Laquon Treadwell wants to visit Auburn now
Uh, wouldn't call either of those "equivalent" to Treadwell. (although would be happy with either, especially Bailey).
I would actually be just as happy with Bailey as Treadwell. I know they play different WR positions but you gotta love Bailey's shiftiness. We could use an elite slot guy once RR's players all leave.
What makes you say that? All three receivers have elite offers. Harris has a WR from the schollie strapped USC! Outside the top 10-15 elite guys, the next 100-150 are just as likely to succeed, and on top of that, those rankings are trying to predict the future. How much less talent units does Bailey have when he is ranked as the 16th best receiver than LT , who is number 5?
The top offers of each WR:
LT-UM, ND, OSU, USC, OU
AB-UM, ND, FSU, UGA, OU
PH-UM, USC, OSU, PSU, Cal
They all seem equivalent to me...
1. As you already pointed out, the top 10-15 elite guys are the most likely to succeed, and as you also pointed out, LT is a top 5 WR (concensus top 10, concensus 4 star). The other two are not in the top 10. In fact, as much as I don't like to rely on ratings, since you're quoting them... Scout has Harris as a 2-star #140 WR. While I agree that his offers suggest that a severe underrating, it's still a huge difference in judged potential.
2. Ask anyone on this board or any Michigan coach and ask them who they would rather have out of the 3.
3. Watch their videos.
As I said in my original comment, I would be very happy with any of the three, so I agree that we are splitting hairs here.
It wouldn't take til NSD for his commitment to mean something, his high school coach does not allow players to decommit after making a verbal
about this 'policy' by high school coaches. Can they really enforce it? Is it in the best interest of the athlete? I'm sure if a player wanted to decommit after a verbal theres not a thing the coach could do about it.
I understand the coaches point of view to build good relationships with college coaches, and having your players commit to one team would help that, but at the end of the day, if a player wants to decommit and play elsewhere then that is up to them.
It's obviously not a legal obligation, but many high school players have a ton of respect for the head coach and wouldn't take their rules lightly. You also wouldn't want to hurt the chances of players after you in getting a scholarship, even if the damage done would be minor.
He isn't coming. He's had plenty of time and a little bit of pressure (time/commit number-wise) and hasnt' committed. This is fine -- I don't blame the kid. It seems, though, for right or wrong that our coaches prefer kids who jump at the offer. It doesn't seem to matter the reason, but they recruit a kid for awhile, and if he isn't sold after a few months, they seem to understand he isn't likely to be sold.
I could always be wrong -- he may just keep oscillating around and realizing nothing is better than M, but ultimately, he seems to be looking for a place better and will likely find his fit. Fair enough, but I'm happy to move on despite his talent level. I'd rather that he committed to us, but I like that recruiting is set before the season.
Is it possible he just hasn't spoken to them face-to-face in a month? On his twitter he had a tweet which included a "#goblue" earlier today. What other campuses has he even seen? Also drawn from his twitter is that his first time on a plane was today for the rivals challenge. If I'm him and I have offers from every school in the country I would also use my officials to check them out. Let's just hope USC fills up before he gets a chance to visit.
I really feel Garnett was pretty sure he was going to attend Stanford way before his decision date. He was playing up Michigan's chances to get more attention. Even though Armani Reeves picked Ohio, I have a lot more respect for how he handled the process compared to Garnett.
I suspect you were joking about USC... they arleady have 3 4-star WRs commited in what by all accounts is supposed to be a small class. Doubt they'll take any more.
Ah, I didn't see that Larue pulled the trigger. 4 is indeed a huge number for a small class like that. I agree the tweets are definitely to be taken with a grain of salt, but so are insider articles. Such as the one that hinted Treadwell would commit about a month ago.
I've heard that they were actually going to take Larue as a DB.
The 247 article about his commitment says WR. <shrug>
I still think we get Treadwell and McQuay to end the class.
On a more relevant note, does anyone know how fast Bailey is? His Espn profile lists a 4.7 forty, which is, yeah. He can clearly juke his way out of.a phone booth but people talk about him like he's a speedster. Wondering where that comes from.
I also saw that 40 time, but if you watch his video, he isn't getting caught from behind and he plays against some good competition. I think he has enough speed to be successful at the next level.
There should be a fan section on the recruiting rankings of individuals. If so you would have seen that our fanbase has went from warm to cool in the last two weeks. Unfortunately for our team my gut is on one helluva win streak.....I had that last several "50-50" recruits going away from UM with the exception of Poggi and I feel the same with LT. I'm cool with it...we will be fine.
As for pure speculation...perhaps UM cooled on him to take the Armwood package deal. I'd be happy with that.
There should be a fan section on the recruiting rankings of individuals. If so you would have seen that our fanbase has went from warm to cool in the last two weeks. Unfortunately for our team my gut is on one helluva win streak.....I had that last several "50-50" recruits going away from UM with the exception of Poggi and I feel the same with LT. I'm cool with it...we will be fine.
As for pure speculation...perhaps UM cooled on him to take the Armwood package deal. I'd be happy with that.
There should be a fan section on the recruiting rankings of individuals. If so you would have seen that our fanbase has went from warm to cool in the last two weeks. Unfortunately for our team my gut is on one helluva win streak.....I had that last several "50-50" recruits going away from UM with the exception of Poggi and I feel the same with LT. I'm cool with it...we will be fine.
As for pure speculation...perhaps UM cooled on him to take the Armwood package deal. I'd be happy with that.
Plenty of talented wrs out there dudes, no worries.
Jordan Diamond part II. He apparently is still searching for something different than UM can offer. And no I am not saying the kid wants to get paid. Just saying that he is obviously not sold on UM after numerous visits and it looks doubtful at this point.
Kid off my nuts. OMG.
If he was going to commit, he would have done so already. Whatever he's looking for, Michigan doesn't apparently have it. It's time to move on. Next.
LT is looking for any reason to not commit to UM. I think he likes UM but wants something more.
My feelings about the probability of a Treadwell commitment haven't changed much. I think that probability is a little less than 50%, but it's higher than for any other program.
But that's not a reason to say most of the posts in this thread are stupid. If you spent any time on the pay sites you'd realize that the chances of Michigan landing Treadwell are dwindling fast. And they're a lot more in tune with his recruitment than anyone on this site.
I don't like that he's seeing Auburn, I mean they have a Chick-fil-A on campus.