Hello: Jordan Paskorz, Take II

mobility." Hmm, don't want to read too much into that sentence, but it sounds like Brian has a little of the "why so many 3 stars?" mentality toward our current commit list that others here have been critical of?

Either way, I give up trying to interpret the coaches and I'll just have faith they know what they're doing in their recruiting strategy--three star recruits are gong to be in every class in numbers anyway, so questioning is useless.

The only thing I don't get is the early nature of the commits from these guys--it would seem that guys without a lot of major school offers and lower ranked would not need to be brought in so soon, but ...

I realize it's already pretty clear that the GERG defense is more 3-4 than 4-3, but in case anyone needs any further evidence that we're going to basically be a 3-4 team next year, the fact that Michigan is horning in on Virginia's defensive recruits (Paskorz, Rush, Wilkins, Baublitz, etc.) should about finish it up.

Now, can I get a Deathbacker shirt? Preferably like Death from Family Guy, but with a facemask sticking out?

Speaking of which, what's the deal with shirts at the moment? Am I an idiot and not seeing the link on the site?

as you can tell these national scouts do a lot of this ranking with only looking at highlight films and attaching flimsy cliches to a quick evaluation report. There are 3 components that are essential to doing an accurate evaluation and until a scout does all three, I wouldn't put much merit into their evals. First, they have to see the film because there they get the intial impression of the player's abilities, attributes, etc. Then they have to do two evals on a guy in person; one in shorts running drills, and another in pads playing full speed. Anything short of that is just an opinion based on a small sample of a kids' highlights. Two things I saw in the first 10 seconds of clips; has to get stronger at the point of attack and he uses his hands well. Other than that, the highlight film showed a guy making a few plays. Oh, and yes he was in a two-point stance...woooo!

He showed some nimble feet and change of direction ability, but I would look for him to morph into a Tim Jamison type once he gets into a 3 point stance. Maybe an OLB on the weakside or a situational DE.

I think RR is morphing this program into a lighter quicker team in all areas. I think he has seen the light and its headed away from 330lb guys in the trenches towards the slot ninjas and 210 LBs.

Works much better than ESPN's "outside linebacker / defensive end hybrid" or "spinner" which sounds like a part to a dishwasher.

I'm just glad we got a recruit whose brother plays at Notre Dame. Finally, some measure of retribution for Grant Irons!

I blame the tapering of the latter Carr era less on the softening of an aged coach and more on the lack of Spytek. We had Spytek... we knew.

Paskorz himself said it's called the "quick" - not the spinner - so I'm going to stick with the "quick."

Some of the lower rated guys I can understand the negative reaction from people.

But when your program runs an offense or defense (or both, in our case) that utilizes players outside of traditional positions, this goes out the window, slightly. The deathbacker on defense and the slot ninja on offense are positions that don't get evaluated as such by the services and thus these guys get compared against players that won't be playing their position in college.

Many of the major programs don't have much use for these tweener types, so they often don't have the impressive offer list that a really solid true linebacker or true WR would have. That doesn't mean they aren't a perfect fit our offense or defense. If these players are getting offers this early that are, um, committable, I'd say our coaches are sold. I think we should be too.

I guess it's better than "spinner" or "shambling" or "cement-footed," but if the defense plays well are we due for all kinds of references to "The Quickening?"

Paskorz looks like it should be the internet spelling of "Pasquores" or something.

I don't know how many players Rodriguez plans on signing for 2010, but Paskorz is going to provide Michigan some much needed depth on defense. I'm impressed with his frame, but looks like speed will be a challenge. One year under Barwis and a RS later, this guy could really contribute in 2011.

That said, Michigan really does need some high, high caliber recruits on defense over the next 8 months. I hope Rodriguez, Robinson and Tall really start reeling them in.

I found this... it's from LAST season (i.e. 07-08 his sophomore year), so not the most current, but none the less I think impressive? for a Soph.

38 takles/12 sacks in 9 games

He also apparently plays basketball (F), good for agility?

from the video I watched was that he shed blocks extremely well. He always seemed to have his eyes on the second level, and had good separation and timing when he needed to break free. He didn't seem to have that extra spark or jump in his step, and obviously isn't the fastest guy around. I don't want to be the first to say that he has fullback potential, but he does.

A lot of people here have complained about his speed, and I haven't seen him run so I can't really touch on that. Are we assuming then that his 40 time is super fake? Brian reported a 4.74 from Scout, which he said was a combine time and likely not too fake. That's quite quick for a DE/LB in his junior year. Really, if there is a DE who has decent size and runs anything under a 5 before he gets to UM, I'd be happy with it.

SPYTEK REFERENCE!

I think this guy could be a solid player for us, nothing special but productive.