This is an offer I do not understand. He has no offer from a major school, and all the analysis do not have him ranked remotely high. I understand we have a great coaching staff, but I trust more in what the large sample size of experts say. Maybe his offer is a last resort one to just fill up the class in case they miss out on other key targets?
That list of possible commits Mr. Yost posted looks good, but I would love to see KLS and Marshall on it. Marshall visiting for three days (Mon-Wed) is a good sign. The length of the visit makes it look really good for Michigan.
This team is young, but so have the last few years teams. I believe the struggles lie in the aptitude of not being able to bring in elite talent last year, and seems to be the same in 2015.
I still do not know why we are attacking the man who "pushed Harbaugh out of San Fran"? We probably would be talking about our third or fourth option as Michigan Head Coach if Harbaugh was not " pushed out".
I question the morals of Mr.
Marrow and Mr. Turley. If they were listening and intrigued by Michigan's offers just to gain leverage for a pay raise from their current programs, then why accept the job offers in the first place?! They should have have sat down with the head coach of their current programs and negotiated with them before making their final decision.
I like Devin's character and dedication in helping his team win, but it would be nice to see a 'true' quarterback behind the line at Michigan.
I understand Shane struggled yesterday, but coming in under those circumstances, most everyone would struggle under the pressure.
Coach Hoke is a good guy, but his time at Michigan has proven that he is not a truly qualified coach to lead a program like this in a conference like this.
It is time to bring in an AD who will put football back into this program instead of the business mindset.
So, when are we going to realize that Gardner does not have the techniques to be the starting quarterback? Hoke and staff should be criticized, but so should Gardner for not taking it upon himself to play like a 5th year senior.
Yes, because multiple coaches have failed Gardner, not Gardner's adaptation to the college level at the position. If it were one coach, then I would agree, but the sample size of coaches that have tried to work with him at the position is there, yet he continues to show he does not have the tools down to be a quarterback.
Yes, because multiple coaches have failed Gardner, not Gardner's adaptation to the college level at the position. If it were one coach, then I would agree, but the sample size of coaches that have tried to work with him at the position is there, yet he continues to show he does not have the tools down to be a quarterback.
To me, I do not care about his football potential. He is young, but he should know better than to assault a staff member at his school, and his girlfriend. It will not be a "shame" when he gets what he deserves. Multiple strikes warrant a steep penalty.
Hoke is a good evaluater of talent because most of the other big time programs evaluated the same talent before these guys committed to Michigan. The problem is that Hoke and staff are unable to develop this talent to the college level.
1) Bringing in a coach with staff that can develop 4 and 5 star players to the college level.
2) Bringing in a coach with staff that make better play calls and put together a better depth chart. Some of you on here that disect every aspect of this football team would know better than me, but it seems like there is talent on this team that barely sees any playing time (Charlton, Fox, Strobel, Poggi, etc).
3) Begin the reign of Morris at QB. I do not believe Gardner has the mental techniques to be a solid quarterback. He throws with his front foot a lot which puts him off balance, and he still has horrible decision makings. For being a 5th year senior, you should be developed ese areas by now, but he has not.
4) Bring in someone who can help out with the strength and conditioning area. It seems like this team gets pushed around at will by an opposing team that is even somewhat relevant.
I like this deal a lot. I am no expert or analysis, but this deal makes sense for two major reasons...
1) Many believe Max will not be back with the Tigers next year, and if true, Price can fill his void well.
2) It was thought that Smyly would be the one starter that would be moved to the bullpen to strengthen it during the playoffs. Now,Verlander will probably be the guy who gets moved to the pen. I believe the bullpen would be stronger with Verlander there than Smyly, and Price would be a better number two guy in the playoffs over Verlander.
I would love to see the following commit to Michigan;
WR Cole
WR Tate
RB Harris
TE/DE Wheatley
DE South
DE/DT Roseboro
OLB McMillon or Thompson
I think we should reestablish more interest in Michigan high school football players, and go heavy after Ohio players. It seems like to me this program has relaxed on recruiting the two states.
I read a lot of positive vibe from Brian Cole and Michigan, but it is mainly from a Michigan recruiting site. On 247's crystal ball predictions, Michigan State leads for him. I would have hoped Michigan went hard after him as soon as they realized that Campbell was not an option anymore, and, although Cole visited Michigan last Friday, it seems like Michigan is interested in other options.
Dr. Rolf Peterson, National Parks, and Michigan Tech University had a survey a couple months ago asking volunteers and workers of the Wolf and Moose Watch on their thoughts on what should be done with the wolf population on the island. Here are the three questions that were asked on the survey;
1) Should wolves be reintroduced to Isle Royale and help the indigenous population?
2) Should nothing be done and hope that wolves repopulate themselves on thie island?
3) Should they let the wolves die off naturally, then introduce a new population of wolves to the island?
