Wolverine.com: "Fisher Found a Home at Michigan"
The Wolverine has this free content up that provides some more insight into Jake Fisher's recruiting end game:
Michigan State made a push, while Notre Dame picked up the interest later. In the end, Traverse City (Mich.) West offensive line prospect Jacob Fisher felt more comfortable at Michigan, opting for the Wolverines over their two rivals.
Cincinnati and others were also in the mix, but Fisher - now 6-7 and 269 pounds, he reported after a visit to the doctor - said one last trip to Ann Arbor to meet with the coaches and players in the days leading up to his press conference solidified what he'd known for some time. "They really made me feel like I fit in," he said. "Players came up and shook my hand, talked to me a little more, made me feel at home. Before that I had kind of made a decision, so when I went there it all worked out."
Fisher's experiences with MSU and Notre Dame follow and provide some good insights as to why he landed at Michigan.
Check out the tidbit about watching film at U-M and MSU and you get some insight into how teams sell themselves by showing how recruits fit into their schemes.
OL Coach Greg Frey comes in for some praise and we see the importance of the coaching staff's community involvement and are reminded of the benefit of having a long tenured staff with deep relationships across the state of Michigan.
He continues to develop relationships, meanwhile, with the Michigan staff. Line coach Greg Frey has made trips to Traverse City each of the past three years to participate in a charity event for children held by head coach Tim Wooer, well before Fisher emerged as a big time prospect. Frey's approach - "tough, but not degrading" - and his demeanor throughout the recruiting process was another big reason for U-M's emergence to No. 1.
Like you, I'm looking forward to finding out which OL recruits join Jake Fisher and Jack Miller as the other components of the next great Michigan offensive line class. Zettel, Hobbi, Walsh, Posada?
Oliver Twist: Please sir, I want some more.
Mr. Bumble: [thinking he must not have heard right] What?
Oliver Twist: Please sir, I want some...
[pauses hesitatingly]
Oliver Twist: more?
Mr. Bumble: [surprised beyond belief] More?
Yes, please. More.
Glad to have him.
And yes, MORE!
too many O-Linemen.
Also, we'll have to get this kid some cherries, make him feel at home.
Plus, you never know who'll boom or bust. All of them. We'll take all of them.
If we get all of them, it will be hilarious watching other teams TEs and WRs that they are forced to put on the line trying to block Roh, Campbell, RVB, MM, etc.
he bring some down from Traverse City to share with those sunshine belt boys. Can't hurt to let them know what else Michigan has to offer.
EDIT: "some" meaning cherries. This ended up a little distant from the prompt.
I can get behind.
I have this vision of Jake adding about 30 pounds of Barwis muscle while maintaining his Tight End speed and agility and just deystroying linebackers in 2012.
I don't follow it that closely, but it sounds like most recruits make multiple trips to the school they commit to before committing. Is this the reason local recruits are more likely than recruits across the country? As I understand it, the number of paid for visits is limited, so many of the visits are on the recruit's own dime. Which makes it cheaper to visit closer schools. Is this correct logic?
but then add to that the fact that local kids were more likely to grow up cheering for the local schools, and many kids don't want to get too far away from family. In fact, most plan to move back close to home and live there the rest of their lives after college.
I am very excited about this OL class and what it can become. Here is another linemen were on for the future. http://bricesrecruiting.blogspot.com/2010/07/future-ol-recruiting.html
3rd fastest kid in the 100 in his class at that size sounds impressive. Unless his class size is 3.
It's 4, but the 4th kid is a family member of Justin Boren's and finds running 100m to be a sign of questionable family values.