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I have helped coach girls…

I have helped coach girls teams and coached girls that play with the boys.  I have also coached girls that went on to play DI hockey, and it’s sad for them to know that if they want to play at the highest level, they have no choice but to leave the state.

This was my thought.  Hell,…

This was my thought.  Hell, let’s build a new facility to house both a Michigan varsity team and a PWHL franchise.  Make it the place to be for Women’s hockey.

We could, but they would…

We could, but they would probably just take one of our goals off the board from a previous period.

The one where the puck was…

The one where the puck was under his pads for a few seconds, before having his pad pushed into the net after the whistle?  Or the one where the team was reeling from the aforementioned BS goal?

They are not going anywhere,…

They are not going anywhere, but that is kind of the point.  The annual Izzo Lifetime Achievement Award Overseeding deprives some other deserving team of an opportunity.  

Limiting to only serious…

Limiting to only serious replies would knock out about 90% of the traffic on MGoBlog.  We are good at producing produce snark and detailed statistical analyses, and not much in between.

I hope he is able to find…

I hope he is able to find success elsewhere.  It felt kind of bad to keep piling on a guy who loves the school but is not a good fit for what the program needs.  But it also shows the lack of confidence in Warde that we all felt the need to keep making the case.

Now we can all move on.

Does he have some dirt on…

Does he have some dirt on Warde or something?  Other than Warde being the personification of inaction, why is he even considering keeping Juwan?  His love of the program is not enough to justify his shortcomings, and there is seemingly no upside to retaining him.

I was thinking maybe a youth…

I was thinking maybe a youth YMCA team, but "anywhere but here" is also an acceptable answer.

Heavy emphasis on "run" in…

Heavy emphasis on "run" in that last sentence.  I don't know why top backs would want to play at OSU and be second fiddle to the receivers and passing game.

They had better start…

They had better start learning the news signs now.  You know it takes Buckeyes a good 2-3 seasons to learn something new.  And it will take a while to convert the new plays into crayon drawings that their players can understand.

Washtenaw United beat a…

Washtenaw United beat a Cranbrook team that featured two Tier 1 (AAA) girls and yet was still playing in Division 2.

Also, congrats to Grosse Pointe South who defeated two-time defending champion University Liggett for the Division 1 championship.  It was a big upset, considering that Liggett was undefeated on the season going into the Championship game and had a +132 goal differential at that time (in only 24 games).

Wait, basketball season is…

Wait, basketball season is still going on?  Huh.

I think the truth lies…

I think the truth lies somewhere in between.  Augustine covers up a lot of warts for them, considering that we outplayed them in probably 3 of the 4 games, and went 1-3.  And Augustine already had a strong connection to Nightingale, so we will see if he can continue to bring in top guys that are not already connected to him.

However, they were really bad before he got there, so the improvement clearly goes beyond just the goaltender.

I will probably donate to…

I will probably donate to the women's hockey team, since they have to do fundraisers to even have a season.

https://www.michigandaily.com/sports/women-month/diving-into-the-costs-the-michigan-womens-club-hockey-team-faces-with-pay-to-play-setup/

I can understand the…

I can understand the frustration from Saban, even though he had no problem getting players paid when it benefitted him.  He is still, by many accounts, the best coach in CFB history, and it has to be frustrating to try to talk to players about football for next season and all they want to talk about is the money.

It would be like going to a job interview and refusing to talk at all about the job duties and your fit in the organization, and instead only asking about the salary and bonus structure.  I want my people to be well-paid, but I also want them to actually care about doing the job and benefitting the organization as well.

The locker room dynamic…

The locker room dynamic should be interesting.  They all came there for the bag, but they have not been a mentally tough team for a while.  If they run into any adversity, it will be interesting to see if they have the fortitude to overcome it.  Mercenaries are not there because of their love of the team.

This is what you do

If you…

This is what you do

If you want me to not care

About basketball

Does the Final Scores…

Does the Final Scores section for Saturday intentionally mention Michigan 2, Penn State 1?

Juwan gets paid millions of…

Juwan gets paid millions of dollars a year to overcome problems and obstacles.  If things are so hopeless, and the bottom of the B1G is our new ceiling, you might as well bring in someone to fail for a lot less money.

I think No Cap means no lie,…

I think No Cap means no lie, or for real.  So presumably All Cap means all lies.

Fair point.  I was referring…

Fair point.  I was referring more to people who generally will support Michigan sports.  Basketball for me is a distant third behind football and hockey, but I will typically watch it if Michigan is on TV and I will try to get to a couple of games a year.  This year I haven't made nearly as much of an effort because it simply is not entertaining to watch them struggle, even against mediocre competition.

Exactly.  Warde is free to…

Exactly.  Warde is free to retain Juwan and hope that things will be completely different based on hope alone, but most fans will tune out even more than they have this year.  Most likely, it will be just another year of painfully bad basketball and national irrelevance.  Hard pass, thanks.

Ok, so maybe we shouldn't be…

Ok, so maybe we shouldn't be competing for titles every year (even though Beilein had the same limitations placed on him), but we shouldn't be the worst in the B1G.  We don't seem to be able to do fundamental things well, we seem to struggle putting forth a consistent effort (see e.g. defense), and are trending further down each year under Juwan.

No, no, he is the one that…

No, no, he is the one that does the ball blasting.

They should have assessed…

They should have assessed him a 3-second violation once GS got the ball back.  That would have been funny.

