February 25th, 2019 at 4:25 PM ^
Movie sucked.
February 25th, 2019 at 5:00 PM ^
That movie was better than that Last Jedi bullshit.
February 25th, 2019 at 5:02 PM ^
Rogue One was by far the best of the "new" Star Wars movies.
February 25th, 2019 at 5:05 PM ^
Logged in for the sole purpose of upvoting this comment.
February 25th, 2019 at 5:14 PM ^
It was the best of the new ones for sure. The others were absolutely and downright awful. Kathleen Kennedy should have been fired over the hundreds of millions of dollars she cost due to her terrible decisions.
February 26th, 2019 at 11:52 AM ^
Logged in to upvote this too.
The only reason she hasn't been fired is because they can't find someone they deem qualified to replace her.
February 25th, 2019 at 6:27 PM ^
I thought this GIF was from Solo Story.
Rogue One was fine. Solo Story, not so much
February 25th, 2019 at 8:51 PM ^
I agree but this is sort of like saying someone is the fastest walker - it’s not like their is stiff competition
February 26th, 2019 at 9:48 AM ^
Agreed, Rogue One was fun to watch. They've pretty much screwed the pooch with the rest of the new(ish) ones.
February 25th, 2019 at 5:18 PM ^
I came to hear about recruiting not all of your garbage Star Wars takes.
February 25th, 2019 at 5:21 PM ^
+1. Insightful.
February 25th, 2019 at 7:48 PM ^
shut down all the garbage mashers on the detention level!
February 25th, 2019 at 8:32 PM ^
Yeah, but Vader's fall and redemption over the course of the original six movies fits so neatly into the tragic hero archetype that every movie released after the fact seems to suffer from a crisis of authenticity, you know?
February 25th, 2019 at 9:45 PM ^
I know what you are trying to do here... and i like it
February 26th, 2019 at 4:01 PM ^
Childish Gambino was great as Lando, but his part was too small and the whole robot love thing ruined it.
February 25th, 2019 at 4:10 PM ^
It's the OL from St. Francis. #800 player in the country. Would make 6 out of our 7 commits as guys outside the top 247. The one commit inside it currently is #246. Look out Ohio State!
February 25th, 2019 at 4:24 PM ^
Can't believe Signing Day 2020 is this Wednesday already!
February 25th, 2019 at 4:44 PM ^
Dr......
Putting aside Shawn's inflammatory editorial comments for a minute are you not even a bit concerned that we're taking commits like this one (if in fact it is him) this early in the recruiting cycle? I get having to fill-in if you miss on some targets late but if in fact it's him he would be the lowest ranked recruit that any of the teams in the top 15 have accepted to date.
https://247sports.com/Season/2020-Football/CompositeTeamRankings/
Shawn's presence kills any chance for an open discussion on this topic but FWIW I too am a bit concerned over our recruiting. In fact if you look at the relative quality of the class so far (average star rating) we are currently ranked 21st nationally - 12th if you add in quantity.
Yes it's extremely early in the cycle but it's not like we're in on a slew of 5 stars right now which will dramatically change things. What are you seeing that I'm missing?
February 25th, 2019 at 5:07 PM ^
1. 247 hasn't reranked the 2020 since early last year
2. This staff's ability to scout on their own and the rankings eventually catching up
Last year's class is a great example of the staff identifying really good players (Charbonnet, Trente Jones, Giles Jackson, etc.) and the scouting services eventually realizing this as well. We've signed top ten classes 3 out of 4 cycles with Jim - I'm not worried about how this one will shape up.
Many reranks and commits will happen between now and signing day. What the class looks like in February is meaningless, especially when you know the staff's track record.
February 25th, 2019 at 5:24 PM ^
So, right. Last year around this time we read this same garbage about Harbaugh's recruiting. And the year before that and the year before that and so on. But every year (except the one), top 10 classes. You'd think they'd learn but...here we are.
February 25th, 2019 at 5:57 PM ^
Last year at this time I believe we had Hinton, Rumler and Herron in this class already, and we were feeling pretty good about Brown and Keegan. Its still early so I'm not in a panic, but at this point it's looking more like 2018 than 2019.
