5 silent commits
Ok like most I recieved this email from go wolverine the other day and thought is was interesting... I know about Grimes Murphy and Furman but who are our other two supposed "silent" commits
Are there any spots left in the Michigan recruiting class?
With 23 commitments ... are there five more 'silent commits'?
^direct copy and paste from the E-mail...
December 13th, 2009 at 2:18 PM ^
on my part but I would have to say Richard Ash and Hankins, both DT's.
December 13th, 2009 at 2:21 PM ^
Can you provide more information please? I am unfamiliar with any email, and this is the first I have heard of any silent commits (other than CC) mentioned here (But that might just be me).
December 13th, 2009 at 2:21 PM ^
Could it be Ash? What actually came out of his visit?
December 13th, 2009 at 2:32 PM ^
I speculated Ash but i still thought Florida lead for Hankins.
I copied and pasted the relevant info from the E-mail there was a couple other things that had nothing to do with uncommitted recruits.
December 13th, 2009 at 3:22 PM ^
Oh, ok, I saw that in your post but thought there had to be more in the email. Talk about someone being vague to try to generate interest with that email.
December 13th, 2009 at 3:27 PM ^
going to Louisville will affect Hankins' interest in Florida.
December 13th, 2009 at 5:55 PM ^
Did you find a way to listen to the podcasts, or do you listen live? I havent seen any new podcasts in a while.
December 13th, 2009 at 6:29 PM ^
I'm at work before 7:40 am. But the Hankins/Strong talk was on today's show with him, Michael Taylor and Tom Beaver.
December 14th, 2009 at 4:35 AM ^
Oh ok I hadn't heard that!
December 13th, 2009 at 3:29 PM ^
^ You beat me to it. ^ With Strong taking the job at Louisville, Hankins may decide against Florida. I believe he visited the Buckeyes this weekend. From what I read he was looking at early playing time. Michigan would seem to be the best place for that.
December 13th, 2009 at 2:33 PM ^
That would be awesome if true.
December 13th, 2009 at 2:41 PM ^
Well the E-mail mentions Grimes but i figured that was common knowledge on this website by now along with his teammate Murphay, and Furman may be a lil bit more speculation since he announcing at Maryland's what is it The Crab Cakes (mmmmmmmm!!!) Bowl. Still gives me a bad feeling he's going to end up at Maryland.
December 13th, 2009 at 2:49 PM ^
He's choosing between Michigan or Virginia Tech so don't worry about Maryland
December 13th, 2009 at 3:57 PM ^
that he had strong gut feelings on Furman, Grimes, and Murphy (you know what that means :)) and also mentioned Ash and Hankins saying he thought we were the team to beat.
The question is going to be, do we wait on Drake and Kinard and hope they qualify or still pursue others. Webb also mentioned that there are suppose to be some visits from players committed to other schools, but refused to elaborate on who as he doesn't want to risk exposing the kids.
December 13th, 2009 at 4:07 PM ^
To be 100% honest, if either of them (or anyone else) doesn't qualify by the next grading period, then I'd re-open their spot and see if we can land someone better. Perhaps they're the best available option, in which case we wait. If not, then it's C-YA!
Not to be rude, so I'll speak hypothetically ... but let's say a RB or slot receiver doesn't qualify, then I think we have to consider replacing them with an OL, LB, or maybe even DL.
December 13th, 2009 at 4:09 PM ^
I'm holding out for the "strong, strong gut feeling."
December 13th, 2009 at 5:37 PM ^
RRod will keep recruiting as many quality players as he can until the very end regarless of how many commits, silent or not we have. If our recent history, and that of almost every other major program, is any indicator number of commits means almost nothing until that LOI is faxed and received in early february. We just have to hope that if/when the decommits come they won't be at the positions of most need like the DT situation last year.
December 13th, 2009 at 8:15 PM ^
Accepting extra commitments is dangerous, because it means that there's a pretty high chance of some kids getting screwed. We do not want to be Alabama.
December 13th, 2009 at 9:11 PM ^
I sort of do want to be Alabama right now.
December 13th, 2009 at 10:25 PM ^
Some things are more important than winning football games.
December 14th, 2009 at 12:28 AM ^
Not when it's the main goal to win football games
December 14th, 2009 at 2:46 AM ^
Not at all costs. This isn't just about you, a fan, getting to feel good about wearing your Michigan shirt because we won a couple games. Real people are involved in this. I don't know how you can justify calling yourself a Michigan fan and in the same breath support cutting players, the same players you're rooting for, and were promised four year scholarships. It's not just about winning, it's about winning in a way you can be proud of. If this doesn't sound appealing to you I suggest you check out the NFL where rooting for your corporation is the name of the game.
December 14th, 2009 at 2:51 AM ^
I know and I respect integrity as part of the game, but I was more referring to winning being the main objective for the team. Not the fans, but the team's and the coaches main is to win football games.
December 14th, 2009 at 8:17 AM ^
Your being a little weird about this...The point of the football progam is to win games, and bring in money for the school...now adays it is practically a business, it does no good to hold Michigan up on a pedestal when we are getting crushed on the field every week
December 14th, 2009 at 4:59 AM ^
WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO SAY HERE? Winning ISN'T everything?
