Dee Hart rumors...anyone, TVH?

Your spelling is as beautifully done as my plastic surgery.

Come on, do you think DB knows what's going on and is just not telling us?  I love how whenever the AD doesn't do what people want, they think he's incompetent.  Remember when Bill Martin supposedly "blew" the Les Miles hiring?  Everyone was so pissed about that.  A lot of those same people were just fine with how that turned out. 

Maybe DB isn't an idiot and knows what he's doing.  Maybe he has a plan that we don't know about.  Or maybe he thinks the future of the program isn't a decision he should rush, especially for the sake of one recruit. 

A month ago DB was a golden God.  Let's give him the benefit on the doubt on this one and just wait and see what happens. 

What if Dee comes out and says that he wasn't feeling the love since we accepted a commitment from Hayes and were pursuing Rawls also.  Is DB in football offices tell RR to continue recruiting running backs?

We potentially lose one recruit out of ~20, have a returning Heisman candidate and a stable of running backs, etc. etc. and you think DB is going to adjust his timeline based on that?

That's like me, as the CEO of a firm, deciding to change my evaluation of one of my managers because a potentially strong hire in his/her department had a more attractive offer from somewhere else.  He/she already landed a solid group of individuals, and on occasion you'll get attrition due to circumstances beyond your control.

DB should neva EVAH adjust his approach to managing an $xx million department budget solely for impressing one potential student-athlete that didn't even sign an LOI in the first place.   

but that is really disgusting

The strange part to me is that when Hayes decommitted from ND he said part of the reason was "coaching stability at ND"...  Then you head to UM.. 

Took well over 300 posts, but all we've been hearing is people will leave because they don't fit Harbaugh's pro style system.  So Dee may be leaving for....Saban's even more conservative pro style system.  Not that it would be a bad choice.  A running back did just win the Heisman in it. But the notion that all of our players and recruits only see themselves in Rich's spread, well....

When have you seen Smith or Shaw flash greatness? They're both way to inconsistent to be great. We have hardly had a running game with the RB all season! Maybe the reason Denard keeps it almost all the time on the read option is because he has a better chance of doing something with it.

$180,000?

such a tool

Funny, i was thinking the same thing about Rawls.  This opens up a spot for him, perhaps.  Wisconsin and Iowa have given him some attention. 

Dee's Mom has been the most straight thinking person in any recruitment I can recall.  She seems to know what is important and beneficial for Dee's future.  Assuming she retains the voice and influence she has had up to this point, if he does in fact de-commit, I retain respect for her and hope the best for her son.   That being said, Mother Hart...there is nothing better than an experience playing football for Michigan and earning a University of Michigan degree!  Good luck in any future endeavors.

Go (stay?) Blue!

Well aren't you delightful. 

Dont let the ban hammer hit you on the way out you douche bag.

did you come up with that all by your lonesome?

reading this blog, but you clearly have no idea what it is about.  I have read many opinions that I have disagreed with, but your approach is pathetic.  You seem to have the emotional maturity of a badly parented child.  Please find another outlet for your negativity and immaturity.

Dang it -- forgot to delete the message before caving.

Stuart, all the ban talk below is not directed at you, but at the response that used to be just below yours, which user is no longer with us. When somebody gets banned we auto-delete all of their posts dating back to forever (and put a wolverine in under their computer desks -- ah the wonders of the Internet) and the result is the replies to his comments all move up.

Carry on.

You are a fucking douche bag. I dont give a shit if you dont like Coach Rodriguez and think he should be replaced. Say what you want about his record here but Coach Rodriguez has proved time and again that he is a good man with compassion for people and love of his players. I am sure the Mealer family would disagree with your use of the term "Dickrod," as would the Bills family.

You are nothing but a waste of space on an otherwise good blog.

GO AWAY <clap clap clapclapclap> GO AWAY <clap clap clapclapclap>

OK, I just spent some time over at GBW and read what Tom B. had to share about the banquet tonight, including what I take as some positive comments about what Rich had to say and how he said it, as well as noting that UM is getting "killed" on the recruiting trail right now. So, while I'm taking that "wait and see" approach, I do fully support bringing Rich back (I think very highly of him, in fact) and my "lean" is that I am not overly fond of the way Dave Brandon is handling this situation, though I do respect him a great deal, as well, and assume he has a plan that he is following. That said, if I'm going to throw conjecture out there, the way this is playing out in the early stages it seems to me that one potentially reasonable conclusion - as others here have also suggested - is that DB does have a plan and that the plan may already be set in place and is merely waiting not only the conclusion of our bowl game but the bowl season as well (i.e. That the next head coach has been identified and, going forward, the dominos are lined up to fall when as the bowl season progresses and concludes, with everything being kept close to the vest in the meantime). So, if anything like this does happen, while I can do nothing but support and remain a fan of UM Football regardless of the outcome, I'll be disappointed in the way our university and fan base treated Rich while he was with us...