Possible Knock on M Recruiting Methods

Everything I've seen HS coaches quoted on about our recruiting points to this being more of a throwaway jab than anything else.

(i.e., this is the first that's said otherwise)

Sounds like BS from a HS coach who either doesn't like M because he lives in Ohio, (most plausible because he name dropped OSU first, also he's talking about Cincy) or M "mistreated" one of his players.

Fair discussion point, given where it came up, but query how solid this guy's evidence is.

But, for the record, one HS coach's account aside, I think the best way to tell how a program recruits is to, you know, look at who they ultimately get. Talent development aside (which has obviously been shitty in South Bend), Weis recruited really well.

Well, isn't this convenient?

Look at Trey DePriest's schools of interest. DePriest, by the way, is from Springfield, Ohio:

Alabama, Cincinnati, Michigan, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Pittsburgh, Virginia Tech, West Virginia

it's one coach from a random high school in ohio of all places. just an hr ago i read the article about cullen christian saying what a family Michigan is and how much love they show him. if a school wants you they'll show it. more than likely, Michigan has never targeted one of his players and that's why he threw them in the second group. didn't we get, you know, the top ranked recruit in ohio last year? i'd say we're doing ok.

Notre Dame gets the best recruiting results I've ever seen for a team that's been a mediocrity for a decade and a half.

"Notre Dame has officially offered one of my linebackers, but no one from Notre Dame has ever spoken to the kid nor has anyone from Notre Dame ever returned any of my calls."

Take a hint. They probably (gasp) weren't interested. It's impossible to develop a "personal relationship" with every 4 and 5 star recruit in the country - you have to pick your battles.

Recruit after recruit, parent after parent, and HS coach after HS coach of those recruits have had very positive things to say about Michigan's recruiting efforts and approach under RR.

I was in school at UM in the mid-70s with a player from the Traverse City area. He never got to the point of being a starter, and I heard that his HS coach swore he'd never send another player to Michigan as long as Bo was coach. You're never going to make everybody happy, because not everybody is going to be starter, let alone a star. Some HS coaches take it personally, it seems.

I don't know about this coach, but I think it's more likely that we have a better idea of rr's recruiting based on Mr. Roh's comments. So I don't think we have anything to worry about.

anonymous source. The Deep Throat of HS football coaches with Michael Rosenberg-approved unattributed quotes ...

That's heavy fire power, there.

i've heard nothing but positive things regarding rich rod and his recruiting to this point. sounds like jealous blabber.

is laughing.

Why are these things dismissed so quickly? Is Michigan infallible?

HS coaches with open arms to practice, but I've only heard tht from one source. Hard to put much stock in it when there's no other evidence supporting it.