OT: Dantonio says MSU got top player in MI
Today at his press conference, Dantonio apparently made the statement that, "For the third straight year, Michigan State gets the preceived top player by the media in the state of Michigan."
He was referring to Burbridge:
http://twitter.com/#!/joerexrode/status/164819652843814912
Apparently #5 is the new #1 !!!
February 1st, 2012 at 6:31 PM ^
This was actually a fabrication made up by the mgoblog community, because no one could imagine getting beaten by Little Bro in recruiting. Michigan's academic standards for athletes are the NCAA minimum, the same as MSU's. See: Norfleet.
February 1st, 2012 at 5:36 PM ^
What will Dantonio say if Burbridge doesn't qualify? Think he'll take it back?
February 1st, 2012 at 5:38 PM ^
I hear he's going to start recruiting in the state again... ironically. You've probably never heard of some of the players he's recruiting. They're not very mainstream.
February 1st, 2012 at 5:38 PM ^
Wait, we're all way off base here. The Spartans didn't want good players:
Per CBSsports.com rapid reports: The Spartans didn’t sign a five-star recruit, but DC Pat Narduzzi said they’re better off. “We chase the blue-collar guys. We get the guys we want. Sometimes if you have too many five-star guys, they end up hurting you as opposed to helping you.
So Dantonio succeeded. In fact, he didn't even risk having too many four stars which can almost be as catastrophic as fielding a bunch of five stars. Wonder how Alabama was able to keep their five star mafia from "hurting" them.
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/rapid-reports/tag/RECRUITING
February 1st, 2012 at 5:46 PM ^
The only problem with that is that a lot of the blue-collar guys they chased after went to Michigan.
February 1st, 2012 at 5:38 PM ^
I'm sure that will be of great comfort to Mark and the fanbase as MSU and their bevy of 30ish ranked football recruiting classes slide back to mediocrity.
February 1st, 2012 at 6:33 PM ^
Well, the 30ish ranked recruiting classes have done pretty well against your top 15 ones for the past four years, so I'll sleep pretty well tonight.
February 1st, 2012 at 5:40 PM ^
It really is Dantonio's job to put the best spin on things. Isn't that what coaches do? But you know, I really don't care what Dantonio says. He is who he is, and we're so fortunate to have Hoke.
Two things:
- I'm looking forward to what happens on the field next year. Greatly.
- Some people here care too much about what happens with Dantonio, Urban Meyer, RR, etc., etc. Hoke does a great job of focusing on what is important, and not worrying about the other guys in an unhealthy way.
February 1st, 2012 at 5:41 PM ^
I don't have the points or power to put this anywhere else
Apparently OSU is not taking Davonte NEAL. Scouts ranked #5 CB
February 1st, 2012 at 5:43 PM ^
oh Marky Mark... having a tough day with your mere 18 commits?
February 1st, 2012 at 7:09 PM ^
That's what happens when you don't have massive attrition. There weren't a lot of scholarship openings this year. Having room for 28 guys is hardly something you should be proud of.
February 1st, 2012 at 5:44 PM ^
He and Mike Gundy can get together and wonder why their top 10 finishes have equated into below classes ranked 40th and lower
February 1st, 2012 at 5:48 PM ^
Not sure why that tool gets so much 'pub' around here, all the rankings mean nothing, time to produce on the field...
February 1st, 2012 at 5:49 PM ^
That's funny that he has to point to one specific recruit to make MSU's haul this year look better. It's the only way he can try make his class look good and not admit that MSU was owned by UM in recruiting this year. Sadly for him, it's only going to get worse.
February 1st, 2012 at 6:05 PM ^
Not to mention being a little bitch. As was said already, the ONLY other reason he's saying this is to try and mask the obvious fact everyone else knows - Michigan cleaned up in the state and took 7 of the top 10 players. His reign in Michigan is now over and he knows it.
February 1st, 2012 at 6:06 PM ^
That's a nice thing for that kid to hear, and they can both feel good about it. Nothing to see here.
February 1st, 2012 at 6:07 PM ^
I am surprised Mark Dantonio didn't indicate that they outrecruited my Temple Owls by 27 spots.
February 1st, 2012 at 6:15 PM ^
He makes it very hard to hate Urban Meyer the most......... between the Hecklinski thing at the MHSAA coaches clinic and all these little ignorant jabs I think my hatred is mutual now.
