Small Derrick Green Updates (Good)
Mods feel free to delete if you feel this is redundant, but there have been quite a few updates since the last thread, and it got so big that I doubt people were still checking it. So here's a quick rundown of the tweets from various sources:
Samm Webb: "@SamWebb77: Positive vibes from visitors in Ann Arbor today. Reason enough for a commit watch. No gut feelings, but commitment is a real possibility now"
Sarah Hughes: "@SarahMHughes87: Got a couple texts from recruits on campus right now saying good shot Green commits this weekend. Also, 2014 WR Artavis Scott mentioned."
Tremendous: "@TremendousUM: I wouldn't have called me back either @BrOoKyLn_boii27: Wit mi big bro Denard robinson #MICHIGAN"
A Green tweet from much earlier in the day: 'juz finished having a #GREAT talk with coach hooke #michigan'
And finally, a great picture from Green's twitter of his visit. Looks like the coaches are putting on the full court press.
More, thanks to jbr12: Per Mike Farrell at Rivals, Derrick Green has always texted back "no" when asked if he was going to commit on any visit he's been on. Tonight? "idk". The anticipation builds for tomorrow
Too bad he and Denard would never play together.
I'll bookmark this post in the event both are playing on the same nfl team.
Yea, love it.
If the Pro Bowl is still around then...
That’s if NFL doesn’t drop the ProBowl by then.
Per Mike Farrell at Rivals, Derrick Green has always texted back "no" when asked if he was going to commit on any visit he's been on. Tonight? "idk". The anticipation builds for tomorrow
the fact these young men are only 16 or 17 blows my mind
Alright, I have got to man up and admit my ignorance: Who the HELL is that guy?
Thank you many times, sir or madam.
A real madam? 8)
you mean tim and eric?
for Manning Up.
It's Chevy Chase before he got fat, Or if he was ever not fat. I don't know.
The internet has accelerated the learning curve in almost all sports. In football, coaches have access to a lot more info concerning conditioning, drills, and schemes. People know nutrition a lot better. Kids are being "recruited" at 14, and it motivates many to get serious about conditioning at that age.
High schools supposedly don't recruit, but a lot of blue-chippers somehow end up at schools with state of the art training facilities. Also, kids with the potential to be elite athletes are under a lot more pressure from their familes, especially if they are poor, to earn a scholarship and play professional sports.
It even goes down to little league, and coaches naturally take an interest in kids who show the potential to play in college. If a kid really wants it, he can start developing himself while he is still in elementary school.
Consequently, I'm not surprised that some of these kids already look like men.
There have always been guys who looked like men. Sometimes it's just genetics. I don't know what Green's story is, but Bo Jackson is a perfect example of someone who was completely ripped and rarely lifted weights. Herschel Walker mostly just did push-ups and sit-ups.
One GM at the time said Hershal Walker was the only kid he had seen that could have gone from high school to the NFL.
Jake Long brand pads.
might need to dye the hair more maizey.
I was thinking Green was a little over-rated until I saw the Run DMC shirt. We MUST get this guy.
I've been saying for a while that he's a better shot to commit than most have given credit for, it looks like a very real possibility now that he's actually visited and talked with coach Hoke. It looks like I might be getting the best kind of vindication: the kind that results in a Michigan commitment.
We may have gotten a bit lucky with the auburn situation, but IMO that may help him commit soon to avoid a repeat
Jacked for a HS senior. Has the Trent Richardson build, looks like a tank.
"Dude is a beast." And you give other MGBloggers shit for not adding creative of unique comments that add value to the board?
Baaaaaaaaah.
Perhaps "Baaaaaaah" itself will become a catchphrase on the board. That would be quite ironic.
That conference room looks like it was put together in the 90s.
Just needs a big water cooler, clunky fax machine, and shit laser printer.
I should probably withhold judgment without seeing the rest of it, but that slide looked dated.
Then again, who cares when you've got a Heisman for the kid to tote?
Man, I like Deveon Smith's play so it would be great to see him and Green battling it out to tote the ball on Saturdays.
But I too like this thunder + more thunder concept and was thinking the same. I shall spare this post and wait for your next inevitable redundant commentary.
Question: If there is not a lot of separation, are you comfortable rotating a few guys or do you really want a go-to guy?
Al Borges: “I don’t like it, never have.”
Question: You don’t like rotating?
Al Borges: “I don’t like rotating, but that being said, if two guys are on an equal plane then we may do it. I’ll never say never, but it has never been my preference
Agreed. Deveon is going to surprise people at the next level. Underrated.
Really call him underrated. Scout has him as the #10 overall back in the country, and 247 has him at 17. He is a 4-star on ESPN and a high 3-star on Rivals. Rivals has him at #32 overall, his lowest ranking of the four sites. With those rankings I would consider him pretty highly touted at this point.