I am wondering if I should…

I am wondering if I should tell my employer that I am taking a job coaching at Michigan, just so that I can get a big raise.  It seemed to work for so many of our coaching targets.

Seriously though, this is a great hire.  Hopefully he can recruit Sabb to stay.

But there is no way he could…

But there is no way he could already have a landing spot in such a short time.  He just declared, so surely nobody has communicated offers to him, because that would have been against the rules.

/s

The traditional response in…

The traditional in-game response in hockey is to "get their number" so you or a teammate can dish out a good, hard, clean hit the next time you get a chance.  A cross-check to the head is not a legit hockey play and is a garbage move.  If you don't like the ENG, then play better early on.

And if it is the very end of the game and you can't get a number, trying to instigate a fight or roughing the guy up a bit is more legit than the cross-check.  Stick-work like that is soft, and I am guessing he will have a target on him when he comes back from suspension.

He got five games.  I know,…

He got five games.  I know, because he is on my fantasy team and has been on a tear recently.

I assume it is referencing…

I assume it is referencing coaches taking a job and then leaving for another job before they even coach a single down.  The rate of player and coach movement in CFB is crazy and seems to be accelerating, but an incorrectly reported story is not the best example.

Missed the first half for a…

Missed the first half for a shootaround with some of the kids from my daughter's hockey team.  Absolutely the right choice.

Nothing is as bad as our…

Nothing is as bad as our hoops squad.

Man, Duker missing the tap…

Man, Duker missing the tap in on the wide open net with Barczewski pulled was a tough one.

If he was pushing for Moore…

If he was pushing for Moore because he knew he would have an advantage over him in a competition for the services of the assistants, that would be some ice cold 3-d chess.  Hopefully he’s not that Machiavellian.

To be fair, he wasn’t even…

To be fair, he wasn’t even 100% for Michigan when he was here, since he interviewed with the NFL multiple times, knowing it makes recruiting tougher on his staff.  Sure, we got over the hump this year, but he probably could have stocked the cupboard even deeper if he didn’t have the wandering eye.

Harbaugh is 100% for himself.  It is what it is, and if you can align his self-interest with your interests, he can do great things for you.  But we shouldn’t have expected loyalty.

I grew up in Buffalo, so…

I grew up in Buffalo, so obviously a Bills fan.  But Buffalo sports are cursed, so I’m not holding my breath.

I lived in San Diego for a while, so I was also a Chargers fan, but when I moved away and then the team moved to LA, my fandom became a lot more casual.  I’ll probably pull for them still, largely because if Jim fails there, he will have torn apart this Michigan team for nothing.  That would be really sad.

And the Lions, although I’m back in Michigan now, so they are no longer out of state.  Also Hutch, and pulling for the underdog.

CFB as we knew it is dead. …

CFB as we knew it is dead.  Unless you are willing to put together an NFL-level payroll like OSU is doing, coaches and players are going to just chase the next big offer every year.  Having everyone be a free agent every year, and having nothing like a salary cap, it’s just an arms race to see who can buy a championship.  With Warde at the helm and Michigan believing that spending money is too gauche, it’s not likely to be us.

Harbaugh only cares about…

Harbaugh only cares about winning and competing.  All of the talk about culture, family and brotherhood was just a means to an end.  It’s great when he’s on your team, but hoping he would sacrifice even the slightest advantage to avoid screwing over Michigan was just wishful thinking.

It’s the coaching carousel…

It’s the coaching carousel equivalent of signgate.  The timing couldn’t be more drawn out and it just keeps piling negativity on what should be a happy time.

Pretty smart.  At OSU he…

Pretty smart.  At OSU he lets others do the pay for play to bring players to him.

He waited until he got his…

He waited until he got his bonus for still being coach and then quit, after all of the top candidates and assistants had been snatched up.

Sadly, this feels a little similar.  Making sure he’s taken care of, with little regard to those that he claims to care about.

It’s the Dantonio approach. …

It’s the Dantonio approach.  Bring the team to the best they have been in a long, long time, then leave in a manner that knocks it back down to where it started.

He and Kittle can have their…

He and Kittle can have their own sitcom when they retire.  I would watch Kittle and Hutch.

No, but if potential…

Yay, double post.  Just like OSU is perceived as soft on the field, we are perceived as soft in our commitment to NIL.

No, but if potential…

No, but if potential candidates look at our NIL and our spineless AD and decide that they are at a significant disadvantage working here, then it is another negative data point regarding the perception of our program.

At places like OSU, Bama, etc., it is assumed that you will be willing to break any and all rules to get results, and that is a selling point.  The players want to get "pay-to-play" and the recruiters want to be able to shower recruits with money.

Wait, so it was fun at some…

Wait, so it was fun at some point?  I don’t remember that.  Even when we won games, it was painful to watch.

Moving from Harbaugh to…

Moving from Harbaugh to Sherrone saves at least $7M per year, right?  Is the AD just going to pocket that difference, or are they planning to devote the same resources to the program, just with a different allocation?

Jim loves Michigan, but he…

Jim loves Michigan, but he loves winning more.  It’s part of his recipe for success.

Or maybe he was worried about Sherrone getting a “3rd base” reputation, so he sent him back to second base (or maybe first if he keeps disassembling what he built here).

It does sound like he had a…

It does sound like he had a major impact on our program, and reports are that the influence of an individual S&C coach is marginal in the pros.  So dealing a major blow to Michigan for a minor benefit for the Chargers is a bit of a kick in the knackers.