Recruiting: Mike Weber Update
http://michigan.scout.com/2/1399825.html
Just Win baby and things will change!
Shut the fuck up nucky.
I was made I offer, I would commit on the spot. Coaches have been burned in the past and have apparently learned their lesson. If future BlUE is out-state, let it be. I'm not true blue when we are losing or winning but always. Need more men like Morris.
Weber reminds me a great deal of Mike Hart.
He was one of a kind.
Thing I must say is that even though i've been more negative against Hoke, it behooves all of us to want Hoke to succeed because OSU, PSU and MSU will pull no punches on the recruiting trail. Either the dirty tactics they use will be confirmed to these recruits or they'll be made a liar...It's our choice!
read in a long time, and in the same thread as the first.
The "base sentiment" on this board is not rooting against Hoke, nor is it hoping for 25,000 empty seats. Christ almighty, just stop with the hyperbole.
Once again, I am sorry that you don't like it when fans are negative. But stop acting like it is the end of the world that people seem more negative lately.
It has been a tough last 5-10 years to be a Michigan fan. There is bound to be some anxiety because of that fact. Once Hoke gets things going back in the right direction, all will be fine.
It might be time to put down the bottle and tone down the hyperbole...........
Ok..yes - it was a little over the top. Im just disgusted by the glee expressed anytime anyone gets an email advertising season tickets.
To make it more useful and actually address the topic at hand...the news about Weber doesnt seem in line with anything written recently. He visited Michigan a couple times in February and March and afterwards again spoke highly of Nussmeier and his running game at Alabama. Until this post, it seems consensus was MSU with small lead over Michigan/Tennessee and then Wisc/OSU further behind. The Notre Dame thing is a bit funny because they are supposedly just back in it now because of a miscommunication where they stopped contacting Weber. I have heard them do it a couple of times with other recruits saying it got mixed up in the staff changes they have had. Clearly that is a bunch of garbage as you know how well they keep track of this stuff.
sure would be nice if we could get him back in the fold, maybe Weber is still irritated that he was secondary on our list while Harris was committed and now is not considering us as seriously.
I sure hope Hoke gets it going this year, I'm tired of the negativity.
Time to call Roto-Rooter.
ignored Weber last fall
I have a feeling Urban decided one of his top priorities in recruiting was to shut off the pipeline by any means necessary and it's working. Curious to see what happens in the rest of the state, but I think we should all stop assuming any Cass Tech kids will have Michigan as the top team anymore.
Wake me up when the season starts. The only way to turn the tide back recruiting wise is for Hoke and co. to win on the field. Get er done!
We have loads of talent at RB, even if we need depth. Our RB will be great once our o-line is of drinking age. I hope that these elite recruits join UM, but it is a reciprocal loss if they don't. Especially if they are listening to Urbz (sketchy) or Franklin (sketchier). I sincerely believe that Michigan is on the path back to its true form. This year might be rough, but we will turn the corner in 2015, at the latest.
Pretty much this. Hopefully one of the current backs really becomes the go-to guy, racks up 1,000 yards and puts all of the running game hand-wringing to bed. There is talent there, and once they (OL and RB) become more experienced (under an OC with a consistent scheme), the results will come. Then we can stop worrying about every tweet and raised eyebrow from a recruit and focus on grinding opponents into dust.
I'm going positive spin- I believe he wants to play early and has pictured Green and Smith as upperclassmen.
Exactly. Add his reluctance to be a second-choice after Harris and there you are.
The opposite reason is why some thought Scott's possible commitment to MSU might push Weber to Michigan. MSU took 2 running backs in 2014 class and Michigan took none. If Scott committed, he would already be looking at 3 RB's within one year where at Michigan he would have a full two years between him and competition (before Michigan gets another recruit as Michigan looking for 2 rb's this year).
A great year will solve all our perceived (because I still think we're recruiting quite well) recruiting problems, and the Hoke question, and the stadium being full and everything else. A bad year... well it's all going to be more difficult. But we already knew this.
As the T-850 said, "Anger is more useful than despair." Not as concerned about the board, but I hope the players get angry.
I agree that sometimes it's necessary to have a chip on the shoulder. It's really hard for me to picture Brady Hoke getting truly pissed off about anything, though.
Well no wonder recruiting has fallen off... what kid wants to play for a coach who's spewing chew all over the place?
“@mikeweber25: The rumor going around on a top 4 it's not true I don't have a top 4”
Phewwwww.
Embed fail, but CoachBrown tweeted that Webber told him he has no Top-4 yet and that leaving UM out would be "silly"
that turned out not to be true? The hell you say.
But it was on the internet. It has to be true.
Man thanks Borges. He really screwed this thing up.
It should be ok, either way. I look at the RB position as a consumable. If you don't reel in the big time name, it should be ok. It can help to have an all world guy but you can easily get great production out of a lesser heralded recruit. Also, the RB in the NFL is all but gone anyway.
Of course teams are negatively recruiting us right now, it's what happens when you struggle a little bit.
Listen, we're always going to get our share of great recruits, period. If Weber isn't one of them then we'll get somone else.
Weber and his family have a very long and close relationship to Blackwell, from what I've read his dad and Blackwell are best friends and Blackwell is like a member of his family. Shawn Merriman said in his chat today that he would be shocked if Weber didn't commit to Michigan State and that State is taking at least 2 RBs.
Why get our hopes up for a kid that is likely going elsewhere?