Michigan Trending for 2021 OG Greg Crippen?
Greg Crippen decommitted from Notre Dame last night, and Sam Webb instantly put in a crystal ball for the good guys. I doubt Sam would do that without a firm belief that Crippen was coming to Ann Arbor. Maybe some more Ed Warriner magic?
Crippen is currently the #13 offensive guard in the nation according to 247, and he's the #11 overall offensive guard in the composite:
https://247sports.com/Player/Greg-Crippen-46050437/
After some of the loose screws were tightened up, he came to his senses and realized "To hell with Notre Dame."
Good for him. I'd welcome him.
/Btw, can he also play DT or nah?
Thought this was a basketball post until I saw the photo. We still gotta work on headlines, folks.
What part of “OG” in the title made you think basketball?
Like offensive (point) guard, but doesn't run back to play defense.
Easy mistake.
Original Gangsters don’t lace up cleats. They stay on the hardwood.
He Crippen’ in blue.
Well OG, offensive guard, point guard, common man, it's an easy mistake. I think it's kind of bad he said he saw the kid before realizing it wasn't a basketball post. What 6'4" 285 guys can't play basketball? I'm not sure if that's PC.
Really Mercury Hayes? Assuming you're just trolling with that one.
So offensive guards don't play defense? Did James Harden create a new position?
Original Gangsta Point Guard??? Never heard of him.
Quick, somebody tell him that our program is stale so he doesn't make a mistake and commit.
Word is Notre Dame processed him. I tried watching his hudl but I kept looking over at that JC Latham who is an absolute monster. Crippen is the smallest guy on his OL by far and I don't believe his height/weight they have him listed at is accurate. Don't hate his film, but don't love it either. If they wanted a mobile guy with a nice frame Drew Kendall from MA looks like a stud. Non stop motor who is mauling people.
We have MA on lockdown. Don't worry.
Proceesed in March? What happened during non football activities that changed their minds? On another note, what are you doing here, shouldn't you be evaluating talent for the staff? They could use the help.
Nothing. This has been a long time coming. And you're right about the staff needing the help. We aren't even in the same ballpark as OSU anymore.
Out of curiosity, what abuse did you endure in your childhood that has led you to feel the need to put this much effort into trolling a message board of a rival you have historically dominated for 20 years? This can only be the result of severe PTSD
Out of curiosity why do people have such a hard time with the truth around here. The you're a concern troll and you must be an OSU fan response is so played out.
Not going to apologize for wanting UM to be better. Not going to apologize for expecting UM to beat OSU more than once every 20 years. There used to be a time before the UM fanbase got so pathetically soft that beating OSU and winning the B1G was an expectation. What's worse is people think it's OK to lose to teams like Wisconsin (Carr was 7-2) and PSU (Carr was 9-2) now.
The reality is OSU is on another planet in terms of their recruiting. Harbaugh was supposed to close the gap but it's only gotten wider. Two of the last three years Jim Harbaugh has failed to sign a composite top 100 recruit. AT MICHIGAN! Let that sink in. OSU signed 9 last year. They have 8 top 100 kids already committed this year (with plenty more on the way). Facts don't care about your feelings.
Steve Wiltfong, Allen Trieu, and EJ Holland have all criticized UM's recruiting organization and effort in recent weeks. Tired of reading UM is getting outworked for kids. Tired of reading UM lost contact with a top recruit. Tired of reading things are so disorganized that Harbaugh doesn't even hold recruiting meetings. Kids are getting offered twice (Trevor Lawrence). Kids are getting thank you's for events they never attended (Aubrey Solomon). They've lost out on more 4 and 5 star Detroit area kids in the last few years then in the entire Carr era combined. That's what happens when you replace Wheatley's and Patridge recruiting presence with guys like McElwain, Hamilton, McDaniels, and Shoop. That's what happens when you expect your assistants to do all the work and you don't do any or rather not nearly enough. Ryan Day is out here GRINDING. Urban Meyer was the same way.
I think Jim Harbaugh is a good football coach. I think the way he runs his recruiting department and his lack of involvement for top prospects is putting a hard cap on his potential here. That's why he's the most predictable coach in the country right now. 10-3 seasons that end with OSU kicking our ass and then losing to a southern team in a bowl game. Wash. Rinse. Repeat.
