MSU Red Cedar Message Board

i don't know where you read that? we have the higher rated class in ESPN, Rivals, Scout, and 247. not that i care too much about them, but i would gladly take our 4 incoming guys over their guys any day of the week.

Really... 7 pages for Smotbitch?

Yes, I can see Wisconsin unveiling Smot 2.0 next fall, 50 lb's heavier and with a buzzcut.

When I first saw the news of his transfer, this was actually my first thought.

He took a lot of heat for turning the ball over in the final seconds of the ohio game even though he was the only guy on the team who played well. He was visibly upset about it on the sideline, and with things like twitter and Facebook, it's easy for fans to tell him how much he sucks.

Pretty surprising to say the least. Brundidge and Christian...not so much as the 2 combined to play like 30 minutes, if that, this season.

i really hope he goes to another B1G school... and then hits a game winning shot against UM. that would be the biggest FU to them.

They are in real trouble having Smotrycz, Douglass and Novak all leaving, probably their three most reliable 3 point shooters. And yes, Burke was their best player this year, but I think that Novak was probably the most important, they are really going to miss him. Now, if Burke stays, they'll have to ride him all season. He may actually be up to it, but Hardaway, not so much. Novak and Douglass were reliable. With Hardaway and Burke leading the way, you're going to have games where you beat good teams, but your also going to have game where you lose to very bad teams. Take away Novak, Douglass and Smotrycz, and that team could have lost to Penn state if Hardaway was cold, like he is about 50% of the time.

It is kinda strange, Smotrycz was really playing well at the end of the season, hit some big 3-pt shots, and he had some good experience and would have been a leader next year.

Carlton Brundidge played well the few minutes he got to play. I thought he and Person played well together and he would have gotten more minutes next season.

Christian was more of a role player, haven't watched him enough to form an opinion.

I think it hurts UM from a practice time and system experience perspective.

Yea, there is no way this happened because Beiline wanted them gone. Smotrycz was a really important loss, and Brundidge very well could have been a good player in a year or 2. There is something going on with Beiline if you ask me, maybe the players don't like the system, or maybe it's something else, but there is no way this can be seen as a positive for um.

"Ours went off too.",,,,,,,,,,,Notre Dame

Ahhhh facts!!!! No!!!!!!

Strange day... but I don't think there is something going on with Beilein. Just weird set of circumstances. Anytime you lose people from your program it's a loss, but I would stop short of calling Symortcz and Brundidge "really important losses". I have watched every single UofM basketball game except for maybe 2 these past couple of years and Symotrcz is a nice player at times, but far too often he mops around, does not defend, and mentally takes himself out of games if his shot is not falling. That is not too say he could not reach his full potential down the line, but I have my doubts... he is the sole reason we even play a 4 guard lineup too begin with. Kid is just not tough enough out their on a consistent basis too warrant a starting spot or hold on too one for a whole season. Im curious too see how all these changes effect next years team...but one thing I do know is every year for the past 2 seasons people have said Michigan is going too be worse yet they come back better... in 2009 it was the loss of Manny Harris and Deshawn sims that would doom the team. Well, they came back much improved that next year in 2010 and were 1 shot away from a sweet sixteen apperance. This year it was the loss of Darius Morris... the team came back and won a share of the big ten title. The key is Burke... if he leaves it's inevitable that they will be rebuilding next year because we don't have a replacement coming in(Although that could change here soon, but regardless it will be a downgrade at the position). If he stays, I would expect them too come back pretty strong again.

He's actually more of a prototypical Notre Dame player than a Wisky guy. Bo Ryan prefers to mold them out of HS, and ND is a white boy transfer haven. He's also from Mass, so they'll sell him on that Northeast yet Midwest feel thing.