Donnal officially transferring
Confirmed now.
Michigan big man Mark Donnal told ESPN he will transfer.
— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanESPN) March 27, 2017
Mo Bamba, come on down.
March 27th, 2017 at 10:51 PM ^
Do we have one?
- MAAR
- Matthews
- Wilson
- Simpson
- Wagner
- Robinson
- Livers
- Poole
- Teske
- Davis
- Brooks
- Watson
...that's 12 guys right there. And we're NOT losing Wagner OR Wilson, dammit!
March 27th, 2017 at 10:53 PM ^
Why did Beilein recruit Davis again? Teske seemed super lost this past season too.
Wilson looked lost as a freshman, too. Give them time.
Yeah, John Beilein really sucks at developing players. If someone isn't good by the end of his true freshman season, I'm sure the freshman they replace him with the next year will be much better.
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Does this mean we'll get someone who can block out?
EDIT: Not meant to be a slight against Donnal. I actually wish he stayed. But it'd be nice to get some big bodies that can rebound with the available scholarships.
Whoever it is, they will likely win the B10 next season. Same thing happened with Bielfeldt and Spike.
Good luck to you Mr. Donnal. Sorry for purposely not fixing it when auto-correct would change your name to Donna.
Doanal was texted more than once.
NTTAWWT
Both: IUPUI
From a fellow Toledo-an, good luck Mark. You earned a role in the B1G, but you'd be a star for the Rockets!
For one, Dakich's dad was once the BG coach and they lived there. May not be that far out there.
March 27th, 2017 at 11:16 PM ^
March 28th, 2017 at 12:51 PM ^
I'm familiar with BG
March 27th, 2017 at 10:10 PM ^
BG gets about 2k fans a game, I'd hope they can do better than that.
March 27th, 2017 at 10:55 PM ^
As much as we said about him perhaps, he's another player that showed up in moments when we needed everyone on deck - and indeed, he gave us some great displays of defense here and there in the tournament as well. Best of luck to him wherever he goes, and like others, I think it would have been fun to have him around for another year.
"Harbaugh is such an asshole he is forcing out basketball players now!!" - RCMB
Man do the mouthbreathers at RCMB have a hard-on about Harbaugh "processing" players. If literally any player leaves before graduating - for whatever reason whatsoever - it is unequivocally, undebiably because Harbaugh pulled the kid's scholly.
I wish Mark the best. He took a lot of shit on social media and handled it better than most of us would. A true Michigan man. I hope he has a great grad year and doesn't take it out on his former teammates if they meet on the court. I still remember his signature game against Illinois a year or two ago.
I wouldn't entirely be shocked if he spends a year raining threes on mid majors and shows up in the tournament. His issue was more the physicality/athleticism against major bigs.
If you are not- you are dismissed after 4 years (max, mark)
Rare to stay for 5 th year (Morgan)
Just helping other schools get mature players?
March 28th, 2017 at 10:36 AM ^
The vast majority of players aren't going to have the option to leave early for the NBA. If a guy isn't ready to contribute as a freshman, it's good for both the team and the individual to redshirt to preserve the possibility of a fifth year. Lots of teams have contributors that aren't NBA material, but are incredibly valuable as fifth-year seniors.
Jordan Morgan is a great example of this. He was certainly more valuable as a fifth-year senior than he would have been playing spot minutes as a freshman.
Thanks for the contribution Mark. Good luck.
March 27th, 2017 at 11:46 PM ^
Put him in the MAC, let hin play 30 min a game and he could easily average double figure points. He shoots very well for a big guy
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But I wish him all the best going forward.
March 27th, 2017 at 11:34 PM ^