Lemming Perspective on Michigan Recruiting
Portions of this were put in all 3 papers, but this link seemed to be the most complete:
By Lemming's assessment, Michigan's recruiting class for 2011 is shaping up nicely, continuing a trend of improved recruiting that Lemming has seen develop under third-year coach Rich Rodriguez.
"They're in on more top guys than ever before under Rodriguez," Lemming said Tuesday night. "They're offering them and staying on top of them and I think the kids are waiting to see how the season shapes up.
"I think if they get off to a good start this year, you're going to see kids jumping on board real quick because Michigan has much tradition and facilities as anyone in the country. So it's just people waiting to see exciting football and I think that could happen this year."
Lemming said while many recruits remain in wait-and-see mode, Rodriguez can still offer up a plan for rebuilding as he enters his third year. In time, the Wolverines will have to produce, but because of what Michigan can offer academically and outside of football, Lemming feels Rodriguez and his staff still have a shot at top recruits even with disappointing seasons the past two years.
Most recruits realize Michigan is still trying to hone the spread offense Rodriguez introduced when he arrived. But after Rodriguez's first two seasons produced only eight wins and no bowl appearances, attracting recruits becomes tougher - even with the school's rich football tradition.
"It really comes down to the ability of the assistant coaches to sell the program to the kid," Lemming said. "If the coaches know about the tradition and everything like that and they're able to sell the academics, the facilities and also the future, then they're going to be successful.
"Michigan is still one of the elite teams nationally and so it's going to be a lot easier to sell that than (other places.)."
Pretty solid assessment I would say. I think most of us would agree with Lemming that many of these recruits are in a wait and see apporach to see how the season will shake out.
Good to finally see a logical assessment of Michigan!
Nothing to see here
I disagree.
Cool story Bro
Is everyone's response "Cool story bro"? It was funny last year.
COOL STORY BRAH!
wow. you come on today and say that?
where are you from? care to share your thoughts? i am not going to get negative here, i welcome new insight. but what do you disagree with?
walking into a party and squeezing out an SBD is not the way to be involved and have fun......
REASON WHY PEOPLE HERE ARE SO MEAN TO NEW PEOPLE????/?? I MEAN, HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO KNOW ALL OF THIS STUFF???????
I shouldn't have said that. It added nothing to the conversation, and easily lowered the whole board's collective IQ by about 15 points.
Why do I keep losing points even after my mea culpas?
to post a lot to get more points?
cause I keep losing points.
You would lose less points if you stopped posting about losing points. Think about it.
i guess I don't really know how I'm supposed to know that. thanks for the nice response.
(there's some sarcasm there)
But when did banned poster's posts start getting removed when they get banned? We won't have a treasure trove of threads (not this one, this one was dull) to look back at and laugh!
I think the thing we have seen in last year and this year's recruiting class is that Michigan is doing their homework. It is great to hear how many guys that we are in on, because we recognized them before the big names came calling. As we come out and have a good season, I think the pieces of the puzzle will fall in place for some more 4 star kids, and we'll begin to reap the dividends of the hard work the coaches are out there doing.
i like lemming when he says good things about us, but he's one weird looking dude.
I'm more worried about following him around. Don't let him take recruits anywhere near cliffs.
But better than that is Ray Hamilton committing!
Welcome Ray. We're stoked to have you!
como again? i don't like this weird Iowa-space-warp thing....
Hamilton committed to Iowa? Maybe I misread this?
My second error of the day on MGoBlog.
Sorry, I'm banishing myself for the rest of the day.
-1 to me.
I would like to second this motion. All in favor, say "Aye".
You hate to hear it from guys like Dee Hart and Anthony Zettel, but it's just going to come with time. We've gotta wait and see how the season goes. Believe me, the 2010 class isn't going to be the standard for RR's classes.. I look at a class like the 2009 class, but maybe even better once we start winning again.
Thanks for posting.
When I read the title. For some reason I thought it was refering to recruits as lemmings (the animal) and was a theory that once we picked up a few key recruits, the rest would follow.
Anyway, its a good article. I try to not get to wrapped up in recruiting as it feels very unpredictable in both who comes and who pans out, but in early summer its hard to avoid.
I was also thinking of lemmings, in the sense that they commit mass suicide when things go wrong ("Oh no! Another 3-star!").
makes me think of the game "lemmings paint ball" --- that was a good multiplayer game...