Tom VH - Fourth and One: Michigan Recruiting
Here is Tom's weekly recruiting talk with Brad Galli from WXYZ 7.
Topics include Wilton Speight, Da'Shawn Hand, 2014/15 recruiting and the UConn game.
http://www.wxyz.com/dpp/sports/college_sports/fourth-and-one-michigan-r…
September 17th, 2013 at 10:14 PM ^
September 17th, 2013 at 10:16 PM ^
You can't just drop TomVH at the start of a thread title. I thought it was the return of the mack for a second.
September 17th, 2013 at 10:19 PM ^
I'll title better next time so as to not mislead. Mea culpa...
September 17th, 2013 at 10:20 PM ^
But seriously, for a split second I thought it was to be, but the title is fine, once I read the "Fourth and One" I knew what it was. Just busting your chops.
September 18th, 2013 at 6:36 AM ^
But seriously.... Starting a thread w/ "TomVH-" gets the ole juices going!
September 17th, 2013 at 10:27 PM ^
I know TVH stirs a lot of emotion around these parts so it's better to be safe when discussing current Tom vs :
September 17th, 2013 at 10:42 PM ^
Tom VH makes an interesting observation, I think, about the smaller classes that we will have for 2014 and 2015. I really do think that these classes probably are where the ability of this staff to target and recruit talent early in the process will likely pay even better dividends than they do at present.
Also, the summary of WIlton Speight's stats - I couldn't find exact figures, but the 800 yards for 12 TDs and 1 INT after what I assume is only a few games is impressive. If you assume about 10 yards per attempt and a 55% completion rate, working backwards through the rating formula would mean he was at 199.75 in such a scenario.
September 17th, 2013 at 10:46 PM ^
Tiny Helmet or optical illusion
September 18th, 2013 at 4:02 AM ^
Maybe Tom and Brad are giants, so the helmet looks small compared to them, but it's really normal size? They might be giants.
September 18th, 2013 at 7:09 AM ^
September 18th, 2013 at 10:19 AM ^
In fact, his role may be increased as he will cover more than just Michigan recruiting but some other Big Ten/Midwest recruiting. The WolverineNation site, along with the rest of the ESPN Nation sites, were a failed attempt by ESPN to break into the Rivals/Scout/247Sports college based sites. Most of those sites revolve around their subscriber forums, and ESPN's forums were pretty much a failure.
The WolverineNation site still exists in a blog form: http://espn.go.com/blog/colleges/michigan/
It is essentially the WolverineNation site just without the forum.
September 18th, 2013 at 11:09 AM ^
The forum with TomVH's input was the only reason to go to the WN site. He would break recruiting news on the forum. The stories are fine but not breaking news by any means. The site is basically the ESPN Big Ten Blog with a few Michigan articles sprinkled in.
September 18th, 2013 at 2:52 PM ^
especially when compared to their competitors. My favorite part of the WolverineNation site was their features like recruit interviews and profiles, player exit interviews, and surveys.
September 18th, 2013 at 3:07 PM ^
I agree with Cincy, I thought the forums were excellent. The chats they held and the information they dropped there was second to none. Tom had as good of connections as anyone except maybe Sam Webb, but when you consider how expensive Scout is, Wolverine Nation was well worth it. I thought it was the best value in recruiting coverage, but now without the forums it's just not even worthwhile.
September 18th, 2013 at 2:11 PM ^
September 18th, 2013 at 2:43 PM ^
that comes up with bad similes.
I was only making the point that TomVH may end up with more recruiting coverage. It is bad for Michigan fans that he will cover other schools as well, but it may end up being good for TomVH in the long run. I still think the majority of his work will still cover Michigan recruiting. I do wonder if we will lose some of the features he had in the past on Wolverine Nation, but I think it helps Michigan fans to have a guy like him working at a national outlet like ESPN.
September 18th, 2013 at 4:36 PM ^
It's a pet peeve of mine that when someone orders top shelf vodka and mixes with cranberry. For one just order rail you will never know the difference. Two. What? Is it your period?
Hopefully it works out for Tom but as a Michigan fan and Mgoblog fan, it sucks.
September 18th, 2013 at 5:00 PM ^
September 19th, 2013 at 6:20 AM ^
September 19th, 2013 at 4:38 PM ^
September 19th, 2013 at 10:21 AM ^
I noticed that his title had expanded to include the whole big ten, not just Michigan. Good for him.
September 18th, 2013 at 10:24 AM ^
It is comedy gold.
September 18th, 2013 at 10:57 AM ^
I love the incredibly grainy footage they have for their top 2014 QB. I honestly couldn't tell if it was a HS game or pee-wee.
Hondo is the best when it comes to blatant homerism. You can't beat that false sense of superiority.
September 19th, 2013 at 8:28 AM ^
Do you think Durkin has any effect on the players around him?
September 19th, 2013 at 3:37 PM ^
told me Durkin makes players around him better and he is the next Warren Moon. Have to give points for creativity, never heard a high school kid in this day and age being compared to Warren Moon.