Rashad Knight Update
I spoke with Rashad Knight tonight, and he was ecstatic about his visit. He said the visit was WAY better than what he expected, and he could definitely see himself at Michigan.
Knight had concerns going into the visit about Rich Rod's job security, and he told me they were more than answered. He feels comfortable now with the coaching staff.
The whole time he seemed in awe. He still has two visits to Rutgers and Ole Miss left, but I think we sky rocketed to the top of his list with this visit.
January 19th, 2010 at 6:59 AM ^
"A sale is made on every call, the only question is who is going to close you or him!"
January 19th, 2010 at 10:16 AM ^
for putting a Ben Affleck video on here.
January 19th, 2010 at 9:06 AM ^
Would be great to add.....our secondary is gonna be the shit in a few years.
Turner, Cullen, M Rob, Parker, Knight, and a few more studs peppered in.
January 19th, 2010 at 10:17 AM ^
Anyone remember Steve Martin's old joke about how he was writing a book on how to become a millionaire? First step? Get a million dollars...
Get the commitments from both kids first. The coaches know exactly how many scholarships they have to give. Every football office I've been in has a big white board with position-by-position breakdowns of offers, where they think they stand, who has committed, etc. They're usually color-coded by have-to, need-to, want-to style priorities. And when it gets down to crunch time, if a school has limited spots left (especially when it comes to specific positions), they will usually tell kids something like, "We've got X spots left and if player Z commits, we're done with your position."
I even covered a scenario where a school got four commitments from four top-50 basketball players within 45 minutes of one another. They only had three spots open and they told the fourth guy that they couldn't accept his scholarship.
(the postscript to that one was that the last guy in the door only averaged about seven points a game for his career and was a huge disappointment. The guy who had to go somewhere else scored over 2100 points in his career, averaged about 20 ppg, and was one of the better players in college basketball for three years.)
January 20th, 2010 at 8:49 PM ^
Who was the player?
January 19th, 2010 at 11:22 AM ^
First Place - Cadillac
Second Place - Set of steak knives
Three Place - Hit the bricks pal!
January 20th, 2010 at 7:37 PM ^
Thanks Tom.