Coaches' timeouts are worse. Basketball teams should get one, full stop.
"Though I received no official response to these sophisticated and elegant tweets to the Illini Athletic Department, I would like to think that Beckman spent the evening prank calling everyone in Illinois named George McLellan and then ordering an absurd amount of hats off an internet haberdashery to hoard in his home's hat annex."
in re: is GRIII on a tear
Petway nails threes to death metal. Seriously.
Mike Lantry, 1972
Career-enders coming fast and furious.
"Tonight we were reminded that Michigan is five years further down the road. Which means we have a long road ahead. The State Farm Center renovations start in a few hours and will run for three years. Let’s hope that when they’re complete, we’re Michigan."
unfortunate break for Boilers
hooray
especially not you, Adam Jacobi
Accurate.
The NCAA's 90% claim debunked.
" If the school asks about it, they are advised to send a cease and desist letter, which preserves the eligibility of the student-athletes. SI ignores the letter and we all go on about our business."
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If true, this really saddens me; I liked Wayne and know he loved Michigan.
You're write up about Morgan sounds pretty accurate from what I've heard.
Shitstorm in... 3... 2...
Regardless were Wayne ends up playing college ball at. Good luck to him. Wonder what happened over the last 48-72 hours that it all went down hill.
Focus now is on solidifying the 4th DB spot (safety). Offensive Line, DT's & securing Mr. Wormley. Go get em Hoke & Co.
Is there any reason why that we might know of?? Are the coaches the ones directing this ship now or has the recent commit of Standifer caused this to happen? Hmm, sorry to hear though. Seemed like a legit kid.
Reasons weren't given but apparently the coaching staff informed Wayne and his coaches of the decision earlier today, so for whatever reason, the coaches appeared to have backed off.
is it that hard to put 2 and 2 together? They just picked up Standifer and need a true safety for this class. It seems to me that they were waiting for one of either he or Standifer to committ and he just took too long. Now (if what the guy above says is accurate) they are focusing on a true safety and Wilson would be a great one.
I liked MOrgan a lot, but of all the DBs we have been in on, the two I was most excited about from the start were Richardson and Wilson. I would love to have him.
This also sends a pretty strong message to other recruits out there. UM is filling up fast and if you want in, you better get in now. I feel bad for Morgan but he will land on his feet somewhere.
If true, I wonder what happened to change things so dramatically?
Tatgate is what happened. It's open season on Ohio and OSU recruits.
I saw the article on Scout, but I don't have an account, so I wasn't sure what happened. I thought it was something like this from what DG tweeted. Does anyone have any details about the "parting of ways?" We heard as late as today that they were still on good terms.
This is sort of a mixed occurrence to me because I've been a huge fan of Jarrod Wilson, but I really like Morgan as well. I hope we can land Wilson.
Needs to post the TomVH call light!
tyler o'conner may be commiting soon any word on that?
NW or Mich St
one is a ivy league school in Chicago that goes bowling every year. The other is all like "so am I bro and like, we recruit nationally around the nation!"
prior to ivy league.
and they technically don't go bowling EVERY year and i don't technically want to type a million qualifiers on my iphone since i am clumsy enough on it already.
really good point though.
According to MSU, it's between NW and MSU I believe.
its either time so push harder for Gunner Kiel and if he doesnt come then go after Austin Appleby before other schools realize how good he is
Well that's really a shame. Is that Morgan just wants to make more time and Michigan wants to fill the position quickly, or is he just not that comfortable with UM? If he's going to part ways, better than late in the process. I really liked Morgan, but I also like Wilson, but haven't heard anything about him and UM recently. Hopefully it works out.
but it seems like Hoke & Co. are laying it out there like "of those offered, we want whomever wants us". Those who commit first will be Champions.
Want to come to Michigan? The empty lockers are filling up fast, so pull the trigger and let's do this thing.
Silent Commits don't equal Commits.
And for that matter, commits don't equal signed letter of intents.
