How Michigan landed top RB Derrick Green
Good read on how Green ended up at Michigan.
http://www.mlive.com/wolverines/index.ssf/2013/02/how_michigan_with_an_assist_fr.html
Favorite quote:
He's a rock. Hit him, and you feel like you're hitting a rock.
February 7th, 2013 at 6:10 AM ^
"Everybody in the country was recruitin' the kid, and I think what happened in the long run -- and he'll tell you this -- what I sold Derrick on more than anything else was my ability to make him better -- take him somewhere where he can't take himself," - Fred Jackson, quoted in the article
Fred Jackson is probably in select company among RB coaches when it comes to being able to stake his resume on getting elite recruits like Green, but it is a definite strength if you can sell a recruit (or anyone really) on you personally as well as the program. This is something Jackson and the entire staff do extremely well, making it not just about Michigan but the people who facilitate the program. It was also kind of intriguing to read that among those who vouched for Jackson was one Eddie George.
February 7th, 2013 at 7:17 AM ^
I was thinking the same thing. Does anyone know why guys specifically from Fork Union (Military Academy) would have a high opinion of Fred Jackson? Especially a former Buckeye?
February 7th, 2013 at 8:05 AM ^
Chris Perry went to Fork Union.
February 7th, 2013 at 10:09 AM ^
I probably could have Googled that. Notable alumni include Vinny Testaverde, Jacoby Ford, Gaines Adams, and Plaxico Burress. Pretty good school to have a good relationship with.
February 7th, 2013 at 4:25 PM ^
Recruits also know that Fred Jackson is not going anywhere. If they fall in love with him, they know he will still be around when they show up.
February 7th, 2013 at 6:10 AM ^
February 7th, 2013 at 7:37 AM ^
February 7th, 2013 at 6:36 AM ^
but more powerful with a higher ceiling
February 7th, 2013 at 11:56 AM ^
And he's a better baseball player.
February 7th, 2013 at 6:40 AM ^
The Fred Jackson quote generator would sell huge in corporate america. Imagine if you hit a button on your desk and Fred would say "You're like Bill Gates, only smarter." Huge boon to office productivity!
February 7th, 2013 at 9:02 AM ^
My Fred Jackson quote generator would say "You're like Albert Einstein, only smarter. And with even more awesome hair."
February 7th, 2013 at 7:23 AM ^
Kid, I am like mike ditka, only thinner and mote focused on rung backs. I am like Vince lombardi only alive.
February 7th, 2013 at 12:39 PM ^
I just wanted to be certain that I wasn't the only one thinking that.
Before I even finished the story, I was thinking, "Fred Jackson is doing a Fred Jackson on Fred Jackson!" How fantastic is that? It's like an acid trip, with Kate Upton. But better than that, because it is like a beautiful dream, of being on an acid trip, with Kate Upton.
Fred had better be careful. Recruting power like that, could rip a hole in the space-time continuum.
February 7th, 2013 at 4:31 PM ^
"Fred Jackson is doing a Fred Jackson on Fred Jackson!"
Whooooah. Dude.
February 7th, 2013 at 7:26 AM ^
February 7th, 2013 at 7:37 AM ^
Even if you do forget how great Fred Jackson is....He never forgets. His mind is like a stainless steel trap holding a genetically enhanced elephant and will remind you for you.
February 7th, 2013 at 7:27 AM ^
February 7th, 2013 at 7:36 AM ^
didn't make it into Seth's signing day photo's thread:
February 7th, 2013 at 9:39 AM ^
But why is he in a three-point stance?
This just in from Fort Schembechler: Derrick Green to LG, Devin Gardner to WR, and Dennis Norfleet to LB
February 7th, 2013 at 12:00 PM ^
Old picture from Green's OL days.
February 7th, 2013 at 7:48 AM ^
I heard that Hoke just cried and begged him to come here.
February 7th, 2013 at 9:52 AM ^
C'mon, how can you not think that that is funny?
February 7th, 2013 at 10:02 AM ^
..because it sounds like something an ohio or sparty fan would say?
February 7th, 2013 at 10:04 AM ^
Why, because it didn't have a "/s" at the end of it?
February 7th, 2013 at 10:07 AM ^
Hey, look pal...I didn't down vote you. So, apparently I'm not the only one who didn't get the joke. I just posted the picture because...well, I like to post pictures.
February 7th, 2013 at 11:54 AM ^
I really don't care about the picture or the downvoting. But I did find your sarcastic "gee wilikers" remark annoying because it seemed to imply that my original comment was sincere rather than intended as a joke. I thought it was blatantly obvious that Hoke didn't really cry and beg Green to come here and that my comment would be interpreted as a joke. Poeple that treat jokes literally are infuriating.
February 7th, 2013 at 12:13 PM ^
Okay, fair enough. I do tend to use sarcasm as a weapon, as you do also. I get it. But pick your battles is all I can say. The gee-willikers remark was intended to be quite sarcastic, just FYI, as if it would be completely obvious why the comment got negbombed.
February 7th, 2013 at 3:21 PM ^
I upvote people with the fortitude to put it out there without that silly /s.
February 7th, 2013 at 10:09 AM ^
February 7th, 2013 at 4:48 PM ^
Complaining about negging are we?
February 7th, 2013 at 7:56 AM ^
"One notable person on that list: Former Ohio State tailback Eddie George, whose vouching for Jackson helped lure Green to the Buckeyes' fiercest rival."
George better hope this doesn't get wide circulation in the Buckeye circles or he'll be a marked man.
February 7th, 2013 at 4:33 PM ^
He'll have to move and be neighbors with Herbie.
February 7th, 2013 at 7:59 AM ^
February 7th, 2013 at 8:05 AM ^
when you consider that Eddie George actually works for OSU now and helps Urban Meyer recruit.
I am sure Urban loves seeing in print that Eddie gave Freddy a thumbs up.
February 7th, 2013 at 3:04 PM ^
growing up, according to his interview yesterday on WTKA. (It must have been with Sam Webb... Think he said he was an OSU fan growing up because of Eddie George. So it says a lot about Mr. George that he'd give Fred Jackson props even though he works for a rival.
February 7th, 2013 at 8:09 AM ^
Wait... So this isn't how you land big time recruits?
February 7th, 2013 at 8:33 AM ^
No, but that is how I land hookers.
February 7th, 2013 at 8:50 AM ^
Hold up... Impressive knowledge of football... Slightly irritating public personality... Writes with a lilting Southern accent...
CRAIG JAMES?????????!!!!!!!!
February 7th, 2013 at 8:51 AM ^
February 7th, 2013 at 8:59 AM ^
Do you hang out with Craig James?
February 7th, 2013 at 9:30 AM ^
Hookers are the only women you can get.
February 7th, 2013 at 9:37 AM ^
Joke's on you:
I never said they were women.
February 7th, 2013 at 9:40 AM ^
Trannys are the best of both worlds.
February 7th, 2013 at 8:55 AM ^
Tell me if I'm recruiting to Michigan or Mississippi and I'll have your answer.
February 7th, 2013 at 8:33 AM ^
He's as powerful as the Death star and can make the Kessel run in 11 parsecs
February 7th, 2013 at 8:58 AM ^
February 7th, 2013 at 9:11 AM ^
He's fast enough for you, old man.