Da'Shawn Hand names Michigan's coaches his favorites

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January 20th, 2013 at 8:31 PM
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Da'Shawn Hand names Michigan's coaches his favorites

Da' Shawn Hand (#1 ranked 2014 recruit) named Michigan's coaching staff his favorite. Hand recently named his top 5, as dicussed in a previous post, and Michigan made the cut. It's nice to see how highly Hand thinks of our coaching staff, and it's huge to hear he has them as is favorite. Hand did say a different team had his favorite coach, but on a whole Michigan's coaching staff was his favorite.

It's obvious the staff is doing a great job evidenced by the classes we have have put together, and to hear a top ranked kid make this kind of claim about our staff lets you know Hoke and the gang can put together top ranked classes for years to come.

The below article is paywalled, so i can't say too much about what he said of the other teams, but based on Chantel Jennings post and the headline of the paywalled article it was easy to figure out what I posted above.

http://insider.espn.go.com/blog/colleges/michigan/post?id=9621#more

This huge 2014 Watch List DE says has his favorite coaching staff:

 
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January 20th, 2013 at 8:33 PM | Well, this is certainly (Score:5 Normal)
FreddieMercuryHayes
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Well, this is certainly better than him saying UM's coaching staff is the worst he's ever interacted with.

January 20th, 2013 at 8:34 PM | They're my favorites, too. (Score:5 Normal)
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They're my favorites, too.

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January 20th, 2013 at 8:35 PM | FWIW (Score:5 Normal)
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I don't have insider, but I'm pretty sure it's Hand's presumed favorite, Virginia Tech, that has Hand's favorite coach: DC Buddy Foster.

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January 20th, 2013 at 11:43 PM | Hand specifically names Bud (Score:3 Normal)
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Hand specifically names Bud Foster as his favorite coach but says Michigan's coaching staff is his favorite.

After reading the article I think the op is making a big deal out of nothing.  The interviewer just quoted some nice things Hand had to say about each of his top 5 schools.  He definitely wasn't hinting at Michigan being his leader because he likes the coaching staff the best.

January 20th, 2013 at 8:37 PM | Hmmm... (Score:2)
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Are their names on his bookcovers yet?

 

Do high school kids use bookcovers anymore?

 

Do they use books?

 

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January 20th, 2013 at 8:46 PM | Yes. It's currently just an (Score:4 Normal)
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Yes. It's currently just an inside-out paper bag. Looks like his parents are cheap like mine.



On top it says Will you commit to Michigan? Yes No (Maybe).

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January 20th, 2013 at 8:39 PM | Atta boy, Dashawn (Score:2)
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January 20th, 2013 at 8:38 PM | Hand & McDowell (Score:3 Normal)
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Will make Bosa, Washington & Spence look like babies...

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January 20th, 2013 at 8:41 PM | That sounds great, but Hand (Score:2 Normal)
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That sounds great, but Hand and McDowell might be playing for Virginia Tech and Notre Dame, respectively.  I'm not sure they'll face off against Ohio State very often.

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January 20th, 2013 at 8:47 PM | But they might be playing (Score:1)
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Each other.

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January 20th, 2013 at 8:47 PM | Magnus (Score:4 Normal)
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YOU JUST GOTTA HAVE FAITH!!!!!

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January 20th, 2013 at 9:29 PM | George Michael (Score:-1 Flamebait)
January 20th, 2013 at 9:46 PM | I was thinking more of (Score:3 Normal)
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Fred Durst.. limp bizkit is in the house ya'll..

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January 21st, 2013 at 12:21 AM | Oh yeah, talk to Da Hand! (Score:2)
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Oh yeah, talk to Da Hand!

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January 20th, 2013 at 8:49 PM | Thank you (Score:5 Normal)
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January 21st, 2013 at 5:24 AM | Haha (Score:2)
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That was a geat comment. I would give you 100 points if i could. Thank you for the laughs!

January 21st, 2013 at 11:36 AM | Apparently (Score:3 Normal)
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you are easily amused...

January 20th, 2013 at 8:53 PM | First, you leave me hanging (Score:1 Normal)
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First, you leave me hanging in the Tommy Doles thread, and now shut down any happiness I had in reading this thread..  Your still my favorite though

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January 20th, 2013 at 9:09 PM | *You're (Score:3 Funny)
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I'm guessing I'm not your favorite.

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January 20th, 2013 at 9:21 PM | Damn, you caught me! (Score:1)
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Damn, you caught me!

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January 20th, 2013 at 10:30 PM | I'm just happy (Score:2)
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You took it as the joke it was intended to be!

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January 20th, 2013 at 11:52 PM | Gotta love Magnus. (Score:1)
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Bringing a cold splash of reality to this board.

