Caleb Stacey Decommits

I mean, I go to UC, so I guess I should be excited to have him for the home team, but at the same time, man, "This is Michigan, fergodssake".

However, good on him for making the right decision for his life instead of trying to force himself into a bad situation.

Not really surprised though.  With all the top guys we are after, Stacey is a 3* that could potentially struggle to see the field.  I still wish he was in the class, and sorry to see him go, but those are the breaks.

Frankly, I expected something like this (not Caleb specifically), and glad it happened well before NSD. 

 I was actually really excited about seeing this kid develop as a Wolverine...but the Heart wants what the Heart wants, Good Luck sir

Makes sense, he wants to play instead of being a depth player. Hope we can get a playmaker at another position. We suddenly have 5-6 spots available with Stonum's departure and this decommit. Hopefully we can make a splash with some big time players.

I hope Caleb has a fine career at Cincy. I figured one of the lesser rated OL Recruits would do this, he might have gotten lost in the shuffle at the position in AA.

I'd like Kozan for sure since we're recruiting him at center and either Garnett or Diamond would be great, Go Blue!!!

We better land at least 1 of the remaining linemen on the board.  Depth is scary.

I'll be clear on the "lost in the shuffle/depth player" thing. Stacey was the only guy slated to come in who really projected to center, a position of HUGE need right now. I think he would have had every chance to start at Michigan. It really sounds like this was all about being close to home, not a playing time issue at all. If it was, I think he would've decommitted a long time ago—it's not like Michigan's targets along the line have been any sort of secret.

Good luck to Caleb - seemed like a nice kid who just realized he'd be fighting an uphill battle to see the field and made a prudent choice to stay closer to home.  Wish him the best, and expect that this will lead to more commits down the line as space opens up.

AJ Williams still considered at TE? I was under the impression he would be coming in at OL.

Whatever the case may be, wish Caleb well.  Sad to see him go.  And ultimately doesn't matter the reason he left...he is gone, and we have to deal with it.

Williams is coming in as a TE.  And I know, Ace and others are adamant that he stays there.  I am not so convinced, after seeing him play several times this year.  Time will tell.  But for 2012, he is a TE.

And we are certainly tight on the roster with centers.  After Khoury and Miller, it is a lot of blank space.  Bryant and Barnum have been talked about there, but no idea if they have played the position in their entire lives.  That said, we can probably survive 2012 without another C, but going forward we will need someone badly. 

He should change his twitter pic.

I am not gonna spend too much time judgeing him or trying to determine his motives.  I like every single play we have recruited for this class so I am defenately not happy to see him go but he seems like a respectful kid who made a tough choice.

Sometimes harder for someone to decide this close to NSD, but good for him ot do it now, instead of after a year.  Gives us some more flexibility recruiting-wise; love to see Brady pull 3-4 more high-quality guys, close the class, and have some more schollys for next year.

This why you continue to recruit Diamond, Garnett, and Kozan even though we're "full" at the position. Things like this happen all the time. Love the way Hoke recruits. This staff is so impressive.

Thanks for helping start off this class on the right foot for the new staff.  And unless we meet on the field, best wishes down there.  We still want you to beat Ohio.

5 days ago he was visited by Mark Smith (our LB coach) and tweeting smiley faces to Matt Godin. Before that if you look at his twitter you see lots of pro Michigan stuff.

It seems likely something happened in that meeting.

makes the switch seem rather sudden to me. he was all about Michigan then bamf! Gotta be a real personal reason to make this switch so suddenly. Good luck at Cincy.

have a big say in where recruits wind up going...

Either a family member is ill or he has met the women he loves and is making a commitment to her rather than us.  I don't blame him for either reason (or any reason for that matter).

Michigan is not so far from where he is in Ohio to feel perpetually homesick.   Something rather serious has probably happened.  Let us hope whatever it is - he is and his family are ok.

I am very dubious this is a depth chart thing.  I also highly doubt we would slow play someone who is ALREADY committed to us.  Hoke strikes me as a man of integrity and this is not something he would do to someone who is committed to him.  

I wish Caleb the best as should we all...

UC getting a heck of a

playerhttp://mgoblog.com/diaries/tomvh-what-michigan-getting-ol-caleb-stacey

Best of luck to him and I hope Cincinnati meets his needs.



I was looking forward to seeing him at center, but not meant to be I guess.

Hope things go his way at Cincinnati. And hope things go our way with the extra spot we have now.

I'm disappointed to hear this.  I think he'd have been a very good player at a position of need (center).  It also changes our remaining recruiting to now.  Before this, we had met all our needs and were looking for some very nice bonuses.  Now, we have to add at least one more OL.  It sounds like we're in good shape there, but it ups the stakes on getting at least one of Garnet, Diamond or Kozan.

I suppose that's what makes this time of year exciting.

Pretty graceful tweet ... I've seen far worse.

Better on ya' Caleb to know you want to be close to home now..  Good luck to you in the future, much as we"d like to have you in Ann Arbor, your heart has to lead you to the right program, and Cincy ain't half bad.  Best of luck from all of us from the Michigan folks with an unhealthy attention to recruiting :)

But in the end, we hope you've hit your right fit that will give you playing time and get you developed for the next level.   The coaches clearly liked you for Michigan, so we can only hope that you can similarly develop into a beast at Cincy.  And that Michigan and Cincy never play each other unless it's in the BCS Title Game.

even more of a possibility.  I could be wrong, but aren't we recruiting him as a center?  Chances of taking all three Garnett, Diamond and Kozan increases in my opinion.  I'll take those three and Sam Grant to end the class, thank you.