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jwinslow;1450378; said:
Yeah, I do enjoy the tangents he goes off on. Definately amusing. :tongue2:
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brutus2002
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If he only has 1 year of eligibility then what are they expecting???? I mean waste your time having this guy come in and be nothing more than a back-up...I'm not the one who believes Tate is going to be their saving grace...Michigan fans do. So if RR doesn't see Paulus as a starter then why have him come in? That makes no sense...unless expect him to be their savior. They have Robinson coming in this fall, Sheridan, Cone, Tate, Paulus, and Gradner next year. Thats 6 scholarship QB's...you don't waste a scholarship on a guy that has only 1 year eligibility with a defense as bad as theirs unless you expect big things...hell you can waste a scholarship on another guy to sit the bench you don't need Paulus for that. Hopefully RR is stupid enough to waste another schoalrship...I'm starting to like RR for some reason
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Have you seen Tate Forcier's frame?
No, but you are the one who updates us on the "loss" of Austin Gray :p
An actual QB prospect in skill and size, yeah, I can't imagine why he'd want one of those.
Paulus has ONE year left, as has been posted about four hundred times in this thread.
UM often "doesn't invite" 4th year junior benchwarmers to return for a 5th season. Cone would seem like a likely candidate there, with 09 being his rs junior season. Nick Sheridan is also a 4th year junior this year, though they could be a bit more loyal to their former starter.
When neither of them is above 175 lbs, you do. Sorry, but your argument makes no sense...
If Tate sucks like you expect, or simply gets hurt, then it's pretty obvious why you'd want another QB even if he's just average. There are options beyond your extremes.
Who else would be using that scholarship, brutus? A walkon rewarded for one season?
Paulus is essentially a juco with one year left. As long as he doesn't upset the Forciers (who all want to be at UM apparently), I don't see the problem with it. I see the humor in it, particularly with the dislike for Paulus, and signing someone that far removed from football... but the QB depth chart is pretty scary right now.
Down the stretch this spring, they didn't have a second QB that was competent at throwing the ball. Paulus may be too rusty to be much of an asset, but unlike Cone & Forcier, he actually has the tools of a D1 QB. Paulus is going to be capable of throwing the ball beyond 10 yards on a rollout, something neither Cone or Sheridan can do (at least not consistently). Cone was rolling out right in the spring game, eyeing a target 15 yards downfield, and regularly putting it in the dirt about 3-5 yards short.
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There's two completely separate topics here:
1) Taking a rusty, fan-hated former bballer for 1 season.
2) Whether Paulus has to be a savior to justify taking him.
#1 might seem incredible, but that's the fragile state of their depth chart. They are not nearly good enough to justify your standard in #2. In a year or two, they wouldn't consider this (with 3-4 young dual threats, plus any '10 recruits), but if nothing else, they need a #2 qb capable of throwing at a MAC-conference level.
1) Taking a rusty, fan-hated former bballer for 1 season.
2) Whether Paulus has to be a savior to justify taking him.
#1 might seem incredible, but that's the fragile state of their depth chart. They are not nearly good enough to justify your standard in #2. In a year or two, they wouldn't consider this (with 3-4 young dual threats, plus any '10 recruits), but if nothing else, they need a #2 qb capable of throwing at a MAC-conference level.
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t_BuckeyeScott
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I didn't know one way or another, however I did suspect that if Rodriguez was looking into it they had some idea whether the transfer was allowed.Once again I see you contributing to the board with an astounding post.
I guessed you missed jwins' post where he cited an article that nixed the test rule which had allowed graduate transfers to play immediately and not have to be subject to the "sit out one year" requirement. Now, BKB stated "But, more to the point, in the Paulus case, it doesn't matter because Paulus - a graduate of Duke (I'm assuming he has, or will graduate before attending Michigan, I can't say I know for a fact this is the case) - is NOT a transfer student.", but in the eyes of that previous rule he's a "graduate transfer", and thus subject to transfer restrictions.
