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WolverineMike said:
as for Spike, I read an article the other day where he and his family said they understood the restrictions and were fine with it and were grateful for what JB had done for them at UM. Where is the backlash coming from?
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That's called "taking the high road" in public. I get that that's a foreign concept to you guys, what with that clown HC in AA to whom you all look up.
 
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WolverineMike said:
as for Spike, I read an article the other day where he and his family said they understood the restrictions and were fine with it and were grateful for what JB had done for them at UM. Where is the backlash coming from?
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1) Spike has always been a classy kid, so it's no surprise that his family would take the high road. That doesn't mean they're thrilled about being dumped and still bossed around.

2) The principle of the topic doesn't require a particular emotion from the player to register in an ethical debate.
 
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jwinslow said:
1) Spike has always been a classy kid, so it's no surprise that his family would take the high road. That doesn't mean they're thrilled about being dumped and still bossed around.

2) The principle of the topic doesn't require a particular emotion from the player to register in an ethical debate.
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Yep. What Beilein did was reprehensible. Throwing a kid out the door and at the same time trying to control where he could go. Absolutely no way to defend it. And, he gets no credit for walking it back after getting hammered in the press and social media.
 
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jwinslow said:
1) Spike has always been a classy kid, so it's no surprise that his family would take the high road. That doesn't mean they're thrilled about being dumped and still bossed around.

2) The principle of the topic doesn't require a particular emotion from the player to register in an ethical debate.
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I get that. And it's a stupid policy to begin with. I agree. Was just curious if something had happened in the last day or two since Spike knew about the restrictions for months since he retired from bball.
 
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WolverineMike said:
I get that. And it's a stupid policy to begin with. I agree. Was just curious if something had happened in the last day or two since Spike knew about the restrictions for months since he retired from bball.
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Yes, he said some really stupid stuff to Pat Forde, who published the ugliness on Wednesday and set off a firestorm. Surely you've seen this linked on your michigan sites, like on mgoblog

"Height of Hypocrisy: Michigan Limiting Spike Albrecht's Transfer Options"

Beilein said:
“There are 334 other schools he can go to,” Beilein told Yahoo Sports on Wednesday, almost getting the math right on 351 minus the other 13 Big Ten members. “He has a lot of choices.”
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“Having a kid sit out a year is not like going to jail,” he said. “It’s a slippery slope. I want what’s best for Spike but also what’s best for our program. You train a guy and develop him for four years and suddenly he’s the starting point guard at Michigan State?”
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ChuckAlbrecht said:
"There’s certain schools in the Big Ten he’d never consider and others he might, I don’t know. If they’re worried about Spike – I think they’ve got bigger problems. But we do respect Michigan and the program, so Spike doesn’t want to cause problems.”
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As we said, they're classy people, but the undertone is there.
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But neither does Chuck Albrecht want to take this lying down.

Spike is the second of three college basketball players in the family, and the Albrechts have spent a ton of time and money traveling to watch them play. Chuck is on his third car in the past four years, and estimates he’s been driving 50,000 miles a year during that span.

“We try to never miss,” he said. “Usually I go one way and my wife goes another. But we’re Midwesterners; if Spike goes to California or something, we’re not going to see him play.”
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Yet here in the real world, a player who will have a degree – and who has already been told he’s not going to have a scholarship in 2016-17 – is still having his future controlled and curtailed by the college. It’s wrong. And at Michigan, where the 2015 starting quarterback was a Hawkeye in 2014, it’s also hypocritical.
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WolverineMike said:
Spike can also appeal to the B1G if he wants to transfer to another B1G school. That's what Bielfeldt did last year. The restrictions on transferring within the B1G are B1G policies, aren't they?
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It's on the school. Edit: looking for confirmation of this, but I believe the B1G gets involved after the release is given.
 
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colobuck79 said:
Yep. What Beilein did was reprehensible. Throwing a kid out the door and at the same time trying to control where he could go. Absolutely no way to defend it. And, he gets no credit for walking it back after getting hammered in the press and social media.
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I disagree. Albrecht had four years of college paid for, which is all he had any right to expect.
 
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MaxBuck said:
I disagree. Albrecht had four years of college paid for, which is all he had any right to expect.
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There are two issues here: (1) whether he had a right to expect to be invited back to Michigan's team and (2) whether he has a right to transfer to wherever the hell he wants to go after Michigan tosses him aside. Are you really suggesting that he has no right to expect Michigan to let him decide where he wants to go, after they decide they don't want him anymore?
 
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jwinslow said:
It's on the school. Edit: looking for confirmation of this, but I believe the B1G gets involved after the release is given.
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I was told that it is a B1G policy, but it's up to each University if they want it enforced. So I think we're both right. Seems like a lot of unneeded drama for a backup point guard.


Good luck to him. I was shocked he was transferring to begin with. Last I heard he had retired because of injury and the double hip surgery. Hat's off to him if he can get another season out them hips.
 
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