Jordan Diamond's Mom's Top School
There is a paywalled article that Steve Wiltfong put up that claims to know Jordan's mom's top school, which is Arkansas.
http://arkansas.247sports.com/Board/59414/Top100-prospects-mother-has-Arkansas-No-1-3683918/1
August 16th, 2011 at 2:24 PM ^
August 16th, 2011 at 2:25 PM ^
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August 16th, 2011 at 2:32 PM ^
Is she hot?
August 16th, 2011 at 3:17 PM ^
if he ends up at Arkansas so be it. In truth, I'd prefer Garnett anyway. I think he will probably be a better player for us.
The Diamond recruitment has been all over the place it seems. Early on, he seemed very interested and was over here a lot. And he's been looking at schools with different type of programs in different locations lately. I'd say with each passing week that he doesn't commit, our chances of landing him decrease.
August 16th, 2011 at 3:47 PM ^
I think the coaches decided a while ago that Diamond was going to be a "Plan B" recruit in this class, and there are still "Plan A" guys left on the table. My guess is that they have fully communicated this with Jordan, and he's waiting until a couple more guys are off the board.
August 16th, 2011 at 4:01 PM ^
Hope him the best, here or elsewhere.
August 16th, 2011 at 4:02 PM ^
So it's basically down to Garnett and Diamond (with Peat an unlikelier get), right? Now it's a game of poker. Diamond doesn't want to commit till after his season. Then M gets Garnett to move up his visit to ND weekend. Then Diamond's mom floats the Arkansas thing. Here's betting that one of the two guys commits by the Monday following the ND game.
August 16th, 2011 at 4:18 PM ^
August 16th, 2011 at 6:41 PM ^
Whatever . . . go where you want. I would just prefer its not anywhere else in the Big 10 so If its Arkansas so be it.
Hello Josh Garnett
August 16th, 2011 at 6:45 PM ^
His mom has been open in saying that the great OL class Michigan is bringing in gave them pause. She wants him to be a standout and perhaps feels he needs to go somewhere with a little less competition in his class for playing time, so that he gets on the field. Can't blame her for that. It is surprising that she'd go for Arkansas, simply because most kids don't make it in the NFL and an Arkansas degree allows you to check the box that you have one, but it doesn't do much more. Fayetteville is very nice. The school is not an academically competitive environment. But she's been pretty open about wanting the clearest path possible for her son, and that's fine. I would say there's little chance he ends up at Michigan. This class could use another lineman, and we'll probably get one if it's Diamond or someone else, but it's not fatal if we don't.
If it came down to a squeeze for spots, since by most accounts we have four left, I'd take Yuri Wright over another O-lineman. Or Danny O'Brien at DT. And two receivers, or one receiver and an RB. The coaches obviously believe they have some D-linemen who can play inside, but O'Brien is a difference maker and I'd love to see him in Ann Arbor.