After quotes of NCAA rules (which those cited may or may not be out of date) and other posts, it's still not clear whether or not Paulus can indeed play one year of football at a school immediately after playing four years of basketball at another.
Being the omnipresent Einstein that you are, why don't you enlighten us with your almighty wisdom? You really could've saved us all a lot of time and research had you simply stated your vast cosmic knowledge of all.
It's not whether you were right or wrong, Mili. We all have the right to be wrong. I, in fact, am good at it. The commentary was more about your delivery. Your post definitively states that Paulus won't be allowed to play football in college as if you were the President of the NCAA or knew the bylaws by heart. Clearly, though there is doubt about his eligibility.
I believe its posts like this that create enemies on this board for you. I personally don't have a problem with you.
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zincfinger
Gert Frobe-approved
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Are you confusing Paulus with Powlus, or is there some Paulus vs. OSU connection I wasn't aware of?smithlabs;1450366; said:
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To set aside my relentless UM bashing for a moment and engage in serious discussion I think Paulus is a perfect fit for UM and could contribute greatly in a one-and-done scenario.
He has many of the attributes of Rex Kern and what he does as a point guard on the BBall court is not totally lost in a read option - i.e. making split second decisions about what to do with the ball while digesting the movement of multiple moving bodies. Granted Kern had a year to learn as a Frosh, but he also lead his team to the NC in his first year actually playing.
Ideally he would have been in AA this spring, but many of the reads he needs to learn are not as complex as reading the secondary in a traditional attack.
All that said - and to return to my preferred persona - Paulus would not be a viable option for any program that had some semblance of stability at the QB position and (if in fact UM is after him) it is a sign of desperation. It is not a step towards long term stability of the program.
He has many of the attributes of Rex Kern and what he does as a point guard on the BBall court is not totally lost in a read option - i.e. making split second decisions about what to do with the ball while digesting the movement of multiple moving bodies. Granted Kern had a year to learn as a Frosh, but he also lead his team to the NC in his first year actually playing.
Ideally he would have been in AA this spring, but many of the reads he needs to learn are not as complex as reading the secondary in a traditional attack.
All that said - and to return to my preferred persona - Paulus would not be a viable option for any program that had some semblance of stability at the QB position and (if in fact UM is after him) it is a sign of desperation. It is not a step towards long term stability of the program.
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Sportsbuck28
Here comes the BOOM
There's a huge difference between playing quarterback in football and playing poing guard in basketball. Granted you have to be able to make lightning quick decisions, but in basketball you don't exactly have 6-5 320 pounders that are going to beat the shit out of you if you don't decide fast enough.Oh8ch;1450506; said:
I'll take the position that a guy that hasn't played a down of football in four years, that didn't have spring practice to help get acclimated, will be a complete and utter failure.
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xcrunner
Hall of Fame
It'd actually be a good pickup for scUM in my opinion... No loss (scholarship would have gone to a walk-on), and he'll probably be 3rd string behind Tater and Robinson. Those two both have a HIGH chance of getting injured (as we all know), so by the end of the season UM will be in trouble. By that point theoretically Teabag will have remember how to play QB and he can be useful to them.
That being said, it's unbelievably hilarious that this is what they resort to.
That being said, it's unbelievably hilarious that this is what they resort to.
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I will certainly concede the differences between the two sports. But remember that Fred Taylor was recruiting Kern before Woody. Paulus was one of the top rated QBs in his class before choosing basketball and the opinion of his capabilities on this board was quite different at the time when we were rumored to be among his leaders.
That said - Michigan sucks and RR is an ass.
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Did Rex Kern skip football during high school?
I think Paulus was a player. Whether he can overcome 4 years for a 3 month career is another story, especially with only August to learn the playbook.
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buckeyeintn
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Sportsbuck28;1450510; said:
And the fact that scUM could actually be depending on someone like that is what makes this thread so enjoyable.
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