I remember getting screwed by the curve a couple of times at Michigan, but the optics on the emojis are rough. All that said, I think they are very informative and helpful.
The NIL thing is frustrating. (obligatory: "Fire Warde!") It shouldn't be hard to figure out. I haven't done an official audit, but when our teams are good (Fischer/Fab5/Beilein/early Howard) we sell merch, the schools profile goes up and there is money.
First round NBA picks get $2 to $10M a year. The NBA rookie minimum is $1.1M.
Guys who are not NBA draftable and/or are borderline are probably worth half that and guys further down are worth half that again or less. So an optimal stacked roster would look something like this:
$1M
$1M
$1M
$1M
$1M
$1M
$750k
$750k
$750k
$500k
$500k
$500k
$250k
$250k
$250k
Total: $10.5M
I'm probably overpaying (with my imaginary money), but for the guys on the cusp you could make it worthwhile to stay an extra year and try to become a lottery pick or at least first round pick. Got to imagine that additional ticket sales and concessions would cover that. Can Chrisler Arena pay NIL? Set it up as a separate legal entity.
It is possible that he is high on Michigan and [FSU] still but that he doesn't want to cut off potential suitors with all of the NIL flowing. A top [40] guy like Rooths who will play 2-5 years is a lot more valuable to college programs than a top 10-20 guy who might suck their freshman year but still go pro. (See Jett, Houstan and Diabate) Rooths is exactly where we should be aiming.
Life is full of those what-if and what-could-have-been moments. Our family joke is that when you win a board game it is 100% skill and insight and if you lose the game is all luck and chance. Life is like that too. People over attribute success to their own capabilities and failure to the fates. The truth is that there is a threshold of competency. Once you're beyond it there is some standard deviations in outcomes, but a lot of it is luck. We were good enough to win in 2016. We should have won in 2016, but between the refs and Newsome being out, we didn't. Had the spot been called right that would have been the best win. Given our actual fate, I agree with the OPs ranking of Harbaugh wins.
The only thing JJ lacks is tape. We were so run dependent that we didn't get to see him carry a game with his arm. Henne had Braylonfest and a few others. Brady had the Orange Bowl with Alabama. Grbac had an entire season with Desmond Howard and Derrick Alexander.
JJ is probably that guy, but no one can know for sure. I can't complain at all about the last three years, but Harbaugh probably could have manufactured a few more plays for JJ's reel.
I didn't know that Partridge landed with the Seahawks (or perhaps forgot.) Good for him. He didn't really overlap with McDonald, so it is good to see that he was taken care of.
I'm curious why you don't think he'll ever coach in college again. My understanding is that he was coaching players on how to answer questions in the investigation. This may be naive, but the reports sounded more like he was giving them media training than actually trying to cover anything up. His actions seemed very minor, but the timing and optics were really bad. Michigan was getting ready to go to war with the B1G and his "helpfulness" knee-capped the whole effort. Hopefully he sticks in the NFL, but in 3 years no one will remember or care about his transgressions.
I’m not a huge hockey fan, but I usually go to one or two in person games a year and when the Sabres or Wings are in the playoffs I watch on TV. I did not know there was a Team called the Arizona Coyotes. Not only can I no longer tell you who is on what team, I can no longer tell you which cities have teams or what their names are. FWIW I only know who the host of SNL is half the time and I never know who the heck the musical guest is.
I remember the 1990 draft when for some reason they did a special feature on Marc Spindler from the very beginning of the draft. He was supposed to be a first round pick and he slid to the Lions in the 3rd round. After every pick they'd show him shaking his head. I felt sorry for him at the time, but retro-active schadenfreunde since his son Rocco picked ND. To hell with ND.
Lamar Jackson is top 3 in terms of QB speed if not #1. Jared Goff runs a 4.82 *Does Google search*
The list below is from 5 years ago, but it came up on my Google search. JJ would be #2 or #3 (See Kyler Murray at bottom) on that list in terms of 40 time.
