What about A.J. Derby?
Just wondering why this guy doesn't seem to be on our radar?
http://rivals100.rivals.com/viewprospect.asp?Sport=1&pr_key=59756
March 28th, 2009 at 11:13 AM ^
He must be top 100 for a reason, but a 4.88 fourty time seems a bit slow for this offense.
March 28th, 2009 at 12:47 PM ^
his 20yd shuttle times also doesn't make him seem like a dual threat.
March 28th, 2009 at 11:14 AM ^
Who says he's not? I'm pretty certain this guy, if he's good, is "on Michigan's radar." There's no way we can ever confirm this, outside of an offer, since college coaches cannot talk about recruits. But offer does not equal on radar.
Exactly. There is a big difference between mgoblog's radar and the coaches' radar. What the poster actually asked (could only have logically asked) is why the recruit is not on Mgoblog's radar. Many recruits, blips on the coaches' radar, get winnowed out for one reason or another before they make it to our radar. I think it is a safe bet that the coaches (whose jobs depends on this sort of thing) are aware of (discussed and tagged for recruiting or decided to pass on) many potential recruits well before scout, rivals, Sam Webb, or mgoblog identify them as on our radar.
March 28th, 2009 at 11:42 AM ^
If he played for us, he'd be a TE or a LB or maybe even a DE. As you can tell, Rodriguez isn't the world's biggest promoter of tight ends. And if you ask me (which you kind of did), he's not deserving of being in the top 100. He looks very raw and he plays in Iowa, which means his competition isn't that great.
March 28th, 2009 at 11:44 AM ^
What makes him so special that he would deserve a scholarship from the University of Michigan? He isn't a difference maker, or playmaker.
Next!
March 28th, 2009 at 12:01 PM ^
Um,
You're kidding, right? Do you honestly think that every player we recruit is a "playmaker?"
March 28th, 2009 at 12:52 PM ^
Well there has to be at least a base level of talent. I don't think this kid has it.
But at the QB position, yes, I do think RR needs to offer only guys that can make plays...
He wouldn't play QB for us, anyway. So I don't even know why that's an issue.
March 28th, 2009 at 12:31 PM ^
He's got good offers despite numbers that aren't ideal. Whose to say RRod isn't recruiting him though? Even if he was, maybe there is no mutual interest?
Could be a lot of things explaining no visible interest.
March 28th, 2009 at 12:33 PM ^
Agree completely