buddha

phil knight will die at some point and oregon likely dies with him.

i agree with you.

it's only a "problem" if michigan wants to compete for national championships. they were a solid football team under harbaugh before the last three years, they just couldnt beat ohio state. and i think beating osu had more to do with ditching don brown, harbaugh going back to his roots, and osu having to get rid of scumbag urban meyer than anything else. but michigan doesnt beat osu without 5 star will johnson, 5 star jj mccarthy (who wanted to go to osu and notre dame but they turned him down) and 5 star donovan edwards. 5*s matter at some positions more than others (cornerback and quarterback). again, michigan has done a great job of unearthing talent and developing it. but to continue to be at the top of a now uber competitive big ten (remember, michigan only had two tough games last year, next year they have 5), they will need to do a better job of getting (and paying) top tier talent.

are you just ignoring all i'm saying about development? i've said over and over that michigan's "secret sauce" has been their ability to develop players. and you're ignoring the portal too. osu has made it rain in the portal and pulled in a number of other great players. michigan recruits at a high level. but not the highest level. that was not a problem for the last three years versus osu and last year versus alabama. it was a problem for the previous 20 years.

probably the best you could get for burks.

decline.

michigan has had one top 10 recruiting class since 2020. ohio state has never had anything less than a top 5 class. michigan recruits like penn state and notre dame, not like ohio state, bama, georgia, lsu, and (lately) oregon. like i said, they make up for it with development and coaching. michigan's bball team has been destroyed by an inability to get substantial recruits in the portal and to keep their best players out of the portal. michigan couldnt (wouldnt?) outbid kansas for hunter dickinson. the halcyon days of michigan not paying kids (over the table) to be athletes is over. they need to get with the modern times. if the football team starts to fail, they will. once they wise up and get rid of warde manuel they will. but it will take some time and letting the younger generation of michigan regents/leaders to take over from all the stuffy fuddy duddies like g2. 🙂

the rules are changing. the portal is the wave of the future. and paying those kids in the portal is paramount. michigan has so far declined to go that route. if they continue to do that, they are likely to fall behind. michigan survived because it had one of the best coaches in football who's dream job was to coach them. if moore is a unicorn like harbaugh, maybe it will work? i have my doubts.

there is a significant difference, especially when you add the portal transfers in. michigan has recently been able to make up that difference through development. with harbaugh and half the staff now gone, i dont know if that will continue.

every time ivey plays well it makes monty look stupid.

macdonald didnt recruit either. as long as they have some younger coaches around, that should help with recruiting. the "gm" spot will be very important.

they'e lost half their coaching staff, have a middling recruiting class coming in, and have a killer schedule. their rival spent $13 million accumulating the best players in the portal, have a top class, brought almost everyone back, and get michigan at home. save all your 2023 tapes because i have a feeling this is the high point of michigan football for a while.

i'm surprised the great monte morris only went for a second round pick. we were told for so long how amazing he was and how he was the lynchpin that held the team together and if he were only healthy they'd be so much better. or was that isaiah livers? i get them confused.

alert the local wendys.

if only we actually traded for a young nba player....

they traded kevin knox for an older, slightly better version of kevin knox. and threw in a second round pick and another italian to boot. seems like shuffling the deck chairs on the titanic. sure, the new chair has a more comfy cushion, but youre still on a sinking boat. they've traded bagley, livers, knox, a "prospect" and three second round picks for rhe corpse of danilo galinari, waiver fodder mike muscala, and a 28 year old italian shooter. i wonder if theyre adding him because of his salary to put him in another deal? how many more second round picks can we give up to get salary?

i think the talent will win out in the end. i think the flyers drop. the pens probably catch them. i hope the devils stay hurt. my realistic hope for the wings is the 2nd wild card. i just think the leafs have too much talent up front. lightning too.

devils, pens, and flyers all win tonight. boo.

might as well start a new thread...

dont tell troy.

not tall enough. what's hasheem thabeet doing?

youre calling a deadline trade for the former #2 pick in the draft a huge disappointment? lol.

no ****, kevin pelton. you could have asked most of us at the time and we would have told you that was a ****ty trade. shame it took this long to figure it out.

the nfl salary cap is too complicated for us mere mortals who dont have all the details to figure out. with that said, tater's estimations are way too optimistic.

a court ruled the same way in 2015 with northwestern.