So I am not the biggest Michigan history person nor the biggest recruiting person, but I was hoping someone here might be.
Has Michigan ever had a trio of recruiting classes this strong in the past? I refer to having such good incoming classes for Football, Basketball and Hockey all at the same time.
If we have had such a time, does anyone know when it last was?
2003
Hockey had
Hensick and Hunwick (the elder, the one who was a very highly-touted D-man and today plays in the NHL with Colorado) as the headliners and then I don't remember how big David Rohlfs was as a recruit, but after three meh seasons, he exploded as a senior at Michigan.
The rest of the class included Brown, Cook, Dest and Mayhew. I don't recall anything specific about any of them, but Tim Cook sounds like a name I should know for something, so it seems like a solid (for Michigan) class, but not a fantastic (for Michigan) class, somebody correct me if I'm wrong about the impact/recruit status of some of these guys.
2003-2004 roster: http://www.mgoblue.com/sports/m-hockey/archive/roster-2003-04-archive.html
I think the post-fab 5 era
I think the post-fab 5 era classes were pretty close.
BBall had Mo Taylor, Tractor Traylor, Louis Bullock, Maceo Baston
Football Had the 97 team
Hockey had the 97 team.
A sign?
Of things to come?
Football is both an identity and a terminal illness. A rhythm and a chaos and an opiate for the mind all at once.
-Johnny Danbury (umichedme.blogspot.com)
1994
Basketball- the "second Fab Five" (Ward, Conlan, Baston, Mitchell & Mo Taylor)
Football- Jansen, Sword, Chris Howard, Chris Floyd, Marcus Ray, Tuman, Dreisbach etc. Can see the class here
Hockey- Turco, Muckalt, Chris Fox and Matt Herr
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I feel ...
...you were just waiting for a moment like this to explode into the room.
And that he did. Monster
And that he did. Monster first post.
See it through.
Well done Sir,
One of the best firsts posts I've seen. Keep up the good work and you might be in line for Ace or Heiko's jobs when they get poached by the bigger fish a la Tom and Tim.
Yeah...
We had some awesome classes in the late 80s and in the mid 90s.
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Mid to late 80's
That's what I was thinking. Mid 80's you had football recruiting classes that went to back to back Rose Bowl's in Bo's last two years and bball classes that ended up winning the NCAA tourney.
2015
That's the year that Michigan just wins it. All of it. Everything. We're even taking Paintball Championships (it'll be varsity by then).
Hope
Hope we do it earlier. McGary will probably be gone by then.
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Yes, he will have long since shaken David Sterns hand by then. Next year will be a good year. I trust in Mattison to keep the defense from falling off after the huge losses we'll suffer up front. I trust in Denard and I put it all on Mitch. He's going to be a force.
All in for some manball.
Hockey could beat that
Based on who we've got and who we have coming in, I think next season is maybe the only season we shouldn't be right there for the national title and that's just because of the freshman goalie. Hockey's future is blindingly bright right now. BBall and football aren't far behind.
Man, that felt good to say
Agreed.
2015 falls in two solar car teams from now. Who are we recruiting for that class? No more third place. We can win every championship on Earth. Coffee anyone?
Wrestling
has two of the Top 20 in this class too
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Brady Hoke, rivalries,
Brady Hoke, rivalries, turning tides, etc.
Ann Arbor: now the permanent home of the Little Brown Jug
67-22-3 all-time
That plus
a new guy on the coaching staff named Donny Pritzlaff provides a world class training partner who can kick the shit out of the kids and help prepare them for the rigours of the Big Ten. Sean Bormet too.
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Michigan Wrestling Wolverines Intermat Article
http://www.intermatwrestle.com/articles/9053
This could be it's own post but I can't create one so I'll post it here since you mentioned wrestling. Great article and very interesting. I following Michigan wrestling religiously and I didn't even know there were a bunch of Olympic hopefuls training at the new Bahna Center. This just helps the current team even more. All those pictured are mutiple All American and a few NCAA champs. Jake Herbert being the most destinguished as a World placer.
Next year's recruits:
Taylor Massa, St. Johns, MI #1 Overall Recruit in the Nation (picked UM over MSU because of the above article. He specifically cited training partners to ready himself for the Olympics, which is a dream of his.)
Rossi Bruno, Brandon, FL #12 (Same high school that produced our #6 ranked 149 lber, Eric Grajales)
Jordan Thomas, Geenville, MI #35
Corey Lester, John Burroughs, MO (multiple state champ. a sleeper)
Do you follow
high school wrestling at all? I've mentioned it several times in wrestling related topics on this board, but as an assistant wrestling coach at an elite Michigan HS, we've faced St. John's and been to tourney's with them, so I've seen Taylor Massa up close a few times. He's the real freaking deal. Right up there with Kish, Metcalf, and Simmons as far as Michigan HS kids I've seen.
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don't know about hockey, but that was the Dion Harris, Courtney Sims, Petway BBall class and the Burgess, Crable, Mundy, Woodley, Long football class.
There is no time, sir, at which ties do not matter.