Which Michigan opponent do you think would've had a better career at Michigan than the school they selected?
Simple question..I was listening to Mark Packer on Friday who is usually pretty good (although his callers can sometimes sound like Finebaum's crowd, heavy on the south and Ohio). Also playing MSU twice in one week, and potentially a third time this week..I was reminded of Jaren Jackson. If ever there was an ideal player for John Beilein and his system. Jackson with Simpson, Matthews, Livers, Mo Wagner, Duncan Robinson, Teske, and MAAR? Jackson on that squad vs Nova in the title game? I'd love our chances.
My 2nd basketball pick would be Victor Oladipo, just because I loved his athleticism and explosiveness. add him to the 2013 title team vs Louisville? Probably get's M over the top.
In football, I would've loved to see famed OSU flameout Joe Burrows wanted to stick it to them after he left and went to their rival.
Kobe Bryant.........final answer.
Terrelle Pryor
Joshua Langford is intriguing. I think he would be a better fit under Beilein and maybe have been gone already, but injuries were a big factor.
Winston also. He would have been Burke 2.0.
Ayo. He could have won a B1G Championship :-)
Troy Smith, Braxton Miller, Terrelle Pryor, J.T. Barrett, Cardale Jones, Dwayne Haskins, Justin Fields
They would have done nothing of note at Michigan because of the inexplicable inability of our successive coaching staffs to maximize our QB performance and they wouldn't have been playing for OSU to torture us every year.
Pete Nance
Frankly, a lot of basketball players would've done better under Beilein than wherever they ended up. Hard to point to many other guys in recent memory with a better track record of developing guys and putting them in the NBA
Earvin Magic Johnson, the one that got away.
Trent Frazier? Since, because they had him IL won the B1G this year.
Malik McDowell
All kidding aside, I think you're 100% correct, and I think his mother realized it too.
Terrelle Pryor would have helped Rich Rod stick around longer than 3 years
Said the opposite way, some players who would be "lost in anonymity" if they would have gone somewhere else.... Woodson, Dez-Howard and the Fab5.
Go Blue.
Terrelle Pryor would have changed the RR program and possibly our fortune with OSU. He had a good career but he would have crushed in RR O.
Jalen Brown 100%
Jalen Brown, Gary Harris, James Blackmon, Langford, Watts, Winston, DJ Carton
Eric Montross.
I made a sign freshman year that said “Send Montross.” When the Fab 5 came people were super thankful we didn’t get Montross because the Fab5 wouldn’t have happened. Though if I remember correctly he was a pain in the finals.
Victor Oladipo? Lol, what? He was a first team all-American at IU and the #2 pick in the draft. How exactly would Michigan have been better for him?