Comments on: Game 2: Houston Baptist at Michigan Preview

By: JayRich

JayRich — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:39:56 +0000

Dylan, I agree. Sorry to anyone I offended or who simply didn’t understand the point of the comments. Go Blue!

By: Dylan

Dylan — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:35:21 +0000

This race, recruiting, talent, athleticism, basketball IQ, white, black, argument has been played out. Not to mention it’s basically been eliminated by Beilein’s recruiting.

Let’s let it die guys.

By: Erik

Erik — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:31:56 +0000

JayRich Im looking specifically at your post where you said Beilein prefers “white shooters to black athletes”. I am sorry but race does not belong in that statement unless you are trying to imply Beilein is racist. It really is the ONLY way you can take your comment. As I said, Beilein prefers SHOOTERS with good basketball IQ. Race is irrelevant. Note I’m not calling anyone racist, just trying to get you to understand that your comment implies something about Beilein that is untrue, whether it was intentional or not. Maybe you just need to word it differently.

By: JayRich

JayRich — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:06:21 +0000

lol…this just turned comical…In my opinion. no one implied racism by beilein. More of the skill set of some players can be generalized to a race. If that’s racist, so be it…it’s also true. I don’t think the population black players at high levels of basketball is 12% either….lol. Some people just will never understand this conversation because they automatically assume when race is brought up….everybody involved is racist or non-racist. Never should have brought it up…my bad

By: ToBlav

ToBlav — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:28:33 +0000

Who cares what skin color the players have? Nine players on scholarships right now were brought into the program without Tommy Amakers influence. Five are white four are black. Two of three verbal commitments for the next two years are black. Totals six and six. With a population that’s only what? maybe 12% black it seems he must flavor the blacks. The true is he doesn’t care, niether do I and niether should anyone else.

By: Erik

Erik — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:08:28 +0000

I think it’s unfair to say beilein only recruits white guys. That is basically implying that he’s racist which is untrue. I think the more accurate thing to say is that Beilein values tall lanky shooters. It just happens that most of these tall shooters are white. It’s not his fault that this seems to be the trend. But those are the guys for his system. If vogrich or smotz were black thereis no doubt in my mind Beilein would sign them too.

By: Matt

Matt — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:59:25 +0000

Well ZRL, you know more than I do. I’m gonna throw names out there and you tell me if these are good comparisons skill-wise. Curtis Sumpter, Robbie Hummel, Tyler Smith, Gordon Hayward, a young Tayshaun Prince.

By: Dylan

Dylan — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:36:16 +0000

Hey guys, sorry for the delay on the post-game. OSU Weekend… I’ll have something up today sometime.

By: ZRL

ZRL — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:14:05 +0000

Sorry, but Evan Smote is nothing like Joe Alexander. Alexander is an athletic freak who could jump out of the building but was very raw heading into college. Evan, on the other hand, has okay athleticism but is highly skilled and has great ball-handling, passing, and shooting for a big man. The only thing Alexander and Smote have in common is their height, the coach they committed to, and their skin color, and any comparison of the two is based solely on these three factors.

By: maxwell's demon

maxwell's demon — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:05:52 +0000

how bad will our post play be next year…