Actually, I now think they already knew.
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Me too, Bob! Me too!
Celebrities can charge x amount of $$$ to record a personalized video message at the customerâs request.
So hypothetically, Rob Gray could pay $20 for a video of Jordan Poole saying âsorry I hit that buzzer beater last yearâ
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Itâs a little video presentation in which he gives a âshout outâ to someone on their birthday, graduation, or just whatever. My understanding itâs just Jordan talking and saying something like, âHey, Jordan Poole here, hope your birthday is an outstanding oneâ or something along those lines. Like a little cameo performance. Twenty bucks, thank you very much!
I understand he actually did! Nah. Maybe he could do a little cameo to Michiganâs fans and say, âYep, I really am outa here!â Frankly, I wouldnât pay twenty bucks, for that though!
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I hope that Jordan gets what he wants out of basketball. It seems like the potential is there to do well, but he has a long way to go to reach that potential. I think the best way to describe his game while at Michigan is âimmatureâ. It would have been fun to watch him make strides towards his potential during another year in college, but whatever.
For me, I hope this all means that Iâll scream at my TV a lot less than I did last season.
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A parting of ways might be best for both sides. Iâll always think though about what he could have been as a junior under another year of coaching. The best case scenario would have been awesome.
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Pretty sure the staff was already cognizant of Pooleâs plans.
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The staff hasnât been surprised by anything. And wonât be going forward.
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Interesting thought but Brooks only getting 12.9 minutes and McQuaid at 32 minutes per game how can the two possibly be compared?
I was comparing them physically. Eli has limitations being a 6â1" 2 that McQuaid does not because he is 6â5". I donât think Eli getting more minutes is going to make him grow four inches. I could be wrong as I have not done thorough research into minutes played and growth spurts, but I highly doubt they correlate.
No matter the minutes McQuaid played, he was always at least a 35% three point shooter. For his career he was 41%, 35%, 39%, and 42%. Career average of 39.5%. Eli has yet to shoot over 30% for a season. For his career, he is at 27% from three.
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Itâs interesting to me that people are even comparing Eli and Matt McQuaid at all. Here we go with HS rankings again, but Matt finished his HS career as a high four star ranked about 70th on 247. Eli finished his HS career as a three star ranked about 240th.
Eli had a great career in high school and was almost a cult hero in his hometown. He is a great kid who, I think, will make valuable contributions. I am quite sure Coach B saw him as a somewhat lower ranked kid who he could develop. I believe he saw Eli as a combo guard who could play both the one and the two. I think he can do that and has, though many on here believe he hasnât done it as well as THEY would like him to, or as well as they think he should.
I will say, as I have before, Eli hasnât seemed to quite find it, yet. Though there have been flashes. But, again, there always had to be a level of development in order for Eli to be what Coach B envisioned. Probably starting at the point a bit, as he did his freshman year, created expectations that he wasnât yet ready to fulfill. Perhaps Eli hasnât consistently found it yet, but I have faith in the young man and in Coach Bâs skills at helping players to develop.
Mat McQuaid was a highly ranked two guard coming out of HS. He was a recruit I wanted at Michigan. He shot it very well in HS and AAU ball, and I thought heâd be an excellent two guard for us. He chose State. Heâs had a good career and a breakout senior season. He is also, as has been pointed out, 6â5 as opposed to Eliâs 6â1.
Truth be told, I just donât understand why folks want to compare a 6â5 sniper who was a pretty high four star and EASILY a top 100 recruit with a 6â1 combo who was an average ish three star ranked about 240th coming out of HS.
Letâs just let Eli be Eli and hope that while he hasnât, to the satisfaction of some Michigan fans, found it âyetâ he has only just finished his sophomore year, and there will be continued development. He just hasnât finished developingâŚyet. In my opinion, it really isnât fair to compare him to a young man who was a much higher ranked recruit and who has now finished a very good college basketball career. Again, just my thoughts.
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Anyone counting out Eli Brooks as playing a lot of minutes next season will be mistaken. JB leans on his upper class and Brooks has shown he can play effective defense which no in coming freshman or transfer has at this level. The only question is where are most of his minute coming from the 1 or 2.
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I would say that most of Brooksâ minutes are almost definitively coming at the two. With Simpson on the roster, there are about 5 minutes per game max available at the 1.
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Your most likely/definitely right but here is where we need JBâs player development to come through. As of right now there is a road map that MSU and TTech has shown on how to play Simpson. Simpson is going to have to improve and take the open three and improve his intermeidate game in the lane. Also Brooks or DeJulius will have to step up in hitting shots also. It can happen and we have seen it. I never thought MAAR would become the player he was at Mich. I will enjoy seeing how this unfold.
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I think this point is kind of overrated. Nobody is copying what Texas Tech did. What Texas Tech did wasnât a strategy, it was how Texas Tech played. Thereâs a reason that no one else can copy it. Otherwise everyone would have the best defense in the country.
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Dot⌠without going deep, was part of either guy leaving issues with other players and team/staff? I.e. Did this team battle a bit of internal chemistry issues that limited its ceiling this year?
If so, do we expect issues to linger or be eliminated when looking towards next year? Obviously speculation as we still have to add pieces
Yes Texas Tech had a great overall defense but MSU I think frustrated Simpson every game this past season even though the team had its chances. Other teams will look to emulate what frustrated Simpson as its was no secret as he went so went Mich. Mich needs other play makers to step up.
agree here, i think we need to find others who can PnR together⌠Poole/Livers (both can shoot the three) two man game could have worked, but you would need simpson/teske off the floor. luckily not many athletic 4s like tillman that can blow up the offense, but until simpson can hit a pull up three (not happening, but dejulius?) or teske becomes a better shooter, the blue print to slow down that part of the O is there
I would have liked that combo when Simpson took a rest and Brooks was in the game.
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