I voted for #1 because I do not want the indigenous population to die off.
The proposal to hunt wolves in Michigan was based on three major lies that Governor Snyder purposely overlooked, and this was proven by the Detroit News. Here is a small sample of the article published by the Detroit News back in mid Jan that contains four misled informations...
"• In language contained in Michigan House Resolution 48 of 2011 and Michigan Senate Resolution 39 of 2011, sent to Congress to support the removal of the Great Lakes population of wolves from the federal Endangered Species List, state lawmakers grossly distorted the details of a wolf sighting outside an Upper Peninsula daycare into an incident that never happened.
• The Department of Natural Resources' fur bearer specialist and Michigan United Conservation Clubs' "Conservationist of the Year" Adam Bump intentionally misled public radio listeners with comments about wolves showing up in people's backyards.
• The Natural Resources Commission solicited public feedback on the wolf hunt and then deleted or ignored more than 10,000 email comments from members of the public opposing the hunt.
• More than 60 percent of wolf-livestock incidents in the U.P. have occurred on one farm, whose owner has a history of poor animal care, baited wolves using deer carcasses on his property, left bones and carcasses of cattle in his fields in violation of state laws and that also acted as bait, and still got tens of thousands in reimbursements and equipment and services that he squandered in his obvious attempts to exaggerate the impact wolves had on his property. The purported incidents of wolf depredation on his property were a central argument of lawmakers and others who demanded the hunt of a long-protected species."
While I do agree that the population of wolves in Michigan is stable, I do not disregard that they should be taken off of the protection list; however, I do not believe they should be hunted. A stable population isone that is on the verge of either dropping right back to critical (with the next step being endangered), or rising to healthy, so, even the slightest affect on a population, like hunting, can drastically drop a population from stable to endangered.
Governor Snyder's accepted proposal to hunt wolves was not based on science and research, it was based on bringing in more money to the state, which is unfair to the wolf population, ecosystems and conservationists/biologists. This is the guy that cut education budgets to pretty much all the schools across Michigan to save the state money.
Wisconsin always develops 2 and 3 star players into good B1G talent. Their football and basketball programs are 'nuisances', but they get the job done.
I would find it hard to believe that introducing a stabilized elk herd population to the island is beneficial to the declining moose population. Yes, it would give the wolf population another food source, but elk forage more often than moose do, and their diets are not as diverse as moose, so they may wipe out, or severly decline a major food source for the moose. By bringing in a possible invasive species, there may be limited food resources for a native species like moose. I am a lover of observing elk in the wild, but not to a limited island like Isle Royale.
I am a new member to Mgoblog, but I have been viewing this site for over a year now to catch up on all the new issues occurring with the University of Michigan sports. In a nut shell, I graduated from Oakland University, but attended the University of Michigan for a few semesters while obtaining my degree from Oakland.
I decided to create an account to specifically comment on this topic because it heavily relates to my field. I have a degree in Wildlife Biology and volunteer with Dr. Rolf Peterson (coordinator of the Wolf and Moose Watch on Isle Royale). I have volunteered with Dr. Peterson for the past two expeditions, and will do so again on Expedition IV this summer. I have seen moose and wolves on the island, and they tend to stray away from any possible human problematics.
Dr. Peterson and I frequently email one another back and forth so I can get updates on the current wolf and moose populations. He is nearing the end of this year's winter research and I am curious to see how both populations are faring. From our past conversations, disease (mainly from deer ticks) is affecting the moose population, and with a dwindled moose population, it is not baring well for the wolf population, which is down to 7-8 total in population. When I was collecting wolf scat for last year's expedition, I found lots of berries in the scat, which indicated that berries were the main food source of their diets. Wolves have enzymes in their stomachs and not microorganisms, so they cannot break down the strong cell walls in fruits to garner the needed nutrients. Their consumption of berries is due to lack of feeding on moose carcasses.
Inbreeding is the major cause for concern for the wolf population on the island. The last known wolf to have crossed Lake Superior to the island from Canada with a diverse genetic pool occurred in 1998, and he was the first to do so in over 30 years prior to that.
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I would love to see the following commit to Michigan;
WR Cole
WR Tate
RB Harris
TE/DE Wheatley
DE South
DE/DT Roseboro
OLB McMillon or Thompson
I think we should reestablish more interest in Michigan high school football players, and go heavy after Ohio players. It seems like to me this program has relaxed on recruiting the two states.
I read a lot of positive vibe from Brian Cole and Michigan, but it is mainly from a Michigan recruiting site. On 247's crystal ball predictions, Michigan State leads for him. I would have hoped Michigan went hard after him as soon as they realized that Campbell was not an option anymore, and, although Cole visited Michigan last Friday, it seems like Michigan is interested in other options.
