Najee Harris Explains His Commitment Decision
I understand many are exhausted by the topic, particularly nearing NSD, but I found the article (link) interesting.
1. It really did come down to the final day, which I think acquits Sam Webb (some were accusing him of prolonging the story to get subscriptions).
2. He didn't commit to Michigan for reasons Harbaugh would respect. Michigan doesn't yet have the recruiting to claim that all their athletes will face off against the best in practice. Harris framed this a way Harbuagh would, talking about constantly getting better against the best football players in the country.
January 27th, 2017 at 3:44 PM ^
AND I DON'T CAAAAAAARRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
January 27th, 2017 at 4:48 PM ^
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January 27th, 2017 at 3:48 PM ^
Speaking of RBs I'm excited about... looking forward to seeing Kareem Walker and Kingston Davis get some run.
January 27th, 2017 at 3:50 PM ^
Is he back next season? Haven't heard anything.
January 27th, 2017 at 3:53 PM ^
I think a spread offense will really help his game.
January 27th, 2017 at 3:53 PM ^
Looks like it.
January 27th, 2017 at 4:15 PM ^
I'm excited to see Chris Evans and Karan Higdon improve from last year. They were obvious game changers to the style of Smith; but can they carry the load alongside Walker and Davis?
And if it's true that we're running more of a spread (hello Evans and Higdon), and less of a RB by committee, I wonder who benefits the most?
January 27th, 2017 at 5:08 PM ^
January 27th, 2017 at 3:46 PM ^
He will be at the signing of the stars right?
January 27th, 2017 at 3:46 PM ^
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January 27th, 2017 at 4:02 PM ^
My bust.
January 27th, 2017 at 4:05 PM ^
Am i the only one who doesnt check the front page that often? Am I the only one who doesnt really view the front page as a place for discussion (as compared to here)?
January 27th, 2017 at 5:01 PM ^
but you are the only person on this board. The rest of us are the product of a super machined programmed merely simulate human speak-talk. I was programmed to seem sentient and over honest in order to gain your trust.
January 27th, 2017 at 9:14 PM ^
I don't comment on front page posts often.
The board, by nature, selects for topics that are (more or less) most worthy of discussion by bumping them to the top whenever a comment is made, whereas the front page's posts are locked into place and pushed further and further downward by new posts. Yeah, I could take my time to write a lengthy and insightful comment, but it could just find itself in Siberia after four front page posts are made later on in the day.
A workaround would be to somehow link the comments section of a frontpage post to a comments section. I have seen other sites do this; whenever an article makes the front page, an automatic discussion thread is created.
Sometimes we do this on our own, and it's telling when a duplicate Hello: Post gets more love on the MGoBoard then it does on the front page.
January 27th, 2017 at 3:47 PM ^
on Friday Recruiting, click the link...and forget that you read it there?
I've done that before.
January 27th, 2017 at 3:49 PM ^
He picked bama so he can spend his entire day training. He didn't come to play school! Would have been a little more on his plate at Michigan, at bama he can focus more on football.
January 27th, 2017 at 3:51 PM ^
This stings, for a number of reasons: 1) I can't really argue with his reasoning, 2) it highlights the fact that we're not on 'Bama's level yet, and 3) he seems like a pretty level-headed, down-to-earth kid who would have been a great addition to the class.
Ah well, c'es la vie. Best of luck to him.
January 27th, 2017 at 3:51 PM ^
And when Bama continues to offer incentives we can't (CARZ n $$$$ n ho's) they will probably continue to swing these guys.
January 27th, 2017 at 4:06 PM ^
January 27th, 2017 at 3:50 PM ^
January 27th, 2017 at 3:51 PM ^
here's hoping he gets hit a lot in practice
January 27th, 2017 at 3:56 PM ^
but didn't we hear over the w/e that he booked the flight to Alabama? LOL.
January 27th, 2017 at 4:06 PM ^
I can't say I believe him either since his friend leaked it our on Wednesday, which really makes me wonder how long he actually knew.
Oh well, one of the biggest troll jobs by a recruit of all-time is finally over and we can all move on.
