Michigan Tuesday: Biggest Headache Avoided: Jerimy Finch or Alex Legion?

Since we are closer to football season, let's start out with Jeremy Finch.  If you follow Michigan closely, Jerimy was once a Michigan verbal commitment for the Wolverines as a 4 star safety that would have filled a much needed role on the Michigan defense. 

Finch was the #1 player in Indiana and the 9th overall Safety prospect in the country in the 2007 recruiting class.  He was out of Warren Central High School in Indy. 

This was a big pick up for the Wolverines at that time but that joy didn't last long as Jerimy decided he wasn't really commited to Michigan and verbally committed to Indiana.  Yes, he left Michigan for the football power IU.  Ok, it was near his hometown,  so it makes some sense.

When signing day approached, Jerimy pulled another rabbit out of the hat and ended up signing an LOI with the Florida Gators.  After playing his first year, he broke his leg on special teams and transferred back to Indiana.  Where he has been, until Friday when he left IU's program.  "We thank Jerimy for his contributions to the program and wish him the best of luck in his future endeavors," Indiana head coach Bill Lynch said in a statement.

It seems, IU had high hopes for him this year:  "Jerimy's had a good spring," co-defensive coordinator/secondary coach Joe Palcic told me in April. "We've been a little bit down on him, but he's had a good spring, and I think he'll have a chance to help us. ... It's definitely been a process, and he's finally taking it seriously, too. His biggest problem was just his ability to stay on keys and do the right things in coverage. He's doing a good job of concentrating, and he's finally in position now where he's about ready to step up and play for us."



So the college career of Mr. Finch will continue at a new University. 

Now on to Michigan Basketball:  Alex Legion actually committed to Tommy Amaker then de-committed and ended up signing a LOI to go to Michigan.  Then Bill Martin let Tommy go and brought in John Beilein.  Alex then asked to be let out of his LOI and he signed with Kentucky.  Alex was out of Detroit but played at Oak Hill Academy.  He is a 6'5 guard and was rated the #33 player in the 2007-2008 class.

After his first semester at Kentucky (under Billy Gillispie - Alex was his first recruit) and 6 games, Alex decided he had enough of UK and transferred to Illinois.  Where he played 22 games in the 2008-209 season averaging 3.5 points a game.  In 2009 after 11 games, Alex got the inch again and went home during winter break and never came back to the team.

Now Alex is at Florida International's program where he is being coached by Isiah Thomas. 


It's funny how things work out.  When these players left Michigan many fans couldn't believe it.  Now it seems both players will have been enrolled at 3 different Universities eacg, with a very poor track record of preformance and absolutly zero loyality.

So thank you Mr. Finch and Mr. Legion for not sticking with Michigan.  Leaving was the best thing you could have done for the Wolverines.