in Texas and it’s being ridiculous.  The way things work here, things like marijuana law changes require it to go through the TX house and senate and then be signed in by the Governor.  You can’t simply get something like this put on a ballot and have the people vote… if that were the case marijuana would be legal here.  All that’s passed thus far is medicinal marijuana at tiny amount of THC and for VERY limited conditions.

In order for laws to move through the senate, the lieutenant governor has to move them to committee/votes etc.  The current Lt Governor opposes ALL marijuana reform.  So this past session there were two great reform bills that past the republican majority house with much support.  One would have expanded medicinal marijuana to other ailments.  The second would have reduced possession of small amounts of MJ to something akin to traffic ticket where the offender would come in and pay a fine rather than a felony.  Lt Gov Dan Patrick (not the sports one) blocked both from moving through the senate.  This was the third straight session (2019, 2021 and now 2023) that the house has passed a form of decriminalization… and Patrick has blocked it.  It’s all beyond fucked.

I would throw a pass to taco…

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Harbaugh's response to the…

Harbaugh's response to the NCAA:

That'll be a future release…

That'll be a future release as part of their "Burning on the banks of the Red Cedar" collection.

As you put it "just a guess"…

As you put it "just a guess"... but as usual, I think you're spot on. 

There was nothing in the WilmerHale report suggesting Muckalt should have been fired last year for cause... but as you pointed out, his association with Pearson runs deep enough that the AD passed him over for the interim HC gig.

I half expected Muckalt to change jobs when Naurato was selected, but with it being so late in the summer most college/pro coaching benches were already full.  By staying on for 8 months and being let go without cause, he has been awarded the option to collect salary for another year and take his time finding his next job.  Additionally the "without cause" means there's no stigma attached to him... just a new HC wanting to go in a different direction which happens all the time.  It's all a win-win for both Muckalt and Michigan hockey versus him departing in August of 2022. 

Starting to think this has…

Starting to think this has less to do with COVID, remodels and whatever other reasons the AD has given for its closure the past few years... and more about the continued controversy regarding the name on the building. 

Has this been an issue for…

Has this been an issue for him in the past?  I only watch the Olympics and World Cup  and don't follow much else... but his teams have looked outmatched against lesser talent at both tournaments.

Agree with he sentiment that…

Agree with he sentiment that they shouldn't execute a hasty decision based on a single accusation, but wanted to point out the article indicates this is more than a single accusation.

Ramon Diaz is the former NW player who filed suit, and stated Bret Ingalls derogatory comments about his race "haven't left me since I finished playing."

ESPN then reached out to a former teammate of Diaz at NW (unnamed) who corroborated one such instance of racial abuse:  "We were in Kenosha watching film, and Coach Ingalls said something to the extent of, 'Man, this room is really dirty. It's a pigsty. Ramon, I know your parents clean up after folks like this. How should we do it?'"

You moved to make your wife…

You moved to make your wife happy without securing assurances that you’d be back in A2 for all football Saturday’s?

Bud, you don’t need to worry about your seat geek score rather the rating of the divorce attorney you should have called yesterday.

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De La Cruz also hit for a… De La Cruz also hit for a cycle in (I think) his second week in the big leagues a month ago.
15 years since the first…

15 years since the first release and richrod season?  It doesn't seem that long ago, yet the gray hairs caused from all he pain of the intervening years tells a different story.

I think so… they also had 3…

I think so… they also had 3 going into last season as they had signed Steven Kampfer.  Kampfer only played during the preseason and spent the rest of the year in the AHL and was then traded late in the season.

The one that really hurts…

The one that really hurts was Hollands parting gift of drafting Zadina ahead of Quinn Hughes.

It's been pretty bad here as…

It's been pretty bad here as well (live on the gulf near Houston) the past couple of months.  Not just ridiculously hot, but strong thunderstorms not usually seen this time of year.  I was in Destin a couple summers ago for a conference (gorgeous beaches) and even moderate winds on 1-2 days resulted in double red flags (closed for swimming).  Has me worried for late hurricane season despite the low season predictions.

RIP Big Tex!

I just love that his…

I just love that his captains picture on Bentley looks just like the man you see today… still has all that lettuce.

I feel bad as I did a double take when they mentioned him during the SCF broadcast as I didn’t recognize the name.  But I was just a 3 year old kid from Ypsi when he was captain… it wasn’t until the 1987 season or so when my dad started taking me to games.

I went to elementary school…

I went to elementary school with his dad and uncle for a few years before they moved.  Also played on the teeball team with both of them... next time I'm home visiting I'll need to look for the team picture in the basement.  Their dad (Kris Jr's grandpa) was the coach and was also just a mountain of a human.  It's incredible the strength of the Jenkins genetics (Jenetics perhaps).

Now I'm not saying I'm solely responsible for the families football talent, but for Kris Sr's 6th birthday, I gifted him a nerf football at the party... so I think I deserve some credit.

