Jabrill Peppers arriving in Ann Arbor June 21!
Time to get excited.
Jabrill Peppers will arrive in Ann Arbor on June 21. Anyone excited?
— Brandon Brown (@CoachBrown3) May 20, 2014
I wonder if anyone announced my arrival in 2008...? Probably. I bet I just missed it.
I'll never understand how you missed the parade.
I do remember that M-Wolverine got Bolivia'd when he commented that you looked 15 years old and were kind of ugly.
Started a whole firestorm.
"now you're just another wormshit freshman."
The summer half-term starts on June 26. Many freshman athletes will be arriving on campus around the same time as Peppers.
And yeah, football players were just everywhere.
Well, mostly at Wendy's in the Union
Best playmaker on the team when he steps on campus.
Not discounting this kid because I'm super excited about him too, but he hasn't proved a thing yet in college. We have a pretty good playmaker on that side of the ball called JMFR who has been making plays for years!
Understood...but this is DIFFERENT.... this is a once in a half decade talent, coming to us at our lowest point in 40 years... so, it is quite a big deal.... there is a good chance that its this player who brings us back.... sounds like a huge burden, but it is what it is.
That I totally agree with, but I doubt he's the best playmaker on the defense next year...Jake Ryan still is IMHO.
Is he good?
Guys in the secondary better be getting ready because this kids not going to take any prisoners! He wants time and does care who the hells in his way! He will push guys which will make the secondary better overall.
Signed,
Special Teams, DBs and WRs.
I just have one request. Can we please not crush this kid with ridiculously high expectations immediately.
My only expectation for him is to come in and compete to the best of his ability, not to start, be an all big10 player, or an all american etc. I just expect him to come in hungry (which he will) and push for time (which he will)
Screw that. I'm expecting three pick six's and a KO return against Ohio State.
And the Heisman.
Two Heismans...one from each side of the ball.
do the lots and golf course open that day for his pre-arrival tailgate?
/s
Everyone thinks he's the next Woodson already.
No we don't.
We think Woodson was the first Peppers.
I understand and even share your sentiment, but Peppers has already set the bar high.
So, no.
talking about Jabrill Peppers? Nobody is expecting more from JP than is JP and he's been very open about it. By the same token I don't think anybody will be more disappointed than he if he doesn't live up to those expectations.
Our 5-stars/heavily anticipated 4-stars of the last decade:
2005: Kevin Grady (bust), Steve Schilling (decent starter, late round pick, not dominant)
2006: Brandon Graham (stud)
2007: Ryan Mallett (pretty bad freshman season, attitude issues, transferred), Donovan Warren (pretty good starter, never elite, surprising lack of pro career)
2008: Sam McGuffie (bust)
2009: Tate Forcier (one promising season, another pretty good one as a backup, big off-field issues, flameout), William Campbell (disappointing, never great, fortunate to be drafted at a different position), Justin Turner (epic bust)
2012: Kyle Kalis (jury out; yet to impress), Ondre Pipkins (jury out; yet to impress, hurt)
2013: Derrick Green (fairly disappointing freshman season; jury still out considering OL problems), Shane Morris (data almost nonexistent given youth and position he plays, didn't impress in his one start which was forgiveable all things considered)
While none of that means one thing or the other for Peppers, but some of you are putting an awful lot into this kid given the recent success rate with these "OMG he's coming!" recruits.
You're usually so optimistic.
I don't think most people are expecting him to save the team on his own. He's a good player who given time should be a good player. You mentioned bad attitude several times. I don't see that being an issue with him and is one thing that I think this coaching staff tries to weed out.
I presented facts. At what point do you stop calling me pessimistic and call the opposite of me not optimistic, but delusional?
And yes, I think there is an undercurrent of Jabrill will save the world, even if most individuals don't outright say it.
It's not delusional to think he could be a good player when every coach in the country wanted him. It's just as delusional to be blindly pessimistic.
I'm not blind. I'm looking right at history and concluding that nothing is a sure thing.
Nothing is a sure thing in anything. It doesn't take a slanted view of Michigan football recruiting where you purposefully omit a number of highly successful recruits and lie about others others like Steve Shilling and Ryan Mallett to see that. Ryan Mallett was one of the best qbs in Arkansas history. Nobody can take you seriously if you think he was a bust.
Didn't call him a bust, 'Mart. I stated widely held views about his short time at Michigan. It doesn't matter to the UM program what he did at Arkansas.
Do you ever post anything positive about Michigan athletics?
I have almost nothing but great things to say about Michigan Men's Basketball, a program that actually gets results. Football, not so much these days.
Do you ever post anything intellectual about Michigan athletics or is it all just rah-rah Walmarting?
Walmarting? Are you a troll? Only Spartan fans use that term and I've never seen you post anything good about Michigan basketball. Also, don't you love Rich Rodriguez? Wouldn't Ryan Mallett, Justin Turner, Sam McGuffie, Tate Forcier etc. be failures of the RR coaching regime?