Conley decommits
Gareon Conley has decomitted as being reported by various people on the twittersphere. Mattison was at his school today. Commence death and dispair.
Wow RT @Miles11W BREAKING: Gareon Conley confirms to me he has de-committed from #Michigan. Will take an official to#OhioState.
Also hearing that he will take an OV to OSU, Cincinatti, and here. All is not completely lost.
November 27th, 2012 at 4:24 PM ^
Ahh damn, got it in right before me
November 27th, 2012 at 4:25 PM ^
I hope this means that we aren't out if it completely.
November 27th, 2012 at 4:26 PM ^
November 27th, 2012 at 5:27 PM ^
Maybe he comes back.
November 27th, 2012 at 6:10 PM ^
yesterday 100% 17-18 year old kid
today 100% 17-18 year old kid
November 27th, 2012 at 6:31 PM ^
November 27th, 2012 at 6:46 PM ^
Charles Robinson is all over this one.
November 27th, 2012 at 9:40 PM ^
So is....
You know what, it's not even worth finishing...
November 27th, 2012 at 4:26 PM ^
I hate to be negative because the coaches do a great job of getting the players they want early. But closing on big names has definitely been an issue in the first 2 years.
November 27th, 2012 at 4:27 PM ^
This isn't so much closing in on big names as not holding on to a guy once he blew up (which this is the first case of that IIRC) (I don't count Pharaoh Brown)
November 27th, 2012 at 4:28 PM ^
Why is Conley a big name? It's a loss, but not a huge one. ESPN was the only service in love with him.
November 27th, 2012 at 4:31 PM ^
Yeah, but 6'2" is real nice for a corner. I was looking forward to that. Oh well.
November 27th, 2012 at 4:40 PM ^
November 27th, 2012 at 5:38 PM ^
If he doesn't have any knees, he can't tear his cruciate ligaments. OMG YOU'RE A GENIUS!
November 27th, 2012 at 6:29 PM ^
ha jt turner was 6'2 and he was simply too big to play corner so he left the program. unless your sherman for the seahawks not too many tall corners have good hip movement
November 27th, 2012 at 4:33 PM ^
I think most people considered him to be underrated because he was injured his junior year.
November 27th, 2012 at 4:37 PM ^
He had enough playing time his jr. season to be evaluated. He's a solid recruit, but not anything special.
November 27th, 2012 at 4:42 PM ^
How much of the season did he play? If he did get injured later on in the season that also had to impact his ability to go to camps and combines.
November 27th, 2012 at 4:48 PM ^
Oh really? And were you singing that same tune before he decommitted? I was really excited about him, myself. It's a bummer he decommitted, but that's just the way it goes sometimes.
Let's not marginalize his ability just because he's not a part of the class anymore.
November 27th, 2012 at 4:38 PM ^
November 27th, 2012 at 5:13 PM ^
November 27th, 2012 at 6:43 PM ^
Offense or defense, this is a huge loss. Hopefully they get him back later...
November 27th, 2012 at 4:30 PM ^
November 27th, 2012 at 5:08 PM ^
I would worry if Shane Morris decommitted from Michigan. That is surely a sign of the apocalypse
November 27th, 2012 at 5:18 PM ^
Thought he was contemplating going to LSU
/s
November 27th, 2012 at 4:38 PM ^
I see it as more of a negative side effect of our coaches being good at identifying talent early. They're able to lock up guys early before any other big name schools offer. Unfortunately, they blow up and one or two will get seduced away by other schools before NSD. It sucks we had to turn away other players only to have the spot open up after our they commit elsewhere. It's still a good problem to have though.
November 27th, 2012 at 5:27 PM ^
Carr would try to lock up his class early and we would lose out on some big names late, whether they committed to us already or not. Meyer has shown that he's a good closer, so we need to figure out how to reverse that trend soon.
November 27th, 2012 at 6:41 PM ^
At least in the world of college football recruiting. I don't know if this is the case with Conley, but usually, indecisive kids will bite on the most shiny object dangled in front of them. And Michigan (I believe) won't play that game. That often explains why you see Michigan lose out at the last second on a lot of top recruits late in the recruiting process. I've seen this happen many times over the last 30+ years and it's frustrating. So, I'm not sure how we "reverse that trend" without falling into the same pit as the win-at-all-cost programs.
November 28th, 2012 at 12:12 AM ^
I'm not thrilled with everything Carr did, and his recruiting in his last two years obviously had some real issues, but for most of his career Carr's recruiting classes were good enough to match anyone in the country with that strategy. The problem was never talent--it was how the talent was used.
November 27th, 2012 at 4:26 PM ^
November 27th, 2012 at 4:35 PM ^
Poop Shit.
I suppose the bright side is this (other than another open slot)... our staff is so good at recognizing talent before other staffs and scouts, that there are bound to be a couple of decommits each year of kids who jumped at that early Michigan offer before anyone else noticed them.
November 27th, 2012 at 4:28 PM ^
Nothing new, those deemed worthy will wear winged helmets. Others are insignificant.
November 27th, 2012 at 4:28 PM ^
November 27th, 2012 at 4:28 PM ^
November 27th, 2012 at 4:33 PM ^
i feel as if you haven't been following college football all that much.
November 27th, 2012 at 4:34 PM ^
November 27th, 2012 at 4:34 PM ^
Well, Kids are committing earlier now, with more pressure on them in general and also the extensive coverage. In a class like Michigan's where you may not have a spot, you want to commit to make sure that you have a spot. After that, if you really might want to go elsewhere, you have to decommit to look around. I think it's a byproduct of the over-covered recruiting environment to a certain extent. Also 16 year olds making the most important decision of their lives to this point with rabid fans watching, that doesn't help (college choice is a huge decision for anyone who's college bound).
Secondly, wow.
There and
November 27th, 2012 at 4:36 PM ^
I think I saw one of those on our drive home through the great state of WV last weekend. There are some strange things within those borders . . .
November 27th, 2012 at 4:44 PM ^
November 27th, 2012 at 4:37 PM ^
It depends on what you consider normal. I think it might be happening more because of how accelerated the process has become. It will happen sometimes, that is just the nature of recruiting.
November 27th, 2012 at 4:28 PM ^
If they want to buy into Urban's lies then let em.
November 28th, 2012 at 1:57 AM ^
What do you think his lies are?
November 28th, 2012 at 10:35 AM ^
He probably tells recruits that Hoke doesn't actually poop gold.
November 28th, 2012 at 12:15 PM ^
that he won't leave citing health concerns once hoke goes all saban (by beating urbz, not by being a sleazeball) and starts beating him on a yearly basis
November 27th, 2012 at 4:28 PM ^
Decommitted and is no longer considered a recruit are two different things. Lets wait to hear more before we jump to 1000 conclusions.
November 27th, 2012 at 4:29 PM ^
Interesting that Mattison was visiting him on the day he decommits...
November 27th, 2012 at 4:38 PM ^
Or maybe Conley wanted to tell him in person.