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WTKA Roundtable 2/6/2020: Snakebit Year Comment Count

Seth February 7th, 2020 at 6:41 AM

MSU things discussed:

  • Dantonio's irregularities: it sounds like he lied in his deposition (which is why Mars is getting involved?)
  • Does NCAA actually care about the alleged violations?
  • Is it a better job than Cincy? Cincy you can take to ND soon. MSU the last two recruiting classes: not so hot and total garbage. No matter who takes that job it's three and out.
  • The board of trustees hires the football coach, not the AD. Let's get some Michigan fans together and elect a board that's going to hire Brian Ellerbe!
  • Dantonio got away with it because there's no more bootlicking media in the Big Ten than MSU and OSU.

Basketball things discussed:

  • Craig: Bilas was right, it wasn't a basketball game.
  • Franz needs to shoot his way out of his slump.
  • This year's cascade of bad luck is payback for the national championship run two years ago.
  • Craig: some of the officials that used to be good have been wretched. Example: Teske is about to have a layup and they call him for 3 seconds and yeah it's a good call. Late in the game same thing with Wesson and he's in the lane for 8 seconds, same ref Carstenson staring at it. Wesson finally gets the ball, up two, the guy makes a three.
  • The call on Simpson: a call we've never seen and will never see again. Brian: pile all the bad luck into this season.
  • On Johns: are people paying attention to him now?
  • Michigan needs an infusion of athleticism badly. Zeb, Christianson, come on down. Without Livers the limitations of this roster are very apparent.
  • MSU? Without Livers they don't really have the firepower to win this game.
  • Funny how both basketball and hockey are both snakebit fundamentally sound teams missing talent.
     

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You can catch the entire episode on Michigan Insider's podcast stream.

Segment two is here. Segment three is here.

THE USUAL LINKS

Sim to the end of this season and let's see what happens

Comments

MGlobules

February 7th, 2020 at 7:35 AM ^

"This year's cascade of bad luck is payback for the national championship run two years ago."

Good quip buried in an odds and ends column; maybe not worth using twice? Sorry, in a grouchy mood about basketball. My complaint is that Juwan should have become angry and stayed angry in that game. A couple of screaming timeouts might have gotten the team's attention. That was a zombie deathmatch.

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True Blue 9

February 7th, 2020 at 9:05 AM ^

It's interesting about your line about Juwan getting angry and staying angry. It sure feels like this team could use a Novak timeout freakout by someone on the team. I get a sense that Simpson cares on occasion but the rest of the team seems like they're sleepwalking half the time. I just don't get a ton of competitive edge/energy from this watching this team. 

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befuggled

February 7th, 2020 at 9:08 AM ^

What are the odds they have the same *athletic director* in three years? I think it's low. Odds are good that something comes out that happened on Bill Beekman's watch that forces him to resign. (And I had to look up Beekman's name; I still keep thinking it's Hollis even though I know he retired.)

On the other hand, the MSU administration has not shown a lot of sense in the last few years. I'm looking at you, John Engler.

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the Bray

February 7th, 2020 at 9:08 AM ^

Michigan needs an infusion of athleticism badly. Zeb, Christianson, come on down. Without Livers the limitations of this roster are very apparent.

Christianson? You mean Christopher? 

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The Blue Collar

February 7th, 2020 at 9:33 AM ^

Why do we continuously call biased officiating "bad luck?" It's not bad luck when someone makes a conscious decision to cheat you.

If you bought a "new car" only to discover the seller rolled back the milage and the engine is about shot, I guess you'd just shrug your shoulders and go, "Darn, shucks, that's some bad luck." 

 

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