Interesting Article on 2012 Recruit Chris Wormley

considering your username, maybe you should get to work on that on the homefront. I'm thinking keying "Ohio State Rulez" into the side of his car would be a great start. (kidding, obviously!)

Yeah, he's always claimed that OSU is his leader and that they are recruiting him the hardest.

Michigan is behind in this recruiting battle so far. Contact rules hampered UM and Buckeyes did good job getting Wormley (shadyly though). We are going to have to put lots of Ws, competitive game with OSU, and best recruiting effort ever by Rod to win this battle.

"hopefully I'll figure out the right thing for me"

Does he have an uncle willing to give Ohio State a 7/10?

When I read stuff like this (from TomVH):

"The coaches told me how much they want me. I want them to keep doing that, and just make me feel better about them,"

I get the impression he's more interested in KMA attention than he is attending and playing for the University of Michigan.

While Id be excited ot land Wormley, its 2010. 

Recruiting usually boils down to 5 things:

1. Is the coach secure in his job

2. Are the athletic facilities better/even with the other schools

3. Is the program either close enough for family to travel or national enough to be on TV every weekend.

4. Does the family/player like the coach?

5. Does the player see himself fitting in this scheme?

So,

1. Up for grabs at the moment

2. Yes

3. In this case yes

4.  RR seems to go out of his way to meet individually with recruits and parents to get to know them on a 1on1 basis.

5.  Offensive lineman fit in almost every scheme, only benefit of our scheme is that most lineman like run blocking more than pass blocking, and we run. A lot.

So, until we start getting into visits and whatnot, there isnt much to worry about. Especially because we still have big time recruits on the board for 2011.

andI am in touch with another fellow alum that is close to the program  - coaches, players and parents.  He has been telling me about Wormley for a long time.  The kid is a huge Michigan fan.  But, he felt he has been largely ignored by Michigan while OSU has been showering him with attention.  He was on the sideline at the horseshoe for at least one game last year.  He finally made it up to A2 for the UConn game.  According to my fellow alum the report afterwards from Chris's mom and her boyfriend was that likes the school but didn't like the disorganization of the recruit handling.  His belief is he is 50/50...and ND is also in the mix. 

For those not familiar with the geography, Whitmer HS (also Kevin Koger's alma mater) is less than a mile from the Michigan border, so the trip to Ann Arbor is about 45 minutes at most. 
 

I think it is pretty obvious with the NCAA over our shoulder we are following recruiting to the letter of the law and that's probably the main reason a lot of the 2012 kids seem to have the same comments about not getting enough "love."

I have no doubts the kid is probably high priority, but we have to be extremely careful not to break any kind of rule right now, like everyone says though keep winning and the results will speak for themselves.

Right, JT.  tosu will just fess up to a secondary violation after they get Wormley by "showing the love".

I work with a man whose daughter is actually dating Chris.  He's echoed the same that most people have said in terms of Chris being a life long fan of Michigan.  As far as the OSU "love" thing, he said that stems more from him being Kenny Hayes best friend.  He said it was more of an issue of Kenny being a commit telling him how much the buckeye coaches "want" him there.  My co-worker hasn't tried to influence him too much, but has repeatedly spoken of the Michigan education if the football doesn't pan out in the future.  Let's hope Chris does go blue though!!!!!!!

Personally, I think we're still in great shape with Wormley.  But we'll see. 

And, in due respect to the Whitmer Grad above, I'll add another school to the mix. I'm hearing he has a strong interest actually in MSU. Just what my Toledo grapevine is saying.  But I think thats grandstanding with a dose or two of hearsay thrown in and more of a reflection on who the top team is that has offered so far. I generally dont post the grapevine stuff unless its direct and this is decidely not, but hey Wormley was a topic of conversation earlier today in this circle, so why not share. Not sure if either UM or OSU has formally offered. Someone please correct me on that if I am wrong.

Regardless, bigtime game tomorrow with Whitmer and St. Johns. Mich recruit Jack Miller is the SJ OT and he will probably be matched up with Wormley or Hayes on every snap. Personally, I think St John's smokes them tomorrow night, but thats just me.

Recruits watch this defense and do not want any part of it...top recruits that is. 

It's passive, non attacking.  What dline wants to play a non attacking roll, forget front 3 or 4 man dline....they want to penetrate and make plays. 

Lbers, who the heck wants to be a lber in a defense that does not attack at all, lets olneman come free and blast you....

Db's, 12yds off the los is so exciting! 

Seriously, Robinson stated this would be an attacking defense and untill they do attack and start making plays they will not land many top rated recruits.