Maizen / Shawn L. Martin
He started as a Sparty concern troll I believe. But through hate/passion/obsession he's actually turned himself into a self-hating Michigan fan. I believe he always wanted to be a Michigan fan, couldn't (maybe he didn't go there, which is no big deal Shawn, even if you went to MSU you can cheer for Michigan if that's what you grew up doing), hated Michigan because of it, then used recruiting in a weird way to get back to being a Michigan fan, but still feels the need to hate himself.
It's pretty spectacular and makes a lot more sense if you understand Maizen this way.
There it is! Right out of the mgo moron handbook when facts hurt feelings. But your personal attacks aren’t going to change the fact that everything I said is 100% true. And that’s a sobering reality as a UM fan. Lose in February on signing day, lose in November on game day. We have years and years of evidence this is the case. You’re the fan equivalent of a flat earther if you believe otherwise. But hey, lets get mad at a stranger on a message board for pointing that out because it upsets your inner fanboy.
What does your pessimistic outlook have to do with this recruit's interest in Michigan football?
This should be directed at evenyoubrutus, who opened this door when he decided to call me an OSU fan out of nowhere.
You catch a bad rap around here, but you're not wrong. And you're not wrong about wanting better. Your above comment "lose in February, lose in November" is probably the best way to say that. Unfortunately, the recruiting could be so much better, but isn't. So many here just want to cry "maizen". But they're the ones defending 9-4. Im okay with a 9-4, if it's headed in the right direction, occasionally, but that's the ceiling. It makes Saturdays difficult to enjoy. But, I've just been telling myself that this is what to expect, so now ive just started numbing myself to the pain of loving a team i have no connection to. I'll raise my daughter to love Michigan football, so hopefully she has a chance to see it come full circle.
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I mean...it probably is. Just sayin.
No, Imjesayin.
tl;dr
The Aubrey Solomon situation was a few years ago already. Get over it.
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Congratulations! You have (once again) managed to turn a simple recruiting update into a referendum on Michigan's recruiting prowess relative to OSU's. Bonus points for repeating the same talking points and statistics (# of Top 100 recruits, etc.) that you always do, but without the copy and paste. And extra bonus points for doing it in a thread that (*checks notes) is about a Notre Dame commit.
WE GET IT ALREADY.
"We aren't even in the same ballpark as OSU anymore."
Lemme guess: Crippen's offer from OSU isn't committable.
Don, OSU has 17 top 100 commits between this and last years classes. Michigan has 2. But you already knew that's what I meant when I said UM isn't in the same ballpark as OSU. So if you really want to squabble over an "offer" when we all know they mean nothing then do it by yourself. Micah Mazzcua had a UM offer last year - until he didn't. As Magnus confirms below ND processed Crippen and I haven't seen his name mentioned by any OSU insiders. Now, if you want to argue OSU and UM are recruiting at the same level lets have that talk. But we both you know don't.
Okay so you’re mad that Michigan might get a commit from a top 250 kid because of an internet notion that ND processed him and you haven’t read about him on OSU boards? The same guy who has spent years yelling at everyone how important star rankings are, is now upset a top 250 kid might commit? Do you see the irony? Do you see how annoying your incessant bitching is? There is literally nothing that would satisfy you.
Everyone here is a fan of Michigan and wants them to win every single game. They don’t. Our rival is better. It sucks. You’re just whining like a little baby.
By the way the fact that you’re reading OSU insider recruiting boards confirms 2 things most everyone knows about you: you have way to much time on your hands and you’re obsessed with this recruiting shit to the point of being unhealthy.
I mean he's Top 250 to the 247 composite, but he's the #129 player nationally to Rivals. He's the #11 OG to 247 composite, and #5 OG to Rivals. There are only four OG's in the top100 to 247, and three to Rivals.
