Some perspective:

Season	Coach	Overall W-L	Home W-L	Road W-L	Neutral W-L	Conf W-L	Rank	RPI	Prestige	Notes
40	colorblind79	20-13	12-2	6-9	2-2	9-7		30	A+	PI (Championship Game)
39	colorblind79	29-4	13-1	10-2	6-1	15-1	2	3	A	Conf Champion CT Champion NT (Elite 8)
38	colorblind79	22-9	10-3	8-5	4-1	12-4	14	18	A-	Conf Champion CT Champion NT (2nd Round)
37	colorblind79	19-10	10-1	8-7	1-2	12-4		45	A-	Conf Champion NT At-large Bid NT (1st Round)
36	colorblind79	11-16	4-7	7-8	0-1	7-9		114	A-
35	colorblind79	23-11	9-4	8-5	6-2	12-4	4	16	A	Conf Champion NT At-large Bid NT (Final Four)
34	colorblind79	16-12	12-3	4-8	0-1	10-6		89	A-	PI (1st Round)
33	colorblind79	17-14	11-5	5-8	1-1	8-8		69	A-	PI (3rd Round)
32	colorblind79	15-13	11-6	4-6	0-1	9-7		70	A	PI (1st Round)
31	colorblind79	30-4	13-0	10-3	7-1	13-3	3	3	A	Conf Champion CT Champion NT (Final Four)
30	colorblind79	19-9	13-2	6-5	0-2	11-5		43	B	NT At-large Bid NT (1st Round)
29	colorblind79	10-17	7-8	3-8	0-1	5-11		125	B-
28	colorblind79	13-16	9-8	2-7	2-1	4-12		168	B-
27	dherz_263	3-24	2-12	1-11	0-1	2-14		288	B-

crap...

Source	Headline	Date
CollegiateInsider.com	Michigan St. announces Junior Shooting Guard John Childs will forgo his college eligibility to enter the NBA draft.	12/10 03:52 AM
WIS NewsWire	Michigan St. or NBA? Edwin Skrzypinski leaving for the NBA	12/10 03:02 AM

The team is already at an A+ prestige, so there is absolutely no benefit to them getting drafted.

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From:Corey Napier To:Coach colorblind79 Subject:Expectations Sent:12/10/2009 2:59AM

I know it was a bit of a down year compared to prior years but hey, every program needs to rebuild at some point. Both James Taylor and myself know that you are the right person for this program and we're still behind you! Corey Napier Athletics Director

Quote: Originally Posted By colorblind79 on 7/20/2009

John Childs
SG|6'1"|183 lbs.|2.6 GPA
Athens Area HS|Athens, MI

SG

749

Athleticism 68 Speed 80 Rebounding 29 Defense 70 Shot Blocking 12 Low-post 16 Perimeter 79 Ball Handling 85 Passing 81 Work Ethic 47 Stamina 88 Durability 94 Previous Season Stats GP MPG PPG RPG FG% FG3% FT% APG SPG BPG 32 27 14.6 2.7 35.2 58.0 67.9 3.5 1.4 0.7

Potential

	Current Rating	Potential			Current Rating	Potential
Athleticism	68	High		Perimeter	79	High
Speed	80	Average		Ball Handling	85	Average
Rebounding	29	Average		Passing	81	Average
Defense	70	Average		Stamina	88	Average
Shot Blocking	12	Low		Durability	94	Low
Low-post	16	Low		FT Shooting		Low

#7 SG, #23 Overall, *****; no promises. John Childs is very good prospect. I expect that the only areas in which he might be limited would be defense and FT shooting, and neither will be bad. I think he looks like a fairly probable NBA player

Childs is leaving us early, which sucks, because we were pretty short manned this year and would've had the chance to rectify that next season. He was the team's primary scorer this season and will be deeply missed.

Yr.	GP	GS	MIN	FG%	FG3%	FT%	OREB	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
40	33	33	28.2	.403	.382	.629	0.5	2.7	2.6	2.3	1.5	0.1	1.9	12.1
39	33	0	17.8	.467	.317	.644	0.5	2.1	1.8	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.2	5.4
38	30	0	11.7	.361	.229	.500	0.3	1.0	1.2	0.9	0.2	0.0	0.7	2.0
Averages				.415	.352	.620	0.4	2.0	1.9	1.4	0.9	0.1	1.3	6.6

Yr.	GP	GS	MIN	FGM	FGA	FG3M	FG3A	FTM	FTA	OFF	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
40	33	33	929	140	347	81	212	39	62	17	89	85	75	50	4	62	400
39	33	0	587	64	137	20	63	29	45	16	70	58	34	32	0	41	177
38	30	0	351	22	61	8	35	7	14	9	30	37	27	7	1	22	59
Totals	96	33	1867	226	545	109	310	75	121	42	189	180	136	89	5	125	636

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No awards, no records.