Joking aside, anyone interested in who really deserves all of the credit should read this article on Kris Jr's grandpa: Father did know best, and Jenkins family succeeded

Lots of great ones already…

Lots of great ones already mentioned.  One that I think deserves more love was 1996 at Ohio.

Was the game that got the ball rolling for the ‘97 season.  Buckeyes undefeated and eyeing a national championship.  They go into halftime up 9-0.  Griese comes in for the 2nd half, defense shuts them down and Michigan scores 13 to win 13-9.

I don’t know what half time…

I don’t know what half time adjustments were made defensively, but they are working.  Super stingy defense in the 3rd from Michigan… throwback to what they did to Maryland in the 2nd half of the B1G championship.

Ryan Cohen (3rd leading…

Ryan Cohen (3rd leading scorer) out today versus Cornell… sounds like due to violation of team rules.

It could be, it’s definitely…

It could be, it’s definitely advantageous that an OHL prospect can play 9 games in the NHL and not burn a year… which is a solid point.

However, when McTavish started with the ducks he was given a good look at staying with them.  Which says a lot considering the OHL didn’t play in 2020-21 due to COVID, so he came into training camp not having played high level hockey in over a year.  He then got injured just a few games into the season which made the decision much easier to take it slow with him.  They also had a logjam at center as Getzlaf was still there.

The situation with Fantilli is different.  He just completed a full season at a very high level where he was the best player in the league.  His skill and build are both NHL ready.  He’s good enough right now to get top 6 minutes.  They will have 4 young guys (Terry, Zegras, McTavish, Fantilli) that slot into the top 6.  Zegras and Terry are in their finals years of their contracts.  3 of the 4 are centers.  Before finalizing long term deals with Zegras and Terry, it’s be helpful to have Fantilli there to gauge how the four play together, see which center slides to wing, etc.

Anyway, that’s my justification for why I think the Ducks drafting Fantilli lowers the odds of him playing for Michigan next year.  But who knows… Verbeek is a new GM and they have a coaching vacancy.

Not good for his chances. …

Not good for his chances.  Zegras was drafted the summer before college (ducks top pick in 2019) but only played 1 season of college before splitting time between the NHL/AHL during 20/21.  Mason McTavish (3rd overall for Ducks in 2021) made the roster to start the season and played a few games in the NHL/AHL before being released back to the OHL.

Bottom line, Anaheim has shown they are willing to give top draft picks playing time in their career.  They have a bunch of young, skilled players and will want Fantilli playing with them asap.  Ultimately it’ll still be Adam’s decision.

That’s right, because an…

That’s right, because an athletes character should never enter the equation.  As OJ Simpson’s attorney MC Hammer once said “If his stats are too legit, you must acquit!”

Stupid Marquette loss was…

Stupid Marquette loss was the reason… we lost to them by 5 early in the season… Cornell blew them out by 10.  Comparing records over the 2nd half of the season, we are head and shoulders above the big red.

I love this draw.  Obviously I’d rather Michigan host Cornell, but if they can win I can’t wait to see them play Duke and knock them out of the tourney.

To you and all the other…

To you and all the other former players and staff on here, congrats on the championship.  As Coach Conry and the players said in the postgame, this championship is just as much yours as it a theirs.

I haven’t followed lacrosse enough to hear the underachiever talk, but unsure what the expectations were?  As I recall, when they moved to D1 I remember hearing it’d likely take 6-10 years before they were competitive… especially considering the strength of the conference.  In my mind, it’s be like a FCS team moving to FBS and joining the B1G or SEC.

I didn’t know who they had…

I didn’t know who they had raise the championship trophy until I saw this tweet from former coach Jon Paul.

From Joe Hennessy’s profile on mgoblue:

”Hennessy, a 2003 graduate of Michigan, volunteered in the U-M athletic media relations office from 1999-2003, working with the hockey program. Following his graduation, he moved to U-M Rec Sports serving as the media relations director for all club programs. In 2007, Hennessy became the director operations for the men's lacrosse program, as position he has held since.”

So awesome to see Coach Paul and other club/varsity alums share in the celebration of this moment which is the culmination of the blood/sweat/tears they out into building it.

 

Not giving him the…

Not giving him the championship ring he earned?  Fucking bizarre.  What did Conry do? Pants Tillman and say “later fucker!” on his way out the door 6 years ago?

I will say the Twitter comment suggesting Tillman was upset that Conry was running up the score is my favorite.  Obviously not true (only 4 second half goals) but it just shows how close this program is to becoming a power when they are being accused of running up the score on Maryland!

Do you think Michigan has a…

Do you think Michigan has a chance to sneak into the top 8 and host?  

