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Instate C prospect Taylor Currie:

Currie was originally supposed to be a 2019 commit before reclassifying. Speculation: Michigan might have asked Currie to return to his original enrollment date so that they could pursue an additional prospect in the 2018 class, and Currie might have wanted to get going on college a year earlier.

As Ace noted in his roundup, Michigan has two prospects on campus who might be close to committing: FL C Colin Castleton and NY SG Adrien Nunez are both taking visits this weekend and may drop. Castleton and his EYBL-second-best block rate may be too much to pass up for Michigan in 2018.

Comments

Gucci Mane

September 29th, 2017 at 5:48 PM ^

Thank you John Beilein for having the balls to drop a committed kid when an obviously better option wants o commit.

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OkemosBlue

September 30th, 2017 at 7:21 PM ^

vote down for congratulating Beilein (especially if done so sarcastically) or lecture you on reading  the post more carefully?  Don't know, but I bet Beilein wouldn't have dropped Currie if he hadn't reclassified.  It wasn't his m.o. with the young man from Traverse City who was in two airplane accidents, and I doubt that he's changed that much.  In any event, go Blue!

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M_Born M_Believer

September 30th, 2017 at 10:06 AM ^

I have a co-worker whose son plays with Currie at Clarkston and there is truth to the rumor. It's his parents that wants him to really classify for 2018. He doesn't really have understand why cause he feels that he needs the extra year of physical development but to each their own....... So there maybe be something to the story of Coach B asking him to classify for 2019 cause he is putting together a great 2018 class. I would look at it as both sides wanted a key point differently and it can not be reconciled so they just go their own way. No bad feelings either way...

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Erik_in_Dayton

September 29th, 2017 at 5:57 PM ^

It seemed like he could be a good addition, but I think Michigan will be okay without him too.

And I don't mind if the staff asked him to reclassify back to 2019.  That's very different than completely dropping him.  He still could have played at Michigan if he'd wanted to (if that's what happened).

As for Castleton, he seems like a very nice fit.  It would be great to land him.

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copacetic

September 29th, 2017 at 9:07 PM ^

Unless I'm missing the sarcasm?

 

Currie was originally supposed to be a 2019 commit before reclassifying. Speculation: Michigan might have asked Currie to return to his original enrollment date so that they could pursue an additional prospect in the 2018 class, and Currie might have wanted to get going on college a year earlier.

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tjking82

September 29th, 2017 at 7:09 PM ^

The kid was offered as a 2019 recruit, and, after committing, decided to reclassify to 2018.  In that circumstance, I don't think the coaching staff can be faulted for backing out of a scholarship offer.  We promised you a 2019 offer, you weren't in our plans for 2018.

He changed the equation, not Michigan.

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BiaBiakabutuka21

September 29th, 2017 at 6:07 PM ^

was in the class, we had 3 guys at 6' 8 that played 3 different positions (3, 4, and 5).  If we can replace Currie with Castleton a 6'10 strech big that can really protect the rim, that would really round out the class well.  

Best of luck to Currie, and if he does stick around for 2019 we should take another look at him then.  Doubt that happens though.

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OkemosBlue

September 30th, 2017 at 7:13 PM ^

Castleton's not the only possible replacement.  Beilein has three great prospects this weekend, including, I believe, the no. 2 player (however unlikely it is that we might get him).  It all liklihood it will work out for Castleton, but it must be painful for him at the moment.

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jakerblue

September 29th, 2017 at 8:39 PM ^

Maybe Beilein has been playing the long game. He's been clean because he knew something like this FBI thing was going to happen. So now that it has and the heat is on everyone else he can go play dirty.

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PurpleBeaverEater

September 29th, 2017 at 11:40 PM ^

Odd that he states that he is reopening his recruitment for both years if we only asked him to reclassify and he has such a love for U of M. Makes me wonder if there is something more there, where he thinks that he will get lost in the bench with PT or something. Either way, whatever makes him happy and works out best for us is what's most desired. That being said, where do we stand if all of the current prospects fall through? I know that is highly unlikely, with Castleton coming down to us and Illinois and us having a good shot with Noah Locke and a few options on the back burner, but what do we look like if shit hits the fan? Teske and Davis will be our only bigs? I feel like they both have slow feet, but maybe I am wrong.

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Rasmus

September 30th, 2017 at 8:41 AM ^

Thanks for pointing that out. Seems like the key point. Sounds like he wants to explore his 2018 options more fully, possibly because Michigan isn't one of them?

Do we know the actual story of the original reclassification (from 2019 to 2018) -- which side initiated that?

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93Grad

September 30th, 2017 at 9:03 AM ^

That he moves on. He wasn’t going to help us much at all in 2018 if he stayed in that class and CC sounds like he may be a better fit for what we need next year. I’d be more than happy to get CC and Nunez to finish off JBs best class since 2012-13.

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AA Forever

September 30th, 2017 at 9:37 AM ^

for rushing to offer lower rated guys when there is no need to.  Yes, it's not easy to balance the timing for all of the guys you're interested in, or to know for sure how interest will wax and wane among different recruits, but this is a case where Currie was not going anywhere.  He would have jumped at a Michigan offer at any time, and probably decommitted from a lesser program to grab it when it came.  Better to wait and see how things pan out with more desireable recruits before you open the door to a guy like Currie.  Much less chance of generating bad feelings that way.

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jdemille9

September 30th, 2017 at 10:34 AM ^

At the end of the day it's about fit in his system and guys he can develop over time*

Coaches don't care about star ratings, especially not Beilein. To say he rushes to offer low rated guys is absolutely wrong. This is a man who won't even offer until he sees the kid play in person. If anything he is a bit stingy with when and who he offers. 

The issue, as has been stated numerous times in both the article and comments, is Currie was offered as a 2019 recruit not 2018. He chose to reclassify and that upset the balance of what Beilein is trying to do, so they asked him to go back to 2019, which is what he was when they offered. Maybe they felt he had some upside and another two years of high school will bring that out, but either way he was not originally part of their 2018 class plans.

*Burke is the perfect example. No one was super excited about him (a three-star in OSU's backyard that they didn't even want) then he turns into the POY his 2nd year and a first-round draft pick. 

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