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Message: [QUOTE="RF2044, post: 1747554, member: 40"] When I was in Houston for the F4, I got to hang out with one of my best friends from college who lives there. Said friend is from Michigan originally, and huge U of M supporter / booster. Spike Albrecht actually came up in discussion--not because he was a transfer candidate or even on SU's radar at the time, but rather because I was curious about all of the wacky news stories about him having his scholarship removed by Beilien, etc. My friend's take [as a U of M fan] was that Albrecht suffered the hip injury that required surgery, and never recovered last year. Played on one leg and forced to overcompensate, which caused him to injure his other leg. Spike apparently told the coaches that he was going to hang them up because he couldn't recover physically, so the staff went out and recruited over him. Then, after the season Albrecht changed his mind and wanted to come back. Well, now the scholarship had been used, and the staff was in a bind. So Spike is looking to transfer to exploit the 5th year transfer option. My friend's take is that Spike might be washed up physically. And he feels bad about how things worked out, because Albrecht is kind of a folk hero amongst their fanbase for how he performed in the 2013 final four run. He thinks that the staff probably shouldn't have recruited over him, but by the same token Albrecht told them that he wouldn't be coming back, so he doesn't blame the coaches for moving forward. He thinks it is smart for Albrecht to take this approach, if for no other reason than to get grad school paid for. Why not? But he isn't sure how much the kid has left in the tank. Now, please keep in mind that my friend--while a knowledgeable sports fan who is heavily plugged into U of M and follows it religiously the same way we do SU sports--was only expressing his opinion, based upon the information he knows. None of the above definitely implies that Albrecht really is washed up physically, that he can't recover, etc. I just pass the info along at face value. [/QUOTE]

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