Michigan Football Summer Camp in CA?
I read a very interesting topic this morning on a Rivals message board regarding summer camps for Michigan Football. The poster is very credible. A University of Michigan graduate that has built a very successful company around building and developing databases of H.S. athletes for universities and recruiting services. He stated that a source indicated that Michigan was in the process of setting up a summer camp in CA much like Penn State did last year in GA with Georgia State as the host.
There was some speculation that it could be The University of San Diego where Harbaugh used to be the head coach. Additional speculation was the possibility of a LA school where there is some of the best talent in the state or the Bay area which would draw many of the top prospects in Northern CA. He also noted that a person close to the program indicated that he would not be surprised if 50% of the '16 recruiting class would be comprised of TX and CA athletes. He went on to say that the current staff has the most connections in the following 5 states: CA, TX, FL, MI, & OH.
Some of you may recall that the SEC was not very happy with Penn State's James Franklin and his tactics last year with regard to co-hosting a camp in GA. I have linked a couple of those articles. In addition, I hope JH does set up a camp in CA and draw some elite talent from the state.
http://recruiting.blog.ajc.com/2014/05/03/georgia-state-and-penn-state-to-do-football-camp-together/
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Why not take advantage of it and build a pipeline from a talent rich state? Harbaugh and his staff have a ton of connections out there. I thought it was interesting that the SEC coaches complained so much last year about PSU that they asked Commissioner Slive to try and close the loophole.
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1st statement that the NFL has more cash to throw at coaches than colleges is debatable. The top college coach is Saban at around 7 mil per year. The top 2-3 NFL coaches are slightly higher at 7.5 mil. The NFL probably does have more cash than colleges do with NFL revenues topping an estimated 9 billion but it appears that paying coaches more doesn't seem to be a priority at this point.
It really doesn't feel real yet. The process of realizing reality hasn't been expediated by how larger-than-life he has been since he got here, either. I am out here seeing how many pinches it takes before I wake up and he is out there hanging with Garth Brooks, coaching an MLB team, pulling victims from car crashes in treacherous conditions, and tweeting with Judge Judy. I am positive this is a dream and I will wake up to a reality where Richy Hokriguez is sending Nick Sheridan back into the game with multiple concussions, and we are losing to Toledo State University, at home.
It feels awesome having him, a little like this....
you shouldn't be lowering expectations. I know we should all keep our guard up but, this guy really does own a legitimate college football related company. He has supplied data to the Univ of Mich over the years to various coaching staffs. He has been spot on every time he posts anything Michigan related. However, I do respect your concern. There is a lot of BS out on message boards. Go Blue!!
There are a number of good programs that have done it very successfully. He has the connections to pull this off. There is no reason that this shouldn't be permitted to make it more convenient for the players. It's only those who want to lock their state up that have issues with it. Harbaugh would have people from all over coming in and I would bet it would lead to many official visits to Michigan.
I did a little more research on the source. His name is Jim Stefani and he owns "The Recruiting Brain," yes, that is the name of the company. It's basically, a centralized data source of high scool athletes for colleges and universities. Only affiliated personnel or coaches from a college or university can subscribe to the service.
I'm all for anything that makes our recruiting better. Planting a flag somewhere else besides Ann Arbor is great too. Do it in Texas and Florida also!
If we win, no problem with that at all.
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I'll take that trade. A lot more talent to get out of CA than MI. Obviously good to get the local kids too, but Michigan can't thrive just relying on MI. Then again, we probably could given what HARBAUGH! was able to do at Stanford.
Being new on the site and in the learning stages of all things recruiting, what exactly takes place at these "satellite" camps. Also, what are they like 2 weeks long? I get the principle that they are closer to recruits and more likely to draw elite players. Are they worked like an NFL combine or taught what it takes to be a Michigan player?
The staff gets to evaluate a prospect first hand. They get to build a relationship with a potential recruit and judge character for themselves. In addition, these camps provide competition at the highest levels. It is easy to see who has the speed, technique, and height/weight to perform at the college level. Finally, many HS coaches are asked to participate in the camps. Further developing ties between High schools and the university. I hope that answers part of what you were asking.
Thanks, very much appreciated
I believe the camp Michigan hosts runs for four days, but many of the players only come for a day or two.
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Try it in Ohio...where most of the talent in this area is. Urbz would love it
Willie Sutton's Law . . . Set up camps where the best high school football talent is
- jim
You oversign, you allegedly pay players, you get all the bowl games in your region
We host camps in your backyard
Great idea. Just tell them they can play in California again when they play in the Rose Bowl.
I get the sense that Harbaugh is a god in Cali so this makes a lot of sense esp. with all of the elite QBs and skill players in that state. Those QBs would climb over each other to get time with JH. Their parents would get to know the staff too...so much upside to this move.
PSU was the guest co-host at Georgia State and then at Stetson in Florida.
The biggest reason I love this is because it shows that Harbaugh is going to do it his way. Not the AD's way, not the Regents way, not some booster, or some other admin. I dont think this has been the case at Michigan for the last 10 years or so.