Audio--Sam Webb Recruiting Round up today on WTKA

Which segment is it? Your link goes to #7 and they are talking about JV...

EDIT: It is segment #6 that is the recruiting segment.

For those who can’t access the podcast, here’s a quick summary of the basketball talk (perhaps someone else can summarize the football side). Sam said that Izzo made a late push for Zak Irvin, but Irvin told him he was too late. Sam talked about how Izzo has successfully done this in the past, for instance with Draymon Green, someone that Michigan had long been in the lead for, only to have Izzo swoop in at the last second with a successful late offer.

Sam talked about how a common thread with Glenn Robinson III, Mark Donnal, and Irvin is that Beilein got in on the ground floor with them—before they started gaining wider interest—and that was critical in them committing to Michigan. He mentioned that on the very day Donnal committed to Michigan, Donnal’s coach got a phone call from Duke, seeing if they could get Donnal on campus for a visit.

A similar "cherry-picking" (as Sam calls it) scenario may be playing out with Derrick Walton Jr., one of the three point guards in the class of 2013 that Michigan has offered. Beilein was in early on Walton and was the first to offer him a scholarship. Now, MSU is "making a strong push" for Walton and Izzo "wants him to come up and have a meeting in the next few days."

Or do we have and under the radar BB coach who is awesome at recruiting (recognizing talent) and developing talent (already multiple stars in the NBA?)

Is it possible we will have the same thing in our football coach?

From the round up: we are not really pursuing Diggs as hard as other schools possibly due to his personal situation... (grades).

WR: Darboh is the probable top target at WR. Monte is as well. The kid from Missouri as well (didn't catch a name).

that if grades are an issue then Hoke's not going to continue to recruit.  Not enough ships left to wait and see how grades play out.  And Hoke's comments on "quality" kids makes me think there are too many other good kids out there to wait on a kid with grade issues.  That doesn't mean that a kid with grade issues isn't a quality kid .... I just think for this years class situation Hoke is going to move on to a quality kid without the grade problems.

I think you're right, but that it won't be for just this year and it's not a timing issue to finish the recruiting class.  I think Hoke wants kids that are hard workers, dedicated and responsible both on and off the field.  If a kid is borderline on grades, that means he hasn't been working very hard in school or in a few cases has limited aptitude.  Either way, I'm guessing Hoke would rather find someone who doesn't have these issues.  He'll pass on a few talented kids, but will be rewarded with a team that over achieves on the field and in the class room.  Sounds like the way Michigan should be operating.

Its actually a good tactic if it works though. If you swoop in and steal one not only do you get a good player but it serves a 2nd benefit of rendering all of Beileins time and energy spent recruiting the kid a waste of time, when otherwise it could have been spent on another recruit.  I love the fact that Irvin told Izzo to kick rocks.

Sam seemed pretty resigned to the fact that we'll be taking 2 DTs and no QB in 2012.

As much as people want to hate on Izzo...lets be honest in that his success as coach at msu allows him to "swoop" in and get kids to commit. I see absolutely nothing wrong with that and hope in time that JB can do the exact same thing. Not to mention looking at his recruiting classes for the next 2 yrs I dont see Izzo in dire straits for one kid. If he lands Harris he will be in good shape and the fact that he is in the top 2 or 3 for Jabari Parker as well..

It's gonna be a fun rivalry again and I'm really looking forward to nothing but competetive games with a lot of trash talk going both ways.