Conley to visit Ohio and Oregon - Scout's Bill Greene

Seeeee yaaaaa

Oregon is terrible.  They're only winning against Colorado right now by 56 points.  And Ohio State hasn't scored a single point yet.

That's another open spot....DeMario Jones might just end up here after all.

Time to unbuckle?

Time to unbuckle?

Cub Scout.

whatever. we've built some decent depth at corner and are in good shape with a lot of top 2014 corners

Takes a visit ends up elsewhere. just sayin

Our policy with taking visits when committed is so flawed that we have to say good bye to this poor kid before he even decommits?! He could end up not liking either visit, but refuse to come back to Big Blue because 17 & 18 year old kids are not humble enough to say, 'just kidding, I want to come back', even if that's what he feels deep down. So sad. This policy needs to be changed to realistic expectations. These kids should be able to stay committed. That way they have Big Blue on their minds when visiting other campuses and its not 'wide open' because they know they are no longer committed anywhere else. Awful.

I don't want to be negative nancy, but sheesh losing two of our top 3 rated prospects in this class would be extremely frustrating.  If they know Hoke's policy, why are they commiting early, then months later saying...oh I didin't know I'd get more offers and now I want to take visits.  Just wait to make your committment forgodssake.

with 23 commits before the season started, we expected a decommit or two. Good luck Conley

You can never have enough good cornerbacks, so I hate to hear this.  

Man we knew this was coming for sometime now. Kid is having an incredible year especially on offense. You just hate to lose a tall rangy athletic guy with ball skills and speed like that.

Good luck to him.

Michigan will be fine. The current staff has done a great job in evaluating and recruiting talent, so not worried in the least.

"Michigan was basically the only school I was looking at," he said. "The coaches always communicate very well, and I just really like these coaches. I don't want them to think that I'm waiting to hold out. I just wanted to get this over with and make my decision." ... "What they do on the field, I just want to play on that type of defense," he said. "I just know this is where I want to go."

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I will believe bill when he visits.

All I can say is Mcquay!

Any reason a recruit can't simply decommit and let the coaches know? Then he can take his visits while the coaches look for someone else. I'd think being straight with the coaches would be the best way to leave yourself a shot at coming back. I know P. Brown last season tried to be sneaky, and I get the impression Dawson did as well.

... a kid commits to Michigan, takes another couple of visits and thereby has his scholarship "unreserved" for him, and then recommits.  To Michigan.

Presumably, Michigan coaches might now take the opportunity to now look for other kids at CB.  Okay.  What if nobody else appears who is a superior talent and who is willing to commit, while Conley takes official visits; after which, Conley comes back to Hoke and Mattison and says, "I'd like to commit to Michigan, again.  And I'll be signing my national letter of intent and faxing it back to you on Signing Day..."?

Happy Trails young man. Hate seeing top in-state talent leave, but if we end up trading Conley for McQuay, and Dawson for Pocic then I suppose I can cope.

Something tells me this staff wouldn't trust a kid if he decommitted  and then wanted to recommit.  Just a hunch on my part...hence the no visits thing. They put their trust in you to honor your word and once you go back on it I doubt they trust in it again.

does visiting other places mean they don't have the option to come here, or they aren't considered "committed", and their spot is up for grabs?

If we lose Conley, that sucks, but if it means we pick up McQuay instead, I can live with that.

Fuckin sucks.



Landing Green or Treadwell would really turn my frown upside down

Soo how many decommitments is it gonna take for Hoke's policy becomes a problem. Say we get 10. I can't imagine all of the replacements of those would be 4-5 stars. Most likely a bunch of 3 stars.

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Dammit.

Call up McQuay. Plays better against better competition. 

I do not care about, nor care for, the young men that decide to leave this program. I stand by Hoke's visit policy 100%. This is about more than an individual. This is about Michigan and what this University stands for. I will not worry because for every Conley/Dawson/Brown, there are 10 Ferns/Morris/Kovacs/Robinson that know that this is the greatest school in the world and treat it as such.

