Shane Morris on the recruiting trail

Heck, don't stop there...Governor Morris!

Do they give GA positions to guys that are 40 just coming off a HOF career in the pros? ;)

The recruiting point is a good one. Who knows about HC (we don't know what his ambitions are, and he probably doesn't either, being in high school), but with his love for Michigan, talent, and natural recruiting skills I could see him on staff at some point way down the line.

I love the enthusiasm, but let's keep a level head here. He still has a year left of high school and posts like this are already talking about hailing Shane as the savior and his post-NFL career, if he even has one.

I'm not at all saying I don't want to agree with you. I hope Shane brings us to 4 Rose Bowls or NCs and wins all of them. I want him to go 1st overall in the draft, and put the likes of MSU back in its place in this state. But we're talking about stuff so far in the future here that its kind of ridiculous. I hope this kid lives up to the hype and then some, but I prefer to withold my predictions until after he straps on the winged helmet and gets a season under his belt. We have absolutely no idea how his career will turn out.

Eh, that would seem logical, but Reeves said that his teammate going to Ohio didn't change his decision at all. He seems to have a good head on his shoulders when it comes to this decision, and I think he knows that there are more important criteria.

I'm not a recruiting expert, like I'm sure someone working at Rivals is, but it's possible that they're reading too much into the teammate situation when there isn't actually something there. Or maybe they know something. But Reeves addressed it, as far as I know.

Either way, saying you love the Michigan QB is pretty blasphemous if you end up playing at Ohio, so it's gotta mean something. If a tweet can mean something.

That's odd, everything seems to be pointing our way with this one. But he decides in what, 3 days? We'll find out soon enough.

Apparently they know something we don't, or vice versa.

I already linked it in the existing Garnett thread.  

They know nussing, comrade.

Call it wishful thinking...but I doubt they have enough time to scour all of the fanblogs (in this case, Tremendous) to figure which way a kid is leaning.  They have A LOT of recruits to analyze for all programs, not just Michigan.  

So, based on timing, I would say that perhaps we know something they don't based on last nights (late) interview.  I mean, think of how many recruiting gurus we have in contact with Michigan recruits and compare that to Rivals having 5 guys for the entire country.

Again...just speculation...

And well said.

The illest QB of recent times is clearly The Coner.

From what I have read, his receivers dropped a lot of passes and he was running for his life more often than not. Granted I don't live in Michigan anymore either but this is coming from people who watched him play this year.

They'd have cut out your tongue for such blasphemy.

Honestly, though, it'd be one thing if it were just homerism from the site and fan base.  I think the numbers are reflective of his surrounding talent to some degree. And all of the scouting services seem to be sold on the kid as well-- the coveted fifth star is rarely handed out by accident, is it?

If you believe what you read here (as you should) and watch his highlight film, you can see his O-line is not all that great and he's always having to scramble and from what everyone says, his WR's weren't very dependable. Some other teams fans will be quick to also point out his lack of offers but that obviously has to do with his self professed love of Michigan rather than his talent. From what I've read out of national writers from his camps he's going to be a major talent, so I wouldn't be putting too much stock into his JR HS numbers.

It's not a bad point to bring up and is good for discussion.  There is a struggle with scouting recruits over where to base more emphasis - on on-field play or camps.  The nice thing about camps is that it either isolates the players to see their skills, or surrounds them with the level of players they'll be with in college.  However, things are different when you strap up the pads.  Looking at HS tape and stats is the other option, which shows a recruit in an actual game, but you have huge variables in the talent of his teammates as well as his opposition. 

What does this mean?  Look at both, and be subjective.  But in this case, it has been documented how bad Shane's OL and WR play was during his season, as well as how well he looked compared to other QBs at a number of camps.  His measurables are also about as good as you can ask for in a 16 year old kid.  So I tend to believe he's the real deal.

Ha classic