Lamar Jackson: 4.34 at Louisville team testing*
Marcus Mariota: 4.52u
Russell Wilson: 4.53u
Cam Newton: 4.56u
Deshaun Waton: 4.66u
T-6. Andrew Luck: 4.67u
T-6. Mitchell Trubisky: 4.67u
8. Derek Carr: 4.69u
9.Aaron Rodgers: 4.71u
T-10. Ben Roethlisberger: 4.75u
T-10. Josh Allen: 4.75u
12. Carson Wentz: 4.77u
13. Dak Prescott: 4.79u
14. Patrick Mahomes: 4.80u
15. Matthew Stafford: 4.81u
T-16. Jared Goff: 4.82u
T-16. Andy Dalton: 4.82u
18. Drew Brees: 4.83u
T-19. Baker Mayfield: 4.84u
T-19. Joe Flacco: 4.84u
T-19. Kirk Cousins: 4.84u
22. Sam Darnold: 4.85u
23. Matt Ryan: 4.89u
T-24. Josh Rosen: 4.92u
T-24. Eli Manning 4.92u
T-26. Jimmy Garoppolo: 4.97u
T-26. Jameis Winston: 4.97u
28. Dwayne Haskins(?): 5.04u
29. Phillip Rivers: 5.08u
30. Nick Foles: 5.14u
31. Tom Brady: 5.28u
32. Kyler Murray: unknown... rumored to be 4.38u(would put him in second. This took me awhile and don’t feel like changing all the numbers, sorry cards fans)
Having a good O-line is important. If you can't protect the QB, any QB no matter how fast they are, they are going to get killed.
His 247 profile lists him as a 6'1" QB and safety. Possible he grew after high school, but I'm guessing he's a basketball measure 6'3" in shoes. But that's still a lot taller than Dug.
When it is quiet and I start thinking of a song in my head 7 out of 10 times it is the theme to Sanford and Son. I believe Quincy Jones wrote it. (The other songs for me are Iron Man 10%, some classical song I don't know the name of and then a bunch of random stuff.)
I recognize that it is a harmonica taking over the lead melody for the second verse, but what instrument is that in the first verse? Some early synthesizer.
Yeah. Paying players once they’ve earned it is great and help make the team a team, but if you’re a top [x] player you’re not going to go somewhere on faith. Sure you’re not going to get the Derrick Greens of the world, but you’re also not going to get the Charles Woodsons, Jabrill Peppers or Ryan Mallets.
The top players are getting life altering amounts if they don’t spend it all.
There should be some sort of floor for the top [x] players. Graduated tier or something. But even that doesn’t compete with guaranteed money.
I don't want Michigan to only recruit the state of Michigan, but there was something really cool about having guys that you played with or against playing in college. He wasn't at my weightclass, but there was a guy [Mike Nadalicki?] who wrestled for Traverse City who played for Michigan and I'd see him around campus. I "blocked" Rob Fredrickson who played at MSU and I believe the Raiders and Lions. I used to lift weights from time to time with Tico Duckett and his little brother TJ was hanging around. I also went to school with Allan Haller who is MSU's AD now. None of those guys would remember me other than maybe Allan and possibly Tico. Haller and Duckett were coincidently #1 and #2 in the state in the 100 when they were seniors. Fastest people I've ever seen run up close.
Go Saddi! He went to Lansing Sexton (where I went a few years before) and was so good at basketball I heard of him long after I moved away. Hope he gets to go home.
Tipping needs to be eliminated. Pay everyone a living wage.
Donations at cash registers also needs to be eliminated. I’m sure the supermarket, or someone is taking a cut of that. Have a social safety net. Fund government research.