It might be my maize glasses, but looking at where inside lacrosse had their bracketology this morning, Michigan now has a nicer looking record (2 wins over Maryland, and 1 over PSU) than quite a few teams ahead of them with no top 5 wins.  With the B1G getting 4 teams in, it would look pretty silly for the conference winner to not be hosting a 1st round match.

An outstanding game to watch…

An outstanding game to watch… long stretches of dominance in all phases.  It was back and forth for the first hace of the 1st quarter… but only because Michigan is was not doing great at the faceoff circle.  That switched quickly and Michigan built a lead.  The first half was Michigan punishing Maryland defense around the net… finding cutters with quick hands.  Second half, it was like Rocky switching to southpaw… just starting ripping step down shots from the outside.  The faceoff wins piled up and even caused the Maryland faceoff specialist to jump early, giving M free possessions.

Sorry for the word vomit recap, it was just very exciting to watch Michigan win some hardware for the first time since moving to D1.  This team can make some noise in the NCAA tournament.

 

 

 

Michigan seems really…

Michigan seems really confident going inside for close shots.  I read Maryland was likely down a couple of their best defenders, so I’m assuming that’s why Michigan is game planning to go inside?

According to the B1G bracket…

According to the B1G bracket, this is the only game of the tournament that will be on B1G+… such bullshit.

I can’t seem to find the…

I can’t seem to find the game on the fox sports app… only thing showing up is the Rutgers/Maryland game at 7pm.

Wow, Boehm showed up for…

Wow, Boehm showed up for this game… impressive way to respond to a rough game last week.

I was going to make a comment about hopefully Michigan can close this one out… but then those last 3 mins of the quarter and I don’t think there’s anyway they can blow this lead, lol.

Michigan rolling now!  4…

Michigan rolling now!  4 straight goals in a minute or two.

Someone help me out, what’s the strategy of putting a long pole in to take faceoffs?  My son used to play and as I recall the make special (extra flexie) heads for faceoff specialists, not something a long pole is going to have.  Is it essentially just a white flag with hopes the long pole can knock it out of the other guys cross?

+1 to this.

400 wins, 3…

+1 to this.

400 wins, 3 Stanley Cups (starter for 2), scored a goal, threw Patrick Roy on his ass... put him in the HHOF already. 

Had the Wings won that game 7 in 2009, Osgood would have won the Conn Smythe.  That seems to be the thing people point to as to why he isn't in the HHOF, no individual awards thus never the best goalie in any single year of his career.  Is it his fault that his career overlapped with arguably 3 of the top 5 greatest NHL goalies in Roy, Hasek and Brodeur?  The other bullshit opinion, and the reason he was robbed of the Vezina in 1996, was his success was due to how good the Red Wings were... yet somehow that criticism never seems to levied against Fuhr.  

An aside but worth mentioning, Osgood is a very solid analyst for wings broadcasts.  Jimmy Howard... nice guy, but he doesn't need to be in front of the camera next year.

 

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I guess I'll play this game…

I guess I'll play this game since the Wings are obviously a lottery team again. 

The East: Boston loses early because fuck Marchand and the city sucks... Presidents Trophy curse and all.  Also fuck the Maple Leafs.  Wouldn't mind seeing the Devils win the East with two of the Hughes brothers and being such a young, talented team.  But youthful inexperience is generally a bad thing in the Stanley Cup playoffs.  I've always been partial to the Rangers as I started rooting for them during their '94 run after the Wings/Osgood blew it in the first round against the Sharks.  I'll let my Hughes fanboy side of my brain win out and take the Devils out of the East.

The West: Aves are going to be tough to beat, but fuck them.  I think the Aves lose to a hot goalie, and that goalie will be Gustavsson in the 2nd round.  So watch out for the Wild, who were meh down the stretch but got their top scorer (Kirill the thrill) back from injury.  Hottest team in the west is Edmonton... 18-3 since March 1st and won their final 9 games of the regular season.  So I'll take the Oilers (with the best player since Super Mario) to win the west.

Finals... best player in the world is too much for a young Devils team... Oilers in 6.

Crazy this is 3-score game…

Crazy this is 3-score game going into the final quarter considering Michigan’s dominance at faceoffs, possession time and 2nd chance opportunities with a reset shot clock.  Feels like they are letting PSU hand around.

Were both teams a bit sloppy…

Were both teams a bit sloppy in that first quarter, or have the turnovers being mostly weather related?

SpaceX rockets don’t explode…

SpaceX rockets don’t explode… they do occasionally experience “rapid unscheduled disassembly”.

There is… and the money…

There is… and the money spent on science pales in comparison to what is already spent on social services and defense?  

Also, you recognize that the technological advancements that come out of the space program are found all around us in our daily lives?  It’s funny that you mention clean water as astronauts are on ISS drinking water that has been reclaimed from urine.

Plays solid defense and…

Plays solid defense and picked up only 12 minor penalties in 73 games over the past 2 seasons?  That’s amazing discipline!  Me likey a lot!