Harbaugh's New Twitter Follows
It remains to be seen how relevent who Harbaugh follows on twitter is but since it's a relatively small group and we're in a highly speculative time might as well discuss. Twitter following analysis is the new university directory tracking analysis is the new flight tracker analysis ...until proven otherwise.
Jim went ham today with 9 new follows - including Runyan's dad who I had not realized was a U.S. Congressman (Michigan Man (tm)).
Outside of UM commits and politicians the new follows were:
- Marshall - who is on his way back to Cali (remains a long shot)
- Mike Weber - I imagine the speculation on that will be fun on 11 Warriors
- Matt Snyder - the TE who followed Riley from Oregon St to Nebraska and seems to be our "break glass in case Clark goes Bruin" option.
- Will Lockett - the UCLA CB commit who will be in town this weekend
Then two high profile 2016 names - one it sounds like he met face to face today as he was in that Houston area HS. (Lockett is also in a suburb of Houston)
- Dontavious Jackson, from TX #4 ILB per 247 composite (62% Texas crystal ball)
- Ben Bredeson, from WI #4 OT per 247 composite (93% Wisconsin crystal ball)
Looks like we are back in the right pocket of starz for the 2016 type of players. Also the emphasis on TX immediately is pleasing.
While not a twitter follow, CA #3 2016 OLB Caleb Kelly (100% Oklahoma) was visited by someone, I assume Drevno today. Harbaugh is apparently headed to CA as well today.
January 20th, 2015 at 1:55 PM ^
So let me see if I get this, you are following a coach to see who he is following?
January 20th, 2015 at 2:01 PM ^
I missed the short lived but entertaining university directory tracking fad, so I told myself I would not miss the new fad whatever it is.
No on a serious note if Jim starts following 20 recruits a day it will be useless, but since he doesn't follow many I will be interested to see in the ratio of "follows to commits". A year from now he might be following 400 recruits and it won't be very useful.
January 20th, 2015 at 2:05 PM ^
Welcome to this century
January 20th, 2015 at 1:56 PM ^
I messed around with the 247 Class Predictor a little bit yesterday; I gave us 8 new commits, and we came out to be the 25th ranked class. None of the ones I included were really longshots, with the top two recruits being Clark and Weber.
January 20th, 2015 at 2:06 PM ^
That would surprise me unless you went all 4 stars or all 4 stars but 1. To come in 25th with a 14 person class would seem difficult. I have never used that predictor but does it take into account that other teams will add to their classes too or is it "if Michigan adds 8 players and everyone else is static" sort of thing?
I did it by hand 3-4 weeks ago when I thought we would have 16 recruits and using a mix of Chris Clark, 3-5 four stars, and the rest 3 stars I projected late 20s to mid 30s (depending on how many 4 stars are included). But again that was with 16 commits and unless something changes we are at 12 right now accounting for 2 Glasgows and a Kerridge.
Wouldn't focus so much on the total rank this year, we have an anomaly in terms of such a small class. If one is a star gazer the average starz per player is going to be more useful. I mean OSU is going to have 24 players this class (or more) and we have 12ish.
January 20th, 2015 at 1:59 PM ^
I love the speculation of his twitter followers. Probably doesn't mean much. But we can be hopeful. I was roaming Scout and saw their predictions for the remaining uncommitted top 300 recruits. For the Big 3 Iman Marshall, Chris Clark and Roquan Smith all the Scouts predictions had them going to USC, UCLA and UGA. How much stock do you usually put into that? #GoBlue
January 20th, 2015 at 2:02 PM ^
January 20th, 2015 at 2:36 PM ^
I wrong. Sorry.
January 20th, 2015 at 2:06 PM ^
Mike Weber? Will not lead to any kind of "fun" speculation, it will only lead to threads like this one:
http://www.elevenwarriors.com/college-football/2015/01/48876/jim-harbau…
Just business as usual for them.
Here's my favorite:
Now, if only they can muster a recruiting classes worth a damn, then just maybe they might have a 1:10 shot at beating UFM. ;)
January 20th, 2015 at 2:09 PM ^
Yeah if Weber flips to UM he is going to be in Kyle Kalis territory in terms of enemy #1. for their fans. I have to imagine he feels squeezed now that they landed that RB in 2016.
And I dont think we are saying his loss to OSU is going to impact OSU - they are recruiting at an elite level. It just helps us. And taking a player directly away just would be fun.
January 20th, 2015 at 2:17 PM ^
If he actually flips it will be fun as hell. Of course I'm sure most of the comments will be of the "he just boarded the titanic lulz" nature...
January 20th, 2015 at 2:34 PM ^
but i have to assume that he fully expects JH to pick up a stud RB for 2016 as well. I mean we all certainly do.
January 20th, 2015 at 4:49 PM ^
Even if you assume JH signs a highly-ranked RB for 2016, Weber would still have to like his chances of being the featured back better at M than OSU; here's his competition at both places
Ohio State:
2015: Elliott (jr), Samuel (soph), J. Marshall (soph) D. Wilson (jr), W. Ball (RS jr)
2016; Samuel (jr), J. Marshall (jr), D. Wilson (sr.), W. Ball (RS sr.), K. Walker (fr) [this assumes Elliott goes pro early--otherwise, add as sr. Ezekial Elliott]
2017: Samuel (Sr), J. Marshall (sr), K. Walker (soph)
2018: K. Walker (jr)
Michigan:
2015: D. Green (jr), D. Smith (jr), D. Johnson (RS jr), Ty Isaac (RS soph)
2016: D Green (sr), D. Smith (sr), D Johnson (RS sr), Ty Isaac (RS jr)
2017: Ty Isaac (RS Sr); hypothetical 2016 RB (fr)
2018: hypothetical 2016 RB (soph)
January 20th, 2015 at 4:04 PM ^
Kalis was pretty outspoken about his hatred towards ohio state. There were a few guys in that class I believe took pics burning their ohio state offer letter.
