TomVH: DB Wayne Morgan Update
I had a Wayne Morgan update today in the Extra section of the Weekly Update if you missed it. I wanted to do a quick follow up to that because I spoke with Wayne again tonight.
Originally the plan was for Morgan to make his decision at one of the All American games. He's not sure if he wants to play in the Under Armour or the Army game, but he wanted to make his decision at the game. That seems like it's starting to change.
I don't really have a date, but I feel like when it's time it's time. I could be soon, it could be any day. I'm just waiting for when I feel is best and when I feel comfortable. Most likely it's going to be before the season, probably around September. If not then, it will definitely be at the All American game.
We'll see when he decides to make it happen. The Michigan coaches have done an excellent job recruiting Morgan. His coaches have been very impressed.
Well we aren't going to beat Alabama, Florida State or Texas. Period. As for the other schools that have great recruiting classes so far and are in on a lot of other top recruits heres a quick list: Florida, Texas A&M, Ohio State, LSU, Notre Dame, USC, Oregon, Oklahoma State and us. So to get into the top 5 seems quite unlikely. As for the top 10, it will depend more on how many teams like Auburn and Clemson come out of no where and sign a bunch of players, and also how many guys we end up taking. No matter what though our coaches are doing an excellent job of recruiting and I love everything i have heard from other coaches, recruits, and recruits parents about out coaching staff so thats a good sign for years to come. This is a good bunch of teams to be on a list with and at the end of the day there isn't much difference between 6th, 9th or 12th on the 3 different main sites. Just depends on what they put more emphasis on and a few guys that they disagree majorly on.
less attention he gets from the recruiting service/networks especially if he is a boarderline 3/4 star. If the kid is a solid 4 or 5 star and he commits early, this attention phenomenon is less prominent. Sounds dumb but I have seen it every year since I have followed recruiting (about 5 yrs). We will likely have a few of the kids that fall into the former category. Which means that the recruiting class rank may not be as high as we think it should be.
I also think that our recruiting needs may limit the final ranking. Right now we need OL. This position groups is tough to rank ( as admitted by recruiting guru's) and there are many OL that have the potential to be good, but don't have all the nuances of technique down so they are given a 3 star ranking (unless they are completely dominant. See Will Campbell ). So, we may end up with several 3-star OL prospects with a lot of potential. I think a better indicator of an OL's potential is his offer list (ie. If Wisconsin, Iowa, and Nebraska type schools are on the kids list, chances are he is pretty damn good).
At the end of the day, we may end up with a class that may fall just outside the top 10. If we land guys like Gunner Kiel, a couple of 4-star CB's and DT's, a 4-star or higher WR and RB, then we will likely be safely in the top 10. If we miss on any of those, then we may be outisde the top 10.
I hear this argument all the time, and I believe it could be true. I'm wondering if anyone has done a study to prove it. I think the numbers are all there. One would just have to correlate the change + or - from early rankings to the time that they commit.
Just commenting for the Tom tab.