Scouting Report: Tyriq Thompson
This week's scouting report is on Detroit (MI) King linebacker Tyriq Thompson, and we all know he's the son of former Michigan safety Clarence Thompson. ESPN is silly if they think this kid can play safety, but I've come to expect that from ESPN. The Worldwide Leader always seems to be playing catch-up when it comes to recruiting.
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January 31st, 2014 at 7:48 AM ^
January 31st, 2014 at 7:49 AM ^
Hopefully they both prove me wrong.
January 31st, 2014 at 7:51 AM ^
Personally, no, I don't believe he would have been offered without that connection. But perhaps that can count for something. Maybe that motivation or appreciation for the rivalry and the Michigan uniform can spur these kids into overachieving.
January 31st, 2014 at 8:24 AM ^
Note all the legacy players possibly coming, too....
Thompson
Runyan
Wheatley
Wangler
to go along with Gant
January 31st, 2014 at 8:38 AM ^
are belong to us!
January 31st, 2014 at 8:41 AM ^
Don't forget the Wangler that walked-on this year!
January 31st, 2014 at 10:57 AM ^
Some months ago, there was a great thread on legacy players through the years and the list grew rather lengthy, as I recall. It seems that Michigan players have established a nice tradition of begetting future Michigan players in a fair number of instances, and it is a tradition I personally don't mind in the slightest.
January 31st, 2014 at 8:46 AM ^
Just look at Kovacs.
Continually and relentlessly endeavoring to improve, by any and all means necessary and possible, is the elixor of success.
It sounds like he will appreciate the opportunity. The rest is at least partially up to him.
The Super Bowl player intros will once again include a few guys who were unheralded out of high school, did not attend elite programs, but who are starting on the biggest stage in the game.
The fight in the dog...
January 31st, 2014 at 9:45 AM ^
January 31st, 2014 at 8:22 PM ^
Thanks! My spelling has always sukt!
January 31st, 2014 at 8:59 AM ^
Yeah but for every Jordan Kovacs or Richard Sherman there are hundreds of Ricardo Millers and Bo Devers.
It is absurd to imply causation and say that "Jordan Kovacs was unheralded and turned out to be great...Tyriq Thompson is unheralded, ipso facto, he will be great."
Maybe he will, maybe he won't.
January 31st, 2014 at 10:22 AM ^
January 31st, 2014 at 2:10 PM ^
We can certainly hope they will...
January 31st, 2014 at 8:29 PM ^
Indeed. Hope is that which the game is built upon.
How many of these kids hope and dream of careers that have odds similar to the lotto?
Some would even say their hopes are exploited.
January 31st, 2014 at 10:25 AM ^
Sherman was a 3 star recruit to a very good Stanford program.
January 31st, 2014 at 11:09 AM ^
I was about to criticize you for not reading carefully until I realized I hadn't read your post carefully. You weren't accusing the previous post for implying causation, which it clearly didn't. You were simply giving a clear example of why such a statement would be absurd.
January 31st, 2014 at 8:26 PM ^
It is absurd. Who did that? Or are you absurdly stating the obvious for no reason?
January 31st, 2014 at 8:53 AM ^
January 31st, 2014 at 9:32 AM ^
Your workplace is un-American.
January 31st, 2014 at 9:35 AM ^
January 31st, 2014 at 9:54 AM ^
January 31st, 2014 at 10:01 AM ^
errr, I mean....
Thank you.
Spent 20+ yrs active duty, now a contractor on the base I retired from. Love my work!
January 31st, 2014 at 10:05 AM ^
Okay...well...I guess I can forgive you then.
January 31st, 2014 at 10:10 AM ^
January 31st, 2014 at 10:27 AM ^
Well that certainly took a turn you weren't expecting, Magnus.
January 31st, 2014 at 10:37 AM ^
Yeah...but in fairness to myself, he never said WHICH COUNTRY'S Air Force it is. He could be in the Canadian Air Force, donchaknow.
January 31st, 2014 at 10:45 AM ^
I think Canada has airports but I am not sure about AF Bases...
January 31st, 2014 at 10:47 AM ^
More than anyone ever wanted to know about the Royal Canadian Air Force:
January 31st, 2014 at 11:06 AM ^
well then it's good that GoWings can't slack off at work by reading your site because they might attack!
January 31st, 2014 at 11:10 AM ^
I just noticed your user name. You got my upvote for best use of an obscure character from Seinfeld.
January 31st, 2014 at 11:07 AM ^
I clicked on the link and other than embedded in the banner, there was not a single picture of a fighter jet flying on the whole front page. Hmmmm....
Reminds me of a story a Canadian co-worker told me about Canada providing a helicopter ("a" as in 1) to help the U.S. with the Afghanistan war when it first started. It arrived broken and was sent back to Canada. That was the sum total of their air support.
January 31st, 2014 at 11:34 AM ^
I've flown with some of Canada's finest in the past when they were exchange officers here. They knew how to bring good beer with them. Damn stuff is like moonshine.
January 31st, 2014 at 9:17 AM ^
January 31st, 2014 at 10:32 AM ^
I totally defer to Magnus on talent evaluation. However, even if this kid never plays a down of football during a game here, I think that having the son of a former player on the team has another benefit, given where our program is. I know that many will disagree, but it looks to me like Michigan has really lost a bit of its connection to what made it great in the past. The kids on the team today only really remember a Michigan football program that was struggling and involved in some controversy / coaching changes / divided fanbase, and which is second to MSU in-state and far from the upper eschelon of the B10. Let's not assign blame, but this is the current state of Michigan football; in transition, returning to glory, still struggling and still not on par with our rivals.
I think that kids that were raised by former players, and who can speak with pride about what Michigan was before the recent 7-year (starting with Carr's last season through this most recent one) rough patch are a value to the team. Hoke like to talk about "this is Michigan, fergodsake" but having kids on the team who actually know what that means may be a value to the program long term.
January 31st, 2014 at 10:45 AM ^
I agree that it might be helpful, but hopefully guys like the Wanglers, Runyan, and Wheatley can carry that torch. It's important to have a good mix of talent and glue guys, so I guess it's up to the coach(es) to decide how much is needed.
January 31st, 2014 at 10:46 AM ^
`Love it when under the radar kids are slighted.
January 31st, 2014 at 11:59 AM ^
Agree. You don't just add players because their parents or siblings etc. played here. I hope that Wangler and Thompson are worthy of an offer and not just MAC level guys.