SWIM LANES Feb 2017 2.0

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I was going to wait til Monday at which time Cesar Ruiz would sure commit to us, but due to the clutched panties (I'm looking at you Mabel!) we'll do one on a quiet Friday night while the hamsters re-hyrdate.

Looks like our 7 year old musical reference in V1.0 went over some of the youngins'/oldins' head so we'll go more contempary and get Swifty.  I might go Duran Duran in 3.0 (*mind blown*)

Based on last year I would not be shocked by someone in the class not on this list at all.

 

  You Belong w/ Me Shake it Off/No On Make a Push Cloudy Result?
$$$ Najee Harris (Soon)     Nobooody!! He has gone submarine
WR 1 Nico Collins     Oliver Martin Nico
OT Chuck Daly Filiaga   Mekhi Becton   BAD BOYS! + Becton
OG       Tedarrel Slaton I said cloudy
C All Hail Cesar (12/18)       Et tu Brute?
DE DIB (1/7)       All the DIBs
DT 1       Aubrey Solomon Peachy?
DT 2       Jay Tufele IDK man
ILB Drew Singleton       Drew go blue
OLB Jordan Anthony     Willie Gay Whats on our unis?
CB 1       Elijah Hicks Purple face?
S       Pola-Mao/Ford/Bell Sparse
           
  Other potential lanes ie. break in case of emergency    
OG Joshua Fedd-Jackson        
OT Toryque Bateman        
           
  Blank Space        
RB O'Maury Samuels        
OT Kai-Leon Herbert        
           
  We are Never EVER Getting Back  Together =(    
RB/LB A.J. Dillon*        
OT Isaiah Wilson (12/25)        

 

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evenyoubrutus

December 16th, 2016 at 7:28 PM ^

Harbaugh never got anything close to a blue chip O line recruit at Stanford. If anyone's worried about our line because we missed out on one five star, then you're not being rational. It would have been awesome to get Wilson, but the O line is still going to be excellent.

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BursleyBaitsBus

December 16th, 2016 at 7:45 PM ^

Another way to think about it is that places like Wisconsin rarely recruit 5 star lineman yet their run game is just absurd year in and out. 

 

So there's hope for sure that the younger Harbaugh guys can indeed eclipse the older Hoke recruits in performance. 

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ak47

December 16th, 2016 at 9:37 PM ^

He also never won a national championship at Stanford.  I'm sure Saban could put together a good defense with just about any recruits but he has won 3 of 5 national championships because of elite recruits.  Meyer is in the playoffs this year because he brings in elite recruits, not projects.  Recruiting matters, always has always will.  Good coaching matters, but when you get to the top you start playing teams with elite talent and elite coaching and then you also need top talent.

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CalifExile

December 17th, 2016 at 2:21 PM ^

No. My reply was focused on the OL. The inexperience at DB and WR and a lack of depth on the DL combined with the OL problems make a NC a dream. Of course, in my dreams Najee Harris commits and talks Leatherwood into flipping.

I do think that Herbert, Hall and Stueber need to redshirt. It will be interesting to see what Harbaugh does with Ruiz (assuming he signs). He would benefit from a redshirt year but in 2018 Cole and Kugler will be gone, so it's probably better for the team to get Ruiz some experience. I have confidence that Bredeson, Cole and Onwenu will perform at a high level. Kugler is the 4th best OL. He showed he can handle OG (and presumably backup at C). I'm skeptical about Newsome recovering enough to make a meaningful contribution. Instead, we're hoping that JBB (and Runyon or Ulizio?) develop enough to hold down the 5th spot. The team desparately needs to sign an OT who can start next year or at least provide depth if JBB improves enough to satisfy the coaches.

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BursleyBaitsBus

December 16th, 2016 at 7:39 PM ^

So what makes Isaiah Wilson so much more highly ranked than say... Mekhi Becton if Wilson is so raw? 

 

Both tall and weigh a ton for high schoolers. 

 

 

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SMart WolveFan

December 16th, 2016 at 8:05 PM ^

...are not very reliable but it seems the one attribute Wilson had that made him a 5* was tremendous athleticism for such a big kid.

In the end Online is the most cooperative group on the football field, consequently someone who works well with others is a better prospect than someone who has "measurables" but isn't a team player.

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DairyQueen

December 17th, 2016 at 1:00 PM ^

They matter, but not nearly to the degree people complain about. As long as your recruits are sliding somewhere into the Top 250, then you should be fine.

In 2013 when we got:

Kugler #68 overall

Bosch # 87 overall

Dawson #95 overall

Fox #110 overall

Tulley-Tillman #168 overall

Grant Newsome #234 as a true freshman contributed more meaningfully than all of the class of 2013 in their 3rd year on campus.

Rankings matter of course, and this is just a single instance, but it should give some characterization and narrative that there are many, many more variables than just numbers, and, that a Top50-100 isn't guarantted to contribute more than a Top150-250, it's very weakly correlated.

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LKLIII

December 17th, 2016 at 12:02 AM ^

It's rare to get a great quality grad transfer from the OL or DL positions. Presumably if they were good, they'd be a solid starter on their own teams or in the DL case get a ton of snaps from the 2 deep. And with the OL having multiple slots open, it means a kid is likely another team's #3 OT at best, and more likely a team's #4 or #5 OT. Grad transfers are different for positions like QB where a very solid backup could be trapped behind a superstar.



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SMart WolveFan

December 16th, 2016 at 10:58 PM ^

Just expressing an opinion on why Oline is more difficult to recruit for, especially since rankings are least helpful at those positions.

My point is the program with the best Oline is going to be the one with the 5 players who work best together irrespective of rankings, and I think Harbaugh and Drevno can build that with 3 and 4 stars.

Sure I'd love to see a half dozen 5* prospects sign to Mich every cycle but i'd rather see top 100 defensive players and a top 50 QB like McCaffrey and let Harbaugh choose the Oline based on their competitiveness even if it means missing out on a 5* once and awhile.

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newtopos

December 16th, 2016 at 11:28 PM ^

All fair points.

Unfortunately for us, OSU also already has 5 top 60 defensive commits (to go with their 6 top 60 offensive commits) in this class. 
 
We have two top 100 defensive commits (#93 and #100) currently.  Sure would be nice if we hit on one or both of our elite DT targets.

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StrictlyShorts

December 16th, 2016 at 8:02 PM ^

With some of the best skill players getting in the fold I think we will be all good. Obviously having a team that is solid in the trenches is going to be key. But the fact that this team was a few big plays and a few easy plays away from being in the playoff makes me think that a player like DPJ hangs onto the ball vs Iowa. And makes me think that a ridiculous wr trio and rb AND QB score more than 17 against osu and we win with ease.



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