Cope

April 22nd, 2014 at 5:50 PM ^

I'm getting less expectant about this season. Gosh, I love Michigan and our football teams so much, but this five-ten year plan is wearing. Perhaps it's because it was coupled with a three and out. So, I'll hold on to see the product this year.

Joined: 10/07/2010

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CLord

April 22nd, 2014 at 4:55 PM ^

You can look at the datapoints associated with both programs and come to a wash - they had a depleted line, we do too.  They have good coaches and good guys, we do too.  They had more success last year, we have a new OC and a better school.  But end of day, the fact that this kid had a longstanding personal relationship with Nuss and eschewed that, does in fact raise a small eyebrow in terms of Nuss's recruiting.
 
I prefer however, to look at it this way - any kid who goes to Alabama clearly has a different value set than a kid coming to Michigan, and in fact has a value set more akin to Ohio (cough, "I didn't come here to play school", cough).  I personally don't know much about this kid and if it turns out he was class valedictorian, or does in fact value academics a great deal, then the eyebrow raise vs Nuss increases that much further.

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Arizona Blue

April 22nd, 2014 at 2:47 PM ^

I havent posted in 6 months...trying to internalize this off season and not over react but at this point, fuck me....

The program is in the pits

Given our situation on the o-line, Lindsay was a 6* recruit. We just lost said 6* to our biggest recruit. why god have you forsaken me.

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Bronco Joe

April 22nd, 2014 at 2:53 PM ^

Can't believe Nussmeier couldn't pull him in... Have to believe this is Urban saying, "You'll start this year," vs. "You'll compete for a starting job," from Hoke and Co. Good luck to him, except in Ann Arbor.

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Cold War

April 22nd, 2014 at 3:08 PM ^

Disappointing, but as a one year player it would have represented a relatively minor change in the trajectory of our O-line. The much more important factor is the growing experience and depth.

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JHendo

April 22nd, 2014 at 3:08 PM ^

So, we basically got jinxed by our own fearless leader's list of players post that prematurely penciled Lindsay into the roster?  Well, that was dissapointing.

 

Joined: 10/25/2008

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Unicycle Firefly

April 22nd, 2014 at 3:11 PM ^

On the bright side, this leaves open the exciting possibility of a mid-season position switch shake-up when the O Line struggles. Who isn't pumped to see Chris Wormley take a crack at playing center?

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mGrowOld

April 22nd, 2014 at 3:12 PM ^

Lately I have been having the same sick feeling I had when I watched Wisconsin run the ball on 37 of their last 38 plays in 2010 (and the last 32 in a row BTW).  I remember thinking this is what it must be like like to literally watch the wheels come off the wagon.  I remember thinking Rich was doomed and we had nowhere to go but downhill fast.

It's starting to feel like that again to me.

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