Spike to grad transfer [LOCKED]
Michigan’s Spike Albrecht told ESPN he was granted his release today and plans to play next season elsewhere as a grad transfer.
— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanESPN) March 29, 2016
MOD EDIT: Alright, we're going to make an editorial decision and just lock this but allow the news and comments to stand. Way too much ridiculous in this thread and I can't in good conscience let it go on. We're better than this. - LSA
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Logic, reason, patience, clarity of thought.....
WE WILL HAVE NONE OF IT. THE BEILEIN MUST BE FIRED. KILL HIM....KILLL HIM NOW!
Kneads moar pitchforks!
(Love that .gif. The crowd with perfectly uniform torches, each guy in the mob looking dapper with a proper jacket and tie, and most with a top-shelf hat.
Back then mobs knew how to dress, I tell yah!)
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Isn't speculation a huge part of the whole commenting on a sports-related blog concept?
To Spike in the future! No Michigan fan will ever forget your NCAA Championship game.
Hope he gets a chance to contribute at a smaller school, as far as UM is concerned looks like more minutes for X which is a good thing.
The hand-wringing here is insane. We're talking about a 5'10, 175-pound 3rd string PG with no other major offers and two bad hips. From these comments, you'd think Beilein just cut the next Steve Nash.
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Half this place thinks keeping Max Bielfeldt would have actually changed our record and ignores his numbers were a result of not being the primary big man. Despite that advantage, his numbers were no better than Donnal.
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u didnt see the 2013 NC game?
I clicked on this thread and got redirected to MLive.
Was hoping he would return.
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Spike's scholarship was not freed up for an empty scholarship. Spike, as a senior, did not have a scholarship next year.
Oh man...I can think of several other dudes who should be used to give up a scholarship before spike. There will always be Louisville I guess.
Ouch
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March 29th, 2016 at 10:00 AM ^
Do you think that is a clever play on words? It makes no sense.
And it's not even close to being true. Or did I miss Brady finishing a season as national runner ups?
WHY? Hes the best Ieader we have!
"Hes the best leader we have ... on two surgically repaired hips."
Fix'd.
Look, I get it. We all love Spike. It stinks to think of him playing somewhere else. But come on people.
UM was one schollie over the limit coming into next season, assuming that Spike wasnt coming back because he, you know, medically retired after his fourth year. And now everyone is mad that Beilein didnt clear out two scholarships to get Spike back? Dump two players for one year of a solid to good player who no one is even sure how much he can play since he had two hip surgeries? We just had a whole board post with people up in arms about Dawson and Dukes "medically retiring" and opening up scholarships and if thats okay or not, and here everyone is mad that Beilein didnt dump two players. Hmm.
I get that a lot of posters have made up their mind regarding Beilein. That everything he does with the roster is wrong. But we don't know what all went into this decision. Maybe JB wanted Spike back but Spike wanted more playing time somewhere else. Maybe UM didnt feel like it was a good idea for Spike to play and Spike disagreed. But all of this saying that this is JB's worst decision and the final straw and all of that is a touch ridiculous.