we thought the same about RR coming to Michigan. In reality it works out differently from on paper sometimes. I'm talking about the whole picture, not just offense, or just recruiting, etc.
If we are after this newly emerged, super-sleeper LB, how come we weren't interested in MI LB Austin Gray? I'm just asking that as an informative type of question. Looking at Rivals' stats, they are similar in size and speed, and Gray has a bunch of Big10 offers, and one from Pitt also.
The one I have in mind preceded this one. It's the same RR speech, but it's longer in the video I'm looking for. The rest is all different.
Thanks for trying to help!
Kenny Shaw said he was "going to shock the world" with his announcement. Everybody expected him to choose FSU, and that was his choice indeed. Just the nature of the game.
Yeah, I'll make fun of any rivals' player that fails in the NFL. It's totally different to take pleasure at a human failing in life, or that is affected by health issues. More than blaming it on the Lions, I wonder what it would have been had his career not started by breaking his collarbone and missing the season two years in a row. His addiction might originate there. Anyway, I definitely don't view him under the same light as Glenn Winston.
It would be great if Kelly could snakeoil Taylor Graham, the lone QB commit of the Buckeyes. I don't think Graham had interest in ND, but would love to see the nuts live and die by Pryor's athletic ability.
Buckeye fans with "insider" info were claiming that Will Hagerup was a silent commit after visiting them. But then again, Marcus Hall said Michigan were his leader after visiting. At least if Hankins announces at the end of this week, we will find out soon.
The staff identifies players who they think they can win with. Once they offer, they do take into consideration that they might commit. If you remember, they also offered Travis Williams, and he too wanted to commit the next day, but was told by the coaches to wait. And we had zero CB commits at that time. THAT was a plan B. Sure the coaches might prefer Kenny Shaw, but rather than wait on him and watch him sign with Florida State, they will gladly get D.J.. I'm not saying I'm excited about every commit we have at this point, but I will reserve judgment until they are juniors.
If Suh deserves it, then they should give it to him. However, assuming the just verdict will be served, I do hope Charles Woodson will remain to be the only defensive player to have won it. Maybe it's selfish, but I like that idea.
He is clearly struggling to make a point now that he tries to post without swear words. But if that's all he knew, it's understandable it will take some time to get used to this new format.
For some reason, Paskorz reminds me of Barnes from last year. I can't claim to have read MGoBlog everyday, so maybe I've missed posts about him. However, it seems like I've only heard about Paskorz when he committed, and it's been quiet ever since. Last year it was said that the coaches cooled down on Barnes due to his senior season performances. I wonder if there have been commits who did't impress their senior season this time around also.
It just sucks for Michigan to be in this position right now, but the Big 10 rules clearly want to protect the student athletes from being forced out. Can you imagine Nick Saban coaching in the Big 10 without this rule? He'd use any loophole he could find to retain only the athletes that show the most potential, and throw out the ones that don't look promising. A rule like this minimizes some unnecessary recruiting drama (as RR would say). Considering the attrition Michiga has had in the last two years, a certain newspaper would have been all over RR's case, accusing him of forcing students out. Rules like this also promote stability within a football team. I'm fine if that stability creates some advantage for the said team. Finally, rules like this protect the integrity of the system too. Let's suppose, for the sake of the argument, that MSU has to kick off the team some 15 scholarship players because of the recent ski-mask incident. If that depletes their roster depth and puts the team in a disadvantage when on the field, so be it. I wouldn't want them to be able to sign 15 extra guys because they have unused scholarships. It would make the coaches think twice the next time they recruit somebody, and they would do a better job trying to influence these young men growing up.
The only problem I have with the rules though, is that they're not standard across the NCAA board.
Why would you want to remind and have people think that you might be McFarlin? From now on you better be funny when you joke, because if the joke is botched...
EDIT: Apparently I must need to add an LOL (or something) to ensure a joke is not misunderstood as a threat.
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we thought the same about RR coming to Michigan. In reality it works out differently from on paper sometimes. I'm talking about the whole picture, not just offense, or just recruiting, etc.
Ohio State might go on to hire the guy that gets fired from Illinois? Doesn't sound logical to me.