Can we talk about teams in last year's cycle that took OG's ranked #11 or worse? Yes we can:
- National Champion LSU took the #17 (#377 overall) and the #26 (#480 overall) OG's, both were 3*
- National Champion runner-up Clemson took the #13 OG (#286 overall)
- Pac12 Champion Oregon took the #14 OG (#316 overall)
- Penn State took the #19 OG (#423 overall), a 3*
- Auburn took three 3* OG's, #25, #27, and #40
- Texas A&M took two 3* OG's, #36 and #37
- Wisconsin took the #49 OG, a 3*
- And even the Maizen bonor-inducing Ohio State Buckeyes took Josh Fryar. A 3*, the #28 OG overall, and the #507 player nationally
Crippen is ranked well ahead of those guys, whether by 247 composite or Rivals (and significantly better in the latter). He'd be a very welcome addition to the class. Elite ranking at that position.
Point taken. We get it, UM can't recruit like OSU. What is your goal here?
You won't convince the masses to get rid of Harbaugh with his win rate. You won't get the masses to show up at Harbaugh's door forcing him to change his recruiting tactics.
I get your frustration, what I don't get is why you come to this blog constantly complaining about it. We are just a bunch of strangers with weird names to you. Nobody here will help you and all you've done is make a lot of people dislike you. People are going to argue with you because you've painted a big target on your back.
Guy references those who don't agree with him as MGo Morons who hate "the truth" that only commenters like Maizen/ShawnLMartin/JM8 etc. can provide.
The conceit is strong in that one. /smh
Kendall looks good, but is a Boston College legacy. Watch out in a couple years for Zinter, going to be a beast!!
Legacy or not if we can't beat out Boston College for a football recruit then what are we doing here. Warinner missed on a lot of his top targets last year so he needs to close the deal on a lot of these guys this year. Great start with El Hadi already in the fold. Spindler is a must get. Drew Kendall is right there for the taking considering the staff's ties to MA and that he's a high academic kid. One of Nolan Rucci (wants to major in aeurospace engineering) or JC Latham is (had Michigan as his early leader but now is leaning toward OSU) is a must. Throw in Dellinger and that's a damn good OL class.
Have to agree. If we can’t even beat Boston College for a recruit who grew up loving and surrounded by BC product and boosters and influence, then what the fuck are we doing. SERIOUSLY?!? This dumbass university needs to shut down this shit hole of a football program, and probably just fold the entire athletic department altogether. What an utter failure and true piece of shit this entire athletic department and all of its staff and athletes have become. I am truly disgusted with all the student-athletes and staff that continue to choose to work here and attend and take up scholarships. It’s fucking pathetic. I, for one, can’t stand it and truly appreciate and enjoy the presence of Maizen and his truisms. He has shown me and many others the light, and I will follow him into the dark.
am I doing this right?!?
oh, /s for those of you who need it
You forgot to mention that he's a good Irish Catholic boy, and his mama expects him to attend a nice, Catholic college. Otherwise, you're spot on...
"A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject." —Winston Churchill
Notre Dame have taken a total of 7 committed linemen (they have one lineman in 2021 right now) since 2019. If they think this kid isn't great that's fine, but they aren't in loaded by any means and this guy already took unofficials to PSU and UM since he committed last year. If he's being "processed" by possibly going to teams at or above ND, that seems like a weird decision on their part.
Ah yes, the classic “if Notre Dame gets beaten out for a recruit or has a decommit, then they didn’t even want him” argument
JustMaizen8
Maizens back LOL. Based on a brief scan of your short history, it looks like you are trying to get a lot of your same BS in before your $5 is banned.
He don’t give shit about the money. It’s his mom’s problem.
Not,”YOU” again!
Just Maizen I can almost remember your words verbatim when Runyan committed. Something, something ohio gets 5 star linemen and we get one ranked 1045 in his class. Harbaugh sucks, he can’t recruit, bla, bla, bla. Any words on how correct you were about Jr.? Nobody cares what you think because what you do cannot be compared indirectly to a complete thought. Just leave, join the Salvation Army. I’m sure that they could use a fake Sargent-at-arms.
Runyan never beat OSU and neither has JH. I am not a huge fan of Maizen's approach, but he's not wrong. Your counter argument pokes no holes. Runyan turned into a good player, but rankings still matter, and Runyan being good doesn't prove JH is good. He's still 0-for and trending the wrong way.
I saw that Warinner "liked" his decommitment post.