4* safety Sean Parker wants to visit UM.
http://footballrecruiting.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1020826
"Sean Parker of Harbor City (Calif.) Narbonne has been one of the most hard-to-gauge prospects in the 2010 class. But he told reporters last week that he wants to take official visits to Michigan and Oregon soon. He has already visited Notre Dame and Cal and would like to take two more trips before he makes up his mind."
November 24th, 2009 at 9:45 PM ^
come on down sean parker
November 24th, 2009 at 9:47 PM ^
MOAR SAFETIES PLZ
These guys must have watched our secondary play this season. The spots are WIIIIIIIIDE open.
November 24th, 2009 at 9:49 PM ^
Isn't this guy a heavy ND lean?
November 24th, 2009 at 9:52 PM ^
Not sure anybody is a heavy ND lean considering what's going on there.
November 25th, 2009 at 3:22 PM ^
Except when Weis stands casually near a door frame.
November 24th, 2009 at 9:52 PM ^
I could care less how heavily a 4* player is leaning towards a different school. If he wants to come and check out the program, bring 'em in and show them a good time!
November 24th, 2009 at 9:53 PM ^
But I'll bet that was before all of the "does Charlie stay or does he go?" talk. I wonder whether any of the commits are reconsidering? Many probably want to know how the coaching situation plays out, but that opens the window at least a crack on some of those guys.
November 24th, 2009 at 11:09 PM ^
He has no leader and is also planning to visit USC
November 24th, 2009 at 9:53 PM ^
could be irrelevant once weis gets fired. Maybe we could steal some of their recruits who wish to choose more wisely.
November 25th, 2009 at 12:10 AM ^
I hope UM steals a few really good ND recruits. It would make up for ND hiring first Greg Mattison and then Corwin Brown to help anticipate and tip off UM offensive plays for the last ten years. Now that RR is at UM and an ex-Bo/Moeller/Carr player or assistant isn't going to give them an edge, Brown proably won't be asked to stay.
But it would be poetic justice to see a couple of four or five-star ND commits overcome by snake oil.
November 25th, 2009 at 1:32 AM ^
Are we talking about an edge past "Oh, the full back is shuffling right, they are running to that side"? Or "The backup WRs are in, this is a run"? Or maybe "The TE is covering up a WR, probably a run to that side"? Or was it "Stretch left"? Gotta be specific when you're talking about an edge.
November 25th, 2009 at 3:12 AM ^
sir, did good work here.
November 25th, 2009 at 7:14 AM ^
Using the logic, my wife should have been hired by Notre Dame. She called 90% of Lloyd Automobile's plays accurately. And she only knew 3 plays.
November 25th, 2009 at 2:40 PM ^
"Some people will hypothesize that the potential existence of paper warrants the occasional scissors throw, but only three things can happen when you throw scissors and two of them are bad."
http://mgoblog.blogspot.com/2007/10/thirty-minutes-of-hell.html
November 24th, 2009 at 9:54 PM ^
I'm worried about our D line next year. Will it be able to handle the run better in year 2 of the system from G Rob
November 24th, 2009 at 10:17 PM ^
We just locked down one of the best corners of 2010 and the thread is about another good recruit in the secondary wanting to come for a visit and all you can say is your worried about our d - line? Thanks for signing up today just for that.
November 24th, 2009 at 10:54 PM ^
I think they call that 'a troll'
November 24th, 2009 at 11:07 PM ^
this is a specialized troll - a concern troll.
November 24th, 2009 at 11:43 PM ^
Roh was great considering he's an undersized true freshman, Van Bergen never hurt us and made a play here and there, and Martin was good while showing he will be great. We have 3/4 of the DL coming back and good talent waiting in the wings in LaLota, Campbell, and incoming freshman Terry Talbott.
The reason we were poor against the run from time to time was ILBs not being in their gaps and/or playing with poor technique in those instances, by and large.
November 25th, 2009 at 5:19 AM ^
I agree that Van Bergen had a pretty good year, but to say he "never hurt us" is a bit misleading. He admitted responsibility for the long TD run against Indiana.
November 24th, 2009 at 9:57 PM ^
If we can grab any 1-2 of Parker, Jefferson, Grimes, or Knight then I think the secondary class has to easily be our best in years. Not to mention Turner and Witty able to play next year, too.
BTW, on the strength of Christian's commit, Scout's front page has us up to #16, up from #20.
Here's to RR closing strong...
November 24th, 2009 at 10:00 PM ^
Nice, I didn't notice that. Hopefully with one or two more four-star guys (maybe three, but I don't wanna push it) we'll move up to around 11-12 and have landed a decent class.
November 24th, 2009 at 10:03 PM ^
So 16 out of 120ish D1 schools isnt a decent class?
November 25th, 2009 at 11:19 AM ^
But based upon precedent, 16th is not a "good" recruiting class at Michigan.
