UM Crystal Balls Galore
In the wake of the big recruiting weekend the crystal ball predictions have come in hot an heavy.
Many for WR Fredrick Moore, Ath/Edge Collins Acheampong, OL Paul Mubenga, and one for TE Chico Holt. Link below where you can click on their profiles. Guessing that there may be more to come soon, and another big weekend coming up.
https://247sports.com/college/michigan/Season/2022-Football/CurrentTargetPredictions/
Hold me, TomVH!
I'd imagine he would rather not.
You're going to have to wait your turn. Tom is busy holding golf clubs these days: https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/34065325/just-how-difficult-qualify-us-open-scratch-weekend-golfer-finds-out
Wow, I read that article and didn’t even realize Tom wrote it
Junior Highlights for Moore, a fast rising prospect in a lightly scouted region. Ronnie Bell 2.0?
https://www.hudl.com/video/3/12863942/613e7b89041d6b0b64f47ba9
"Fast rising" has become the norm in describing many Michigan recruits and commits. On a side-note, Michigan is trending in the opposite direction with Hill from Illinois to Illinois. Hope Clink has a backup plan with as much, or more talent than Hill if he loses him. Would love to see Clink slap Freeman in the face and flip Bowen.
Hill loves Michigan, His Mom loves the coaching staff at Illinois. We just have to convince Mom. It shouldn't be terribly hard Michigan education and football program > Illinois.
i mean, illinois.. at football?! Kinda ridiculous. Was it that 11 OT thriller against Penn State where neither team could score from the 2 yard line, 7 straight times? You had me at fumbled snap.
Wouldn't it be weird if a player/his family from the area wanted him to go to school close to home and have a favorable depth chart to get early playing time?
Stop making sense!
If it was Illinois football? Yes. Rutgers and Maryland are better. So is University of Chicago.
Except that the comment you are responding to says:
- the player likes Michigan
- the mom likes Illinois because of the coaching staff, not because of the favorable depth chart, proximity to home or early playing time.
His mom loves the staff? I'm old enough to remember that when the Sandusky scandal was breaking Bert's response was "good time to be a Badger fan.
In fairness, an Illinois education is very good as well. Not quite Michigan level, but very good.
whoops
"Fast rising" has become the norm in describing many Michigan recruits and commits.
This staff has done a really good job finding underrated guys during the evaluation period who are risers and jumping on them
Yes, it's remarkable how much better the recruits have been compared to their recruiting rankings. That's just my impression -- can't say that I've done the appropriate statistical research.
Yes but you can’t make a living that way. Ask coach D.
Agreed. However, 3/4 star guys are what make up majority of rosters and more often than note become role players. We've really had not the best luck with 5 star or high 4 star guys, but we also develop 3 stars REALLY well.
I doubt we develop 3 stars much better than expectations but would be curious to see an actual analysis. It's worth noting that there are A LOT of three stars. It's like guys ranked 300th to 1000th+ or something like that.
So there's big difference between high three stars and low three stars and my guess is that it seems like Michigan develops three stars well because we get a large proportion of guys in the 300-600ish range. That's where all these guys that we're getting crystal ball for are. But that range is necessarily going to have a lot of NFL draftees since more than 200 guys get drafted each each year.
This has been analyzed ad infinitum by the mathlete and others. Conclusion always the same…***** matter.
That's not the analysis I'm talking about. That much we know. The question is whether Michigan three stars systematically outperform those expectations.
That's fine with me. Bell and Haskins came from the same region. Not sure why they don't scout Missouri that heavy.
Michigan scouts Missouri pretty well, actually. They've offered 11 players from the state of Missouri in the class of 2023, which is more than they've offered in Michigan (8), Illinois (9), Wisconsin (0), Pennsylvania (7), or Indiana (6). And it's only one fewer than they've offered in Ohio.
I meant more teams nationally.
Wow those highlights on Moore were impressive.
He has speed and acceleration to burn. He has change of direction and high points the ball well with his hands. He also showed a knack for finding the soft spot in the zone to give his QB time to find him.
Fun to watch.
Holy Bubble Screens Batman!
Hard to judge the level of competition there. He's clearly the fastest guy on the field.
Seems to have good hands returning punts too.
Collins Acheampong is just one of those names that I feel like I need to root for
I think you just discovered the name of the next Bond girl
Crystal Balls Galore
Nevermind. (My comment would have been the name of one female Bond Girl from Goldfinger of a certain name with misogynistic connotations) I thought better of it.
"I do not think it means what you think it means."
-Inigo Montoya
Maybe in a reverse-gender Bond movie?
That's only a matter of time.
Didn’t they already do that, kind of? That scene with Javier Bardem in Skyfall.
A very progressive Bond girl..
I’ll stick with the pussy plethora.
That Acheampong kid, I really hope we land...WINGDINGS crystalled balled him yesterday, so am hopeful..... he looks to me like a future first round draft pick. And aside...watch his film... looks like he has soccer player legs like Suh did.
What’s with… all… the ellipsis…?
he likes to start new sentences about as much as i like capital letters, which i support, because most people start new sentences with capital letters.
I got destroyed by my CC freshman honors English teacher (fuck you Mr. Schueurman) for abusing ellipses in my first paper in ninth grade. Dispelled me of that habit right quick.
I thought he taught history or civics. English too? Multi-talented. I recall more clearly Mr. Petrovich’s junior year honors English class, but remember Mr. Schuerman as a good teacher and a good guy. Why curse him out for disabusing you of a bad habit?
Can you link some of his film? I can't find any besides his camp drills
I was referring to his camp videos. Don't be surprised if he becomes a top ten pick. Has a very unique build, and it's the legs to look ia. Usually you don't see them thick like this on someone 6-8. Suh was so dominant due to his soccer legs, playing soccer, thus the elite leg strength. This kid looks similar legged, relatively speaking, and I'd strongly take a net he played alot of soccer in Africa.
This the kid whose school killed their fb program after the COVID lockdown, yeah? He's gonna be raw as they come. Probably warm the bench 2 years, peak near the end of year three, and then head to the draft as a first rounder. I get that about right? I'll take it.
Good observation. Upper-body development usually lags lower-body development in younger players, too.
Any of these guys able to play grandson of former coach 5 star QB?
Grandson in space
men with crystal balls should not ride horse bareback
Confucius
really weird post.