TomVH (and MGoBlog) kind of a big deal
The Detroit news ran a piece in this morning's paper about the effect of the CC on recruiting.
It's mostly the usual stuff, and doesn't contain much new info. However, what was interesting was their choice of learned recruiting analyst:
A lot of in-state kids usually end up committing to Michigan because they're lifelong fans," said Tom VanHaaren, recruiting analyst for MGoBlog.com. "An important in-state recruit in this class, who most likely would have already committed to Michigan had the stability of the program been in order, is Anthony Zettel (West Branch Ogemaw Heights lineman). Anthony has said openly he will wait to see what happens with the coaching situation at Michigan before deciding.
There is quite a bit more from Tom in the piece. So while I'm not sure how willing I am to share our own personal recruiting guru, it's nice to see him getting some MSM love.
December 20th, 2010 at 10:38 AM ^
I think we have held on to some recruits is what’s the worst that can happen I play for RR or a coach that teams in the NFL and college want JH. Not like before where nobody had an Idea who might be here.
December 20th, 2010 at 12:04 PM ^
Ok...what?
December 20th, 2010 at 12:16 PM ^
You, of all people, are criticizing the clarity of someone's comment?
December 20th, 2010 at 12:41 PM ^
Read it 4 times could'nt grasp what he was trying to get across,so i asked a question ...what?
December 27th, 2010 at 9:52 AM ^
I think the dude is trying to say:
Recruits probably realize there are two likely scenarios, RR is coach next year, or JH is coach next year. When Lloyd was retiring, there was tons of speculation, no one knew who would be coach.
December 20th, 2010 at 1:20 PM ^
Don't be so fast to criticize - its fun watching a pot and kettle go at it! (Just teasing - seriously, I have no idea what the initial poster is saying. I think he is trying to live up to his avatar's example.)
December 21st, 2010 at 9:30 AM ^
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December 27th, 2010 at 3:40 PM ^
I surprised we haven't seen more regional papers try to commission semi-regular articles from local events bloggers as a trend. Passionate amateurs + professional editors seems like a winning combination (even though, in this case, MGoBlog generally has higher content and editorial standards than most major newspapers).