Bakich Drops Recruiting Video
And it’s very well done.
Shit, I just noticed the date. It was retweeted into my timeline today. Anyway, still cool.
Dang, that is really really well done.
9/10. Will be 10/10 when they update with a national championship dogpile here shortly. Go Blue!!
We need a FB recruiting video like that for the recruits south of the MD line. C'mon up north for the Difference.
"You'll never get hot if you don't know the cold."
The SEC, Big 12 and Pac10 can compete with one another for the warm weather players. This video tells me Michigan is the place for any talented ball player from the upper midwest and northeast. We've got the best facilities, best attitude and most success of any cold weather team.
Go Blue!
OMG FIRE HIM FOR THIS!!!!
FHIRE THIS MAN
That's a nice middle finger to the SoCal schools. Last weekend's performance backed it up.
They couldn't handle the "inclement weather" of the marine layer.
Wolverines eat marine layers for breakfast.
According the game cast Washington and Michigan have identical weather so who the hell knew what was going on...
It was a bit ridiculous at times, wasn't it? The thing that got me was the 'manly banter' between the announcers. By game 3, it left behind the good-natured ribbing and entered that uncomfortable area where we are left to wonder whether a barb is intended as a genuine insult or not.
I had never seen that until now. That was pretty damn good.
As a fair skinned guy who just came back from a Florida vacation, I wonder if the cloudy Michigan weather is a recruiting advantage for gingers or other people who hate the oppressive heat of the south. Maybe those people self-select out of baseball because of the whole being outside thing.
So you are saying Kerr was going blue whether he was a legacy or not!
This is either a joke or a massive stretch. :)
I know very few people who would rather play baseball in cold weather, except for maybe a few pitchers who can use it to their advantage.
Can't say I wanna practice at 4am in January, but I've never lived in a place without winter and I'm sure I'd miss it. It can be the most beautiful time of year, and yes I've traveled to plenty of tropical places.
needs to edit it and at the end, add something like
"This is where that hard work in the cold weather can take you" then show a picture of Omaha then the dog pile after beating the #1 team in the country. Maybe some Bruins fans crying, tearing their clothes and gnashing their teeth.
Or the wolverine carrying a goat head.
I shouldn't work in marketing ....
Or a chilly night in the Northeast in October.
Works for me...
You should work in marketing.
Avatar checks out.
Well I'm fired up.
Put me in coach . . . I'm ready to play . . . .
Awesome video.
Wow! That was phenomenal. It fired me up and I hate cold weather. I understand the recruiting advantages of warm weather states. But, if I were a baseball recruit, I'd be lining up Michigan for a visit. It was THAT effective.
Go Blue!
Yeah, a lil edit at the end showing the dog pile would make this a wee bit more powerful!
The dog pile should be edited into the part with the line "you'll never know success"
Great point. I think the only way to make this video even better is to show the reward at the end for all the hard work - a celebration pile on the field after beating UCLA and going to the CWS.
I like that a lot.
Still, all I can think of is: "Man, catching that ball in January has gotta hurt."
I'm a wuss.
Nonetheless, I did go to Michigan over more southern schools.
I remember, I dropped a textbook on my foot once in January. It hurt like hell, but I toughed it out.
Our first month of baseball practice in HS was in our school's rubber gym to avoid the 30 degree weather. First 4 or 4 double headers were in 40 degree weather. The pain in my hands from hitting a ball with a metal/composite bat was awful. Was a catcher too so my hands were constantly rattling.
Hell our first few weeks of practice was in our gym ON THE BASKETBALL FLOOR. Fielding grounders on that sucked something fierce, and must have been hell on that floor.
Baseball in the cold is terrible, but that was a great video.
We had 2 gyms and the one we practiced in had a rubber floor. Which was good and bad. Good because we could use real baseballs without possibly damaging the floor, and awful because the 2nd bounce of a grounded picked up speed as the ball rotated. If you didn't get the ball off the first hop, the second one would send it into your shin at twice the speed.
Am I the only one that sees a "Pure Michigan" spoof video being inspired by this?
"Why play baseball in FL, TX or some other warm climate? Embrace the challenge of running with frozen feet, catching with frozen fingers, pitching while your hand is numb..... Pure Michigan"
the music really makes that video. great mix of emotional/inspiring vs badass.
Initially, I read this as Bakich drops recruiting, look at video.
I thought it meant that he was taking over coaching the Seminoles!
Speaking of recruiting - incoming freshman pitcher Colin Czajkowski was not selected in the MLB draft ensuring he'll be a Wolverine.
The Freep (deal with it) had an interesting article on his saga through the draft last week. Sounds like he and his family had set a signing bonus threshold that, if met, would make it worth it to turn pro and skip school. Unfortunately for him/fortunately for us, nobody took the bait and Michigan will get a kick-ass pitcher next year.
The 6'4" lefty was named the Gatorade Michigan HS Player of the year. He's currently 11-0 this senior season with a 0.23 ERA (Career 23-1, 0.67) as Woodhaven HS continues through the playoffs.
You said the magic word when it comes to pitching, "lefty."
In the spirit of credit where credit is due, I want to make sure Warde Manuel gets his here. Two years ago, Bakich was the top target of both Stanford and South Carolina for their baseball head jobs (two programs with significant advantages over Michigan, and S. Carolina actually won two national titles at the start of the decade). Warde did what he had to do to keep Bakich, and the result is what we see now.
I will admit to being one of the guys that expressed some concern over the basketball hire because Warde generally keeps a low profile, so we didn't have a lot to go on about what he would look for. I think hiring JH was a strong move! But it comes on top of a bunch of lower tier program coach hires he's made at Michigan - tennis, lacrosse, and baseball. WD can detail them better than I ever could, but the fact is that Warde has excelled at hiring - and retaining - very good coaches.
To top it off, he was a guest on Harbaugh's podcast last week. He was light, fun, and engaging, without being a droll administrator and parroting the company line at each step. It's clear that he gets along well with his various department heads and coaches. I recommend listening to it... Also had Chris Hutchinson on as a guest.
So...Fire bakich?
Connor cook no longer a lion. I don’t hope guys get canned and lose their job, but man:
Well I just got chills and it's not December or January. GO Blue
LINK to list of Michigan Baseball's 2019 commits, including Jack Blomgren's brother Dan and Michigan Football recruit Joey Velazquez.
Here's a link to the UM 2019 baseball recruiting class that works (the preceding link is to state of Michigan players, not UM):
https://www.perfectgame.org/College/CollegeCommitments.aspx
You have to select the college from the university box.
Unfortunately you need to have a subscription to see the player ranking.
Couldn't find a free link to player rankings.
Nice ? video
You’ll never know hot if you don’t know the cold, stay hungry, be humble, GO BLUE,
I love it,