Classy!
Glad he needed to hold a scheduled event to say the obvious. Did he also mention the sky is up and Dantonio is grumpy?
patrick kuglar is my favorite reaction
Is that you?
"He didn't have a committable offer."
We offered the kid. We wanted him. He chose MSU, likely because he's leaning towards BBall as his sport of choice. I hope he's thrilled with his choice except for one or two times a year (depending on the sport).
Good luck to him.
Waaay too early for me to shed tears re; the 2014 recruiting class.
When it comes to basketball, MSU is always going to get its guys. Football was just a nice add-on. Sucks that we can't get him, but if Bailey or Treadwell commits, its all essentially negated.
If you ever decide to add an avatar, it should be interesting.
I am pretty close with a friend of Drake's family and this was pretty much a decision based solely on basketball. He knew that he would get a scholly from UM with a visit, but he felt that he fit better with Izzo's style rather than Beilein's. I can't really disagree with that. He isn't a pure shooter that Beilein loves. Some may say that he would fill Hardaway's shoes and Hardaway didn't come in as a great pure shooter, but Drake doesn't have the size that THJ has on the wing (at least not yet). Either way, best of luck to him. UM will be fine.
Good post. Does the family realize that he might have a much better shot at the NFL than the NBA?
A kid should never, ever make his college choice on what he feels might give him the best path to the pros. Simply put, if a kid is good enough to go pro in any sport, he can play at whatever decently high profile school he wants and get noticed. If you're trying to choose a school or sport that'll maximize your pro potential, you're probably not good enough to get there.
He should go where he feels like he'll have the best COLLEGE career in the sport of his choosing, and let the pro side shake out. If he's good enough, he'll get picked up wherever he goes.
So if Barry Sanders loved basketball, he should have played at some D3 school as a point guard?
are the master of neither. Best wishes to the kid and hope he finds which sport he wants to focus upon.
"Mr. Drew Hensen to the white courtesy telephone for a message..."
There is no way you can play professional football and basketball. If your team makes it to the Super Bowl then you would miss over half of the NBA season. This is why two sport athletes usually play football and baseball, football and track...nowadays anyway.
Speaking of other anomalies: Charlie Ward
Brady Hoke is a crappy recruiter.
I know, MSU is beating Michigan in 2014 recruiting. Hoke is really falling behind here.
I'm not going to lie. Gary Harris, Jabari Parker, and Drake Harris is a sick haul, but their football recruiting is a bunch of highly ranked WRs, which I don't know how they got them all, and the rest is a bunch of guys that Michigan, Ohio, ND, PSU, and Nebraska didn't want at other positions.
I wouldn't pencil in Jabari Parker as a Spartan just yet. Those three players are each on a different level: Parker > G Harris > D Harris.
if Harris is coming of not. And given the fact that Beeline did not offer him, no one should. We got bigger fishes to fry, fellas (ladies).
Beilein
Don't want to start a new thread, but did anyone see where Harris committed?
My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard.
We can't get them but will be ok. GO BLUE!!!
We *never* win these 50/50 recruiting battles!!
/s
I don't think we would have viewed Harris's commitment to MSU as a loss 3-5 years ago...we were at the end of a streak where all the best in-state prospects were MSU-bound (or were leaving the state)..we just would have written off Harris to MSU as being par for the course.
Now, with the past 2 classes in tow, other than a MSU legacy, any commitment to MSU of a top prospect is viewed as a miss by the staff.
Quite the change in expectations, no?
up. I don't view this as a head to head win for their football program,if not for his relationship with Izzo.
Nonetheless,good luck to Drake and wishing him drop passes and tough hits againist Michigan.