February 25th, 2019 at 9:04 PM ^
No, Rumler committed end of July. Brown was never a Michigan lean. Keegan didn't get a Michigan crystal ball till way later as well. He was interested in OSU.
February 25th, 2019 at 10:38 PM ^
You remember wrong. Brown was going to Wisconsin from the day he was born.
February 25th, 2019 at 6:27 PM ^
That's one way to spin it. And, I'll be the first to admit it's too early to succumb to a class outside the top 10. However, another way of looking at it is that JH's classes following a highly ranked class are down the second time in a row. If that continues to happen I don't believe UM will have the depth and talent to hang with OSU. Unfortunately Day does not seem to be reverting back to the norm for OSU recruiting and is staying on part with Meyer-level recruiting.
February 26th, 2019 at 1:49 AM ^
"classes following a highly ranked class are down the second time in a row."
Do you think there is cause and effect at work?
February 26th, 2019 at 11:29 AM ^
Do you think there is cause and effect at work?
It appears to be so. The first two classes were both strong. It's possible that is because the new staff was eager to get their guys in there and the promise of early playing time may have been a lure. However, after that 2017 (#5) to 2018 (#22) had a significant drop off. It was again strong in the class of 2019 (#8) with a drop off again so far in 2020 (#12).
Obviously there is less of a difference between #8 and #12 than #5 and #22. And, I don't think the #12 class is any glaring sign of a problem. But, if you average those two "down classes" at #17 and those two "high classes" at #6.5 that gives you an average of 4-year total of #11.25. I don't think you can compete for a national title or expect to beat OSU with that. To compare OSU has #6 for a 4-year average. Bama has #2.25 as a 4-year average. UGA has #6.5 as a 4-year average. Clemson has #9.25 as a 4-year average. A 4-year average top 10 class seems to be the Mendoza line to be in the NC conversation, which unfortunately OSU always is.
February 26th, 2019 at 12:20 PM ^
I'm guessing that the 2018 class being below where we would like boils down to the results of the season.
That was a miserable 8-5 slog of a year where Michigan did not win a single meaningful game and looked like a terrible place to play as well.
February 26th, 2019 at 2:17 PM ^
I'm guessing that the 2018 class being below where we would like boils down to the results of the season.
That's valid and you could be right. We're just guessing. So, hypothetically how big of a difference does one game make? We went 10-3 ever other year and 8-5 that year. Let's say we go 9-4 in 2019. Is that enough to land a top 10 class or do we need to win 10? After 3 10-win seasons and not much to show for it maybe we need to get over the hump and win 11+ games and/or beat OSU.
February 25th, 2019 at 5:32 PM ^
One of the complaints that OSU fans had about Warriner was that he wasn't that great a recruiter. I haven't done an analysis of OSU OL recruiting under him to have a real opinion on that, but I'm sort of curious why we're taking anybody this early who isn't a high 4-star at least, regardless of what position they're at.
February 25th, 2019 at 5:38 PM ^
Relying on the idea that information from Buckeyes is accurate is something I never thought I would see from a Michigan person. Check last years OL class and what Justin Rogers is saying and get back to me on your assessment of "Ed Warinner isn't a good recruiter".
February 25th, 2019 at 8:45 PM ^
"I haven't done an analysis of OSU OL recruiting under him to have a real opinion on that,"
"get back to me on your assessment of "Ed Warinner isn't a good recruiter"
Nowhere in the first sentence did I state my "assessment of Ed Warinner isn't a good recruiter." I was referring specifically to OL recruiting at OSU. And I didn't have an opinion on OSU OL recruiting because I hadn't taken even a cursory look at it.
Until now: He was OL coach from 2012-2015, and in that span, 24/7 says OSU had nine 4-star OL recruits and eight 3-stars. I'd say that purely from a star-centric standpoint, that's very solid, but not spectacular. However, given the overall level of OSU success on offense during that time, it's sort of odd for any OSU fan to complain about Warinner specifically.
