The ski mask soured me on Hunter.  That was as bush league as it gets.

Keep sending us your unwanted OH kids like Rod Moore.... These are the types that play with a chip on their shoulder for the game and are really really good players. Stupid philosophy if you ask me but I hope they keep on keeping on.... 

Dickinson has to cash in now probably anyone blaming him for doing so doesn't understand the change in collegiate athletics with NIL and the portal. When it was allowed to become a business then business moves started to matter. 

Please let us have a solid kicking game this year. Freshmen kickers give me hives. 

Kansas is a 1 seed like 75% of the time. That also seems pretty enticing. 

Busch Light and wrestling?!?  That's Iowa! (But, I'm guessing he means pro wrestling?!)

I was a legacy before I was alumni. If you're not old enough to remember the 1973 Rose Bowl tiebreaker, or the 1979 Charles White Rose Bowl fumble, don't try to talk me down from my generational BPONE.

Still, I'm having a really hard time not getting very excited about the coming football season.

Anyone else wonder if Hunter has been negotiating a package deal for his buddy TWill?

Glad we're still getting the roundtable in the offseason so far!!  Will try to get through it later on the treadmill.  

Initial thoughts based on the write-up:

• Fans with Hunter - I think it is fatigue. With Hunter on the team everything is about Hunter.  Our offense is based entirely on him and our defense is built around his limitations.  He gets all the attention - both because he should and because he craves it.  He's a great player - but he's also hard to love sometimes with his on and off-court antics.  It is fun having a "heel" on your team when you're winning, but we haven't done a lot of winning the last two years.  A facelift even with less talent is just maybe what people are craving.  
• Football Portal - I'm all in on a true fullback.  I think they need one and I think going away from it was a mistake.  I'm not sold on Mullings as a power back and I think the short yardage would be awesome with a Hill/Mason type.  No need for a TE - we're stacked there.  I don't THINK we need a WR because we don't throw much and have bodies there.  
• Football Recruiting - Need some defenders please!  Let's keep this elite DL going!  Let's get some CBs too!  
• CB2 - I am hoping McBurrows has it.  I think having him as your CB2 and then letting Walker be your CB3 that rotates in for snaps is ideal.

I laugh at any fan that equates stars to better players, past players they say he is just like or going to be better than.  And then says this about that when it comes to recruiting.  Talk is cheap, work in the weight room, film room and going way over what is required in all areas is where I see success coming from.  While we had big time players wins didn't add up like they should have.  2021 comes along and our coaches and players flipped the script.  

Guys that should have had wins over osu had embarrassing losses.  Rashan Gary, DPJ, Patterson.. there is a list of big time athletes, stars and names that never got a win and flat out got embarrassed in this series.  They also had other losses adding up.  

Now flip the script, Hutch, Corum, Ojabo, Haskins, Hayes, McNamara, Moore, CJohnson, Bell I can list so many but the group listed were called leaders, said they had to be kicked out of Schembechler Hall, they had to tell Corum to quite and get some rest.  Guys that want it so bad they put all the work in.  They changed the culture, they flipped the script.  And while we will always get guys that will leave early for the draft, we won't always get guys that work so hard for the team to lead others and leave a team legacy that changes programs.  The group listed imo have done that and will instill that mentality along with our staff into new recruits!  Guys that are high level, high ceiling and want it more.  

Why would you say you only sign with Kansas if it's about money? They win the Big 12 every year! They are a 1 seed 80% of the time it feels like! They're one of the 4-5 true blue bloods of the sport! You go there because it is one of the best programs and basketball environments in the sport.

EDIT: I share this account with a family member and see they posted first lol

Seth: Hunter looks like he's going to sign with Kansas, which is where you sign if it's about the money because Kansas does not get outbid.

Also Seth: Why are fans sour on Hunter?

*edit Roundtable, not Seth. My apologies, Seth.

Sam is absolutely right about grabbing an experienced WR from the portal. Lots of inexperienced bodies with no track record as of yet. And lots of hype with no production is not something that helps make a truly great offense. Brian is right though, if O'leary is a real finished article and can be counted on for some decent production, then it will be unnecessary. But do you take that chance?

IMHO Hunter fatigue is about the team getting much worse over the course of his 3 years as well as his stagnation/regression. The worse the team plays, the more he becomes the focus, which in turn makes his very real limitations more obvious. Add to that his willingness to play the 'bad guy' on social media and it makes for an unappealing result.

Would the team be better next year with him on it vs. not on it? Of course. But are some (many?) Michigan basketball fans ready to move on and see what's next instead (even if it's worse)? I think so.

If the HD complaints are going overboard, then I could complain about rebounds on missed FTs or last second airballs or the coach wacking an opposing coach to balance the HD complaints out. I don't want to do that, and I may well be Juwan Howard's biggest fan here, but, well, the past two years have been surprisingly disappointing, so complaints are kinda appropriate.

Craigs takes on baseball are a perfect example of why you shouldn’t feel the need to have an opinion on everything. The cape cod league already exists in the summer and big ten baseball isn’t just supplanting it. You would kill you’re already bad recruiting if guys playing at Michigan couldn’t play in summer wood bat leagues with the best talent and raise their draft stock and the southern teams have no need to try to compete with the cape cod league. 
 

The big ten just joining northeast mid major conferences to try to start a summer league would take it from the equivalent of a mid major the equivalent of a club sport.

Also hunter acts like an asshole. He’s one of the most hated guys in the sport. If he was at duke the hate would be the most since Grayson Allen. Of course people are going to admit they don’t like him when he’s no longer on the team 

Speaking of a local kid without an offer from Ohio State, is there a football equivalent of Trey Burke? or anyone come close. 

"I have no use for the written word!"

In this corner, Brian Cook, the scrivener!

I still don't. understand why HC salary should have been an issue for the AD re. Bakich.  This athletic department is absolutely swimming in cash, why would we care about another couple hundred thousand for a great coach who is also a great cultural fit?  I have no idea if Bakich gave Michigan the chance to match, there are obviously other reasons to go to Clemnson.  But if salary was the. main stumbling block then I am very disappointed in Warde.