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By: bill

bill — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 02:42:02 +0000

“Beilein makes a comment about alumniâ€¦.Whatâ€™s wrong with alumni coming back to their school? ”

I thought he meant in prison alumni usually come back (once you have been there you a likely to come back “repeat offenders”) Alums come back of their own choice and you want them to come back. If they don’t that’s when you worry. In other words he really wants them to come back.

By: Wolverine

Wolverine — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 23:07:04 +0000

“ATTACTED” should be . . .
Attached!!! Sorry for that typo, it has been a very long day for me (for whatever reason)!

By: Wolverine

Wolverine — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:55:24 +0000

Agree with BenAA and taylor. FWIW and FYI former Basketball players have come back, though. For example I saw Mark Koenig (a bench-warmer during the 1988-89 basketball team a year or two ago at an open gym on a Football Saturday (i.e. before a Michigan home Football game). Also, Jalen Rose and Juwan Howard came back and visited and were one the sidelines for the Michigan vs. Notre Dame Home game in 2005 (it was the day that Raymar Morgan came to visit Michigan [even if we made up a ton of Recruiting ground with him -- it wasn't enough as he obviously went to Michigan State) + Glen Rice was on the Stadium grounds (but not inside because he felt pissed off and/or dissed by Tommy Amaker [I think it had to do with him blowing him off and not taking him seriously for his interest in becoming a member of the coaching staff -- I also think this at a Michigan vs. Notre Dame home game {if it is I am not 110% sure if it was the 2005 one where we hosted Raymar Morgan or not; if not I don't remember what home football game it was then}]) and also I have actually seen players like James Voskuil and Jerod Ward in attendance AS FANS at Michigan Men’s Basketball homegames @Crisler Arena (and these instances had nothing to do with any kind of formal honoring ceremony [in other words it wasn't due to any special kind of theme, ceremony, event , etc.]). Oh, I almost forgot. Jimmy King and Ray Jackson have come back many times (even going back to Amaker’s early seasons/tenure) + Jimmy King was at the open gym session for the 2005 Notre Dame vs. Michigan Football home game!!! I guess the reason why I going at lengths to explain all of this is that contrary to popular belief, opinion, etc. (and to what the Mass Media covering Michigan Athletics spew out) Michigan Basketball players, as Alumni DO CARE ABOUT THE BASKETBALL PROGRAM ^AND^ HAVE COME BACK TO VISIT MICHIGAN (WHETHER @CRISLER ARENA, HOME FOOTBALL GAMES, ETC.) COLLECTIVELY AND AS INDIVIDUALS!!!! IN OTHER WORDS, DISREGARD THE MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF MISINFORMATION, DISINFORMATION, MYTHS THAT ARE ANTI-MICHGIAN BASKETBALL (AND USUALLY PROMOTED AND SPEWED OUT BY THOSE CLASS OF “FANS” [****AND I USE THAT TERM ^^^^EXTREMELY LOOSELY^^^^**** -- ESPECIALLY WHEN THE WORD "SPORT" IS ATTACTED TO THE LEFT OF IT!!!!] WHO UTTERLY HATE, DESPISE, AND FOR WHATEVER REASON DISCRIMINATE, DEFACATE, [WANT TO] URINATE ON MICHIGAN MEN’S BASKETBALL AT ANY POSSIBLE CHANCE THEY CAN GET — WHO ARE 1–”SPORT”-FANS SUPPOSEDLY IN REGARDS TO MICHIGAN FOOTBALL: I’LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT . . . FOR NOW)!!!! Sorry for the long-winded response (I know, what else is new???!!!!). Anyways I read the article myself and he actually is visiting Michigan Alumni component associations in City/Town–’X’ when Michigan Men’s Basketball is playing a Road/Neutral-Site game away at City/Town–’X’ (the Washington D.C. Michigan Alumni component Association when Michigan played Georgetown @Georgetown last season is a good example of that) — which is HUGE AND GOOD STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION FROM A P.R. STANDPOINT, NOT TO MENTION WITH RESPECT TO ACTUALLY PROMOTING MICHIGAN MEN’S BASKETBALL (AS A TEAM AND AS A PROGRAM)!!!! PEACE.

p.s. I have gone to 90-99% of all Michigan Men’s Basketball Home games since the 1986-87 Basketball season!!!!

By: BenAA

BenAA — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:42:15 +0000

Kevin don’t read anything into that. As Taylor points out, it is obviously a joke.

Beilein is a great speaker and is doing great things in the community.

“Failure is a fertilizer for growth, so we have to embrace failureâ€ is a fantastically true statement. Well put, John.

By: taylor

taylor — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:06:57 +0000

good chance it was just a joke

By: Dylan

Dylan — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:31:04 +0000

I think he might be saying that as a basketball purist. That the basketball and the basketball alone is the part he enjoys most about the job.

Does come off a little odd though.

By: Kevin In GR

Kevin In GR — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:36:21 +0000

Beilein makes a comment about alumni….What’s wrong with alumni coming back to their school? NFL players often do it in football during their “bye” weeks…Also, having alumni come back helps with tradition too. Maybe there’s something I just don’t know about alumni coming back to their schools and what he meant by the comment!