Goodbye: David Dawson
Per Sam Webb
Hearing that #Michigan has parted ways with Detroit Cass Tech David Dawson. Digging on it now. Stay tuned for more details
Have we have lost our pipeline edge in Cass Tech? Batten down the hatches.
History of Michigan recruting Cass Tech-
Player | Pos | Class | Team |
Vernon Gholston | DE | 2004 | Ohio |
Joseph Barksdale | DT | 2007 | LSU |
Boubecar Cissoko | CB | 2008 | Michigan |
Will Campbell | DT | 2009 | Michigan |
Thomas Gordon | S | 2009 | Michigan |
Teric Jones | RB | 2009 | Michigan |
Dior Mathis | CB | 2010 | Oregon |
Delonte Hollowell | DB | 2011 | Michigan |
Royce Jenkins-Stone | LB | 2012 | Michigan |
Terry Richardson | CB | 2012 | Michigan |
Current Cass Tech players-
David Dawson | OL | 2013 | Offered |
Jourdan Lewis | CB | 2013 | Michigan (Verbal Commit) |
Damon Webb | CB | 2014 | Offered |
October 14th, 2012 at 3:19 PM ^
61 > 87?
That's unpossible.
October 14th, 2012 at 3:38 PM ^
Better?
October 14th, 2012 at 1:29 PM ^
October 14th, 2012 at 1:29 PM ^
WTF? Well this really puts a damper on my Sunday.
October 14th, 2012 at 1:30 PM ^
Honestly, I'm having a difficult time getting too upset about this.
October 14th, 2012 at 1:41 PM ^
Seconded.
October 14th, 2012 at 3:12 PM ^
in fact I'm seeing it as a positive. Don't misunderstand, I wish we still had Mr. Dawson coming to Michigan, and I wish him the best wherever. The positive part is the coaches are keeping to their word...if you're not committed, then buh bye. Keeping your word and sticking to your principles pays dividends in many many ways down the road.
Kudos to the coaches, and best of luck DD.
October 14th, 2012 at 3:23 PM ^
October 14th, 2012 at 1:31 PM ^
I wonder If we could get back in touch with Pocic...
October 14th, 2012 at 1:35 PM ^
They could always reach out to a couple of linemen, but you would think that those linemen have been building relationships with the schools they've committed too. Notre Dame has several commits with Michigan offers as well, so if they want another O-Lineman they can always reach out and there are 4 months to get in someone's ear...
October 14th, 2012 at 1:31 PM ^
Oh well... Beat Sparty!
October 14th, 2012 at 1:33 PM ^
October 14th, 2012 at 1:34 PM ^
October 14th, 2012 at 1:35 PM ^
Mathis went to Oregon.
October 14th, 2012 at 1:37 PM ^
October 14th, 2012 at 1:39 PM ^
According to Steve Wiltfong, Dawson will visit Florida this weekend.
David Dawson will visit Florida this weekend. All the details here.http://florida.247sports.com/Board/14/Cam-Dillard-has-been-recruiting-David-Dawson-13109545 … via
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October 14th, 2012 at 1:44 PM ^
To be fair, Florida looks good this year. To be unfair, he'd get curb-stomped by Alabama for four years. No one in the SEC is beating them.
October 14th, 2012 at 1:43 PM ^
Clearly the kid really wants to go to Florida...so be it. If he would rather head to Florida/Carolina then the in-state rivalry this weekend then that is all you need to know about where he seems to have his heart set on.
October 14th, 2012 at 1:44 PM ^
I'm past the stage of worrying about recruits. Michigan will always recruit well - losing a player here or there is not going to kill this program. Hoke and Co. are building a dynasty here.
Just think - guy's like Jake Ryan and Des Morgan were about as heralded as me coming out of High School.
Michigan will be strong.
October 14th, 2012 at 2:14 PM ^
Yes, but as you're seeing with MSU this year, if you want to sustain success year after year, you do need to have some elite recruits. I agree that it's not as important considering the other commitments we have, but it's very hard to build an elite, dynastic type program without elite recruiting. This one decommitment doesn't hurt as much as it might have in the past, but you can't rely on sleepers alone.
October 14th, 2012 at 3:22 PM ^
Sleepers will get it done in the Big Ten. But if you want to compete nationally, you need some elite guys. Especially if you want to compete with the SEC where there's loads of talent in the trenches. So in that respect, losing Dawson is pretty big.
October 14th, 2012 at 3:29 PM ^
October 14th, 2012 at 1:46 PM ^
Well we knew there would be a decommitment or two. Best of luck to him and at least it's not Ohio or MSU.
Still...............fuck the SEC and ESPN's endless hyping of it.
Curious to see who the coaches will line up to replace him on the line.
October 14th, 2012 at 2:18 PM ^
Yes. I just didn't expect it to be the #1 OG recruit in the country out of Detroit...This hurts.
October 14th, 2012 at 3:27 PM ^
Seriously, what's a better conference right now? The Big 12? Not with those defenses. Pac12? ACC?? Honestly, what conference and quality teams would you rather ESPN talk about?