February 1st, 2012 at 6:19 PM ^
he is putting a positive spin on it. I bet he was #1 in at least one article. Nothing wrong with positive statements about your own program.
February 1st, 2012 at 6:21 PM ^
February 1st, 2012 at 6:22 PM ^
Beating this chode on the recruiting trail is nice. Time to beat the duche on the field for a change.
February 1st, 2012 at 6:24 PM ^
His excitement over signing "the #1 player in Michigan" might explain is dramatic outburst in interrupting Hecklinski at that high school coaches conference a couple weeks ago.
February 1st, 2012 at 6:28 PM ^
Who cares? Delusional people tell stories all the time.
February 1st, 2012 at 6:31 PM ^
He's gotta say something good about his recruiting class. Nothing wrong with being a bit of a spin doctor.
He has other, far more obnoxious traits worthy of complaint.
We really, really need to start beating his ass year after year again.
February 1st, 2012 at 6:38 PM ^
That picture reminds me of someone....
February 1st, 2012 at 6:54 PM ^
IMO...Dantonio has the right to swagger all he wants until we beat him on the field. They have won 4 years in a row, last year very decisively. I am looking forward to this class and Hoke's future classes turning the in-state tide back to our favor. But until then, there is not much we can fire back with other than recruiting rankings. So, save the ammunition until we meet on the field.
February 1st, 2012 at 6:55 PM ^
He keeps getting the # 1 guy in Michigan and recruiting nationally, and he might finish ahead of Cincinnati & Rutgers one of these days.
February 1st, 2012 at 7:15 PM ^
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February 1st, 2012 at 8:01 PM ^
who gives a shit what that douche rocket says? I sure don't. He's the perfect fit for that school and fan base.
February 1st, 2012 at 8:37 PM ^
The fact that this is a hot thread doesn't say a whole lot about the MGoBoard.
February 1st, 2012 at 8:41 PM ^
There is no way anybody could even know that.
February 1st, 2012 at 9:39 PM ^
Recruiting is overrated. Florida State has had top-5 classes in 7 of the last 11 years; look how well they've done. It's all about getting the most out of your players. Dantonio proved to do that better than RR (RR did that worse than all of the other coaches in the B1G, for that matter); thus, why RR was fired.
Hopefully, Hoke gets the most out of this recruiting class. That would put the B1G back on the top of the college football world. I'm pretty sick of all this SEC crap. We need the likes of Ohio State, Michigan, Michigan State, Wisconsin, and Penn State to step up (or keep on stepping up in MSU and UW's favor).
We're like a group of brothers: we fight amongst ourselves plenty, but when somebody sticks their nose in the mix it's time for a good old fashioned beating.
February 2nd, 2012 at 11:07 AM ^
What? I don't care about the B1G's status in college football one one-thousand as much as I do about beating MSU and continuing to beat Ohio and Notre Dame.
On the original topic: add delusional to smug and merely an opportunist when describing Dantonio. Any Spartan will give you the "we don't need to recruit well, we develop talent" line but in all reality their '09 class was ranked 17th in the nation and since then the talent they've brought in has slowly regressed. There isn't room for Michigan, Ohio, Notre Dame, AND MSU to recruit great talent in the midwest; guess who gets left out to dry out of those four? Hoke emphasizing midwest recruiting and Meyer being in the picture is the worst thing that could have happened to MD.
You have to respect their on-field success the past four years, I'm not denying that. However, very soon they will fade away. You cannot have longstanding success while recruiting in the fashion that they do.
February 2nd, 2012 at 6:50 PM ^
"Look at last year's final BCS standings: 1. LSU, 2. Alabama, 3. Oklahoma State, 4. Stanford, 5. Oregon, 6. Arkansas, 7. Boise State, 8. Kansas State, 9. South Carolina, 10. Wisconsin. Only two of those teams averaged a top-10 class between 2006 and 2011."
"Winthrop Intelligence, a college sports research outfit, recently analyzed every recruiting class from 2006 to 2010, tracking how more than 11,000 prep stars affected their college programs' success. Winthrop found no correlation between the number of recruits with three or more stars on an FBS team and its subsequent winning percentages. "We checked more than 100 performance statistics, including points, yards and touchdowns," the company writes in a report. "We found no significant relationship between higher-ranked recruiting classes and better performance statistics."