Wheatley "one of the best recruiters in the East" per reputable source

Submitted by Mattavious on
"I mean, he's (Wheatley) one of the best recruiters in the east (laughing), but all three of them came by to visit," Wheatley Jr. said.

He was referring to Drevno and Jay Harbaugh as the other two.

Link to 247 post by Steve Lorenz. Not much else but worth the quote from Jr. http://michigan.247sports.com/Board/59424/Contents/Wheatley-Visits-Whea…

Mr. Yost

January 23rd, 2015 at 5:32 AM ^

Yet too late all at the same time.

Too soon in that this isn't a buckle up situation...it's just a thread stealing a quote from 24/7 and sharing it here.

Too late because the .gif is already overused so it's too late to be funny like it used to be.

Too soon and too late all in one, perfect timing.

mGrowOld

January 22nd, 2015 at 2:54 PM ^

Say what you will about his ability to coach but recruiting was never one of Brady's problems. If he could've taken the talent and translated it into wins he'd of surely retained a LOT of the elite players who at one time were committed to Michigan.

mGrowOld

January 22nd, 2015 at 3:06 PM ^

Because other posters make comments about recuiting that infer that now that we have Harbaugh and the new staff we'll finally be able to recruit well and that's 100% pure Columbian revisionist bullshit.

Hoke could recruit - he just couldnt coach which led to players decommitting.

Edit: And to answer your question I was responding to a post that's no longer there.

West German Judge

January 22nd, 2015 at 3:25 PM ^

I haven't seen anybody disparage Hoke's recruiting besides the decision to have a scholarship LS, not bringing in a scholarship LS, and perhaps some angst about singling out Speight when he wasn't especially lauded.  

People are just happy that Harbaugh appears to be swinging for the fences and seems like he could more than salvage a 2015 class that saw a few key decommits, and in a short time frame, to boot.

Mattavious

January 22nd, 2015 at 3:33 PM ^

I must not have seen that other post before it was deleted.  Thought it was weird that you were defending something that wasn't even under attack.  I, for one, agree that Hoke and company were great recruiters.  There's not much you would have to go on to say otherwise.

Not one of the ones that downvoted you btw.  

Auerbach

January 22nd, 2015 at 3:12 PM ^

There's a theory among some fans that Hoke was unable to spot actual talent and relied heavily on who else was recruiting a guy to determine his level of talent. If that's accurate, then he could have brought in highly-rated classes full of untalented players. I'm not saying it true or not ture, but case in point: Jake Ryan was one of Michigan best overall football players during Hoke's tenure. Hoke evaluated him while at SDSU and decided Jake wasn't worthy of an offer. 

clarkiefromcanada

January 22nd, 2015 at 5:45 PM ^

"Highly ranked classes of untalented classes"



How f'n hard would it be for Hoke to select only the 4 and 5 star talent that really isn't talented. God damned ridiculous from those who might run that narràtive.



I trust the coaches but I like to trust them more with a ton of recruits with elite rated talent...just saying.

alum96

January 22nd, 2015 at 2:55 PM ^

Very interesting that it was Drevno and JH 2.0 and not Mattison on the visit.  Guess he is getting recruited as a TE and not DE after all. Hmm.

LSAClassOf2000

January 22nd, 2015 at 3:27 PM ^

I could see that even though he works on a suppsed grander scale at SI now, but if there were ever a person in journalism at whom I would laugh maniacally if they hit "post" on something and instead sent the world a link to his favorite place to peruse explicit videos a la Gerry Hamilton, it would be be Rosenberg. Just being honset about my own feelings there.

Perkis-Size Me

January 22nd, 2015 at 2:59 PM ^

Hopefully that means he can recruit Virginia, Maryland, DC and Pennsylvania really well. I'm guessing he's had some experience doing that with being at Syracuse, but all of those areas seem to produce really good football talent year in and out.

kb

January 22nd, 2015 at 3:04 PM ^

On the one hand, you could play at Michigan and have your dad there to see you play. On the other hand, you could go to another good football program. It seems like Wheatley is taking the right approach by not stiff-arming him in one direction. There is a decent chance he does not go to Michigan, and we shouldn't feel slighted if that happens.

LIhockey24

January 22nd, 2015 at 3:25 PM ^

Recruiting the east coast is important. Some great talent coming out of the mid atlantic states such as Virginia, Maryland, and the DC metro area. This combined with New Jersey's resurgence as a recruiting hotbed, Philadelphia's production of some top prospects, and the ability to pull some good players from underscouted New York City and New England.

Mr. Owl

January 22nd, 2015 at 4:18 PM ^

If Ty Jr. comes to Michigan & asks his dad for money to buy food, it could be a violation.



If Ty Jr. goes elsewhere his dad could by him a Ferrari & it's just having a dad with money.

Bb011

January 22nd, 2015 at 4:47 PM ^

I'm pretty sure Ty Sr. can give Ty Jr. pretty much anything even if he does go to Michigan due to a pre-existing relationship. The relationship can obviously not be disputed either given the circumstances.