Couple interesting things
Ran into a Manager from the basketball team at Schem. He said looks like CH and MD are gone, allegedly OKC is the team who has promised CH, apparently 2 of his high school team mates are also on the Thunder roster. Only scenario either are back is if Juwan can convince them to stay...
The football team is planning for a huge BBQ weekend with multiple commits. Coach Moore, Cink, and Jay all have kids ready to commit.
The entire building is focusing on DM this weekend, they hope to pull ahead in his recruitment starting NOW. No waffles planned, but Denard, MW, and JJMc are not going to give up easy. I think this situation figures itself out quick. CJ might already be better, or more sought after, especially after the weekend he just had at an elite camp.
BMc plays end with the 2's, and randomly gets snaps with the 1's, seems like Frosh and Sophs are passing him.
MS still playing both ways.
JJ and Cade are much tighter friends than it looks, help each other and are constantly competing.
The transfer, CG looks like Vince fricking Wilfork
Cheers
CH & MD - Caleb Houstan & Moussa Diabate
DM - Dante Moore
MW - Matt Weiss
JJMc - JJ McCarthy? Is he recruiting Moore?
CJ - CJ Carr
BMc- Braiden McGregor?
MS - Mike Sainristil
CG - Cam Goode
The spring game I thought GUY (T.J. Guy) looked quite promising, and there seemed afterwards to be little mention.... And the opposite with BMc, who didn't show me anything, and got highly praised. At least my eye didn't deceive me.
What motivates one person may be the exact opposite of what motivates another.
JFC. I don't have the time to puzzle these abbreviations.
JFC?
Jerky fried chicken
That sounds delicious!
I know your posting history, you definitely have the time
Fuck the Thunder, tanking incompetent fucks.
OKC is historically great at identifying talent too…
ANATOMY OF A GHOSTOFJERMAINE THREAD
Read intentially vague thread title
Saw 8 upvotes
Knew IMMEDIATELY it would be by Ghost - any other crappy post title would've been hammered points-wise.
Read post knowing it would contain vailuable, accurate information that I wouldnt understand for the most part because I dont know all our players first and last names
Scrolled down into comments also knowing at least one (and sometimes more) kind poster would decode the initials mystery so I could tell who he was talking about.
Rinse, repeat.
Accurate...
But, uhh, how do you MGoBlog if you don't know the players first and last names? I mean, I feel bad because I have no clue how to identify anyone that is out of uniform, but at least I know who they are with a number associated!
LOL!!!
I don't bother to learn their first names until they play. In fact, although I read the recruit profiles I barely remember their last names until they play.
Reading last year's recruiting profiles is usually more rewarding in this regard. Those guys are going to start making an impact this year.
I'm the opposite. I learn all or the roster first names so I can pretend that I know them personally.
His style is part of his charm. EALL was the best acronym so far.
The rituals must be observed.
You’re missing the multiple comments complaining about the use of initials as if it’s an insult or as if GOJG ever does anything else.
JFC GOJG LFG
Thanks. Whether two of his HS teammates are on the OKC roster is knowable info; unless I'm mistaken, I don't see any Montverde alums on the roster. Also not sure how that would matter; would be weird if Presti took HS teammates' practice evals of a kid > DI game tape.
But alas. Sounds like Houstan is gone, even if the manager is just adding speculation to the Givony tweet. Hope he has a Poole-like blow up in a couple of years.
Yeah, I too was puzzled by that sentence. "apparently 2 of his high school team mates are also on the Thunder roster. "
It's pretty easy to see yes or no if two of his HS teammates play for the Thunder. The players in the NBA right now that Houstan played with in HS are Cade Cunningham, Moses Moody, Scottie Barnes, Dayron Sharpe and Precious Achiuwa. None of which play in OKC.
This is a pretty easy to figure out thing if that anecdote is accurate or not. Not saying OKC havent promised Houstan anything, but I dont think its because of his HS teammates...
Yes, my mistake he said TOR was likely his promise not OKC, but that OKC was doing their due diligence with how many picks they had. When I hit the google machine I also found this article just now.
https://www.nbadraft.net/forums/topic/2022-rumored-promise-thread/
Cheers
TFT, EADV!
EADV? Enough Already, Drinking Vodka?
Makes sense to keep the Canadian kid home if you can. At pick 33 you're just taking a wild swing anyway so you might as well go for someone who could develop into a top 10 talent.
Who's TOR? Is he from Asgard?
That was lo-ki funny.
TY GOJ. YDM. (YOU DA MAN.)
LOL.
"BMc plays end with the 2's, and randomly gets snaps with the 1's, seems like Frosh and Sophs are passing him. "
Is this really a surprise? How long has it been since he blew his knee out?
"JJ and Cade are much tighter friends than it looks, help each other and are constantly competing. "
This news warms my heart. I know I"m romanticizing here, but it seems like one of the best parts of the way college ball used to be was how guys would bond through competition. Now it's mostly just portal, portal, portal...
This surprising to me. I always got (through interviews with Cade and other sources) the sense there was a tinge of animosity. Which is completely understandable. From Cades perspective JJ is the young hotshot kid that is stealing your thunder from a big ten championship season.
agreed re: Braiden. Normally I would say it's getting late early, but coming off his injury, I would have thought somewhere during this season would be when you start to see flashes. If he's recovering patiently and getting back to 100% physically, there's still all the phases of the game that he hasn't been getting full-speed reps on the way you'd want for a long time. I think we'll know what we have in him by Fall 2023, If some guys pass him before then, well...can't speak to that.
It's been almost three years. He had surgery in 2019, sat out 2020 and was supposedly 100% last year: https://michigan.rivals.com/news/braiden-mcgregor-details-road-back-from-injury-aidan-hutchinon-s-as-mentor
The fact he's not taking command of a starting spot and getting passed by guys younger than he is this year is concerning (understandable last year but this is the year he needs to be making moves).
I was sure it had only been two years. Covid has really warped my sense of the calendar.
TY GoJ
Couple interesting things
- Justin Feagin has committed to Michigan
- Keith Jackson is calling Michigan's first game this fall.
- The south end zone at Michigan Stadium is, oddly enough, missing a goal post.
For the love of God, will someone please for once share the BBQ menu?!?!?!
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TY GOJC and even though it's a little early, TGIF MFers
Interesting thing that Cam Goode isn't listed on the roster over at MGoBlue.
Well, is he enrolled at UM and "officially" on the team? Since he didnt announce his transfer pick until like April 22nd or something, he wasn't with the team during the spring, and the "Spring Roster" is what is shown on the website.
I don't think they really update that again until camp begins later in the summer.
GoJ = MVP
So much fun info. Are there somewhere in a bunker Ukranian Army nerds breaking down the incoming weaponry from foreign powers with the same delight?
Maybe we need to use the cone of silence or should I have said MWNTUTCOS😂Good scoop
Pure gold and love the initials, stay strong! Lol love figuring it out despite the haters
man.
- terrible, terrible thread title. obviously.
- for the love of god, stop with the idiotic initials. it doesn't make you sound like an insider, it just makes you unreadable.
DYKPIU = Don’t you know pump it up?
YGTPIU = You’ve got to pump it up!
God you are the fucking worst
Do any of these players have names?
You know, texts don't charge by the message anymore.
That was one fucking painful read.