I heard a story on the radio a few months back about the rise of relentless positivity in the U.S. I wish I could find it again. The core concept was that in our culture you’re not allowed to say anything negative to anyone, or you’re the AH. As a parent of teenagers, who enjoy putting each other down, I sort of agree with this sentiment. We don’t need any more negativity in this world. The point of the radio story was that it has negative consequences on people’s mental health and you can never tell when someone is genuinely being positive. (I may have inferred the latter point.)
But to your point, breaking down people’s points in to component parts is often seen as being negative. You have to tell people that their ideas are great and then have them break them down for you. When they get to the point where they realize the flaw, that you already saw, it is their realization and not yours. I’m really bad at doing this and hate how much time it takes, but it seems to be the way to do it.
I know [Japan] and some other countries have a concept of saving face. I think the U.S. has a similar thing here, but it isn’t well defined.
Sister and BIL took the train into Buffalo from Chicago overnight because there were no flights. It was super cloudy and we thought we were going to miss it but you could intermittently see through. Clouds were actually sort of fun because every few minutes someone would say "You can see it" and everyone would throw on their glasses.
Total eclipse was surreal. It got middle of the night dark and the street lights came on. You could hear people cheering throughout our neighborhood. The "You can see it" moments continued and we probably got about a minute of being able to see it.
My sister said it was definitely worth the trip. They flew back to Chicago via Tampa. (7 hours)
So, I'm assuming they've been working with Orji for the past two years right? I can't find a Hello post for him, but in the commitment blurb post it says he only completed half of his passes in high school, has the arm strength, but lacks the mechanics. Shouldn't his mechanics be fixed by now? The WR/QB situation is scary. I'm guessing we'll have a competition through fall camp.
Wishing the best for TWill. Hopefully his Michigan degree opens some doors for him. Just reread his hello post. (Remember Isaiah Todd? I didn't. Michigan could have used him. Remember Josh Christopher? I barely do. Both of those guys are already out of the NBA and in the G-league. At least TWill has a legacy and a degree.)
Juwan pulled in a lot of guys that he had connections to through his sons and being in basketball, but admissions, the NCAA and NIL screwed him. He could have been a lot more despite his self-inflicted wounds.
I know everyone is really happy about Dusty May, myself included, but if the NIL and admissions issues aren't fixed: Fire Warde!
May will be just as screwed as Howard was. These FAU guys who are supposedly borderline NBA / Euro-league pros aren't going to come here if there isn't some money. Think about all of the fab5 shorts and jerseys back in the day. Now think about how many people have Jett Howard jerseys other than Jett. Having a good basketball team (and football) pays dividends.
I wasn't fully caffeinated when I posted. Good point on the math, but I'm sure Sherrone will get us Moore. I'm a little disappointed that you're doubting him. /s
If we get Rooths, the Yale kid, the Wisconsin kid, the FAU guys and a couple of the OK State guys it seems like we'll at least have enough players to field a team. I really know very little about basketball beyond star gazing, but from the descriptions it sounds like there is a lot of reason for optimism. Can't wait for next year when we win the National Championship in basketball, get our second straight national championship in hockey and three-peat in football. : )
Rooths must be a smart kid picking GA and MI. I didn't know this until I went to a wedding in Marietta, but Georgia is actually a really good school. Being in the SEC with Bama, Mississippi, Mississippi State, etc. I assumed they were garbage, but I was wrong. Florida is actually a really good school too. When college football breaks in to good schools and schools that exist, the B1G should pick off GA and FL.
It is crazy to me how the NBA has changed to where a traditional 7 footer can't even get a cup of coffee. There was a crazy stat that something like 17% of people over 7 foot played in the NBA. Wonder if that is down to 10% or something.
I had a buddy who was 6'8", but looked taller. He never played basketball. We'd go to the bar and almost every girl would ask him if he was a basketball player. I almost felt bad for him other than the fact that none of the girls were asking me if I was a wrestler....
Can you imagine the shame of being an athletic 7'2" or 7'4" and not being a pro basketball player?
