Derrick Walton to UM
by msuduster on Aug 1, 2011 9:04 PM CDT
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@DerrickWalton10 Derrick Walton MICHIGAN BOUND!!!!!!!!!
Congrats to UM on getting what was one of the top 3 PG's in Michigan for the class of 2013.
I think the writing was on the wall with Walton, and it probably was obvious when he took a visit to MSU and there was a disconnect about whether or not Izzo offered him. Something about that visit went sideways, and whether Izzo offered then, offered later, or didn't offer at all, we may not know unless Walton says something about it.
Either way it's a big time get for Beilein.
This probably has to be one of Beilein's most athletic teams ever right? With Walton, GRIII, Irvin, etc. the future for UM over the next 3 years looks to be pretty good. I'm looking forward to some fun games over the next few years.
They're now full for 2013, someone please post if that's wrong.
For MSU it's not the end of the world. It's my personal belief, based on speculation, that MSU really wants Monte Morris. If Morris goes to Syracuse then convert someone like Dwaun Anderson / Denzel Valentine into a stop gap PG for a year until 2014.
I do love all the UM fans saying that they're now the king of the state. A decade of MSU curbstomping has been eradicated by 2 regular season wins and one good recruiting class. Can we play the underdog card the next time we play???
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We didn't...
…want him, we didn’t really offer him, he wasn’t good enough for us anyway.
Oh, wait, I’m not a Michigan football fan writing a comment on the Freep. Good get for Beilein of the kid I kinda favored for MSU out of the 2013 point guards. Granted I know crap about recruiting other than want that international privateer fellow posts here, but he looks like a good player. Hope he has a good career, except for eight games.
You forgot
He wasn’t academically qualified. Its either we didn’t want him or he couldn’t get in to UM. And yet neither MSU or UM take partial qualifiers.
by That Guy Green on Aug 3, 2011 9:37 AM CDT up reply actions
Aaron Burbrudge
That was the first thing I heard from a friend’s mouth on his signing. I had not even heard that he had signed yet but he quickly told me that he wasn’t Michigan material. I am glad not all UM fans are this mindless. I still owe a large thanks to sullivti for his pots and gracious wishes.
by G&W - The Only Way on Aug 3, 2011 9:06 PM CDT up reply actions
PG Dominoes falling early
Unfortunately Coach Izzo has to play this slow and careful with there being only 2 maybe 1 scholarships available.
I feel like he might pass on a PG in ’13 and re-up in ’14, maybe the kid from Minny.
Unlikely that a freshman will get minutes and PF/C is a more pressing need.
There will be plenty of ball handlers on the team.
"the game is out there, and it's play or get played. That simple" - Omar
re: Monte Morris
I haven’t heard anything about MSU looking at him seriously. If (big "if’) MSU continues to pursue a 2013 point guard, it appears Demetrius Jackson is next in line. All this could change quickly but I haven’t seen or heard much to suggest that Monte Morris is going to be a Spartan, nor Cha Cha Tucker for that matter. MSU was looking at Walton first but that ship has now sailed.
"And how much are intangibles worth? 10%? 20%?" - kj@theonlycolors
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