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49.

Toronto Raptors

John Childs 6'2", 183 SG - Michigan State University / Junior

In reality, he never should have declared early for that kind of draft position (I suppose it may happen on occasion, anyways, for personal reasons). It's just a shame that this is such a regular occurrence in HD.

Quote: Originally Posted By colorblind79 on 7/21/2009

Edwin Skrzypinski
PF|6'8"|232 lbs.|2.8 GPA
Western HS|Parma, MI

PF

698

Athleticism 50 Speed 53 Rebounding 80 Defense 88 Shot Blocking 73 Low-post 80 Perimeter 43 Ball Handling 24 Passing 39 Work Ethic 47 Stamina 68 Durability 53 Previous Season Stats GP MPG PPG RPG FG% FG3% FT% APG SPG BPG 27 26 19.4 6.5 60.6 24.1 66.7 0.5 1.4 2.7 Potential Current Rating Potential Current Rating Potential Athleticism 50 High Perimeter 43 Average Speed 53 Average Ball Handling 24 Low Rebounding 80 Average Passing 39 Average Defense 88 Average Stamina 68 High Shot Blocking 73 High Durability 53 High Low-post 80 Average FT Shooting Average #6 PF, #10 Overall, *****; guaranteed 10 minutes. I'll probably get used to writing that name after a while, but Edwin Skrzypinski, Mr. Michigan, is the star of the class. He has no areas of weakness - bottoming out at mediocrity in a few parts. He should be good on offense, defense, and rebounding, and not awful at FT shooting and passing. Really, a very nice prospect. If he doesn't make the pros, I'll be quite surprised.

I never did get used to typing his name. Anyways, this guy will be very missed, too. We are losing our two best players, by far. He wasn't as productive as he could've been, but that doesn't matter much with the draft in HD.

Yr.	GP	GS	MIN	FG%	FG3%	FT%	OREB	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
40	33	33	25.4	.435		.638	1.9	5.1	0.5	1.4	1.0	0.9	2.0	9.2
39	33	0	15.0	.320		.607	1.1	3.1	0.1	0.7	0.7	0.7	1.3	2.4
38	31	0	14.1	.433		.571	0.7	3.2	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.6	1.0	2.4
Averages				.410		.618	1.2	3.8	0.3	0.9	0.8	0.7	1.4	4.7

Yr.	GP	GS	MIN	FGM	FGA	FG3M	FG3A	FTM	FTA	OFF	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
40	33	33	837	127	292	0	0	51	80	63	169	15	45	34	30	66	305
39	33	0	494	31	97	0	0	17	28	36	102	3	23	23	23	44	79
38	31	0	438	29	67	0	0	16	28	21	99	14	18	16	18	30	74
Totals	97	33	1769	187	456	0	0	84	136	120	370	32	86	73	71	140	458

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No awards, no records.

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55.

New York Knicks

Edwin Skrzypinski 6'8", 232 PF - Michigan State University / Junior

In reality, he never should have declared early for that kind of draft position (I suppose it may happen on occasion, anyways, for personal reasons). It's just a shame that this is such a regular occurrence in HD.

Pre-Recruiting, Season 41:

Name	Yr.	Pos.	A	SPD	REB	DE	BLK	LP	PE	BH	P	WE	ST	DU	FT	TOT
Colin Libby	Sr.	PG	69	99	24	95	15	7	49	99	99	63	93	76	C+	788
Mark McCausland	So.	PG	59	94	13	93	13	6	65	78	92	70	87	61	A-	731
Gary Peterkin	Sr.	SF	86	78	83	99	45	75	60	42	62	68	84	67	C	849
James Buchanan	So.	SF	58	65	55	70	39	57	61	59	64	49	74	53	C-	704
Gerald Branson	Jr.	PF	85	73	94	74	94	78	26	31	20	55	75	32	C+	737
John Robillard	Jr.	PF	77	70	92	91	97	80	15	39	27	51	75	32	C	746
Michael Carey	So.	C	74	49	96	96	90	96	20	20	38	43	70	94	D+	786
Averages	-	-	73	75	65	88	56	57	42	53	57	57	80	59	-	763

#20 PG, #90 overall, ****; no promises. The limiting factors for Olsen will be his athleticism and potentially his defense. He will be at least a quality backup for the Spartans. The athleticism issue is a fairly large one for the Press, however.