On the other post someone mentioned how good of a recruiter Boynton is. He recruited Cade Cunningham (#13 class) in 2020 and had the #14 class in 2023. There are two top 40 recruits and a couple of other top [150] guys from OSU in the portal. They are all young. Boynton is also a "defensive coordinator" type guy. Kudos to whoever pointed all of this out in the other post that was deleted. This is a huge pickup.
These are Erik Erikson's stages, but there was another psychologist's stages that I was looking for. The other guy said that between 0-20 you were learning, between 20-40 you were productive, between 40-60 you were a mentor and I forget what 60+ was. Something about reflection or something like that.
I mean, even if you have a bunch of your guys from FAU, replacing an entire team is hard. Those Florida kids could have seasonal affective disorder in the North, or who knows what. I'm not looking to make excuses, but replacing pretty much everybody is inherently risky.
Bowers seems like a good pick for Harbaugh. We recruited Bowers out of high school, so Harbaugh knows him a bit already. That said I can totally see Harbaugh trading down and getting more of his type of guys.
I'm curious on the gamesmanship of picks. If neither Harbaugh or McDonald pick a Michigan guy will other teams pass on the Michigan player as well? Will the Michigan guys get snapped up in the later rounds as bargains? Or will the Michigan guys go higher because there are three coaches who are more familiar with them?
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It is a rough scale. You have to be elite to get the top two rankings. Yellow (maize?) seems like a C even though it is A work.
https://mgoblog.com/sites/default/files/users/user26319/2024-04/emojis.jpg (the insert picture bit isn't working)
Blue = Charles Woodson A+ /A
Green = really good A /B
Yellow = good A- /C
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Gray = needs work B / D
I remember getting screwed by the curve a couple of times at Michigan, but the optics on the emojis are rough. All that said, I think they are very informative and helpful.
If I was 7-10" taller and had the same pad level I would have been a hell of an offensive lineman.
The NIL thing is frustrating. (obligatory: "Fire Warde!") It shouldn't be hard to figure out. I haven't done an official audit, but when our teams are good (Fischer/Fab5/Beilein/early Howard) we sell merch, the schools profile goes up and there is money.
First round NBA picks get $2 to $10M a year. The NBA rookie minimum is $1.1M.
Guys who are not NBA draftable and/or are borderline are probably worth half that and guys further down are worth half that again or less. So an optimal stacked roster would look something like this:
Total: $10.5M
I'm probably overpaying (with my imaginary money), but for the guys on the cusp you could make it worthwhile to stay an extra year and try to become a lottery pick or at least first round pick. Got to imagine that additional ticket sales and concessions would cover that. Can Chrisler Arena pay NIL? Set it up as a separate legal entity.
Impressive that he's a take for UConn. I didn't watch much Michigan basketball the last 2-3 years, but read good things about Reed.
That just sounds like sour grapes.
It is possible that he is high on Michigan and [FSU] still but that he doesn't want to cut off potential suitors with all of the NIL flowing. A top [40] guy like Rooths who will play 2-5 years is a lot more valuable to college programs than a top 10-20 guy who might suck their freshman year but still go pro. (See Jett, Houstan and Diabate) Rooths is exactly where we should be aiming.
Life is full of those what-if and what-could-have-been moments. Our family joke is that when you win a board game it is 100% skill and insight and if you lose the game is all luck and chance. Life is like that too. People over attribute success to their own capabilities and failure to the fates. The truth is that there is a threshold of competency. Once you're beyond it there is some standard deviations in outcomes, but a lot of it is luck. We were good enough to win in 2016. We should have won in 2016, but between the refs and Newsome being out, we didn't. Had the spot been called right that would have been the best win. Given our actual fate, I agree with the OPs ranking of Harbaugh wins.
Brian, Seth and the MGoPodCast crew said it was 100% this past weekend.
The only thing JJ lacks is tape. We were so run dependent that we didn't get to see him carry a game with his arm. Henne had Braylonfest and a few others. Brady had the Orange Bowl with Alabama. Grbac had an entire season with Desmond Howard and Derrick Alexander.
