Lalota has enrolled, per directory
A certain Anthony Rocco Lalota (who is not an otter) has enrolled at the University, according to a umich.edu directory entry created this morning. No surprise there, but he has an awesome middle name, FWIW.
https://directory.umich.edu/ldapweb-bin/url?ldap:///uid=alalota,ou=Peop…
January 2nd, 2009 at 2:44 PM ^
Didn't we determine that an (otter) entry in the directory doesn't mean much? Or, am I so confused over the entire process that I'm talking out of my butt.
January 2nd, 2009 at 3:04 PM ^
Personally, I have decided to ignore the whole "otter" debacle because as I remember from my own enrollment, you need to file a deposit to create a uniqname and umich directory account. Besides, you create them yourself, and why would someone go through the effort of making one for a school he didn't plan to attend?
I guess he could lose his deposit and renege on his hypothetical enrollment, but it's as good a sign as we're going to get. Beaver (not to be confused with "otter") said he was 10,000 percent committed to Michigan and then decommitted.
When this "otter" commits to Michigan tomorrow, everyone can finally stop worrying.
January 2nd, 2009 at 2:59 PM ^
He's flying straight to Michigan from this game.
January 2nd, 2009 at 4:53 PM ^
....except that he lives in Michigan.
I almost missed your punchline there for a second.
January 2nd, 2009 at 5:00 PM ^
No, I was responding to Anthony LaLota not Campbell. LaLota is flying straight to Michigan after the AA game.
January 2nd, 2009 at 3:01 PM ^
Thanks Tom, for speaking directly to my tush (lol).
January 2nd, 2009 at 3:15 PM ^
Please, no more directory searches. It probably won't make a difference but that's not the point - it's just stalkerish. Why is it so hard to wait one day for the kid to announce?
Imagine if this were your son. Would you like a bunch of complete strangers digging up his personal info on the directory and discussing it publicly? I'm guessing you wouldn't. Give the kids their personal space.
January 2nd, 2009 at 3:16 PM ^
Because once we know, we can change the world! This is the single most important event in the history of Michigan football. Don't you get it?!?!?!
January 2nd, 2009 at 3:43 PM ^
is his email. And I don't see that posted anywhere or see anyone advocating contacting him or other Michigan prospects. This is the equivalent of saying "look, LaLota is in the Ann Arbor phone book!" It's also no more or less stalkerish than reading and posting on a message board re: rumors and inside tips on where a kid plans to go to college. For God's sake, stop bitching about someone putting up a quick, informative post that indicates some strong level of Michigan interest and does not ask anyone to take things further.
January 2nd, 2009 at 4:24 PM ^
All that this does is encourage the University to not publish some football player's emails and directory information. That helps nobody.
January 2nd, 2009 at 4:27 PM ^
Taking the info from the directory and using it in the wrong way is stalkerish. For example, if it showed what dorm he was loving in and you hung out there to see him. Just checking the page itself is not stalkerish, the university created the directory FOR PEOPLE TO USE IT.
January 2nd, 2009 at 4:47 PM ^
Personally, I have no interest in the directory searches, the threads are boring, etc.
But this is a public directory - and it's sole intent is to provide contact information (provided by the student) for people to search. That's what a student directory is, by definition. Using the student directory is akin to using a phone book. If people used the information there-in to call them, e-mail them, or post their information for other people to harass them, that would be stalkerish. Looking in the directory is the same as looking in a phone book.
January 2nd, 2009 at 10:19 PM ^
Lalota has been a commitment, so the waiting one more day for him doesn't really apply. He's not making any announcement at the Army game.
People were initially worried when his name wasn't on the list, so this post was probably made to assuage any fears. I'm not a huge fan of looking people up in directories, but I don't think it's that big of a deal either. It's exciting when these new guys get on campus, and although none are showing up in a stretch limo, I doubt they're totally adverse to the extra attention that being a D1 football player brings. This is the generation of accumulating "friends" on myspace and facebook, the information in the directory pales in comparison to what is on those networking sites.
January 2nd, 2009 at 3:31 PM ^
mike jones! mike jones!
281-330-8004
http://directory.umich.edu/ldapweb-bin/url?ldap:///uid=mpjone,ou=People…
January 2nd, 2009 at 3:41 PM ^
He hasn't filled in the "favorite drink" box on directory yet, but my guess is it's "purple."
January 2nd, 2009 at 8:18 PM ^
Made with two ingredients: water, and purple.
January 2nd, 2009 at 10:42 PM ^
and of course purple
January 2nd, 2009 at 7:52 PM ^
He said on facebook that he'll be in Michigan on the 4th or 5th
January 2nd, 2009 at 8:25 PM ^
... of checking the directory like that and making it public. Look for yourself if you stalkerishly want to, but dont' post about it. Kids read this kind of stuff, and to them it can be very off putting.
Too many people forget that what they post about recruits is not only read by other fans, and not just that recruit, but ALL recruits.