#1 SG, #9 overall, *****; promised 10 minutes. The prize of the class - a well rounded player in a position of need, who is already polished but also has room to grow. About as close to a surefire NBA player as they come.

#12 SG, #74 Overall, ****; no promises. We had to beat Butler, a C+ team, for his services. He'll be a good reserve, spark off the bench guy; he'll preferably never breach the starting line, due to his defensive rating/potential.

			Name	Pos	Pos Rank	Rating	Eligible Years	Miles	Location	Budget Spent	Notes	SPAN
				Howard Henry	PF	31	674	4	180	Chicago, IL	$30,953	Signed
				Travis Campbell	SG	12	665	4	190	Richton Park, IL	$19,448	Signed
				Eugene Hoffman	SG	1	730	4	280	Marietta, OH	$15,211	Signed
				Reginald Olson	PG	20	653	4	200	Cheboygan, MI	$11,995	Signed
				Gustavo Gallo	PF		724	4	4660	Benedetto, Italy	$11,275	Signed with Alabama
				Calvin Richardson	PF	28	708	4	80	Detroit, MI	$4,707	Signed
				Patrick Griffin	PG	1	745	2	210	Kankakee, IL	$0	Signed with Northwestern

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Well, I have to say that I think this was a pretty good class. Hoffman is a true star, and the other signees should be worthy 2nd teamers, at least. Depending on the ceiling on some of the high potential areas, for everyone else, we could have some very solid Big Ten starters.

Overall Grade: A-minus

The thing is, I think this was the best that this recruiting class could've been this year, barring a crazy signing like the #1 Overall player, a SF, who went to Kansas, and who was closer to Kansas than to MSU, and so wasn't an actual possibility even though he was in Illinois.

I don't think the team is going to start off the season very well. I think that they'll probably be something like 8-8 before the new kids start to learn the system enough to run it properly. Hopefully Libby and Peterkin can carry the team...maybe the junior bigs can step up. Losing Childs and the Polish guy really hurt the team a lot.

This really wasn't the best year for bigs, locally. I wonder if it'll be better next year, and the Spartans will be sitting around with 5 bigs already.

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From:Corey Napier To:Coach colorblind79 Subject:CI Top 32 Recruiting Classes Sent:12/20/2009 2:22AM

Well, well, well - guess who's recruiting class was just ranked #3 by CollegiateInsider.com? Nice job! Everybody in the Athletic Department is really excited - I think I'm even getting the administration behind what you're doing. Keep up the good work! Here's the article: College Basketball Top 32 Recruiting Classes Corey Napier Athletic Director Michigan St.

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Hmm...maybe that edges up the grade to an A...

The #16 Michigan State Spartans, beginning of Season 41:

Name	Yr.	Pos.	A	SPD	REB	DE	BLK	LP	PE	BH	P	WE	ST	DU	FT	TOT
Colin Libby	Sr.	PG	69	99	24	95	15	7	49	99	99	63	93	76	C+	788
Mark McCausland	So.	PG	59	94	13	93	13	6	65	78	92	70	87	61	A-	731
Reginald Olson	Fr.	PG	41	82	20	53	8	17	65	86	92	73	75	41	C+	653
Travis Campbell	Fr.	SG	57	80	14	59	1	27	72	83	71	79	75	47	B	665
Eugene Hoffman	Fr.	SG	63	80	32	89	6	30	88	88	89	37	76	52	C+	730
Gary Peterkin	Sr.	SF	86	78	83	99	45	75	60	42	62	68	84	67	C	849
James Buchanan	So.	SF	58	65	55	70	39	57	61	59	64	49	74	53	C-	704
Gerald Branson	Jr.	PF	85	73	94	74	94	78	26	31	20	55	75	32	C+	737
John Robillard	Jr.	PF	77	70	92	91	97	80	15	39	27	51	75	32	C	746
Howard Henry	Fr.	PF	54	53	77	63	80	80	46	28	39	29	74	51	D+	674
Calvin Richardson	Fr.	PF	66	59	80	57	80	80	49	32	50	32	57	66	C-	708
Michael Carey	So.	C	74	49	96	96	90	96	20	20	38	43	70	94	D+	786
Averages	-	-	66	74	57	78	47	53	51	57	62	54	76	56	-	731