I fully understand that Rodriguez recruits areas that are considered undervalued by recruiting sites (Smurf Backs and Slot Ninjas come to mind), but on the defensive side of the ball, they are recruiting the same players as the other elite programs in the country. And with a full class of 25, to have a ranking in the mid- to low-teens means simply that the average recruit is not thought of as highly as previous classes. Of course they can be wrong, but I think Brian and others have done a lot of work to show that recruit rankings are a reasonable predictor of success.
Christian was a nice grab. And adding a couple more from the Jefferson, Parker, Grimes, Furman, etc. bunch will help as well.
I also hope -- given the staff's experience at West Virginia and their dedication to recruting the deep South -- that they are more adept at uncovering gems previously overlooked. Carvin Johnson was unranked anywhere when they signed him earlier this month, and now he's seen as a rising 3 star. Cornelius seems to fit that model as well.
November 24th, 2009 at 10:06 PM ^
Maybe I'm being biased, but I also like a lot of our three-stars. A lot of them have offers from other good schools, which doesn't coincide with their star rankings.
November 24th, 2009 at 10:05 PM ^
That's the hood in a big way. Harbor City was a tough spot when I was growing up. He'd fit in well in AA-midwestern hospitality
November 24th, 2009 at 10:16 PM ^
That would explain why Parker (and his family) has wanted to go out of state from the start.
November 24th, 2009 at 10:21 PM ^
Anybody know how tall this guy is? Rivals and scout say 5'10 but ESPN says 6'1 and 6'0 on Recruiting Planet.
November 24th, 2009 at 10:22 PM ^
I would guess between 5'10" and 6'1"
November 25th, 2009 at 12:11 AM ^
As a general rule, go with the shortest listing. Players have an incentive to inflate their height, but they have no reason to claim they're shorter than they are.
November 25th, 2009 at 11:16 AM ^
Yeah I know, just hoping maybe he hit one of the late growth spurt somewhere.
November 24th, 2009 at 10:38 PM ^
Its to bad the football season is over, not to many recruits commit elsewhere after visiting the 100,000 people @ the big house. Rich rod always finishes strong. Ask joe tiller. Anyone know if we play purdue next year? Michigan has a score to settle with that coach of there.
November 24th, 2009 at 11:54 PM ^
...too bad that he didn't visit during a game so he could absorb just how powerful game day in A2 is.
November 25th, 2009 at 12:07 AM ^
Spelled D-O-R-K
November 24th, 2009 at 10:41 PM ^
And Sean, we'd very much like you to visit as well.
November 24th, 2009 at 11:08 PM ^
this could be a nice notre dame catch
November 25th, 2009 at 12:30 AM ^
I suppose we are all considering the guy who gets the ND job is a clown so all of the commits bail... As much as I would love that to be true, I'm not so sure...
November 25th, 2009 at 12:32 AM ^
I agree completely. The chance that their new coach is an upgrade is 150%. Or more.
Shall we all pray that Charlie stays as long as possible.
November 25th, 2009 at 12:37 AM ^
Sounds like a double edged sword, lol
November 25th, 2009 at 7:21 AM ^
The problem for Notre Dame right now is their defensive recruits and future defensive system. If the new coach keeps Tenuta (which would probably be the right decision) then things stay stable for the current players and recruits. If they replace with a new DC or if the HC himself is a defensive coach, then they are looking at a Michigan defense problem of too much change in too short a time. This would probably hurt the growth of the current defense and could deter recruiting to close this year.
November 25th, 2009 at 12:46 AM ^
ND's new coach (assuming they make a change) may well be a better actual coach than Weis, but might not be as good a recruiter. Weis is very, very good in that area. Also, it's possible that the new coach might install a system that some of Weis's recruits aren't cut out for.
November 25th, 2009 at 1:25 AM ^
dislike Weis and see all his flaws (coaching, personality or otherwise) - ND commits are highly-rated guys that could have gone just about anywhere...but chose ND to go play for Weis. Changing the head coach is a big fuckin deal, whether it be an actual or perceived upgrade or downgrade. Turmoil and uncertainty hurt as well. Current commits will be looking elsewhere for sure and some will leave.
November 25th, 2009 at 9:08 AM ^
I think it is the uncertainty that hurts the most. If this turns into a long drawn out process it will hurt ND.
The longer it takes them to either fire Weis and hire a replacement, or come out and verify that he isn't going anywhere, the more recruits are left to speculate on their future.
Even if ND comes out and publicly endourse Charlie and let everyone know he is staying, there is still uncertainty as far as the next year goes. This is not looking like a team that is very stable at the moment, and for some recruits that is important.
The worst thing that could happen from a recruiting stand point (for UM) is that ND fire Weis right away and hired someone within the next month. Any other scenario that takes longer than this to play out should lead some current committs and interested recruits to look elsewhere.
November 25th, 2009 at 1:04 AM ^
By far, my favorite thing on Rivals is when a profile indicates multiple pictures, you click to see them, but it's just the same picture zoomed out a few inches.
November 25th, 2009 at 2:14 AM ^
outta room for all these "commits". somethings gotta give. I wonder whose number we "forget" first?