Shawn Conway Update

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January 19th, 2012 at 6:26 PM
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Shawn Conway Update

Conway has enjoyed his experience so far at Butte and still has his sights set on playing Division I football.

The coach that offered Conway to play football at the University of Michigan, Rich Rodriguez, is no longer the coach at U of M. Rodriguez was hired by the University of Arizona and is still interested in coaching Conway.

“Rich Rod offered me [to play football] at Arizona so I might end up there,” Conway said. “But I’m keeping my options open so far.”

Conway had always had his sights set on UofM, but now his decision on where he will go to school is open.

“It’s pretty open right now,” Conway said. “I’d love to go to Michigan, but I’ve only talked to Brady Hoke (Rodriguez’s replacement at U of M) once since he’s been the coach and I don’t know what his plans are with me or even if he has any intentions with me so I’m just keeping it open.”

http://seaholmhighlander.com/sports/football/1211-conways-untold-story

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January 19th, 2012 at 6:31 PM | well we do need WRs. (Score:2 Normal)
ish
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well we do need WRs.

January 19th, 2012 at 6:38 PM | We'd have to take him in 2013 (Score:1)
Wolverine MD
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We'd have to take him in 2013 class. He'd be worth much more now than in 2013.

January 19th, 2012 at 6:44 PM | Sounds like a west coast (Score:0 Overrated)
January 19th, 2012 at 6:37 PM | Attrition in our recruiting (Score:1)
Wolverine MD
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Attrition in our recruiting classes has been so awful. We could've used a WR of his size this year. Even Hoke's first class had Kellen Jones and Chris Barnett defect. 

January 19th, 2012 at 6:38 PM | kellen jones wasn't really a (Score:1)
ish
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kellen jones wasn't really a defection.

also, while i agree (and posted above) that we could use him, we have to be mindful that JUCOs almost never make to Michigan.

January 19th, 2012 at 6:41 PM | Perhaps defect was not the (Score:1)
Wolverine MD
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Perhaps defect was not the correct term. However, we have had an alarmingly bad retention rate in our recruiting classes from the time they commit to the end of the first year (if they even get that far).

January 19th, 2012 at 6:57 PM | recently it's been about the (Score:1)
ish
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recently it's been about the same as every other school.  kids decommit.

January 19th, 2012 at 7:04 PM | Not really (Score:4 Normal)
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Every class at every school has a number of guys who leave school or never pan out.  A lot of them do it early.  Just look at old recruiting classes at Michigan and you'll see that this is nothing new.

It also doesn't hurt you unless the guy was definitely going to play (ends up being a star somewhere else, for instance) which is pretty rare aside from guys like Mundy and Fargas.  If a guy isn't going to be a starter or super reliable backup in his junior/senior year you are better off having him hit the road right away.  A nice level of attrition helps a program bring in new guys (there is a reason the SEC actively tries to force guys out, because it helps your program).

You don't want to be in a position where you have to turn down a guy like Diamond or Garnett because an injured, out of shape TE or a lazy o-lineman is taking up one of your 85 scholarship slots.

It is spelled HOKEAMANIA.  Our coach is an ass-kicking American citizen, not one of the Beatles, for Christ's sake!

January 19th, 2012 at 6:41 PM | Adrian Witty comes to (Score:2)
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Adrian Witty comes to mind...had one of the best hits in College football this season...check out the 20 second mark in this video below.

http://multimedia.foxsports.com/m/video/50350685/highlights-vandy-beat-by-bearcats-31-24.htm

He broke the kid's sternum with that hit. 

~I can put you in Queens on the night of the hijacking. 
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January 19th, 2012 at 7:07 PM | Frustrating (Score:3 Normal)
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Still can't understand how an admissions department that gave second chances to guys like Quinton McCoy and Marques Slocum (who could never hack it academically) ended up denying Witty.  I can't think of another otherwise eligible player that we've been forced to pass on.  He's also a guy who definitely could have helped the last two years on D.

It is spelled HOKEAMANIA.  Our coach is an ass-kicking American citizen, not one of the Beatles, for Christ's sake!

April 22nd, 2012 at 1:13 PM | Fair point, and well-stated. (Score:-1 Flamebait)
January 19th, 2012 at 10:03 PM | Losing 2 in a class is not unusual (Score:1)
D.C. Dave
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I don't think Hoke's first class had a surprising amount of attrition. Losing one-third of your class, as we seemed to average the previous three years, is bad. It's inevitable that some guys in each class will not stick. What you hope to avoid is guys not sticking because they get in trouble with the law, can't do the school work at Michigan, or weren't really vetted all that well in the first place.

January 19th, 2012 at 7:45 PM | Yes, I've been taking good (Score:2)
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Yes, I've been taking good care of him.

April 22nd, 2012 at 12:20 PM | Does anyone have any more (Score:1)
artds
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Does anyone have any more recent info on Mr. Conway? I did a search and the article atop this thread is the most recent info I could find. The situation with Stonum and now J. Robinson got me wondering whether this local talent is still a possibility to play WR for us.

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