Recruiting News?
Any quotes from all the elite recruiting talent that was in attendance last night? Amazing atmosphere, dominating performance, national exposure, and staff and players staying calm and poised through the 5 minute snake-bitten period in the fourth quarter...Have to think recruits and their parents were impressed with the visit.
September 8th, 2013 at 1:26 PM ^
I will have visit reactions, a post on Monday and I will tweet out reactions throughout the day once I have them, for everyone asking.
September 8th, 2013 at 1:32 PM ^
Get the reactions out first, Coach Brown! This is where you overtake TomVH! He's getting complacent!
September 8th, 2013 at 1:55 PM ^
Replace "TomVH" with "ESPN" and you nailed it. ESPN decided to dump all their Recruiting Nation forums without explanation (just a "we're shutting down the forums August 26!" note). As a member, these are the days that decision really sucks because Tom and crew would be posting visitor reactions and tidbits all day. Now we get nothing and have to wait until at least Monday for Tom's article to be posted, all the while my Twitter feed is full of visitor reaction teasers from other pay sites. ESPN really dropped the ball on this, IMO.
September 8th, 2013 at 2:18 PM ^
They shut the nation sites down because over all they weren't making money. They didn't say they were shutting them down because it would be admitting defeat, so they just shut the forums which was the main reason. Now almost all the content is just the free Big Ten blog stuff with a few recruiting articles. No one really went there for anything outside of the recruiting stuff because you can get more in depth coverage from other outlets for free.
It probably didn't help that a ton of the people who signed up just did it through magazine deals at less than $4 per year instead of paying the $3 a month subscription so the revenue was low to non-existant to pay a staff of 3 plus the hosting and everything else. You would need around 50,000 members to justify the expenses and aside from Wolverine Nation the sites were pretty dead with practically no forum activity.
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September 8th, 2013 at 5:18 PM ^
lol, good one
September 8th, 2013 at 8:38 PM ^
...a good deal on one of these. The best selling point is that it's about 2 miles away from the alien wormhole vortex of death, so I feel pretty safe.
September 8th, 2013 at 1:29 PM ^
September 8th, 2013 at 1:32 PM ^
"he (Hand) mentioned he wanted to see is how this coaching staff handles their players in the face adversity"
I don't know for sure if he will come here or not, but I know one thing for sure . . . he certainly won't be going to Notre Dame.
September 8th, 2013 at 1:45 PM ^
BK lit into Rees pretty bad after the late INT to Countess. Athough I am usually amused by BK's purpleness, that one kind of pissed me off. Early in a game I can maybe understand yelling at a player if that's what you think is necessary to get his attention. But at that point, the game was basically over--yelling isn't going to accomplish anything, it was just BK venting his frustration on a kid who had played his heart out for four quarters and was probably more disappointed in himself for that mistake than BK could ever be. If anyone wonders why UM is recruiting so well right now, just compare that scene with the coaches on Michigan's sideline who always put the kids first.
September 8th, 2013 at 1:55 PM ^
Yeah, if I was in Rees' position I wouldn't have been able to keep it together when Kelly did his petulant little sarcastic shrug as Rees came to the sidelines. Props to him for not blowing up.
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September 8th, 2013 at 3:24 PM ^
Good thing the game was on ESPN--they probably would have shown the explosion, which would have made Eminem sound coherent.
September 8th, 2013 at 2:07 PM ^
So purple face rage is not hurting Kelly.
September 8th, 2013 at 2:50 PM ^
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September 8th, 2013 at 2:35 PM ^
I had the same reaction. That's the time to put your arm around him, tell him you're proud of him for how he performed on that stage (which I thought was very well), and then tell him that you'll help him learn from the mistakes later in the week. That's an unbelievable amount of pressure for a college kid, and to lay into him on national television for a mistake that he already feels awful about is, to me, way over the top.
