Hello: Justice Hayes?!
not so much
So this is a deeply bizarre thing: The Wolverine is reporting that Grand Blanc RB Justice Hayes has seen the snake oil and committed to Michigan just a couple days after dropping his ND commit.
I'm all UFRing this Wisconsin debacle and Tim is away from the computer tonight so the full "Hello: Recruit" post will have to wait for tomorrow morning but in brief, Hayes is a highly-touted RB in the same mold as Demetrius Hart, the #84 overall player to Rivals and #3 "all purpose back"—Hart is #1. ESPN has him a 4-star 79 and #22 running back. Scout has him a 4-star, the #14 running back and #118 overall player.
Literally everyone reading this post is thinking "can he play corner?" He's 5'10", so hypothetically, but everyone ranks him as a tailback and ESPN's evaluation doesn't mention defense at all, so even if he ends up switching it will be after a while. Hopefully by that point the secondary won't be Kosovo in pads.
Michigan was looking for a second RB in this class but people thought it would be Thomas Rawls, not Hayes. Michigan appears to have picked up a duplicate of a player they've already got but both guys are widely praised for their receiving talents and could bounce back and forth—this commit likely ends any thought Michigan will pick up a slot in this class.
More tomorrow from Tim.
November 22nd, 2010 at 10:21 PM ^
November 22nd, 2010 at 11:18 PM ^
I'm making the same sound that whistle tips make.
November 22nd, 2010 at 11:30 PM ^
I wish I could +1000 you for the Brock GIF
Go team Venture
November 22nd, 2010 at 11:32 PM ^
goes WOOOOOOOOOO...
November 22nd, 2010 at 10:24 PM ^
The Tweets are blowing up with many "confirmations" of Justice saying "Imma Wolverine", but I'm no expert, so whatever.
Now, my initial response:
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! GO BLUE!
Also:
November 22nd, 2010 at 10:24 PM ^
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahfuckNDhahahahahahahahahah
November 22nd, 2010 at 10:26 PM ^
Hooray for snake oiling Notre Dame. I've got this feeling that assuming RR survives the hurricane, a pretty good Rodriguez/Kelly rivalry could be in the offing.
November 22nd, 2010 at 10:26 PM ^
Let's hope this is a firmer commit than the one he had with ND.
November 22nd, 2010 at 10:27 PM ^
hahahahahahahhaah.......WOW, My unexpected reaction at this just got me yelled at by my Wife!
November 22nd, 2010 at 10:35 PM ^
Thanks for this, it makes me feel better than good, as I scared the HORSE$@!% out of my kids when I learned of the commitment, to my wife's mixed ire and bemusement...
November 22nd, 2010 at 10:39 PM ^
November 22nd, 2010 at 10:29 PM ^
Hey guys, if Rivals is reporting it, they have better sources then TomVH. You don't need Tom to corroborate what Rivals is saying.
November 22nd, 2010 at 10:36 PM ^
better sources than TomVH, good one. you had me going for a second there
November 22nd, 2010 at 10:44 PM ^
Are you telling me that Rivals has sources other than Facebook chatting with teenage boys?
November 22nd, 2010 at 11:40 PM ^
Congratulations. Tom's established himself as a useful, professional source of information and you're just a random asshole with an account who's never posted anything anyone would remember, but you get to be super cool.
November 22nd, 2010 at 11:50 PM ^
I love angry Brian.
November 23rd, 2010 at 12:10 AM ^
Glad you're a good sport about it, but being a TomVH hater is soooo not cool in my book.
November 23rd, 2010 at 12:15 AM ^
now my screen is covered with those things.
and most memorable things are bad in my experience (don't neg me into Bolivian)
November 23rd, 2010 at 12:56 AM ^
curse your panic button and it's incessent creation of unicorns covering the mgocomments I'm trying to read. This did not help your situation...
stupid me for clicking the button though...
November 23rd, 2010 at 12:19 AM ^
You should tweet this to Drew Sharp, but change account to "newspaper column".
November 22nd, 2010 at 10:30 PM ^
Taking recruits from the State of Indiana since 2008.
November 22nd, 2010 at 10:31 PM ^
Great News!
November 22nd, 2010 at 10:31 PM ^
BOOOOOM THAT'S SOLID NEWS MY FRIENDS!!! STAY THIRSTY and GO BLUE!!
November 22nd, 2010 at 10:33 PM ^
Welcome Justice! You are going to be a fantastic Wolverine. A great decision that will pay dividends for the rest of your life. On a slightly less important note, you have made my day!
November 22nd, 2010 at 10:33 PM ^
Michigan appears to have picked up a duplicate of a player they've already got but both guys are widely praised for their receiving talents and could bounce back and forth
RR rotates backs in and out to keep them fresh. A Justice and Dee rotation will be deadly!
November 22nd, 2010 at 10:51 PM ^
they'll be calling our backfield "Matlock."
November 22nd, 2010 at 10:33 PM ^
I like getting commitments
November 23rd, 2010 at 8:14 AM ^
I like the tinman.
November 22nd, 2010 at 10:34 PM ^
Call me ignorant, but did anyone see this coming? I really didn't think there was ever much interest from either side? Either way, I'll take it!
November 22nd, 2010 at 11:16 PM ^
I thought Watkins was blue for sure and no way we had Hayes. So, I have no idea what to expect from recruiting anymore.
November 22nd, 2010 at 10:36 PM ^
Has justice been served?
November 22nd, 2010 at 10:46 PM ^
From South Bend to Ann Arbor.
November 22nd, 2010 at 10:51 PM ^
There is no doubt in my mind that that is the best pun we'll get here. Pat yourself on the back.
November 22nd, 2010 at 10:36 PM ^
From NDNation:
Not that big of a loss according to many who follow recruits.
http://www.ndnation.com/boards/showpost.php?b=football;pid=163228;d=this
November 22nd, 2010 at 10:40 PM ^
something about "he cited coaching instability"
"and then choose Michigan. Yeah, I get that"
uh, glass houses, dude? Our coach has a few bad seasons, but Kelly has a lot more stuff to make him look bad. Not to mention acting like he's 12.
November 22nd, 2010 at 10:40 PM ^
I mean... I never really wanted him anyway...
November 22nd, 2010 at 10:41 PM ^
I know you're crying inside, and therefore:
November 22nd, 2010 at 11:02 PM ^
This may all play out in our favor
Can you say:
November 22nd, 2010 at 10:36 PM ^
Now RR has to snake oil some D recruits. Jernigan would be a nice place to start.
November 22nd, 2010 at 10:36 PM ^
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORjvq5aIRMs&NR=1
Hopefully Justice avoids transferring to Rice
November 22nd, 2010 at 10:40 PM ^
Now he just needs to grow dreads and his transformation will be complete.
November 22nd, 2010 at 10:37 PM ^
OMFG! Great News. Welcome!
All your spread RB's belong to Michigan!!!!!!!
November 22nd, 2010 at 10:38 PM ^
Can anyone say Darius Reynaud and/or Jock Sanders? Sounds good to me.
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