Dr. Rolf Peterson, National Parks, and Michigan Tech University had a survey a couple months ago asking volunteers and workers of the Wolf and Moose Watch on their thoughts on what should be done with the wolf population on the island. Here are the three questions that were asked on the survey;
1) Should wolves be reintroduced to Isle Royale and help the indigenous population?
2) Should nothing be done and hope that wolves repopulate themselves on thie island?
3) Should they let the wolves die off naturally, then introduce a new population of wolves to the island?
I voted for #1 because I do not want the indigenous population to die off.
Hence is why wolves are keystone species. They fit into this grouping along with lions, tigers, mountain lions, jaguars, etc.
Wolverines do not occupy a large land-base of territory like wolves do, so migrating to expand territory is more likely for wolves than wolverines.
The proposal to hunt wolves in Michigan was based on three major lies that Governor Snyder purposely overlooked, and this was proven by the Detroit News. Here is a small sample of the article published by the Detroit News back in mid Jan that contains four misled informations...
"• In language contained in Michigan House Resolution 48 of 2011 and Michigan Senate Resolution 39 of 2011, sent to Congress to support the removal of the Great Lakes population of wolves from the federal Endangered Species List, state lawmakers grossly distorted the details of a wolf sighting outside an Upper Peninsula daycare into an incident that never happened.
• The Department of Natural Resources' fur bearer specialist and Michigan United Conservation Clubs' "Conservationist of the Year" Adam Bump intentionally misled public radio listeners with comments about wolves showing up in people's backyards.
• The Natural Resources Commission solicited public feedback on the wolf hunt and then deleted or ignored more than 10,000 email comments from members of the public opposing the hunt.
• More than 60 percent of wolf-livestock incidents in the U.P. have occurred on one farm, whose owner has a history of poor animal care, baited wolves using deer carcasses on his property, left bones and carcasses of cattle in his fields in violation of state laws and that also acted as bait, and still got tens of thousands in reimbursements and equipment and services that he squandered in his obvious attempts to exaggerate the impact wolves had on his property. The purported incidents of wolf depredation on his property were a central argument of lawmakers and others who demanded the hunt of a long-protected species."
While I do agree that the population of wolves in Michigan is stable, I do not disregard that they should be taken off of the protection list; however, I do not believe they should be hunted. A stable population isone that is on the verge of either dropping right back to critical (with the next step being endangered), or rising to healthy, so, even the slightest affect on a population, like hunting, can drastically drop a population from stable to endangered.
Governor Snyder's accepted proposal to hunt wolves was not based on science and research, it was based on bringing in more money to the state, which is unfair to the wolf population, ecosystems and conservationists/biologists. This is the guy that cut education budgets to pretty much all the schools across Michigan to save the state money.
Wisconsin always develops 2 and 3 star players into good B1G talent. Their football and basketball programs are 'nuisances', but they get the job done.
Thank you! I would take that bet, too.
I would find it hard to believe that introducing a stabilized elk herd population to the island is beneficial to the declining moose population. Yes, it would give the wolf population another food source, but elk forage more often than moose do, and their diets are not as diverse as moose, so they may wipe out, or severly decline a major food source for the moose. By bringing in a possible invasive species, there may be limited food resources for a native species like moose. I am a lover of observing elk in the wild, but not to a limited island like Isle Royale.
I am a new member to
Hey all,
I am a new member to Mgoblog, but I have been viewing this site for over a year now to catch up on all the new issues occurring with the University of Michigan sports. In a nut shell, I graduated from Oakland University, but attended the University of Michigan for a few semesters while obtaining my degree from Oakland.
I decided to create an account to specifically comment on this topic because it heavily relates to my field. I have a degree in Wildlife Biology and volunteer with Dr. Rolf Peterson (coordinator of the Wolf and Moose Watch on Isle Royale). I have volunteered with Dr. Peterson for the past two expeditions, and will do so again on Expedition IV this summer. I have seen moose and wolves on the island, and they tend to stray away from any possible human problematics.
Dr. Peterson and I frequently email one another back and forth so I can get updates on the current wolf and moose populations. He is nearing the end of this year's winter research and I am curious to see how both populations are faring. From our past conversations, disease (mainly from deer ticks) is affecting the moose population, and with a dwindled moose population, it is not baring well for the wolf population, which is down to 7-8 total in population. When I was collecting wolf scat for last year's expedition, I found lots of berries in the scat, which indicated that berries were the main food source of their diets. Wolves have enzymes in their stomachs and not microorganisms, so they cannot break down the strong cell walls in fruits to garner the needed nutrients. Their consumption of berries is due to lack of feeding on moose carcasses.
Inbreeding is the major cause for concern for the wolf population on the island. The last known wolf to have crossed Lake Superior to the island from Canada with a diverse genetic pool occurred in 1998, and he was the first to do so in over 30 years prior to that.
SpaceCoyote, thank you for posting this. Go Blue!