EXIT: Luiji Vilain has entered the transfer portal
Luiji Vilain has entered the transfer portal as per social media
Michigan's Luiji Vilain just appeared in the NCAA Transfer Portal ......second Michigan player in two days.
— angelique (@chengelis) January 19, 2021
57th ranked recruit of 2017 class. Played limited snaps during his career at Michigan
January 19th, 2021 at 2:27 PM ^
Apparently we didn't like the source of the previous thread. Per Angelique:
Michigan's Luiji Vilain just appeared in the NCAA Transfer Portal ......second Michigan player in two days.
January 19th, 2021 at 2:28 PM ^
Best of luck to him. I hope he find success somewhere else
January 19th, 2021 at 2:29 PM ^
Shaking up that roster.
January 19th, 2021 at 2:34 PM ^
How many more do you guess? Any starters?
January 19th, 2021 at 2:40 PM ^
I'm not sure who we lose but we just picked up grad transfer Willie Allen, a 6'6" 345 Olineman from Louisiana Tech.
Apparently he's pretty good.
January 19th, 2021 at 3:00 PM ^
Today is when officially announced by university, but he committed awhile ago.
Hope no one cues up Keith Jackson jokes...
January 19th, 2021 at 3:11 PM ^
What's so funny about the late Keith Jackson?
January 19th, 2021 at 3:18 PM ^
Late? My momma might not have taught me to be funny but I sure learned to be punctual.
January 19th, 2021 at 2:29 PM ^
Key super Mario gif of Luigi submerging into a pipe
all seriousness, best of luck to him. I hope he has recovered and can play at a high level
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January 19th, 2021 at 6:09 PM ^
Well played. Wish I had more than a plus one to give you.
January 19th, 2021 at 2:30 PM ^
Not sure why first one got nuked.
Got passed by Upshaw and Hutchinson coming back, probably wants to start.
January 19th, 2021 at 2:33 PM ^
Disappointing loss but good luck to Luigi. Hopefully he can stay healthy and have a big impact in 2021.
hope Michigan can get back to having that 8 man rotation. I feel it’s so important to have depth in the trenches
January 19th, 2021 at 2:33 PM ^
That 2017 recruiting class continues to be such a disappointment
January 19th, 2021 at 4:10 PM ^
Reminds me of that 2013 OL haul that Hoke brought in. David Dawson, Pat Kugler, LTT, Kyle Bosch, and Chris Fox. Those guys were going to be the anchor that mowed over the rest of the conference and finally be the great equalizer to OSU's defenses.
Boy did that fail spectacularly.
January 19th, 2021 at 5:19 PM ^
Agree. Such a missed opportunity
January 19th, 2021 at 2:33 PM ^
He was an overrated recruit. Or he just was a bust. Or 2020 doesn’t count. Or he didn’t play well with others. Or other guys jumped him on the depth chart. Etc.
His lack of success and ultimate transfer is not because of Harbaugh and this system. I repeat, not Harbaugh!
January 19th, 2021 at 2:39 PM ^
I will admit when recruits are overrated, but I don't think that's the case with him. Something went wrong with him. I'm leaning toward blaming injury (he basically didn't play in 2017 or 2018 due to injuries). But the bottom line is that he just wasn't the same athlete in 2019-2020 that he was in 2016 when he was playing high school ball. He lost some burst.
Also, his technique was poor. He's one of the main reasons I question Shaun Nua. Because I think Greg Mattison would have coached him into being a decent player (not great, but serviceable) even with the lack of explosiveness, but Nua just couldn't do anything with him.
January 19th, 2021 at 2:45 PM ^
DL coaching seems like our most glaring weakness right. It brings back nightmares of Drevno.
January 19th, 2021 at 3:30 PM ^
I disagree.... midway through this season it was evident that LB cohort was the glaring weakness.
January 19th, 2021 at 5:56 PM ^
Here’s some great news for you - the DL coach is returning
January 19th, 2021 at 3:12 PM ^
Why do you think Nua was retained? Recruiting?
January 19th, 2021 at 3:22 PM ^
He doesn’t recruit either lol
January 19th, 2021 at 4:06 PM ^
Well then I’m at a complete loss ?