In all seriousness, I thought I read somewhere that if you are an athlete on scholarship and are cut or whatever through injury, coach's decision, etc., (but not something that violates school or team rules) you get to keep the scholarship. I assume most kids don't continue to attend the school and waste it, but I thought that was the way it worked.
Please correct me if I am wrong (which I'm sure someone will,)but I thought that was the deal.
December 14th, 2009 at 5:11 AM ^
When Alabama had to get rid of ten kids last year they put a couple on medical scholarship who may not have actually had career ending injuries. Considering team doctors are making the evaluation and players often don't have the means to get a second opinion the players are pretty much stuck.
But usually kids are either forced out of the program and are made to transfer. Either way a coach running a kid off the team who he recruited, promised to graduate etc. is ethically bankrupt. There is no understanding during the recruiting process that if a player doesn't perform he could have his scholarship revoked or be run off the team.
December 14th, 2009 at 6:26 PM ^
Considering that scholarships are only good for one year and must be renewed every year by the coach, it is perfectly understandable to pull a kids scholarship in the event that he isn't holding up his end of the bargain. It's not like this is common practice; most kids will transfer if they aren't happy. Hell, I was denied an opportunity to return for another year by my coach in college by redshirting a year. Yeah, it sucked. But, I understood where he was coming from, and I still got my degree without paying a dime.
December 14th, 2009 at 6:30 PM ^
That's not how scholarships are presented to kids or their families.
December 14th, 2009 at 8:13 AM ^
what?
December 14th, 2009 at 4:39 AM ^
No I agree I kinda want to be Alabama right now...Figures their best player would be from flint! (damn in-state recruiting)
December 14th, 2009 at 11:38 AM ^
the land of 5* DB recruits
December 14th, 2009 at 8:12 AM ^
I do want to be Alabama right now, actually I want us to be better, so what ever it takes, as longh as we are not breaking the rules.
December 14th, 2009 at 8:30 AM ^
Alabama's not that bad if you ask me.
December 13th, 2009 at 2:49 PM ^
Maryland's not in the picture; you must mean VA Tech:
http://mgoblog.com/content/wednesday-recruitin-17
December 14th, 2009 at 4:41 AM ^
No I meant Maryland. I'm just paranoid after the Campbell situation last year...
December 14th, 2009 at 1:32 PM ^
That's what Maryland does!
December 13th, 2009 at 2:50 PM ^
This is interesting, but given how many true freshman really played this year shouldn't we be combing the list of recruits from last year to see who may start to contribute in 2010? Guys like JT Turner and Vlad Emilien didn't play and some took this as a sign that they weren't good enough. Maybe Coach Rod just wanted them to be truly ready. Maybe he gave them the year to learn the system and work on getting in proper Division I football shape. The way I see it, we could see significant time from those two as well as Adrian Witty, Jeremy Gallon, Lalota, and maybe one of the big O-linemen (Washington or Lewan).
December 13th, 2009 at 2:52 PM ^
What?
December 13th, 2009 at 6:24 PM ^
Uh, Coach Rod didn't hold out Vlad and JT so they "could learn the system" better. Trust me, if he though they were good enough given our truly horrific secondary play, and also given the chance we had to go to a bowl, they would have been in. This does NOT mean they aren't good enough players, or that they won't be good to great in future, but it does mean that as freshman, they were not good enough to play.
December 13th, 2009 at 6:45 PM ^
Finally some sense and logic. I'm so sick of people thinking they are busts because as freshmen they either redshirted or saw very limited action.
December 13th, 2009 at 10:16 PM ^
Getting ready to play in the secondary in extremely tough for freshmen. That's why I'm not holding my breath that any of the incoming recruits step into the starting lineup.
I am, however, hoping that the guys who are already on the roster have improved over what they showed this past season.
December 13th, 2009 at 2:59 PM ^
Here is a 2011 QB from Waterford, MI you guys might wanna take a look at. He is on rivals and has a bunch of d1 schools recruiting him. No Michigan though!!??? He goes to a small school but he sure can play. Kid's got a bright future. Check him out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vCRLa3UcbQ
December 13th, 2009 at 3:06 PM ^
Shameless plug.
Probably doesn't help that he is a pro-style quarterback.
December 13th, 2009 at 3:06 PM ^
We sure will!
December 13th, 2009 at 3:09 PM ^
i wonder why michigan isnt one of his top schools though??? we gotta convince this kid to consider michigan
December 13th, 2009 at 3:14 PM ^
Judging by your username, I'm guessing you know him. So why don't you persuade him.
December 13th, 2009 at 3:20 PM ^
It's the same username that posted the YouTube video. That profile says age 25. Maybe an older brother or coach at the school? Or the age is made up.
This is odd though.
December 13th, 2009 at 5:15 PM ^
Michigan isn't one of his top schools because Michigan doesn't want him. Michigan doesn't want him because he isn't a dual-threat QB, which is what Michigan needs for it's style of offense to be effective. Can I spell it out any more clearly?
December 13th, 2009 at 3:19 PM ^
Interestingly enough, your signature says Laker football, so even you seem to know this kid would be a better fit up at Grand Valley
December 13th, 2009 at 4:15 PM ^
Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes Lakers