All recruits being told to wait as "Silent Commits" until Signing Day
Per Steve Lorenz, it seems as though any future commits will be silent until NSD, when Harbaugh wants to make splash and have all of them reveal their commitment on that day! If true, another unique idea from harbaugh...maybe has something to do with the signing with the stars event?
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Harbaugh has the biggest ballz ever. Guarantees OSU victory while QB and now this.
January 23rd, 2016 at 5:40 PM ^
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January 23rd, 2016 at 6:24 PM ^
Brass
January 23rd, 2016 at 6:38 PM ^
But probably one brass, one sapphire.
January 23rd, 2016 at 7:40 PM ^
Ballz are just hard, for the hardballer.
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January 24th, 2016 at 12:16 PM ^
wtf are you talking about? do you just like to make clever sounding references?
January 23rd, 2016 at 5:47 PM ^
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January 23rd, 2016 at 6:23 PM ^
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January 23rd, 2016 at 6:53 PM ^
Why not just have them "commit" to someone else then flip on signing day? If you're going to make a splash, make a spash.
January 23rd, 2016 at 7:32 PM ^
i love that idea!!! that would screw up alot of other power five teams -- they would be counting on a recruit and have to scramble on signing day!!
January 23rd, 2016 at 8:21 PM ^
January 23rd, 2016 at 9:40 PM ^
Copy and paste from above. It's a fun thought and the worst way to recruit.
January 23rd, 2016 at 7:48 PM ^
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January 23rd, 2016 at 9:58 PM ^
does it deflect heat from the prospects from other schools? Do other coaches intensify their efforts to get them to change their mind?
January 23rd, 2016 at 4:58 PM ^
Makes sense. Michigan is mostly quiet on NSD except for some last minute flips.
Schools like Bama, OSU and LSU cleanup on NSD. Having everyone announce on that day along with those schools puts Michigan's name right up there on CBS, ESPN etc.
Great idea by the staff!
January 23rd, 2016 at 5:18 PM ^
Actually, I'd guess it's as much about preventing the last minute frenzy of coaches attempting to flip guys without our coaches having a chance to reel them back in before they sign the LOI. Smart move either way, and makes for an interesting Tuesday!
January 23rd, 2016 at 5:42 PM ^
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January 23rd, 2016 at 6:35 PM ^
he should look for some place else and as we have seen, being committed does not stop any coach, include JH, from contacting a recruit.
January 23rd, 2016 at 7:47 PM ^
and harder to target your negative recruiting if you didn't know where a recruit was committed. I think it was RR who said commitments let you know who was your competition.
January 23rd, 2016 at 8:22 PM ^
"Silent" to us does not necessarily mean "silent" to the schools recruiting him. Some guys genuinely don't know or play it close to the vest, but it's obvious that some guys whose commitment isn't known (or whose pending decommitment is not yet known) have communicated enough with staffs that word is out. Remember, OSU found a replacement for Kareem Walker before he actually decommitted, and Washington was looking for someone to replace Long before he verballed this week.
So other teams that are bound to lose on recruits can still read tea leaves or get "gut feelings" just like always. This strikes me as mostly a fun publicity move rather than an effort to mess with other teams.
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The committed ones.
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https://twitter.com/_Dbush11/status/690984572134244353
Embed isn't working because this website is still stuck in 1994.
January 23rd, 2016 at 5:58 PM ^
Looks like a really nice day. Southern California weather almost.
January 23rd, 2016 at 7:33 PM ^
With the Future 〽️
January 23rd, 2016 at 5:01 PM ^
Apparently he does not care about my blood pressure and anxiety level does he???
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January 23rd, 2016 at 5:23 PM ^
Maybe we should have an alternate blog to re-route to, anyone want to start MGoblog, 'The Duece'?
January 23rd, 2016 at 5:11 PM ^
January 23rd, 2016 at 5:14 PM ^
502 errors. Also some 503 backend fetches failing and the occasional 504 error for the fun of it, too.
January 23rd, 2016 at 6:55 PM ^
Nerd fight!!!
January 23rd, 2016 at 6:58 PM ^
I've begun to get 522 errors (connection timed out) as well on occasion, and unless my screen is deceiving me, the site now employs CloudFlare. In any case, on NSD, I fully expect the connection to time out rather a lot - as depicted above, a fiber connection to something that is actually on fire at the moment you're trying to access it is typically hard to maintain.
January 23rd, 2016 at 10:47 PM ^
I was recently CloudFlared. You're not alone, LSA.
January 23rd, 2016 at 5:14 PM ^
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Well that frees up about 10 hours a day of checking MGoBlog and Twitter between now and then.
January 23rd, 2016 at 5:08 PM ^