January 19th, 2021 at 3:27 PM ^
I have no way of knowing either Magnus, but I lean a little the other direction. Sometimes there are injuries keeping you from playing time and sometimes there are injuries that just coincide with no playing time.
I wish him well in his future endeavors (I hope he got his degree too) but I'm also not surprised he would leave given the "shakeup" vibe going on in the program.
January 19th, 2021 at 3:28 PM ^
The games I saw, he took no edge responsibility and would simply rush the QB... teams began to plan for this and run or escape to his side.
January 19th, 2021 at 2:36 PM ^
The coaching staff is going to have a tough time putting out a functional defense next season. Vilain wasn't great by any stretch but would have played a bunch this coming season. I wish the kid the best. It seems like injuries derailed his football career.
January 19th, 2021 at 2:39 PM ^
I will be less salty about this if they can find a replacement in the portal.
January 19th, 2021 at 2:39 PM ^
DL depth really doesn't look. Do we have anyone else left who has taken a snaps at DE besides Hutchinson and Upshaw?
January 19th, 2021 at 2:43 PM ^
I imagine we see a lot more of Ojabo
January 19th, 2021 at 2:54 PM ^
Newburg, Juice, McGregor, Harrell, Morris, Jenkins Jr, maybe even one of the freshmen like Bennett.
January 19th, 2021 at 2:42 PM ^
Mario Ojeimuda certainly had a more illustrious M career than Luigi Villain, so I'm not sure what this means for future recruits named Yoshi or Bowser
January 19th, 2021 at 2:42 PM ^
Was my thread killed because the Freep was my source?
January 19th, 2021 at 2:46 PM ^
Who was the author?
January 19th, 2021 at 2:51 PM ^
I quoted Rainer Sabin on Twitter https://twitter.com/RainerSabin/status/1351602957834444802?s=19
January 19th, 2021 at 3:03 PM ^
There's your problem.
January 19th, 2021 at 3:02 PM ^
If so, thanks to the moderator. Freep proves on an almost daily basis that it's garbage clickbait.
January 19th, 2021 at 3:23 PM ^
I agree, they did go with a crappy clickbait business plan some time ago. I didn't know the linking to Freep articles though was not allowed at all here. Will keep that in mind.
January 19th, 2021 at 3:09 PM ^
One of the more useful spots on the board when a thread disappears inconspicuously is the Thread Moderator Sticky. https://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/moderator-action-sticky-2020
This is also where you can go to report people who may be breaking board rules. Or just chat with Seth and RobF.
I noticed the original thread was gone when attempting to reply to some moron claiming we should seek recruits who want to attend the school not play for coaches, as if they're wearing a shirt that says "I'm monotheistic. And singular in thought." On second glance, I should make that shirt for posters here.
January 19th, 2021 at 3:30 PM ^
Thanks for the tip.
January 19th, 2021 at 3:01 PM ^
Good Luck to Luigi.
Hope he finds a good landing spot
January 19th, 2021 at 3:10 PM ^
I wish I could say that most of the transferring players had enough production to be missed, but for whatever reason they have not been able to capitalize on their talent while here. Hopefully they have better luck at their next stops.
January 19th, 2021 at 3:18 PM ^
Is it just me, or do we have a higher than average evacuation rate?
January 19th, 2021 at 3:22 PM ^
Just you. As an example Michigan State is currently at 15 into the transfer portal. LINK
January 20th, 2021 at 1:15 PM ^
Not just you.
We have a significantly higher % of our top recruits transfer. From 2016-2018 over half of our top 200 recruits transferred. And something like 40% of our top 100 recruits from 2016-2018 transferred.
It's bad, and something that most people don't want to address. Because if they can lump the low 3 stars that transferred from Bama and OSU, and show that we're "about average" compared to the nation, then that means half of our best recruits transferring is somehow "not a problem".
January 19th, 2021 at 3:38 PM ^
Not surprising.
But all credit to him for staying this long and helping the depth, thanks Luigi.
Most of Partridge's recruits bailed as soon as the road to playtime wasn't easy.
January 19th, 2021 at 4:14 PM ^
2017 class was brutal
January 19th, 2021 at 4:18 PM ^
Good luck. Here's to finding a better fit. #AttritionSucks
January 19th, 2021 at 6:21 PM ^