Keisean Lucier-South: Michigan his "favorite school"

Submitted by Ghost of BCook… on

Trending well with KLS.  Per Mlive, per Rivals:

"I love the program," Lucier-South told Rivals.com's Adam Gorney this week. "It's my favorite school. The tradition there is insane. I've been watching them since I was a little kid. I can feel the vibe over there and that's why I chose them as my first official visit, too. I want to check it out. I really love Michigan right now."

Original rivals link is in the quote.  MLive link:  http://www.mlive.com/wolverines/index.ssf/2014/08/5-star_deolb_keisean_lucier-so.html#incart_river

Perkis-Size Me

August 5th, 2014 at 3:57 PM ^

How many times have we heard a kid say that they watched Michigan all growing up, that they love the tradition, its their favorite school, and then they go elsewhere?

I'm not bashing this kid at all. He's got the right to go wherever he wants. I'm just saying that Michigan can't seriously expect to play the tradition card and expect to lure in the top recruits solely because of that. Ohio State has a great tradition too, but the big difference between them and us is that they win right now, and have been winning nonstop for the last decade or so. We haven't.

Top recruits want to play for winners.

Champeen

August 5th, 2014 at 3:59 PM ^

Really, this class will not be top 10 because of the size of it.  However, at this rate, we will be top 5 based on quality, which is far more important.  I am not sure why people even rate classes by anything other than quality/stars per recruit.  Sites should NOT favor your Miami/Mississipi schools just because they sign 61 kids a year.

Jaqen H'ghar

August 5th, 2014 at 4:18 PM ^

They do if they want to be known as the most correct predictor of class strength. Stars are simply a probability that a player will be a contributor. People look at a class as a whole and see how many contributors come out if it, not what each person was ranked and if they played out to that potential. So a class with 30 kids vs a class with 15, even if they're all 4 stars, definitely has a better chance of producing more contributors. Which recruiting sites need to take into account. There are exceptions obviously which is why MAC classes with 30 kids are never ranked higher than 50th

gord

August 5th, 2014 at 4:26 PM ^

Compare us to Penn State.  On 247 they have 18 commits with an average of 90.08 and the #5 class.  We have a higher average, 90.68, but only 9 commits so we are ranked 28.  Penn State has 11 4 stars and we only have 7 so even though we have a higher average everyone would agree that Penn State's class is better.

woodfeld

August 5th, 2014 at 4:39 PM ^

While I agree that it's more important, I would not say it's far more important.  Depth is critical for a program (see UM OL since Hoke has been at UM) and while more 4-star recruits pan out than 3-stars, the majority still do not pan out as hoped.  Thus, most of these kids are lottery tickets and the more you have, the better.

I think what the sites should calculate is a rolling 4-year average to see how teams are doing with the full 85 schollies.  That way schools that take 25-30 kids in a class for 2 years in a row a couple years ago aren't held back by the fact they can only take 15 or so in the next 2 classes.  This way, they could also take into account kids that don't qualify or transfer early or leave for whatever reason early. 

BloomingtonBlue

August 5th, 2014 at 5:35 PM ^

For one you suck, and are at best a self hating Michigan fan.



Michigan last 4 classes



2011-20

2012-25

2013-27

2014-16

Avg: 22



If we throw in 2015 Michigan will have 15 tops and Miami will have at least 25 again.



Making the averages:

Michigan: 21

Miami: 25



Basically an entire extra signing class over the course of 5 years. But nothing egregious at all.



In reply to by BloomingtonBlue

gord

August 5th, 2014 at 6:03 PM ^

So when we have a huge class for 2016 will you be complaining?  Every school gets 85 total.  You can sign 15 one year and 30 the next if you want.  If you only sign 15 your class will be ranked lower.

In reply to by BloomingtonBlue

RioThaN

August 5th, 2014 at 7:14 PM ^

I see it like this, signing fewer kids has its advantages. For one, it means you are loosing less kids year in and year out, be it because of graduation or because you kicked someone off the team, signing 15 kids means that you have 70 players returning thus making your team more experienced.

Michigan signed 27 players in 2009 of wich only 9 If I recall correctly finished their degree, so we had 18 scolarships to offer sooner than we thought and that's why this team has been one of the youngest teams in the conference the last few years.

RioThaN

August 5th, 2014 at 8:31 PM ^

I agree, but the only way to do it and don't be sleazy is if you can send 8 junior players to the draft every year... attrition is common but if anyone wants to sign 25 players every year they'll need to lose 8 every year so they don't go over the limit. Next year UM will have only 15 true freshmen and lots of experience on board.

BigBlue02

August 5th, 2014 at 5:19 PM ^

It's amazing how many people can take something positive like a stud recruit saying he loves Michigan and be essentially upset because other people who have nothing to do with this recruit have said similar things in the past and not committed. Does this mean we should get excited every time a recruit didn't have us in his top 5? I mean, I can remember 1 recruit I didn't think we'd get but did, therefore every recruit that doesn't like us will commit. Yay.

UMMAN83

August 5th, 2014 at 5:34 PM ^

Plus, when I committed to the school (as a fan, student, alumn) I never wavered.  Until I see any recruit on the field, I have my doubts.  We have fans that are only committed to the team when they are winning even though they say Michigan is their favorite school.  Favorite school is two words without actions that support.

I dumped the Dope

August 5th, 2014 at 7:19 PM ^

I think Mattison really wants him to build around, a devastating defensive end can really put the other team off balance trying to compensate if they don't have a top tackle or TE to handle (thinking Lewan vs. Clowney minus 1 particular play).  Seems like his fellow recruiting friends (maybe some of them UM commits already) are telling him good things, with time marked from the BBQ going forward.  Keep up the positive reinforcement, guys!  Getting a guy to come from CA on his own dime could be a challenge, but the Official Visit will hopefully fill in the picture in vivid living color.

Quailman

August 5th, 2014 at 9:25 PM ^

Having trouble with the embed, but Steve Lorenz had a tweet saying that Michigan is not his leader and that KLS "claims no leaders at this time."

JTrain

August 5th, 2014 at 9:55 PM ^

Y'all ever get the feeling a lot of our recruits are holding their breath waiting to see how we do this season???? I do. Just gotta win and this whole recruiting business will get A LOT easier.