Monty Madaris to visit Michigan
From a Mike Dyer tweet...
"Moeller senior WR Monty Madaris to take official visit to Michigan the weekend of Jan. 13, says family"
Will the coaching staff take another WR, assuming Chesson commits this week?
Jan 13 is also the same day Diamond and Wright will be on their officials.
December 20th, 2011 at 7:30 PM ^
I think it depends on if they take two CB.
December 20th, 2011 at 7:32 PM ^
I'll take it...anyone know how Monty compares to Jehu?
December 20th, 2011 at 7:41 PM ^
former recruiting ninja had to say about him:
http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/tomvh-2012-wr-monty-madaris-offered
December 20th, 2011 at 7:45 PM ^
I think most would prefer Madaris to Chesson, but not by much. Madaris is as tall as Chesson, a little beefier and just as fast. Madaris also has the better offer list of the two, with offers from Florida State and Nebraska in addition to us and Sparty.
Plus, I would prefer Madaris if only because it meant he wouldn't go to MSU. Chesson would go to Mizzou or Iowa instead of M.
December 20th, 2011 at 7:56 PM ^
I agree that the offers for Madaris are impressive, but I think the Okie State and Missouri offers are better than they are being given credit for. Also just watching the highlight reels Chesson just looks like more of wide reciever to my eyes. Madaris seems good, but I think he fits more of a slot role, which we have plenty of.
December 20th, 2011 at 8:05 PM ^
Out of curiosity, why do you think the OK St. and Mizzou offers are better than people think? Even though OK St. has a good team this year and recruited a very good WR in Blackmon a few years ago, doesn't mean that every WR they offer is good. I think MSU, FSU and Nebraska can be pickier with their offers than OK St and Mizzou.
Also - Madaris is 6'2", so I'm not sure what you mean when you say he looks like a slot and we have many of those. We have two slot receivers on the roster, and they're both 5'9"ish.
December 20th, 2011 at 8:52 PM ^
I'll address the slot part first, by that I meant he runs a lot of crossing routes, screens and slants, and some of his best work is after the catch. He is taller, but he reminds me of a really poor man's Breaston. I'm not a football guru or anything so I'm not going to claim that my opinion holds that much weight.
On the offers bit, I think both of those schools have shown to be good evaluators of talent recently. Although Blackmon is the number one target, they also have very good players in Tracy Moore and Josh Cooper. The also have a history of other good recievers like Dez Bryant and Dajuan Woods, though Bryant was higher rated than Blackmon and Woods who were 3 stasr and the 58th and 90th ranked WRs respectively.
Meanwhile, Mizzou has had a couple 1000 yard recievers and a few that went over 1500. Denario Alexander went for 1791 in 2009. Of course, there's also Jeremy Maclin, who was another three star guy. I know both of these programs are spread and shread, but you don't go for 1000 yards in the Big 12 if you're untalented. I think both of these teams have found very talented 3 star player that have turned into stars.
P.S. all my rankings and stars are from Scout
December 20th, 2011 at 9:42 PM ^
Don't mind me...I have no opinion on this discussion (hell I was the one that asked the question)...
But this exchange is what this board should be about. Someone challenging an opinion and someone defending it respectfully.
Well done to both posters. Too much bitching, not enough of what I just read.
December 21st, 2011 at 10:17 AM ^
I'm going to go out on a limb and say because Mizzou and OKSt have but more quality receievers into the next level as of late. I'll take their WR evaluations. Dez Bryant, Justin Blackmon, Danario Alexander, and Jeremy Maclin.
December 20th, 2011 at 7:40 PM ^
Looks like coaching staff is trying to get all the remaining targets who haven't taken officials yet in on that weekend.
As for if we take him or not if Chesson commits, we'll likely know more closer to the time. Depends a lot on what coaches still see as needs and if they think Madaris is a great enough talent to be a best-guy-available type...
December 20th, 2011 at 7:45 PM ^
Madaris is a Michigan State lean, according to Rivals. Wouldn't mind stealing another one from Sparty!!!
December 20th, 2011 at 10:00 PM ^
"Stealing" from Sparty?! We don't "steal" recruits from Sparty.
December 20th, 2011 at 8:00 PM ^
I think it depends if we land another tight end more than taking 2 DB's.
December 20th, 2011 at 8:14 PM ^
It might be too late by then. But I really want Monty in this class! Think he could be really good down the road
December 20th, 2011 at 8:38 PM ^
Strange to think that after WR being the huge hole in the class for so long it appears there's a possibility of landing 3 if need be. I agree with most that there seems to be bigger needs, and potential commits that are ranked higher, but I still wouldn't mind seeing a solid 3 player class of WR considering what we're losing and the complete lack of WR in the previous class.
December 20th, 2011 at 9:05 PM ^
As long as we get 1 more WR and OL, the rest is gravy. I could live with Chesson, Madaris, Garrett/Kozan, Wright, Gant/Holtz/Brown as our grand finale.
December 20th, 2011 at 9:39 PM ^
I would actually prefer the 3rd wr to the 3rd cb, our depth is better at corner than receiver
December 20th, 2011 at 10:20 PM ^
That's good to hear... I mean that any position has less depth that corner. To me, that just sounds really odd.
December 20th, 2011 at 10:01 PM ^
given the time constraints of his visit, do you think Michigan's coaches will actually get to see the full Monty?
EDIT: When I wrote this I actually forgot about all of the crap that has been going on at Penn State. Please forgive me and, yeah, a bazillion minuses.
December 20th, 2011 at 10:31 PM ^
Madaris is MSU's to lose, I thought we had inside track a bit earlier, but we cooled off recruiting him and MSU has had a nice pipeline from Cincy since Dantonio has taken ove.r
December 21st, 2011 at 12:09 AM ^
on Madaris because he was an MSU lean or was it something to do with character? Clearly he has the right physical characateristics and has good offers.
December 21st, 2011 at 10:57 AM ^
isn't he?
December 21st, 2011 at 11:08 AM ^
I thought he was pretty much set on Cal.
December 21st, 2011 at 11:27 AM ^
it was between UM, Cal, and ND. But with Powe committing there it probably will be tough to get him out of Cali