"MIGHT VISIT"

Are we allowed to worry about Conley now that he's presumably gone, Ace?

Hope he stays blue.

And I think the attitude of anyone that says more room for mcquay is naive.

Does this seem to becoming a trend?

Everyone upset at Michigan for their no visit policy needs to view the situation in reverse. What if a kid had multiple offers, committed to Michigan and the other schools he was considering filled up at his position. Then Michigan decides they like someone better and stops recruiting him and tells him him they found someone better. He then has to look at new schools since the others he was considering are all full at his position...he has to settle for a lower tier school Wouldn't everyone be upset with Michigan if this was the case? Michigan commits to a kid just as much as the kid commits to Michigan. They are considering multiple players at each position and lately it seems have to turn kids away because they are full at that position. Then if one of those kids decommits they have to search for others and often times the players they were looking at earlier are now committed elsewhere (see Pocic). I think this is a very fair policy and holds both parties accountable...Michigan will consider your position filled and won't try and replace you, player will be considered committed and won't look to find replacements i.e. visit other schools.

That a kid who's been a part of this recruiting class for months, skills are being belittled because he might not end up blue... If he decides to stick with this commitment or not he's a hell of a high school player and playmaker, could make a big difference on either side of the ball...

We could lose more, we will definetely get a few more before NSD. It's just how it goes.

Maybe we wants to play offense? 

I don't think people realize the dynamic athlete this kid is. Guys like this with that combination of size, athleticism, and speed don't grow on trees.

The only thing that really bothers me about it is how he claimed to grow up a Michigan fan. It seems sad to think that you'd commit to the school you grew up rooting for, and decommit just on the chance that one of these other schools were better.

Oh well. Buyer's remorse.

I enjoyed seeing his stock rise over the last several months, and he has seemed to grow into a real threat, both defensively and on offense.  As they say though; "it is, what it is."  I'm in the camp that can't have enough talent in the secondary, and I do think we are in need of some additional kids, so hopefully we'll find another to fill that spot.

Ok, now I can turn my focus to tonights game, and worry about this later.......we'll be fine.

Go Blue and kick Nebraska's Ass!

was stated above, Conley said he MIGHT visit Oregon and Ohio State. He told this to a couple of reporters after his last game. Bill Greene obviously went with what would grab headlines instead of what was actually said. This is nothing new with Conley and I am sure the coaches will talk with him about this situation. However, I don't think this constant talk about visiting other schools is making Hoke happy... 

but AZ is coming back.

Let the kid do what he wants to do.

If he comes to Michigan great if not then good luck where ever he goes and trust Brady Hoke can recruit another diamond in the rough.

Then I'll have concern or not.

As for Hoke's policy, it's not like he's not up front about it...if you commit you don't take visits.

This is Michigan.

When do we start to worry about less heralded recruits only committing to Michigan as a spring board for better offers? It's feasible to believe it was not the case with Dawson given his high ranking, but for others like Conley and Pharaoh Brown who were both under the radar with no major D1 offers before their Michigan commits, the argument can be made that this was their original intent. I hope players will not use Hoke's policy against Michigan in this manner but who knows!

Goodbye.

wondering if our no-visit policy is a detriment in recruiting top-tier kids. Works on "Michigan" men... but the top dogs... the ones that require a fight? just a thought.

The bigger issue to me is it seems when a guy Michigan has a committment really blows up in his senior year other teams come calling and it seems to be working.  Yes its only 2 guys right now but would be preferable for Michigan to be seen as the ultimate destination rather than a great place to call home unless Alabama, USC, Oregon, Florida, et al call me.

I don't think we will be hurt by this decommitment.  He seems like a very good player, but we have other needs we can focus on.  Personally, I would like to see some more defensive linemen and wide receivers in this class