Michigan can take up to 7 more players in this class per Sam Webb
I don't know how this is possible considering that would give us 29 players in this class which I thought was not allowed by the B1G. 28 was the reported limit but I trust Sam. The ideal finish to this class would be Green, Treadwell, Dawson, McQuay, Hill, Hunt, and Jaynard Bostwick.
December 14th, 2012 at 1:03 PM ^
sorry. We ned to find a suitable replacement as stated months ago.
December 14th, 2012 at 1:40 PM ^
December 14th, 2012 at 1:28 PM ^
December 14th, 2012 at 1:44 PM ^
1. Hopkins was getting playing time. Why the staff would want to 'squeeze out' someone who was somewhat productive on the field is beyond me.
2. I don't know why, if kids were getting passed on the depth chart and looking to leave, your first reaction is to assume its the staff telling them to haul ass. That would seem to be in the kids' best interest, no? What about that would make you think it's the staff pulling the trigger and not the kids?
December 14th, 2012 at 2:25 PM ^
December 14th, 2012 at 3:12 PM ^
There's a big difference between "Hey kid, you're not in our plan moving forward, so you won't have a scholarship next year" and "Hey kid, you're not in our plan moving forward, so if you'd like PT you might want to transfer but if you choose to stay you're welcome to finish out your degree."
The former is taboo around here. The latter (although I doubt it happens much) is fine, because the choice is up to the kid. I just don't think it happens much, because I doubt the coaches would try to push away a healthy, eligible football player for a recruit. Some kids don't do much of anything, and are then needed as juniors and seniors.
December 14th, 2012 at 3:34 PM ^
This is a utopian blog. Our players never do bad things and our coaches would never do a thing like squeeze an unproductive player out. Other schools bad. Michigan good.
December 14th, 2012 at 2:35 PM ^
FWIW, there were rumors that Rocko Khoury was sort of squeezed out the door last year. I think this off-season will perhaps give us further evidence of what this coaching staff's approach is to guys who aren't contributing. Right now it's too early to tell, though.
December 14th, 2012 at 3:04 PM ^
But Khoury had completed four years and had his degree, correct? That's common. Same thing happened with Terrence Robinson. Denying a fifth year is accepted everywhere, but getting "squeezed" after less than four years on campus is a different story.
December 14th, 2012 at 4:38 PM ^
I did not hear that Terrence Robinson was squeezed out the door. From what I heard, he was just mentally ready take his degree and move on.
Yes, Khoury had completed his degree.
December 14th, 2012 at 3:14 PM ^
Magnus, can you elaborate any further on these rumors?
December 14th, 2012 at 4:41 PM ^
It's nothing particularly insidious. I just heard that the coaches told Khoury that he would be sitting on the bench again in 2012, and they thought he would be better off moving on from football.
December 14th, 2012 at 7:02 PM ^
Bell wasn't invited to practice due to roster limits...that is some evidence... though that has not happened with students the current staff recruited.
December 14th, 2012 at 2:11 PM ^
I'm sure it's the players and not the coaches making the decisions to head elsewhere. Otherwise, guys like Mike Jones and Brandin Hawthorne and probably a handful of other kids would be gone already. The coaches don't have to give a kid a 5th year, but they'll let a kid stay for four if he wants to. Guys like Hopkins and Miller felt there was a better situation for them elsewhere, as many kids do at most schools every year.
Some kids (like Jones and Hawthorne) stick it out at Michigan because being there is more important than PT. Others feel they can get the most out of their college experience by transferring somewhere they can play. I don't blame them in either instance.
December 14th, 2012 at 2:35 PM ^
December 14th, 2012 at 9:27 PM ^
They HAVE to give a kid four years, as long as he stays eligible. Signing on the dotted line goes both ways.
December 15th, 2012 at 10:17 AM ^
December 14th, 2012 at 5:02 PM ^
PLEASE DENARD DON'T LEAVE SO EARLY
December 15th, 2012 at 9:58 AM ^
Doesn't it kind of screw up future classes when you take 29 players in one year? Shouldn't they ease their way back to full strength instead of doing it with one class?
December 15th, 2012 at 10:50 AM ^
having these extra scholarships is the coaching staff can bank them if next year looks promising with players/needs or if they have some player/needs in this class they can use them up, good problem to have.
December 15th, 2012 at 11:28 AM ^