If Weber did switch I'd rather he just thank them and say I'm going home to play football and leave it at that.
Then again I'm not a stake in the ground type of person.
January 20th, 2015 at 2:55 PM ^
GO BLUE!
January 20th, 2015 at 3:14 PM ^
UFM? did CUM never catch on?
January 20th, 2015 at 2:08 PM ^
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January 20th, 2015 at 2:20 PM ^
I don't take too much into that - he just seems USC bound; anyone who pulls him out of USC, I believe it would be a major upset. If I was very serious about going to UM I'd stay on the ground for more than 36 hours as this was my only time I've ever visited the school. I also dont believe (don't quote me but I think Magnus said) his parents were on the trip. No one on 247 flipped him to UM the past 24 hrs - usually at least someone will give a cursory flip.
Rosen was saying great things about UM and tweeting nice stuff etc - didnt change his mind from UCLA. Different situation than Clark who was a former commit, had been here multipe times, etc.
January 20th, 2015 at 3:31 PM ^
January 20th, 2015 at 2:16 PM ^
He is a long shot because he goes to LB Poly, which the the biggest feeder school to USC. His dad didn't go with him on this visit and he is very involved in his recruitment(not in the bad way).
Some mods/analysts on other sites think he might even be a silent verbal to USC.
January 20th, 2015 at 3:13 PM ^
January 20th, 2015 at 2:19 PM ^
Iman allllllllllllllll day. I think of all the 2015 kids we are going after he has the largest potential to make an impact right away. You could be looking at a situation where Iman and JD Lewis are the corners, countess at nickel, and move peppers to safety with wilson. That would be dynamic. Clark is big don't get me wrong but I'm talking biggest impact next year.
January 20th, 2015 at 2:11 PM ^
Can someone please share the link with Harbaugh's bathroom schedule?
January 20th, 2015 at 2:23 PM ^
Being his pants you should be the first to know. Keep us posted!
January 20th, 2015 at 2:40 PM ^
He takes his pants off prior to entering the bathroom for fear of ruining the pleats.
January 20th, 2015 at 3:16 PM ^
if the pleats came out of his pants, he would simply order them to "get back in."
January 20th, 2015 at 5:00 PM ^
January 20th, 2015 at 2:15 PM ^
I wonder if the NCAA will ever decide that following recruits is a secondary violation. Coaches aren't allowed to acknowledge anything about recruits publicly, right?
January 20th, 2015 at 3:09 PM ^
January 20th, 2015 at 4:13 PM ^
Yeah, but following recruits is a public acknowledgement by the coach that that recruit is being pursued. I mean, not that it SHOULD be a violation, but the NCAA is so crazy about Twitter and shit, so I can see why it would be one.
January 20th, 2015 at 3:39 PM ^
January 20th, 2015 at 2:16 PM ^
January 20th, 2015 at 2:17 PM ^
just won the National Championship. Do you think they will really care if Weber comes back to Michigan?
January 20th, 2015 at 2:23 PM ^
What he said. We have Ezekiel Elliott for at least one more year. Behind him is Curtis Samuel who some on the coaching staff have said may be better than Elliott. And we have 2 top RBs in the 2016 class committed to us in Walker and George Hill. Weber would be nice to have for depth and for the Cass Tech connection. But losing him to you guys would not make anyone in Columbus lose sleep.
Joey Burrow on the other hand . .. he is someone who many from Ohio who follow high school football see as a Barrett clone. I think he's special and sounds like Harbaugh does too.
Either way with Harbaugh on the job, you guys will continue to bring in elite recruits just like Meyer. It may take a couple of years for Harbaugh to get his recruits on campus and for the transition to happen but once it does everyone in Columbus expects something similar to a ten-year war. But I don't think Weber is what will make or break that. Just like Kalis--a five star recruit--has had no impact whatsoever on this rivalry on the field.
P.S. if you guys get Iman Marshall that would be a SICK secondary in 2 years.
January 20th, 2015 at 2:58 PM ^
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January 20th, 2015 at 2:21 PM ^
They're calling it "planking" and I just heard. There's this guy who planks on beer and it's so cool.
January 20th, 2015 at 2:41 PM ^
I am not too happy with this Harbaugh guy so far. Seems more obsessed with his fashionable pleated Khakies and his social media than he does with coaching actual football. What is he a kardashian or something?
January 20th, 2015 at 2:51 PM ^
There's like a second Harbaugh or something, although it's true you can never have enough Harbaugh. However, Harbaugh does currently hold a perfect coaching record at Michigan. And I think over time he'll remain as close to perfect as any coach ever. So there's that I suppose. Suck it up cupcakes.
January 20th, 2015 at 4:13 PM ^
Harbaugh today at Houston Manvel working on UCLA commit Will Lockett. #Michigan pic.twitter.com/TjbY6iL7DP
— Clint Brewster (@clintbrew247) January 20, 2015
January 20th, 2015 at 4:13 PM ^
January 20th, 2015 at 10:17 PM ^
Penn State is worse.
January 20th, 2015 at 5:53 PM ^
I thought that "Harblaugh" said Marshall was staying until Wed.? Dammit. Yeah I agree, that's a short visit. Staying until Wed. would have been a good sign, but it's possible he's got real commitments that forced him back home.
January 20th, 2015 at 7:00 PM ^
I think it's safe to say now you can replace all the chuck norris sayings with Jim Harbaugh.
Harbaugh's tears can cure cancer, unfortunately he has never cried.
January 20th, 2015 at 7:16 PM ^
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