Drake Harris Visit Reaction
Looks like the visit this weekend was a good one for Drake Harris.
Drake Harris may be visiting #Michigan again soon, per @SWiltfong247 ($): http://michigan.247sports.com/Article/Michigan-Has-Great-Impact-On-Drak…
Also, Coach Brown from The M Block tweeted this:
Wilton Speight tells me he and Drake Harris got very close during this weekend's visit. They actually talked about being roommates.
February 25th, 2013 at 11:05 AM ^
YES! Roommates.
February 25th, 2013 at 11:10 AM ^
Did Wilton and Drake just become best friends? Yep!
February 25th, 2013 at 11:26 AM ^
February 25th, 2013 at 12:28 PM ^
SWORD FIGHT!
February 25th, 2013 at 12:44 PM ^
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JOHN STAMOS!
February 25th, 2013 at 1:46 PM ^
Nice inside jokes. Last time I heard these I laughed so hard I fell off my dinosaur.
February 25th, 2013 at 11:12 AM ^
If he visits again next Sunday, hopefully the game outcome is the same against MSU...
February 25th, 2013 at 11:12 AM ^
why UM isn't at least on top. MSU and OSU have questions marks for who their QB will be and OLine will look like in 2 years...UM has multiple blue chips in the key areas that will help him reach his full potential.
February 25th, 2013 at 11:16 AM ^
Michigan wide receivers haven't been great since Manningham left. Roundtree had a pretty good season in 2010, but Greg Mathews, Darryl Stonum, Junior Hemingway, etc. didn't really light the world on fire. There's potential there and guys have played well for short stretches of time, but if you look at the overall body of work in recent years, places like Alabama, Oklahoma State, USC, Oklahoma, etc. have much better WR traditions in the last five years.
February 25th, 2013 at 11:25 AM ^
I'm not sure if this is stupid or confusing, but how do you see the coaches recruting a player like Harris (any WR or QB for that matter)?
What I mean is do you think they point to SDSU and say "look what we did there!", do they point to another CFB team and say "that's exactly where we are going", do they do the same with an NFL team? Maybe Hoke and Borges just say, "Listen, this is the type of offense we want to run with X and Y percentages of run/pass, etc."
Obviously, all of these kids have the Michigan offense led by Denard most fresh in their minds, while some may even have memories of Henne. I'm just curious on your feeling as to "how" they have been and will continue to go about this.
Sorry if that doesn't make any sense at all.
February 25th, 2013 at 11:28 AM ^
I doubt they remember Henne in any detail if at all. They were eight years old when he started playing.
February 25th, 2013 at 11:35 AM ^
You're probably correct for the vast majority of recruits. I just figured if, let's say you are a Midwest recruit (in Drake's case, in MI) and (per your example) you were 12 years old or so in that 2006-2007 time, you probably saw a number of highlights/stories/interviews/etc. with Henne. I would have to think those kids at least remember hearing about/seeing all the build-up to the 2006 Michigan-OSU game.
February 25th, 2013 at 11:39 AM ^
February 25th, 2013 at 11:54 AM ^
They probably do somewhat. Harris surely understands the rivalry, being from Michigan. Even if he was a State fan.
February 25th, 2013 at 12:19 PM ^
"Let me tell you a story."
February 25th, 2013 at 11:31 AM ^
All of the above.
They sell the #1 jersey. They point to the great college seasons by Braylon Edwards, Mario Manningham, and perhaps others (Terrell, Walker, etc.). They point to Shane Morris and Devin Gardner and Wilton Speight. They told Daniel Helm about how they used Gavin Escobar at SDSU, so I would imagine they say the same things about the 1,000-yard seasons for their wide receivers there.
When these guys schedule visits to campus, the coaches put together presentations for how they plan to use these kids. They don't just walk into a room and say "Hey, Drake. So do you have any questions for us?" Coaches even do that sort of thing if you're visiting a D-II school, but obviously a school like Michigan is going to make it even bigger and more professional.
February 25th, 2013 at 11:42 AM ^
Thanks for the response. And I do understand how those campus visits and presentations go, I was lucky enough to do a few of those myself (defintiely not D-I . . . or even good D-II, really, haha). I was just curious if you had any further insight or opinion on how they might be going about it. I would have to imagine it is easier to sell a local recruit on the history and legacy type things about the program, but perhaps I'm wrong.
Thanks again, Magnus.
EDIT: All of that, plus it just seems like so many things these days are geared towards the "here and now." How quick can I play, how quick can I make the NLF . . . AD's are asking what did you do for me THIS season, coach, etc. As a highly-touted recruit, I can very much understand hesitation when looking at some positions at UofM (highly rated 5-star QB, for instance, is not from the area, and has only viewed Michigan with Denard).
