Football Recruiting - Who is left on the Board?
So we still have four scholarships left but I feel like the likelihood of filling those spots seems to be slipping. Please correct me if I'm wrong but I can only think of four realistic-ish prospects left on the board
1) Garnett
2) Yuri Wright
3) Armani Reeves (if he visits)
4) The tight end who goes to school with Kalis.
Is there anyone else out there that I'm forgetting. Pharoah, Payton committed elsewhere. Doesn't look like we're offering that RB. Maybe that Dodson kid who is committed to Wisconsin but that seems pretty quiet right now. Same seems to be true on Jordan Diamond. Can't imagine they'll take Monty Madaris now that we already have two receiver commits. Is there anything else out there of any real possibility?
January 6th, 2012 at 5:37 PM ^
I think they sign 28 and don't renew a few potential 5th rear seniors. I think that was the plan from Day 1. Attrition usually happens naturally.
January 6th, 2012 at 7:46 PM ^
is that you can't go over 85 for the team. But rule 2. you can only sign 25 per class, regardless if were still under 85. We can sign 3 extra because the early enrollment still puts our 2011 class under 25.
January 6th, 2012 at 5:10 PM ^
January 6th, 2012 at 5:38 PM ^
Interesting post. Who do you think we missed out on by slow-playing? We moved Clark up to the 2012 class and brought on Drake Johnson. I think the staff would have accepted a commit from many of the WRs and OL, they all just wanted to wait. Not necessarily disagreeing with you, just trying to think it through.
January 6th, 2012 at 6:24 PM ^
January 6th, 2012 at 5:40 PM ^
That's not unusual. Prospects that wait to make a decision tend to be the more sought after ones, and therefore harder to get. It's a balancing act. You don't want to fill up too early because you'll miss out on 1) good national prospects and 2) seeing a kid's senior year. But you also don't want to be too back loaded because you'll miss on a lot of the late deciders, leaving you short and/or scrambling.
January 6th, 2012 at 5:43 PM ^
1. T-Rich in the UA Game makes you feel better about our CB situation .... or ..... 2. Countess' Sugar Bowl performance makes you worry about our CB situation. (???)
January 6th, 2012 at 7:06 PM ^
I'm not worried about our secondary one bit!
January 6th, 2012 at 7:43 PM ^
T_Rich did not look all that great in the UA game. He is not going to show up on day one as Charles Woodson.
Countess is a freshman, what did you expect? He is good and will be better. It's not like he's a handicap.
January 6th, 2012 at 6:23 PM ^
Madaris would seem like a likely addition to this class now seeing that Stonum phucked up again. I would definitely love to have a great 4/5 * signing day commit, would make NSD a lot more exciting for us M fans.
January 6th, 2012 at 6:47 PM ^
Assuming Stonum is gone, we're in trouble with WRs next season. Hemingway and Stonum were the only vertical threats. Roundtree is a possession guy with meh speed; the rest are either slots or totally unproven. Better hope one of the freshmen turns into Sammy Watkins. Otherwise it's gonna be bubble-screen hell.
January 6th, 2012 at 7:45 PM ^
Who's Denard going to throw 50/50 jump balls to? Damn, there goes half our Offense.
January 6th, 2012 at 8:51 PM ^
It's becoming interesting because at this point I think the we'll add Reeves, Grant, and Garnett. I think it's very likely Mike Cox is shown the door since he just hasn't done much. Also, if I'm in Hoke's shoes don't renew Stonum for hsi 5th year. Even though I'm not sure if this was the first of offenses (he should not have been driving, but in his defense he was driving to see his probation officer). In the Ricky Powers article he mentioned that Moeller always gave him a clean slate and that wouldn't be a bad idea here, Stonum may jsut need a fresh start.
January 6th, 2012 at 10:46 PM ^
Why are so many people throwing out the possiblity Stonum is gone?
Per Brian's post yesterday, sounded like he'd be back. Has something changed in the last 24 hours that I've missed?
January 6th, 2012 at 11:04 PM ^
January 6th, 2012 at 11:09 PM ^
Rivals has an article behind a paywall. The title he is willing to listen and that he is still wide open.
January 8th, 2012 at 2:33 PM ^
The wolverine is saying theres a Tackle taking an official visit this month that doesn't want to reveal his name. my geuss Kyle Dodson
January 8th, 2012 at 2:44 PM ^
I think I remember him saying he was opening things back up and he was looking at us way back in the year