Past collective recruiting classes
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?
November 3rd, 2011 at 7:10 PM ^
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.
November 4th, 2011 at 2:27 AM ^
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.h…
November 3rd, 2011 at 7:14 PM ^
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.
November 3rd, 2011 at 7:19 PM ^
Of things to come?
November 3rd, 2011 at 7:23 PM ^
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
/ Boom first post
November 3rd, 2011 at 8:14 PM ^
...you were just waiting for a moment like this to explode into the room.
November 3rd, 2011 at 10:46 PM ^
And that he did. Monster first post.
November 4th, 2011 at 10:25 AM ^
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.
November 3rd, 2011 at 7:23 PM ^
We had some awesome classes in the late 80s and in the mid 90s.
November 4th, 2011 at 12:05 AM ^
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.
November 3rd, 2011 at 8:17 PM ^
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).
November 3rd, 2011 at 8:50 PM ^
Hope we do it earlier. McGary will probably be gone by then.
November 4th, 2011 at 5:31 AM ^
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.
November 3rd, 2011 at 10:18 PM ^
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
November 4th, 2011 at 1:22 PM ^
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?
November 3rd, 2011 at 9:34 PM ^
has two of the Top 20 in this class too
November 3rd, 2011 at 9:53 PM ^
Brady Hoke, rivalries, turning tides, etc.
November 3rd, 2011 at 10:06 PM ^
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.
November 4th, 2011 at 12:55 PM ^
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)
November 5th, 2011 at 9:54 AM ^
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.