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January 20th, 2013 at 8:46 PM | Personally, I'm hoping Kalis, (Score:5 Normal)
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Personally, I'm hoping Kalis, Miller, Braden, Bosch,et al, make those guys look like babies...

January 20th, 2013 at 8:51 PM | I wonder who his favorite (Score:-1 Overrated)
January 20th, 2013 at 8:59 PM | I am not sure how this: to (Score:-1 Flamebait)
January 20th, 2013 at 11:12 PM | Try starting with this: 1 + 1 (Score:-1 Trolling)
January 21st, 2013 at 12:00 AM | Okay Dudeness (Score:0 Trolling)
January 20th, 2013 at 9:07 PM | Gotta make this comment...sorry if it's horribly cheesy (Score:5 Normal)
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The coaches should give themselves a "Hand"

January 20th, 2013 at 9:21 PM | I wonder what his favorite (Score:0 Trolling)
January 20th, 2013 at 9:24 PM | Next year could be a banner (Score:2 Normal)
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Next year could be a banner year with defensive linemen.

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January 20th, 2013 at 9:32 PM | Having top-level recruits like our staff won't guarantee success (Score:3 Normal)
Don
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Getting him to commit to Michigan over VaTech, Alabama, or other area schools might be an uphill battle, but it's a great baseline to start from.


January 20th, 2013 at 9:46 PM | that's what laquan treadwell (Score:-1 Normal)
January 20th, 2013 at 10:40 PM | What the hell are you talking (Score:2)
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What the hell are you talking about?

If you don't like Michigan you are a peasant

January 21st, 2013 at 12:04 AM | I'm talking about laquan (Score:1 Funny)
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I'm talking about laquan Treadwell naming uofm his number one early on. and now he's going to ol miss. let me know when deshawn hand commits to Michigan.

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January 21st, 2013 at 12:10 AM | Who is this Treadwell person (Score:2 Normal)
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Who is this Treadwell person you speak of?

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January 21st, 2013 at 2:18 AM | I met him online. he's my (Score:3 Normal)
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I met him online. he's my friend.

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January 20th, 2013 at 9:48 PM | Missing the point (Score:3 Normal)
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This kid REALLY cares about his education. As a matter of fact, he's removed a lot of teams from his list because there academic programs didn't meet his needs. Out of all the schools in his top 5, Michigan has the best engineering program, and it's not close. Don't underestimate that point.

January 20th, 2013 at 9:55 PM | Oddly Enough (Score:1)
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He said one of the things that stands out most to him about Va Tech is their "excellent" engineering program.

January 20th, 2013 at 11:30 PM | They do have a very good (Score:1)
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They do have a very good engineering program. It may not be rated as highly as ours, but it is also much harder to get into ours and that may affect how he views the programs.

January 20th, 2013 at 10:26 PM | . (Score:1 Normal)
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Honestly, if I were the prospective #1 overall recruit for my class, I'd probably be putting my eggs in the NFL basket rather than engineering. I'd still choose Michigan.

January 20th, 2013 at 9:53 PM | When was the last time (Score:1)
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When was the last time Michigan landed a #1 overall recruit?

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January 20th, 2013 at 10:03 PM | Never.  According to Rivals, (Score:1)
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Never.  According to Rivals, at least.

I think Mallett was the highest at #4 or #5.

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January 21st, 2013 at 10:28 AM | I know you are a relatively (Score:2)
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I know you are a relatively new guy :-) but back in the day some (but not all) of the papers/services had Justin Fargas as the #1 guy (most had him as the #1 RB).

January 20th, 2013 at 10:04 PM | Never during the years that (Score:1)
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Never during the years that Rivals and Scout have been around that I remember. I think Charles would have been a top 3 guy if they had services back then. I think Mallett is the closest we've come to a number one guy. He was top 5.

January 20th, 2013 at 10:04 PM | Jerod Ward (Score:4 Normal)
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January 20th, 2013 at 11:44 PM | Oh what a sad reminder. (Score:2)
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Oh what a sad reminder.

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January 20th, 2013 at 10:06 PM | No one in the modern (Score:4 Normal)
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No one in the modern recruiting rankings era.  As far as the last guy who had that kind of hype, maybe Drew Henson?

January 21st, 2013 at 10:34 AM | I know it's hard to believe (Score:2)
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I know it's hard to believe but Henson wasn't Michigan's highest rated recruit in that class.  Fargas was rated more highly.  I believe that Walker and Terrell were also rated slightly higher.  

January 20th, 2013 at 10:30 PM | ESPN the mag did a special a (Score:5 Informative)
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ESPN the mag did a special a year or two ago about all the number 1 recruits since anybody bothered to rank these things, and Amani Toomer was the only UM player featured.

January 20th, 2013 at 9:55 PM | Man we need so much d line (Score:1 Normal)
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Man we need so much d line help its not funny.

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