I'm kind of upset about the way this happened though. I assume that to be a silent commit, the coaches accepted his commitment, and knew the date he was planning to announce. Then, they accepted the commitments of Gant and Standifer and basically gave Morgan a big f-u. What's up with that? I'm all for a super class or whatever, but I assumed that silent commitments were to "save a spot" and announce when you're ready. Clearly that's not what happened in Morgan's case, and I think that's terrible. I'm not trying to start fights or whatever, but I honestly don't understand what happened, and I don't think it's fair to Morgan who (I'm sure) thought his spot was safe with his silent commitment.
You said it yourself ("...but I don't understand what happened"), but you probably just don't know all the details. All we've heard about these coaches from the recruits so far is how honest and down-to-earth they are. Assuming that they just yanked his spot doesn't really fit the pattern.
anyone with inside information EVER saying that Morgan was the silent committ. Many people here obviously assumed it was, but no one like Tim, Tom or anyone I would give credence to said it definitively. Perhaps he wasn't the silent committ? Maybe that silent committ is still out there.
Sam Webb said in his piece that Morgan was the silent.
From what I have read about it, you are a little off in saying the coaches said F U to him. It looks more like his coach and family telling him to take his time with the process and take all of the visits. He pushed back his announcement and decided to take all official visits, so the staff told him that they were looking at others to fill the spot and if he waited that long, his spot will be gone. This didn't make Wayne happy and both have now gone their seperate ways.
I hope its not us backing off thinking we can do better. That's SEC work. Would guess that is not the case.
more his family and coaches wanting him to take his time
and then dumping him in August.
The post I'm replying to isn't "trolling". In my opinion it is "overrated" just because that's the most accurate of the available options (even though that isn't great either), but he isn't actively trying to stir the pot or actively trolling.
I do sense I will get a "trolling" moderation tag for this, but personally I think it is closer to "overrated" or at least "flamebate" personally.
does Morgan holding off on his commitment equal a total parting ways?
But I always thought that Wilson fit a bigger area of need. Best of luck to Morgan however, he seems to be a good guy.
I feel bad for Morgan if this wasn't his decision, but hopefully it all ends well and he ends up somewhere where he can be successful.
It's nobody's decision but his own.
I don't know if that's even true. It sounds like he wanted to commit (or even was a silent commit), but the coaches backed off. Which would make it not his decision.
that don't want to go public when the class is filling fast leads to the staff backing away. It appeared Morgan was ready and wouldn't be for awhile. The staff decided to go in a different direction and I hope it doesn't bite them in the arse. Wayne postponed the original announcement and then postponed again. Hoke and company didn't feel like waiting any longer for a kid that already told them he wanted to be blue, but didn't want to tell the public.
With only four spots currently left we could be in a world of hurt. We need at least three more Oline and two DTs. The staff has to know more current players are going to transfer or they are confident we have enough skill players on offense that we don't need to recruit any this year.
Even though it appears like we're running out of room right now, I've heard that the coaching staff is recruiting as if they have 22-25 spots available. I'd be surprised if we didn't end up with another SDE, 2 DTs, 3 OL, 1 DB, 1 WR, & maybe even 1 QB/RB in addition to what we already have. I don't know how the staff is going to make room for everyone, hopefully they won't have to go all Saban to do it.
I think all our 5 foot 6-8 lil guys will xfer to a bigeast or mac school where they belonged in the first place. unless they want to play special teams their whole career. there were already a few that left to open up slots. for once attrition might be good. ha!
I would only welcome attrition in the event that there is a coaching/scheme change, which obviously applies now. Kids that signed up to play for Rich Rodriguez and/or a 3-3-5 and/or a spread offense are certainly encouraged to find a program where they can be properly utilized. Having said that, those that stay will be champions.
Double post.
I do think it's a bit harsh to say that our "shorties" are not Big Ten caliber. I can't remember any slot ninjas- or the offense in general-losing us any games.
Check his Twitter account. Bummer.
Too bad when he caused a lot of excitement and discussion being the silent commit.
Oh well good luck to him wherever he ends up.
This coaching staff doesn't mess around one bit-Morgan seems like a great player-but obviously there are bigger needs with a true safety than another tweener.
If losing out on Morgan means snagging Wilson I think we'll all manage