JJ is probably that guy, but no one can know for sure. I can't complain at all about the last three years, but Harbaugh probably could have manufactured a few more plays for JJ's reel.
As far as I'm concerned, Dusty May cook.
I didn't know that Partridge landed with the Seahawks (or perhaps forgot.) Good for him. He didn't really overlap with McDonald, so it is good to see that he was taken care of.
I'm curious why you don't think he'll ever coach in college again. My understanding is that he was coaching players on how to answer questions in the investigation. This may be naive, but the reports sounded more like he was giving them media training than actually trying to cover anything up. His actions seemed very minor, but the timing and optics were really bad. Michigan was getting ready to go to war with the B1G and his "helpfulness" knee-capped the whole effort. Hopefully he sticks in the NFL, but in 3 years no one will remember or care about his transgressions.
I’m not a huge hockey fan, but I usually go to one or two in person games a year and when the Sabres or Wings are in the playoffs I watch on TV. I did not know there was a Team called the Arizona Coyotes. Not only can I no longer tell you who is on what team, I can no longer tell you which cities have teams or what their names are. FWIW I only know who the host of SNL is half the time and I never know who the heck the musical guest is.
I remember the 1990 draft when for some reason they did a special feature on Marc Spindler from the very beginning of the draft. He was supposed to be a first round pick and he slid to the Lions in the 3rd round. After every pick they'd show him shaking his head. I felt sorry for him at the time, but retro-active schadenfreunde since his son Rocco picked ND. To hell with ND.
Lamar Jackson is top 3 in terms of QB speed if not #1. Jared Goff runs a 4.82 *Does Google search*
The list below is from 5 years ago, but it came up on my Google search. JJ would be #2 or #3 (See Kyler Murray at bottom) on that list in terms of 40 time.
T-6. Andrew Luck: 4.67u
T-6. Mitchell Trubisky: 4.67u
8. Derek Carr: 4.69u
9.Aaron Rodgers: 4.71u
T-10. Ben Roethlisberger: 4.75u
T-10. Josh Allen: 4.75u
12. Carson Wentz: 4.77u
13. Dak Prescott: 4.79u
14. Patrick Mahomes: 4.80u
15. Matthew Stafford: 4.81u
T-16. Jared Goff: 4.82u
T-16. Andy Dalton: 4.82u
18. Drew Brees: 4.83u
T-19. Baker Mayfield: 4.84u
T-19. Joe Flacco: 4.84u
T-19. Kirk Cousins: 4.84u
22. Sam Darnold: 4.85u
23. Matt Ryan: 4.89u
T-24. Josh Rosen: 4.92u
T-24. Eli Manning 4.92u
T-26. Jimmy Garoppolo: 4.97u
T-26. Jameis Winston: 4.97u
28. Dwayne Haskins(?): 5.04u
29. Phillip Rivers: 5.08u
30. Nick Foles: 5.14u
31. Tom Brady: 5.28u
32. Kyler Murray: unknown... rumored to be 4.38u(would put him in second. This took me awhile and don’t feel like changing all the numbers, sorry cards fans)
Having a good O-line is important. If you can't protect the QB, any QB no matter how fast they are, they are going to get killed.
I explained to my son today that OJ was an all-time great RB at a time when RBs were important.
His 247 profile lists him as a 6'1" QB and safety. Possible he grew after high school, but I'm guessing he's a basketball measure 6'3" in shoes. But that's still a lot taller than Dug.
When it is quiet and I start thinking of a song in my head 7 out of 10 times it is the theme to Sanford and Son. I believe Quincy Jones wrote it. (The other songs for me are Iron Man 10%, some classical song I don't know the name of and then a bunch of random stuff.)
Good stuff, but you only did part 1. I was promised other parts.