October 15th, 2012 at 1:20 AM ^
I get the SEC has good teams but between the S-E-C chants and the Yankees-Red Sox type coverage it gets, I'm over it.
October 14th, 2012 at 1:45 PM ^
UM needs to revisit this policy. If a kid commits, then wavers and wants to take other visits, UM shouldn't "part ways." They should just classify the kid as going from committed to uncommitted, and continue recruiting him. I post not to pontificate, but rather to see if someone can enlighten me as to why this is an errant approach.
October 14th, 2012 at 1:49 PM ^
There is some confusion as to what this policy is...I actually thought that we would continue to recruit DD, but he is still uncommitted. The wording being put out now, although early, seems to mirror the Pharoah Brown incident more. Does anyone know for sure what the policy is?
October 14th, 2012 at 1:49 PM ^
I think they may have been willing to keep recruitintg him, but he may have said that he was set on moving on.
October 14th, 2012 at 1:49 PM ^
I disagree, it's pretty obvious that if Dawson would have visited Florida he would have committed to them as well. It's just the timing is different (and proper) now. The coaches just believe in the word commitment. If you're visiting somewhere else, you're not committed.
October 14th, 2012 at 3:35 PM ^
I think its the "you're dead to us" approach to the decommitment aspect that bothers most people. If it was more of a "you're no longer committed, and your spot is now open for others, but we'd still love to have you in the class" it would be one thing. But that doesn't seem to be the way its working. I mean, they went from he's committed to "I want to look around" to "LOL, bye foeva!!" all because he wanted to visit another school.
I mean, if the coaches wanted him in the first place, and there's not much in the way of upgrades or adequate replacements, why not just take the decommitment, tell him to check out some other schools, and then keep recruiting him? Seriously, what's the harm in that?
October 16th, 2012 at 11:14 AM ^
The harm would be that they have told other recruits that if they commit and want to visit somewhere else, they are not coming to Michigan. And seeing that they have enforced that policy with others (an assumption) they are not going to be hypocritical now and allow someone to do it because they are the #1 OG in the country. Character matters to them. They need to trust their players. They want a family attitude and you can't build a strong family when you are worrying about someone not being fully committed to the family. I am having a hard time understanding why so many people think it is so wrong to expect a 17-18 year old to honor his committment.
October 14th, 2012 at 1:49 PM ^
October 14th, 2012 at 1:49 PM ^
Only commit if you are sure and of you commit then waver, they can't hold your spot anymore. They base their numbers on the recruit so if he leaves once why count on him again.
October 14th, 2012 at 1:54 PM ^
What does a verbal commit mean if you do this? The policy is good as is...explain to the recruit what it means to verbal and hold him to it.... Mich precludes other offers when they take verbals. The policy makes sense to me. This just happens...if a recruit wants to reconsider on signing day and there is room - that is another matter.
October 14th, 2012 at 1:56 PM ^
I tend to agree. It's a tough policy, but Michigan saves a spot for you and doesnt recruit others. After the 5 ol commits, we have turned down others who looked at us. It's a tough policy because it is a tough decision to make so early on in the process.
October 15th, 2012 at 12:58 AM ^
I can understand this, but it works both ways. If we didn't have this policy, perhaps Derrick Green or Quon would have committed already. I know if I were a blue chip this policy would make me hold off as late as possible so I could enjoy taking visits elsewhere just for the ass kissing. What 17 year old wouldn't want that from blue chip programs?
October 15th, 2012 at 7:34 AM ^
This policy gets to the core of Hoke's recruiting. If you want to be at Michigan badly enough and the staff sees something, he will accept your commitment. This gets you the die hard players. The guys that bleed maize and blue, the non waivers. Bosch, LTT, Fox, and others believe in Michigan. Only kids that have wavered are Conley and Dawson. You get kids who are all in.
Not that Green and Treadwell are not all in. They will make their choice and be great players for UM or not. But, you get a great core believing in Michigan.
At first, I didnt like the policy. I thought we would become more regional of a school. It is expensive to fly out to Ann Arbor from different areas of the country. I also thought that we would miss on top prospects who wanted to wait. Now, I like it. You give the school your word. Hoke give you his word.
October 15th, 2012 at 1:36 PM ^
From a guy who isn't really committed and still wants to be woo'd and take visits? Then you're holding a spot for a guy (and not recruiting someone else) who isn't just a possible flight risk, but a likely one.
October 14th, 2012 at 2:18 PM ^
agree
October 14th, 2012 at 1:47 PM ^
So do we go after another guard now? If so, who?
October 14th, 2012 at 1:49 PM ^
October 14th, 2012 at 1:50 PM ^
October 14th, 2012 at 1:53 PM ^
I was thinking the very same thing when I saw this post. He might want to change that now.
October 14th, 2012 at 1:58 PM ^
When Roundtree graduates. Said it from day 1 when I joined.
October 14th, 2012 at 2:33 PM ^
I realize you are being sarcastic about the number of top 100 linemen on the team, but they don't grow on trees and losing one from a local pipeline school hurts no matter how you slice it.
October 14th, 2012 at 3:36 PM ^
October 14th, 2012 at 4:49 PM ^
Some days I wish I didn't either.