TVH Weekly: Ray Ball, Sean Duggan, Demetrius Hart, MSU Visitors

Thanks again Tom,

     Totally understandable about the Dee Hart information.  Share what you can.  Happy for the recruitment to finally end on Friday, I'll be looking for a hello post on that day. 

any chance a linebacker or d-back might make an M commitment soon?

As always thanks Tom, and despite what I want to say I think its great that you can earn the confidence of kids like Dee Hart (and their families) by being very judicious in the info you make public.  Having said that I won't ask anything about Dee but was curious about Kris Frost, is it still more or less a final two with Aubrun slightly ahead of us?  If his parents can't make it this weekend, when would they make it up?  At this point best guess 50/50 we land him or better or worse?

When I first read on Dee, I thought you were saying, "I know the decision is not what any of you want to hear." I was like, DAAAAAMMMMMMMEhhh? Oh... It's not what we want to hear that you can't tell us."

Yeah, definitely let these kids have it their own way. They've earned it.

I recall an article over the summer that he was not "feeling the love" from the coaches (I recall that it was during a dead period) - I assume that his frequent trips to the big house this year mean that sentiment has evaporated.

thanks, tom.  any world on whether zettel will be there?

This will be an interesting story to watch play out. We have a nice relationship with that program, through his dad. What position would he be slotted for? What long-term affect would pushing him to walk-on have with his dad? Is it a walk-on at Michigan vs MAC scholarship, or does he have a lot of options?

Tom,

Any reaction from Hart on the Ryles offer? I imagine that will come up in the call.

Using my powers of logic, deductive reasoning, faith and blind hope, just to make it to Friday while we wait for Dee. Then I'll have to use them all again just to get through Saturday

FWIW on the Recruiting Roundup Sam Webb said his "gut feeling" on Dee hasn't changed.

Tom, when you speak to the Harts, tell them to log onto MGoBlog and see the kind of love we're giving him here.  I'll hazard a guess that he's not getting this kind of love at any other school (not that other schools don't like him).  He'll immediately be welcomed into the Wolverine family!

Outside of Dee, are we close on any other Blue Chips? Who are the very high quality recruits considering M right now? Its so hard to parse through all of the data out there.

I really hope UM can start to attract the attention of some good MLB, DE, DT and S recruits. The team will likely never be a Big 10 contender if they consistently field lousy defenses.

QB for Westerville South, Marcus Ball, is related to Ray? I remember watching them on ESPNU, and being fairly impressed with the QB. He is in the class of 2012, I believe. 

Tom, any word on Avery Walls visit to Eugene?
Thanks.

So Frost may have to push back his visit? Alot of things haven't been falling our way with Frost lately.  Auburn has ratched up the pressure on Frost, and we can't seem to get the kid onto campus lately (very understandable circumstances though).  I think Auburn might pull away with this one, with the distance factor and Frost's good relationship with Auburn coach that's recruiting him.  Still need another MLB for this class, so not sure much other realistic options out there. 

I figured that it was a foregone conclusion that he'd be here for this game.

IMO the biggest part of this weekend's visits is strengthening our relationship with Jenkins-Stone and Richardson from Cass Tech.

Also very glad to hear that Wisconsin is off Duggan's list. I thought they were the biggest threat. B.C.'s ahead but the stench of that team will be even more pungent in December while we'll finish looking like the turnaround team of '10.

Tom, thank you for having integrity. For some kids, the moment they announce their selection will be the pinnacle of their lives. Thank you for making it about them and not about us, which is exactly how it should be.

This latest post by Tom really puts my spirits up for Dee being a Wolverine with Tom saying, "letting you know any negatives to watch out for." Go blue.

Ray Ball is a lot bigger than most of our offensive line recruits.  Obviously speed PLUS size is ideal but if Rodriguez has to choose only one, he usually goes for mobility.

Basically I'm asking if Ball is mobile for a 320 lb guy (which would have to make him close to a 5 star) or is he going to be a bit of a project getting him in shape for the offensive system?

His facebook post is probably a good sign...it's gonna be hard for any tb to NOT want a chance to pay in this offense.  And it helps that we are on tv every week...and the highlight reels are going crazy with our players.

Now if we can just get his 2 safety teammates to change their minds and come with...

Tom,

What's Hart's 40 time?  He looks very fast.  Also, how well does he hold up after first contact?  The only video I've seen shows him only making contact with defensive players a couple times....I guess that's a good sign.

Tom,

Thank you for this hint.

This week's and next week's games will both be big for visitors. We could (should?) see a few commitments along the way.

Dee would be a huge get for us, but at this point all I'm worried about is the D.  Can we limit the transfers and get players in that we know will qualify academically?  The D is young, but if people continue to transfer/don't qualify then we'll always be young and inexperienced.  With Shoelace at Q for the next 2 1/2 years the offense will be near unstoppable.  My question is can we find some LBs that can read a play and shed blocks? Can the frosh DBs from this year develop enough to be solid next year?  With an offense like ours all we need is a mediocre D and we'll win 9 games, a good D and it becomes 10-12.

Good reporting as always Tom. I was wondering if Frost wasn't coming this week would he be in for the Iowa game