"Tremendous Makes Friends With Wyatt Shallman"
Rather a slow day (really, the last week overall, save for the burst of posts regarding the NFL Draft) here, so I thought I would share this...
Tremendous recently did an excellent interview with 2013 commit Wyatt Shallman. You can read the full interview here:
http://thisismichiganfootball.blogspot.com/2012/04/tremendous-makes-friends-with-wyatt.html
I would, however, like to quote the well-worded start of the summary, which caps what I think is one of the best interviews by Tremendous to date:
"Wyatt is a multi-faceted guy who is already developing a chip on his shoulder coming into this season. For Michigan, he'll be a running back. Any talk otherwise should end now and I think he's ready to prove some people wrong."
Cracked up when I read that part haha
....was a favorite of mine:
" I really just want to prove people wrong. I'm not saying people are talking trash, but everyone wants to label me as "big white kid who supposedly will play running back but end up at fullback", you know what I mean?"
I like this sort of drive. He refuses to be typecast in a role, and instead wants to prove that he can play the position he was recruited to play and well at that. He'll do just fine, from the sound of it.
I wish i could be friends with Tremendous...He is popular
Que the song, boys....
Como?
I have spoken with a coach or two about him and they all say he will either be an H-Back or DE.
Remember Prescott Burgges came here to be a S, ened up at 250 playing LB. Same applies here. Kid will get his shot and end up being a good DE.
I have spoken with Brady Hoke, Urbz, and Ron English and they all say that he will be an All-American Running Back, so there is that too
I bet you did.
April 29th, 2012 at 11:45 PM ^
Also, I forgot to mention Jesus told me the same thing so you are wrong
I like that he asked him (and I guess Deveon) about how they feel about the interest in Isaac. When they get to A2 Ty won't have wide open races to the endzone and Shallman/Smith won't be able to power everybody without a lot of technique. Sounds like CC's coach is an interesting cat.
Looking forward to having Wyatt play for Michigan. I'm really curious to see just how good he can be, carrying the rock for us.
I like the chip on his shoulder but I'm concerned what might happen if he doesn't see the field as a running back. Not doubting his ability, but the fact is there will be stiff competition and someone is likely going to get left out. Does he switch to a position of need or will he transfer? I'll give him the benefit of the doubt though, in everything else in the interview, he sounds like a high character kid.
Don't be concerned. If he gets his shot at RB and isn't seeing the field and the coaches think he can get more PT elsewhere, he'll take it.
I was a running back on every football team I played on growing up. My sophomore year we had a super-athletic kid transfer to our school (he was a freshman but played JV) and he got the starting RB spot over me. I didn't want to be on the sidelines and my coaches didn't either, so they moved me to safety where I got to start. I would have rather been the starting tailback, but I wasn't the best one and being the starting safety was better than the back-up RB.
Cool story bro aside, that's how most guys think, and if Shallman isn't getting many touches at RB, he'll happily move positions if it gets him on the field.
Wyatt sounds intense. It's obvious he's driven to complete a vision he has.
I can see a big punishing back pounding the rock for Hoke. A running back with a Mike Martin attittude sounds like fun!
Go Blue!
where he said it was going to be weird running behind offensive lineman that were actuallly bigger than him.
April 29th, 2012 at 11:13 PM ^
as copied and pasted from that Tremendous interview:
Tremendous: Because I cover the topic extensively and take questions on it all the time, I'm always curious as to how you and maybe Deveon Smith feel when you see fans, whether it be on social networks or anywhere, say that we "need" a guy like Ty Isaac in this class? Does that motivate you?
Wyatt: I'd say so, yeah and that's absolutely nothing against Ty Issac. He's an absolute animal and you can't take away anything he's done. The same goes for Deveon. They're both great running backs.
I guess I'll just have to get used to it.
April 30th, 2012 at 11:28 AM ^
Whether it's at RB or FB or DL, I foresee many fractured helmets and facemasks for opponents in the future.