fisher decommited
http://michigan.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1177079
sigh.....
EDIT: Based on the article, he re-opened his commitment AFTER speaking with Hoke. It sounds like he's 50-50 between michigan and MSU. His family has been pushing mich, but the fact that he opened his commitment despite this doesn't bode well, IMO.
January 16th, 2011 at 2:45 PM ^
Thanks DB. You're the man.
/s
January 16th, 2011 at 2:51 PM ^
It is what it is at this point. I expected decommits after our conference play and bowl game performance. RR would have had difficulty closing the deal with our verbals as well. We can tolerate a dip in recruiting for one year while Hoke gets his team together. Next year will be more critical unless Hoke pulls in a banner class this year.
January 16th, 2011 at 3:00 PM ^
...recruiting will be more important next year, but that is because two years of poor classes in a row is devastating. A weak class this year, is a big deal. We are one good recruiting class away from having real quality depth and a team full of scholarshipped athletes.
I do not believe RR would have had nearly the "decommitting" difficulties we are seeing. That said, the situation is not Hoke's fault, and there is no use complaining about this reality. It is Brandon's mess and Hoke is responsible to clean it up. I trust that he is doing everything in his power to do just that. But, I'd like to see some results very very soon.
...and, thanks for the avatar.
January 16th, 2011 at 4:10 PM ^
Hope the staff gets this turned around
January 16th, 2011 at 4:32 PM ^
Crawford, Goudis, Dee Hart, Frost are probably all commits right now with RR at the helm.
BTW whatever happened to the two Silent Commits? I assume Frost was one.
January 16th, 2011 at 7:52 PM ^
January 16th, 2011 at 2:45 PM ^
it couldn't really get worse. And here it comes. Stay positive...Stay positive...Stay positive...That's what I keep telling myself, but I'm starting to doubt DB.
January 16th, 2011 at 2:47 PM ^
Hey, if the rest of the B10 can win with 3- and 2-star recruiting classes it's good enough for Michigan too!
RAWR!!!!
January 16th, 2011 at 2:49 PM ^
Happy Sunday everyone. Hoke has a lot of work to do to save this recruiting class. There's still time to get Fisher.
January 16th, 2011 at 2:49 PM ^
Man two decommits in 24 hours, this is not good.
January 16th, 2011 at 3:53 PM ^
One was a kicker and based on where Gibbons was rated I don't trust the recruiting rankings on kickers.
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<br>In fact there has to be some washed up MLSer that can come walk-in like that school in Ohio
January 16th, 2011 at 2:55 PM ^
Or is this a case of him waiting to hear from Hoke and get acquainted with the new staff before he re-solidifies his verbal?
January 16th, 2011 at 3:00 PM ^
At this rate it might be easier to simply post those recruits who havent reopened their committments.......
January 16th, 2011 at 3:05 PM ^
What should the strategy be from here on out? Soldify this class with perviosu committs, make a splash or two from the uncommitted pool? Do we take shots at underrated players for the sake of warm bodies? We have 18-20 slots without attrition currently. Do we go for 25 member class predicting losing a couple guy?
January 16th, 2011 at 3:36 PM ^
January 16th, 2011 at 3:54 PM ^
The problem is that the Big 10 doesn't really allow you to recruit more than 25-28 kids a class if I remember correctly - sure you can backdate a couple for the last class, but not many. So it may help to save a couple of spots, but Hoke may have to take a couple of chances here unless he wants to have an incredibly small upperclass in a couple of years that could hurt him (oh wait, where have I heard that problem stinging a coach in the butt before...).
January 16th, 2011 at 3:08 PM ^
I didnt want to waste a thread on this...what game was it that Vinapol got shot by the sniper when he was chasing after the ball?? For some reason his name came up and I want to show a friend the funny video clip. Thanks and no disrespect to the OP.
January 16th, 2011 at 3:11 PM ^
fighting zookers
January 16th, 2011 at 3:14 PM ^
thanks....youtube and its called kitten sniper. Srsly funny.
January 16th, 2011 at 3:39 PM ^
It's what, 3 weeks from signing day and we now have 10 commits?
January 16th, 2011 at 3:51 PM ^
January 16th, 2011 at 4:13 PM ^
did florida offer him a scholarship
January 16th, 2011 at 4:48 PM ^
I recommend that everyone just not follow recruiting for the next two days. Just wait until signing day. Until we get our staff put together, we're behind the 8-ball. That's just how it goes.