I wrote to Carty Last March. Got a response from him. Here it is. I also posted his response last March in regards to this article.
http://www.spartantailgate.com/forum...ight=Jim+Carty
Got a response from Carty of the AA news
Like I said earlier, I don't like emailing crap like that, but I just think Izzo is the classiest guy out there, and when Andy reprited Carty's article I thought I'd resend it to him. All I did was copy his article and say "hey, your wisdom was astounding".
Anyway, here's his response:
XXXXX,
I can't tell you what a wonderful compliment it is to have so many
Spartan fans still obsessing over one of my columns more than three
years after it was published!
Obviously someone reposted the column, huh? Probably
Spartantailgate.com, although I haven't had a chance to check.
Strangely enough, none of my readers wearing green and white seems to be
giving me credit for being the only guy to correctly call that the
Spartans had peaked (the days of three final fours in four years sure
are long gone, huh? looked at that record vs. the Top 25 recently?)
And, yes, things aren't looking good for me on the Michigan end of the
column, but I'm not quite ready to give up on my prediction yet. What I
will promise is that if the Wolverines don't pass the Spartans in the
Big Ten standings next year, I'll be happy to admit I was wrong.
In the meantime, good luck in Chicago this weekend and the tournament
afterward.
And, as I said, thanks for the compliment!
Jim Carty
Sports Columnist, The Ann Arbor News