I recognize that it is a harmonica taking over the lead melody for the second verse, but what instrument is that in the first verse? Some early synthesizer.
So how long before we can evaluate the new coaches’ recruiting chops?
Yeah. Paying players once they’ve earned it is great and help make the team a team, but if you’re a top [x] player you’re not going to go somewhere on faith. Sure you’re not going to get the Derrick Greens of the world, but you’re also not going to get the Charles Woodsons, Jabrill Peppers or Ryan Mallets.
The top players are getting life altering amounts if they don’t spend it all.
There should be some sort of floor for the top [x] players. Graduated tier or something. But even that doesn’t compete with guaranteed money.
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I don't want Michigan to only recruit the state of Michigan, but there was something really cool about having guys that you played with or against playing in college. He wasn't at my weightclass, but there was a guy [Mike Nadalicki?] who wrestled for Traverse City who played for Michigan and I'd see him around campus. I "blocked" Rob Fredrickson who played at MSU and I believe the Raiders and Lions. I used to lift weights from time to time with Tico Duckett and his little brother TJ was hanging around. I also went to school with Allan Haller who is MSU's AD now. None of those guys would remember me other than maybe Allan and possibly Tico. Haller and Duckett were coincidently #1 and #2 in the state in the 100 when they were seniors. Fastest people I've ever seen run up close.
Go Saddi! He went to Lansing Sexton (where I went a few years before) and was so good at basketball I heard of him long after I moved away. Hope he gets to go home.
Tipping needs to be eliminated. Pay everyone a living wage.
Donations at cash registers also needs to be eliminated. I’m sure the supermarket, or someone is taking a cut of that. Have a social safety net. Fund government research.
I heard a story on the radio a few months back about the rise of relentless positivity in the U.S. I wish I could find it again. The core concept was that in our culture you’re not allowed to say anything negative to anyone, or you’re the AH. As a parent of teenagers, who enjoy putting each other down, I sort of agree with this sentiment. We don’t need any more negativity in this world. The point of the radio story was that it has negative consequences on people’s mental health and you can never tell when someone is genuinely being positive. (I may have inferred the latter point.)
But to your point, breaking down people’s points in to component parts is often seen as being negative. You have to tell people that their ideas are great and then have them break them down for you. When they get to the point where they realize the flaw, that you already saw, it is their realization and not yours. I’m really bad at doing this and hate how much time it takes, but it seems to be the way to do it.
I know [Japan] and some other countries have a concept of saving face. I think the U.S. has a similar thing here, but it isn’t well defined.
Sister and BIL took the train into Buffalo from Chicago overnight because there were no flights. It was super cloudy and we thought we were going to miss it but you could intermittently see through. Clouds were actually sort of fun because every few minutes someone would say "You can see it" and everyone would throw on their glasses.
Total eclipse was surreal. It got middle of the night dark and the street lights came on. You could hear people cheering throughout our neighborhood. The "You can see it" moments continued and we probably got about a minute of being able to see it.
My sister said it was definitely worth the trip. They flew back to Chicago via Tampa. (7 hours)
Go Blue!
Wait?! Is that the removal of bangs or creation of bangs?
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So, I'm assuming they've been working with Orji for the past two years right? I can't find a Hello post for him, but in the commitment blurb post it says he only completed half of his passes in high school, has the arm strength, but lacks the mechanics. Shouldn't his mechanics be fixed by now? The WR/QB situation is scary. I'm guessing we'll have a competition through fall camp.
Wishing the best for TWill. Hopefully his Michigan degree opens some doors for him. Just reread his hello post. (Remember Isaiah Todd? I didn't. Michigan could have used him. Remember Josh Christopher? I barely do. Both of those guys are already out of the NBA and in the G-league. At least TWill has a legacy and a degree.)
Washington Post has JJ going #2 to the Commanders.
I mean, the OSU coaches are probably saying that to recruits right?
