Looks like we've given out our first ...2018? offer
The rivals link is paywalled and leads you to believe we've offered Taron Vincent, son of NFL'er Troy Vincent. The 247 link seems to confirm it. He is just enrolling in Gilman out in MD. Must be going by the genes on this one. I can't believe you'd know already without the kid taking a high school snap.
http://michigan.247sports.com/Board/59424/Contents/Not-sure-about-this-…
https://michigan.rivals.com/barrier_noentry.asp?sid=883&script=%2Fconte…
Damn, I'm old.
August 21st, 2014 at 6:21 PM ^
This. Is. Just. Crazy.
August 21st, 2014 at 6:26 PM ^
2000 birth year........even I feel old.
August 21st, 2014 at 7:03 PM ^
Memories...
August 21st, 2014 at 9:46 PM ^
some serious coin to come into work that day to make sure our computers etc. hadn't evaporated at midnight.
August 21st, 2014 at 6:33 PM ^
I wish I was three again.. sigh..
August 21st, 2014 at 6:33 PM ^
Class of 2018 but still looks older than Teryn Savage.
August 21st, 2014 at 6:37 PM ^
This is insane but still a relatively safe kid to offer. When his Dad was an All-Pro/borderline Hall of Famer and president of the NFLPA, big brother is a B1G player and Henry Poggi's dad is his head coach, it's a pretty good shot he develops into a very good player and one who will have interest in Michigan.
August 21st, 2014 at 6:49 PM ^
The guys over at Rivals are trying to verify the validity of the offer. Anyway, 2018 is a long way out and it is crazy to offer kids this early. We'll see what happens here.
August 21st, 2014 at 6:59 PM ^
You can always just terminate the offer if he turns into a FCS or MAC football player. As for now, he looks like he'll be a good player and this gets you ahead of the curve.
August 21st, 2014 at 7:17 PM ^
I wish schools didn't do this...
if I ruled the world all offers would start after the students finish their junior year...
with an early signing period at the end of the summer and then a final signing day in feb. after senior year.
jdon
August 21st, 2014 at 8:08 PM ^
It is a relatively safe action by our coaches. They get on a kid early who could be huge, and if he doesn't develop like he should, you either pull the offer or slow play him. Look how this worked at USC with Sills...dude is committed to West Virginia and didn't cost USC anything, as they now have the fourth qb Ricky Towns....If Sills worked out, they would have had him...he didn't, and now he is somewhere else. If you are a coach, where is the downside?
August 21st, 2014 at 8:17 PM ^
I think he means that it's bad for the kids not necessarily bad for the coaches.
August 21st, 2014 at 10:38 PM ^
I'd say pulling offers from commits is something we don't want our coaches doing. I don't think they want to do it either. Reputations matter in their business. There's no such thing as a free lunch.
August 21st, 2014 at 10:47 PM ^
August 22nd, 2014 at 8:03 AM ^
I agree that it would be better for all involved if no kids were offered until after their junior year. That said, I think a rule to this effect would be counterproductive. There is simply no way to cut off all communication between a school and a recruit, so a rule like this would just reward the seediest coaches who are willing to bend the rules to give "silent offers."
August 21st, 2014 at 7:30 PM ^
a senior/junior for the home and home with Washington in 2020/2021!
August 21st, 2014 at 8:04 PM ^
August 21st, 2014 at 8:15 PM ^
"He looks young."
August 21st, 2014 at 8:52 PM ^
Tom Brady has 7 yr old and 5yr old sons. Let's lock 'em up.
August 22nd, 2014 at 12:30 AM ^
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August 21st, 2014 at 11:15 PM ^
Lorenz is calling this "totally false":
#Michigan has not offered any 2018 prospects lol: http://t.co/FUKImNUiXn
— Steve Lorenz (@TremendousUM) August 22, 2014
August 21st, 2014 at 11:19 PM ^
It is totally false.