If I were a recruit, there's no way I'd want to play for an asshole like him. I strongly prefer the Hoke/Carr style of protecting players in the public and taking care of the discipline and criticism behind closed doors.
September 8th, 2013 at 4:15 PM ^
September 8th, 2013 at 10:44 PM ^
Turd,
Can't upvote,but must say,You are spot on!
Parenting,Coaching or in the work place,this approach trumps all others.
Nice take
September 8th, 2013 at 5:09 PM ^
September 8th, 2013 at 1:49 PM ^
I think this might have been the perfect game for him to see.
1) While our D-line wasn't horrible, we were clearly not getting a ton of pressure from our ends. I don't know why that was, but I think Mr. Hand wouldn't have to look hard to see where he's needed to make a very good team great.
2) The kid wanted atmosphere. How's the largest crowd ever? How about the packed student section at the game's start? How about ESPN visiting campus? That probably couldn't have gone better.
3) Last, but not least, the contrast between Kelly and Hoke couldn't have been sharper. I'm not sure if Mr. Hand saw it, but Kelly absolutely lost his stuff when his offense needed a timeout right after an extended break (half or quarter, I forget).
4) The support teammates showed for Devin after his interception must've added to his expectations for a family atmosphere. Supportive with high expectations? Come on down.
In all, a great night for that particular recruit. It's likely that it was a great night for M's recruting generally.
September 8th, 2013 at 5:38 PM ^
I thought the same thing about point 3 (agree on all of the above really). That TO was a really good apples to apples comparisons between the two coaching staffs. Both teams burned a time out unnecessarily. Hoke was frustrated but was professional about it, called the players over, had a few words and sent them back out there and let the position coaches do their jobs. Kelly reprised his purple faced tantrum over what was a much less critical TO, yelling at the entire offensive line and Tommy Rees. Obviously Brian Kelly is an exceptional asshole, but the contrast couldn't be clearer.
September 8th, 2013 at 2:31 PM ^
a chance to sit down with Gibbons. If there is a better story out there, I'd be happy to read it.
September 8th, 2013 at 2:49 PM ^
That's an excellent point. With all the hoopla, I totally forgot about that success story. Both his field goals were so true. Great stuff.
September 8th, 2013 at 1:30 PM ^
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They all liked their visit
September 8th, 2013 at 1:31 PM ^
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Everyone committed
September 8th, 2013 at 1:34 PM ^
+ 1,000.
Oversign, baby!
September 8th, 2013 at 1:38 PM ^
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September 8th, 2013 at 1:36 PM ^
Everyone in the 2014 class committed to Michigan
September 8th, 2013 at 1:40 PM ^
I committed. I'm in my 40s--and Michigan isn't actually recruiting me. I just got caught up in the moment.
September 8th, 2013 at 2:12 PM ^
September 8th, 2013 at 1:41 PM ^
But pre-game, Da'Shawn Hand went into the first row of the stands through the band entrance to take a picture with a kid who had a sign that said:
"Te'o Still Snapchats Lenay"
With letters capitalized and such to spell ESPN. Obviously nothing big, but cool to see him so excited by the sign and the fans,
September 8th, 2013 at 1:43 PM ^
September 8th, 2013 at 1:50 PM ^
that the unbelieveable atmosphere and game results last night did Michigan very well. How much, we'll have to see. But, things couldn't have gone any better all around.
September 8th, 2013 at 1:56 PM ^
The 2015 OL who came up with Hand and Settle. He's been tweeting great things all the last day, such as:
https://twitter.com/Head_72_Rush/status/376580193768333312
Michigan is awesome!
September 8th, 2013 at 2:23 PM ^
I don't think Burrell will get offered, because it sounds like if the coaches find room to offer another OL they told Edoga it would be him.
September 8th, 2013 at 2:04 PM ^
Paging canzior to the recruiting reactions thread...
September 8th, 2013 at 2:09 PM ^
the commits should and will come soon!!!