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Juwan pulled in a lot of guys that he had connections to through his sons and being in basketball, but admissions, the NCAA and NIL screwed him. He could have been a lot more despite his self-inflicted wounds.
I know everyone is really happy about Dusty May, myself included, but if the NIL and admissions issues aren't fixed: Fire Warde!
May will be just as screwed as Howard was. These FAU guys who are supposedly borderline NBA / Euro-league pros aren't going to come here if there isn't some money. Think about all of the fab5 shorts and jerseys back in the day. Now think about how many people have Jett Howard jerseys other than Jett. Having a good basketball team (and football) pays dividends.
I wasn't fully caffeinated when I posted. Good point on the math, but I'm sure Sherrone will get us Moore. I'm a little disappointed that you're doubting him. /s
I really want Akeem Miskdeen to rhyme. Maybe if I were a mumble rapper.
Who the heck is Joe? Curly and Shemp I know.
Didn't we already get Boynton?
If we get Rooths, the Yale kid, the Wisconsin kid, the FAU guys and a couple of the OK State guys it seems like we'll at least have enough players to field a team. I really know very little about basketball beyond star gazing, but from the descriptions it sounds like there is a lot of reason for optimism. Can't wait for next year when we win the National Championship in basketball, get our second straight national championship in hockey and three-peat in football. : )
Rooths must be a smart kid picking GA and MI. I didn't know this until I went to a wedding in Marietta, but Georgia is actually a really good school. Being in the SEC with Bama, Mississippi, Mississippi State, etc. I assumed they were garbage, but I was wrong. Florida is actually a really good school too. When college football breaks in to good schools and schools that exist, the B1G should pick off GA and FL.
though the other program that wanted most of our coaches is the San Diego Chargers....
...and the Ravens wanted McDonald back after a one year loan....
It is crazy to me how the NBA has changed to where a traditional 7 footer can't even get a cup of coffee. There was a crazy stat that something like 17% of people over 7 foot played in the NBA. Wonder if that is down to 10% or something.
I had a buddy who was 6'8", but looked taller. He never played basketball. We'd go to the bar and almost every girl would ask him if he was a basketball player. I almost felt bad for him other than the fact that none of the girls were asking me if I was a wrestler....
Can you imagine the shame of being an athletic 7'2" or 7'4" and not being a pro basketball player?
I heard he got rid of his Honda McCord. I'm just Sayin'....
Maybe they should investigate how to beat Michigan with the most talented team money can buy.
On the other post someone mentioned how good of a recruiter Boynton is. He recruited Cade Cunningham (#13 class) in 2020 and had the #14 class in 2023. There are two top 40 recruits and a couple of other top [150] guys from OSU in the portal. They are all young. Boynton is also a "defensive coordinator" type guy. Kudos to whoever pointed all of this out in the other post that was deleted. This is a huge pickup.
These are Erik Erikson's stages, but there was another psychologist's stages that I was looking for. The other guy said that between 0-20 you were learning, between 20-40 you were productive, between 40-60 you were a mentor and I forget what 60+ was. Something about reflection or something like that.
I'd prefer it if he spelled Yale with a really great 3....
I mean, even if you have a bunch of your guys from FAU, replacing an entire team is hard. Those Florida kids could have seasonal affective disorder in the North, or who knows what. I'm not looking to make excuses, but replacing pretty much everybody is inherently risky.
Bowers seems like a good pick for Harbaugh. We recruited Bowers out of high school, so Harbaugh knows him a bit already. That said I can totally see Harbaugh trading down and getting more of his type of guys.
I'm curious on the gamesmanship of picks. If neither Harbaugh or McDonald pick a Michigan guy will other teams pass on the Michigan player as well? Will the Michigan guys get snapped up in the later rounds as bargains? Or will the Michigan guys go higher because there are three coaches who are more familiar with them?
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How is it that we are getting 3-4 generational players every year???
EDIT: I switched the Princess Bride image as per feedback below.