February 25th, 2013 at 11:43 AM ^
As far as tradition/legacy, I think it depends on what kind of recruit it is. If it's a kid who doesn't care whether he stays close to home or not, or if he has a troubled home life and might want to get far away, then that local stuff might not matter so much. I don't know about Harris's home life, but he's not a transplant to the area and he obviously has some interest in staying close to home since he originally committed to MSU. They may not be the deciding factor, but I would imagine those school and in-state traditions would help a little bit.
February 25th, 2013 at 5:01 PM ^
Are all high schoolers these days wanting to join the Viet Cong?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viet_Cong
Sorry had to do it, I didn't want to go super obscure, like Non-lactose fermenter.
February 25th, 2013 at 12:13 PM ^
The narrative on his career here does not do him justice. He had a great senior year. Was he the prototypical speed/size combo on the outside...no. But he was a dominant jump ball WR, and lets be fair, he wasnt exactly in a system taking advantage of big, athletic, but not the quickest WRs under the RR system. Other than that I agree. WRs have not panned out as of late. MSU and OSU havent lit the world on fire either, however, since Plaxico Burress and Santonio Holmes respectively.
February 25th, 2013 at 12:15 PM ^
Yea because oklahoma, ok state, Alabama and Usc have all put what one receiver each in the NFL in the last 5 years... has USC put any in? Not that Michigan has had a reciver recruit even close to the caliber of Justin Blackmon, Julio Jones, Marqise Lee and Robert Woods.
Most recruits hat are 4-5 stars pretty much think they'll go to the NFL no matter where they play
February 25th, 2013 at 12:27 PM ^
Oklahoma wideouts put up good numbers most years, Oklahoma State has produced Justin Blackmon and Dez Bryant in recent years, USC has put out several good receivers (Steve Smith, Damian Williams, Ronald Johnson, not to mention the guys who are playing right now), and Alabama put out Julio Jones and currently has Amari Cooper.
All of those teams have been better at WR production from the post-Carr era until now. And I'm sure there are others, too.
February 25th, 2013 at 1:50 PM ^
When you say "all those teams have been better at WR production from the post-Carr era until now," you could almost swap any position in for WR (except maybe O-line). Might be more accurate to say (as I think you do later in this thread), that WRs weren't eager to play with Denard. The RR running spread offense wasn't a WR's dream. What 5* WR wants to be a decoy?
Things will normalize.
February 25th, 2013 at 12:29 PM ^
vacancy with Soup Campbell
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February 25th, 2013 at 11:18 AM ^
Just watch the move Stepbrothers for the how to instructional guide.
February 25th, 2013 at 11:32 AM ^
February 25th, 2013 at 11:35 AM ^
doesn't touch Wilton's drum set, I think it'll work out just fine.
February 25th, 2013 at 11:35 AM ^
Have you not been inside of a MICH dorm room? A bunk-bed is just about the only option.
February 25th, 2013 at 11:45 AM ^
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February 25th, 2013 at 12:00 PM ^
Especially when wasted coming back from Rick's/Charlie's
February 25th, 2013 at 12:24 PM ^
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February 25th, 2013 at 11:28 PM ^
Haha this made me laugh. You need to be 21 now, but my friend freshman year had a fake, and I think it was mid-November when he declared, "It's too hard to get up there when I'm hammered so I'm going to unloft this shit."
February 25th, 2013 at 3:06 PM ^
Lived in MoJo first two years and, yes, I was living in the dorm and going to Rick's. I guess I've dated myself with this info.
And, it really was a bitch trying to hook up with a girl when you're both drunk and trying to climp up into a loft bed.
February 25th, 2013 at 11:59 AM ^
In the two years I lived in the dorms I recall only one room with both beds on the floor, and that was my RA who didn't have a roommate and wanted a larger bed.
February 25th, 2013 at 11:13 AM ^
With Speight is doing this much work at recruiting this early in the process, that early offer by the coaches is looking smarter and smarter. Great to see Harris had a good time, too.
February 25th, 2013 at 11:21 AM ^
Ahhh!!! My brain hurts!!
February 25th, 2013 at 11:28 AM ^
Oh god, I just reread that. I'm supposed to be writing an essay now, too.
February 25th, 2013 at 12:04 PM ^
Hoke and Co. have been recruiting Blue Chip Propects/Recruiting coordinators the past few years with Hayes, Morris, and now Speight.
February 25th, 2013 at 11:15 AM ^
I read he is thinking about coming back for the IU game.
February 25th, 2013 at 11:19 AM ^
So much hype about being on commitment watch this past weekend. Would have been nice to see one person drop
February 25th, 2013 at 11:31 AM ^
Well that was anticlimactic. Not to sound evil, I was hoping for something a little more malicious than that, considering the title was "Infamous Cheerleader Drop."
February 25th, 2013 at 11:32 AM ^
I didn't want to show the type of video where you wonder if the girl lived or not...
February 25th, 2013 at 12:40 PM ^
Ya, I searched cheerleader drops and one where the girl leaves in a strecher may have been bad taste, I stand corrected. Good choice on your part.