M-Dog

March 17th, 2017 at 8:18 PM ^

Tom Crean will land on his feet.  Hopefully, at some place that Michigan does not play, so Jim Harbaugh can have undivided loyalties to Michigan basketball.

Between the Harbaugh's and the Dakich's, I've gotten closer to Indiana basketball than I ever really wanted to.

 

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chomz14

March 17th, 2017 at 8:35 PM ^

Valenti and his minions turned the Michigan basketball run into a bashing Harbaugh segment, today following the win. They were ripping him for his lack of attention or "tweets" about the basketball team. I don't use twitter but apparently during the game he was posting about the football teams combine numbers. Which admittedly I'd thought was kinda of odd. Also that he hasn't congratulated the team at all for the tournament win. Of course the trolls used it as a troll job on how he can't stand the attention the bball team and Beilein are getting. Typical Valenti. But wonderered what everyone else thought?

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Wolverine Devotee

March 17th, 2017 at 9:00 PM ^

I don't expect him to be fan-tweeting but tweeting random things during games is kind of strange. He did that during today's game and then something else after we won the B1G Tournament. He still acknowledged them, though.

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Chalky White

March 18th, 2017 at 9:18 AM ^

I heard that Valenti segment because I wanted to hear what they had to say about the Michigan win. They were actually complimentary of the team. It may have been in an effort to set up the troll.  It turned into a Harbaugh topic. If this low hanging fruit didn't exist, they wouldn't have anything to talk about. 

This is up there with izzo and John L Smith's relationship. Izzo hated him and didn't support that team at all. He even implied that he could coach the team. I would expect more considering Beilein has had more collegiate coaching success than Harbaugh when you compare the careers even though it's Apple's to oranges.

 

All Harbaugh topics on that show end with bashing fans as sheep who will blindly follow Harbaugh. On this board, there was a  random thread about Harbaugh's butthole. How can you even argue it?

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Christicks

March 17th, 2017 at 8:53 PM ^

I thought it was kind of weird that he hasn't tweeted about them, too, but let's say for (dumb) argument's sake he had a problem with Beilein (which is kind of impossible), he still would give love to the student athletes, so I'm thinking he just hasn't thought to do it.

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Blueblood2991

March 17th, 2017 at 9:18 PM ^

I follow both of them on Twitter, and Beilein has tweeted about the football team I think once. I believe it's more that they stay out of each other's lanes as a respect thing.

The fact that people are mad that he tweeted about football while a basketball game was going on is the most asinine thing I've ever heard. Headline: Football coach is doing his job, still angers fans.

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Wolverine Devotee

March 17th, 2017 at 9:03 PM ^

Stop listening to that guy when he talks about Michigan.

He's a shock jock. He says being a bandwagon fan is the best thing you can do as a sports fan.

Your radio and calls in just fuels their stupidity.

I only listen when they're ripping Ol Brad Ausmus and Jim Caldwell after the shit hits the fan because I need a laugh during the doldrums of offseason. Immediately turn it off when he talks about Michigan.

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xtramelanin

March 17th, 2017 at 10:09 PM ^

back to the house.  she had taken off as i had opened up a gate.   she was running up a trail and she didn't realize that she was running right at a 6'-8' rattler across the trail.  largest one i'd ever seen.  i yelled at her to stop but she thought it was me trying to stop the 'race'.  i then, for my one and only time in the near quarter century i have known my beloved mgobride, raised my voice at her and swore.  stopped her in her tracks.  most likely saved her life.   

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Wolfman

March 18th, 2017 at 1:05 AM ^

May I ask where you live? Like you say, that's a damn large rattler. I've heard, since I was a kid there were rattlers throughout Michigan, but I've never seen one in a bit more than 64 years. Saw a sliced water mocassin on a tee on an OK golf course. Looked like anywhere from a 7 to 9 iron, and was bitten by a scorpion down here in Mexico. Guessing you live someplace out west. 

Again, great job and way to Man Up. 

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xtramelanin

March 18th, 2017 at 6:44 AM ^

we were in the sierras at a buddy's place actually north a bit, toward the central part of cal.  i have never seen a rattler here in michigan, though i am aware that they exist here.  they call them massassauga, link here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massasauga.

and i get no credit for manning up, only maybe for some reasonably quick thinking.  i realized what was about to happen and yelled 'stop!' once, in a rather urgent tone.  when she didn't slow down that's when i started swearing - and i had never before (or since) sworn at her or raised my voice.  the monologue was something like, '[expletive] stop!  i'm not [expletive kidding!  [expletive] run to me!  [expletive] now!  right now!  run to me!'   it was a shock to her and thankfully later we were able to laugh at her thoughts at the time before she realized the danger she was in, along the lines of maybe i wasn't the man she thought i was.  

and yeah, that snake was huge.  it crossed the entire trail (at least 6') and it wasn't stretched out straight.   way bigger than the one i took to a bar down in san diego, in PB....

 

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UMChick77

March 17th, 2017 at 9:37 PM ^

I also find it amusing when posters like you don't get that no one really cares if he cheers for the basketball team. The problem was he made a point to be un the other team's locker room during halftime when that team was playing against the university that pays him.

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Eastern Wolverine

March 17th, 2017 at 9:11 PM ^

JH in IU's locker room during a game against Michigan. I'm sure it's been justified by some but that's out of bounds imo. You simply can't do it, even for your brother-in-law. You're paid millions of dollars to represent UM. Don't be in an opposing team's locker room when they're competing against Michigan, particularly when they're kicking our *ss. No, I'm not a troll. Yes, we all make mistakes. Of course I still love JH but let's be honest about this one.

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Winchester Wolverine

March 17th, 2017 at 10:28 PM ^

Right. Big deal. He's family oriented and a little bit of an oddball that does what he wants. Not a crime to visit your brother-in-law while he's at your place of work. Everyone knows where he stands, he's a Michigan Man. As for the tweets, whatever. People are reaching if they bring that up as an issue.

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