January 27th, 2017 at 3:54 PM ^
Oh well
January 27th, 2017 at 4:00 PM ^
I personally appreciate that he didn't talk too much, kept to himself, went about his business, then explained it after he made up his mind. You really can't fault a kid for wanting to practice/play against better competition. The one caveot to that is that he will also likely compete against one of the nation's top RB recruits for playing time every year too.
I'll be curious to see how he pans out. It would have been great to have him, but I'm quite excited about Samuels and looking forward to seeing how his skills translate against better talent in college. I can't remember the last time we had a guy like that. And, if all else fails at least we'll have the most muscular RB duo in Sameuels and Taylor in the country. Maybe we can be the all-biceps team.
January 27th, 2017 at 4:02 PM ^
Shouldn't this be in the Alabama cars thread?
January 27th, 2017 at 4:06 PM ^
Or, if you have read through the Alabama players and their cars post, Saban promised him a Pagani Zonda:
January 27th, 2017 at 4:44 PM ^
January 27th, 2017 at 4:12 PM ^
I notice he said he wanted to compete against the best in the weight room and on the practice field. Seeing how he's such a competitor, I'm shocked he didn't also mention competing against the best in the classroom.
/bitterness
January 27th, 2017 at 4:21 PM ^
That is horrendous, I'm sorry.
January 27th, 2017 at 4:53 PM ^
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January 27th, 2017 at 5:20 PM ^
January 27th, 2017 at 4:18 PM ^
And this is why we need a state of the art weight room like Bama has, not a room in the basement. Not that it would be the only deciding factor for many kids, but you need to keep up with the big boys if you want to recruit with them.
January 27th, 2017 at 4:19 PM ^
Wants to go up against the best? Total Defense 2016, #1 Michigan, #2 Alabama.
Wasn't our D-Line the best in the country? So technically speaking he chose wrong. He won't be going up against the best.
January 27th, 2017 at 4:24 PM ^
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January 27th, 2017 at 4:49 PM ^
A lot of Michigan's problems have been because of the O-Line. Hopefully the hiring of Frey will help alleviate the problem. It may be true that Alabama is in a better place now, but all it takes is for some good players to decide to make their own way. Like they say, Rome wasn't built in a day. Neither was Alabama. They went 7-6 in his first year and won a championship in his 3rd year. Plus he had a lot of built-in advantages (lower standards, more fertile recruiting area, etc.).
A really good running back would have been nice and it'll come, but when you have a dominant O-line, you don't need the top RB to be succesful (look at Harbaugh's Stanford days).
Plus, I just saw this (DJ Williams said he would've played for Harbaugh given his success at the NFL level). http://michigan.247sports.com/Bolt/Former-NFL-LB-Id-choose-to-play-for-Harbaugh-50859969
January 27th, 2017 at 4:24 PM ^
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January 27th, 2017 at 4:25 PM ^
My defintion of explain is apparently quite different then other peoples.
January 27th, 2017 at 4:43 PM ^
January 27th, 2017 at 5:32 PM ^
yeah because race definitely plays a biological role on someone's athletic ability...
January 27th, 2017 at 6:17 PM ^
Way to go HR!
January 28th, 2017 at 7:45 AM ^
but not sure why this is even important.
1) Race is a stupid categorization, and historically a classification based just on the color of one's skin or shape of certain facial features (eyes).
2) That said, certain groups from certain regions produced different distributions of body type and muscle mass that can lend themselves to differing athletic abilities.
3) Nordic countries produce some of the best (strongmen) in the world due to certain muscular geno / phenotypes. It's nicknamed the Viking gene. North and East Africa produces some of the best long distance runners in the world.
4) Genes of the best sprinters in the world are tied to West African decent. However, due to forced breeding of the "strongest" during slavery in the colonies and Americas, natural selection does not fully explain why blacks in the caribbean islands and the US are generally the best sprinters in the world, as it was often hardly a "natural selection."
5) Lastly, exhaustive research has been done on musle mass, musle fiber type, aerobic capacity, etc (often,as of late, to determine predisposition to disease, obesity, etc) has been done, suggesting that different "races" or at least subcategories of groups sharing phenotypes and from similar regions do in fact show differences.
All that said, the differences are hardly as obvious, or simple to identify as we attempt to make them. In fact, some white men can jump.
January 27th, 2017 at 6:29 PM ^
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