Regardless, Warinner recruited four 4-star OL in the 2019 class for UM, which is more than he ever did at OSU. So from that standpoint, he has no trouble recruiting high-level recruits.
Which brings me back to my other question as to why we're offering Mazzccua at this stage of the process. Even if Warinner sees something in him that he can develop, I would think we could wait until later to offer. Am I losing any sleep over it, like one other goof on this board is? Not in the slightest. As the article in The Athletic posted downthread illustrates, stars in OL recruiting aren't everything.
February 25th, 2019 at 5:46 PM ^
You forgot OL are notoriously hard to predict. They're not like WR's.
February 25th, 2019 at 7:13 PM ^
Well unless we have another mass exodus of players you should be worried because as numbers stand now we are almost full. If the commit comes true that gives us 7 plus Kolesar is a grayshirt so that makes 8. We had how many guys leave last year? If the talent evaluation is so good why is the program developing a revolving door policy? We have 8-10 (Glasgow and Evans?) players that will be out of eligibility. Add Danna and that makes 9-11. Last I checked we were straddling the 85 limit for next fall maybe a little over. I know numbers always work out.
3 of those top 10 classes are boosted by the numbers we have taken as two of the three we would not be top 10 based on per player average. We have taken 103 recruits the last 4 years.
February 27th, 2019 at 6:04 AM ^
We need more Glasgows. Someone should get on that.
February 25th, 2019 at 7:12 PM ^
I will take what Harbaugh and the rest of the coaches think over some guy sitting in a basement on a computer thinks of a player. Harbaugh and staff are looking for traits and fits in their system not some systematic scoring system and camp attendance recruiting sites give
February 25th, 2019 at 10:47 PM ^
We know the story, when you recruited for Michigan you only got high quality 6 star players and so on and so on. I mean back when you were at Michigan, supposedly, you guys got every single one of the top 100 guys every year. Just reloaded the roster. And now Michigan intentionally just signs guys that they know they’ll lose to OSU with. I mean why not? That’s all you would believe if you read your and Maizen’s posts. Maybe Michigan should bring you back so they can sign the top 25 guys every year. I mean that’s definitely all they signed back in the 90s right??
February 26th, 2019 at 1:28 AM ^
The fake kid getting ranked kills any credibility the recruiting services had left to me. I have zero confidence that their opinion is worth a hill of beans anymore. I used to care about stars, now I care about offers and the top ranked players who've been heavily evaluated.
February 26th, 2019 at 12:24 PM ^
Why? At this point aren't their mountains of research showing that stars correlate with success?
February 26th, 2019 at 2:59 PM ^
Take a look at the recruiting ranks of this past NFL season's starting o-linemen.
Hint: they aren't high.
February 25th, 2019 at 4:25 PM ^
OMG! A ranked recruit from a potentially HUGE pipeline school that will make a big jump into the top 500 now that he has a UoifM offer!
Do WANT!
February 25th, 2019 at 4:57 PM ^
I like this strategy by the coaches. Less competition to deal with, more likely to win. Bold, let’s see how it shakes out for them.
February 25th, 2019 at 4:15 PM ^
Thoughts are it's Micah Mazzccua
February 25th, 2019 at 4:32 PM ^
He doesn't even have a picture in his profile!!!!
Don't want!
#Hei2man!
/s
February 25th, 2019 at 5:05 PM ^
Bad ranking: check
Bad offer list: check
But hey, lets trust the coaches that can't beat Ohio State. Let's start thinking who we can blame next year when we don't get it done again. Don Brown? Anyone but Harbaugh right?
February 25th, 2019 at 5:16 PM ^
Bro, chill on the bad offer list. Temple offered, I mean what more do you want? That’s like scoffing at a Fullback offered by The Akron zips, or a long snapper with a Utah State offer, straight blasphemy.
February 25th, 2019 at 7:31 PM ^
Your mom
???
February 26th, 2019 at 2:33 AM ^
That's Trump after Stauskas hit another three against Florida in the Elite 8.