Artie

February 2nd, 2015 at 12:14 PM ^

I might smile if we got Williamson...which I haven't done a lot of lately with having pneumonia and all. Perhaps even a happy dance would be in order, provided it wouldn't make my chest feel like someone's repeatedly hitting with a hammer.

Sorry, had to vent/whine/bitch somewhere.



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Auerbach

February 2nd, 2015 at 12:58 PM ^

There's a mountain of Twitter evidence that Perry just went blue. He just followed three Michigan players/coaches since yesterday and Michigan commit Jack Dunaway (who was at Brother Rice with Malzone and Perry) tweeted "the three amigos are back together" then deleted it. 

turd ferguson

February 2nd, 2015 at 11:31 AM ^

I could be wrong, but I don't think Jay Harbaugh did his "amaizing" thing yesterday before/during the Burnett stuff.  Some people interpreted his "blessings on blessings on blessings" tweet to be about recruits, but he has pretty clearly established that he throws down an "amaizing" when a guy commits.

Keel

February 2nd, 2015 at 11:21 AM ^

Grant Perry just reaffirmed his commitment to NW on StateChamps Saturday night. Not saying that it couldn't be him though, can anybody tell me how Ypsilanti Lincoln WR Lazon Hicks Jr has really only recieved GLIAC and MAC attention? Academics? This guy is 6'5'' and 210lbs, could have real potential there.  

michigan fan 1976

February 2nd, 2015 at 11:25 AM ^

the way it was worded, i tend to think its one of the bigger targets, maybe jefferson, maybe weber, maybe wheatley i dont know but to me the way he worded it makes be think its a bigger target

Indonacious

February 2nd, 2015 at 11:47 AM ^

The writing was on the wall here. He just seemed much more enthused with ucla than he did with us. The big thing I thought we had going for us was harbaugh's utilization of TEs but he didn't seemed bothered by it on twitter, and was responding to other people regarding how the ucla staff has shown them how he will be used.

alum96

February 2nd, 2015 at 1:00 PM ^

Yes this is shaping up to be a heck of a class and they look to be on quite a few guys on NSD as well.  I am not surprised from the angle of all the things UCLA offers and its a sleeping giant type of program that has underachieved.  I am surprised no one cares that their coach is going around and throwing his hat into quite a few NFL coaching searches. 

UCLA being good is tough on UM because we have a very similar academic profile and Jim seems to be focusing on a lot of CA kids for 2016.

Dan84

February 2nd, 2015 at 12:04 PM ^

For what that's worth (which may not be very much, given that he may have heard about the same commit through a different channel):

https://twitter.com/jcshurburtt/status/562289797163933696

Is this related to Jay Harbaugh's tweet? Do you know who it is?

 

Not Twitter related.

CrazyMichiganFan1

February 2nd, 2015 at 12:49 PM ^

Good for Perry, seems like a good kid... Setting up to be a disappointing signing day though. I don't have any evidence to support this, but it's probably typical of a coaching change year.



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alum96

February 2nd, 2015 at 12:57 PM ^

Yeah if its Perry its basically a plan C type WR behind the others.  Not sure why we are so focused on getting a WR in this class with limited slots when we have Harris and Ways who essentially are freshman on a depth chart (RS of course) next year, and Darboh Chesson Canteen ahead.  I can understand for a Van Jefferson type talent but this is a kid with no Big 10 offers outside NW.

CrazyMichiganFan1

February 2nd, 2015 at 1:05 PM ^

I was thinking Jefferson or no body. It's nice to have players who truly love the school on the team, but with a serious lack of play makers, I would've rather the scholarship be allocated to the 2016 class. I know most don't like that idea, but I would rather not have to turn down a 2016 player with a lot of potential, because we just filled out 2015 class with whoever would say yes.



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Jimmyisgod

February 2nd, 2015 at 1:13 PM ^

Do not underestimate Grant Perry and his cache with Malzone.  Kid is talented and I thought ridiculously underrated, all he did was catch everything.  And he's a very good student to boot, 3.7 GPA.

Ryanonymous

February 2nd, 2015 at 1:14 PM ^

Go watch his highlights!
1) reminded of how sharp Malzone's accuracy is and his throws definitely get there in a hurry
2) Perry is a great athlete and can return kicks as well.

I'd be pumped to land Perry. Not a plan C at all.

Magnus

February 2nd, 2015 at 5:38 PM ^

a) We're not in a mode where we have a ton of "needs." We're in a situation where we can generally take the best player available. I do think we need at least one cornerback and one tight end, but the other spots are for the "best available" player right now, IMO.

b) Perry offers something Michigan does not really have, which is a small-ish possession guy who can play in the slot and run some quick routes. Hoke's biggest recruiting shortcoming (outside of recruiting better/more quarterbacks) is that he brought in a bunch of large, lumbering wide receivers who can't get separation. Perry's not a huge deep threat, but I can see him being used in some of the same ways that you saw Amendola and Edelman being used for New England.