Conley decommits
Gareon Conley has decomitted as being reported by various people on the twittersphere. Mattison was at his school today. Commence death and dispair.
Wow RT @Miles11W BREAKING: Gareon Conley confirms to me he has de-committed from #Michigan. Will take an official to#OhioState.
Also hearing that he will take an OV to OSU, Cincinatti, and here. All is not completely lost.
November 27th, 2012 at 5:00 PM ^
Hey coach, thanks for going through all the trouble of stopping by. Yeah....I don't like you anymore. You can go back home now.
Kind of a massive dick move by Conley if you ask me. Call Mich up before they go through the trouble of visiting you. Would be like your long distance girlfriend telling you she's excited to see you the day before you travel to out to visit, and then when you get there she's all "yeah...I have a new boyfriend now. LOL"
November 27th, 2012 at 5:02 PM ^
Except not really at all.
November 27th, 2012 at 8:22 PM ^
Thanks for the comment. I enjoyed reading.
November 27th, 2012 at 5:11 PM ^
Cool, so you know what happened? Maybe you can give some of the details. Or maybe, the coaching staff knew exactly where Conley stood and sent G Mattison out on a recruiting mission, as we are continuing to pursue him, despite the fact that he is de-committing.
November 27th, 2012 at 8:23 PM ^
But thanks for the super sarcastic comment.
November 27th, 2012 at 5:45 PM ^
are why this moderation system sucks so bad.
November 27th, 2012 at 8:24 PM ^
Glad to know my comment touched you deeply.
November 28th, 2012 at 10:54 AM ^
Sounds like someone is a little butt-hurt.
November 27th, 2012 at 5:19 PM ^
November 27th, 2012 at 4:30 PM ^
Sucks, but time to move on. Good luck to Conley and let us hope he does not go to Ohio.
November 27th, 2012 at 4:30 PM ^
Usually I would say best of luck to him, but he played us so yeah best of luck to the guys who actually want to be blue. Kid sounds like a headcase. Didn't he just say a day or two ago that he was 100 percent committed to Michigan?
November 27th, 2012 at 4:34 PM ^
Lets not let ANGAR dictate how we post. Calling the kid a "headcase" is close to Bolivian-worthy material. You stay classy, MGoBoard.
November 27th, 2012 at 4:37 PM ^
Well it's a little weird to say you are 100% committed one day and then decommitt a couple days later...
November 27th, 2012 at 4:42 PM ^
I agree that its a bit wishy-washy but I felt the need to proactively remind everyone to keep it clean. I don't want to have to moderate the thread.
November 27th, 2012 at 4:42 PM ^
But we're basing this off of what information exactly? Some tweets and texts he supposedly had with some insiders? He could have been just responding to get them and the fanbase off his back. Hell, Mattison could have told him in person Michigan considers him decommitted? Let's not go full rage and say something that makes the fanbase look bad to him or other recruits.
November 27th, 2012 at 7:04 PM ^
Go full Rage7. It's a gut feeling.
November 27th, 2012 at 4:43 PM ^
Can we make sure that someone is there to flame you everytime you change your mind.
November 27th, 2012 at 5:25 PM ^
You haven't met my mother in law?
November 27th, 2012 at 4:44 PM ^
They are trying to keep options open, and to please everyone. I suspect that many of the conflicting reports are due to nothing more than them being pressured for a response. They are just trying to make people go away.
The benefit to the fan base of talking to 17 year olds is that they will talk, where someone my age would just tell them to leave me the hell alone and don't step on the damned grass on your way out.
November 27th, 2012 at 4:49 PM ^
I think it's totally deserving of Bolivia. What right does anybody have here to criticize the decision-making ability of a 16-year old? I mean seriously. Grow up and get over it. He rushed his decision and now he's changed his mind.
November 27th, 2012 at 4:30 PM ^
November 27th, 2012 at 4:37 PM ^
November 27th, 2012 at 4:44 PM ^
Better than Mario Ojemudia's DEATH STARE!
November 27th, 2012 at 4:45 PM ^
November 27th, 2012 at 5:55 PM ^
November 27th, 2012 at 4:31 PM ^
Conley, per a convo with TomVH ($,WN):
"Felt like I did it too early and didn't wait to see what else would come. I like Michigan but I like other schools too and I wanna visit them."
November 27th, 2012 at 4:35 PM ^
Gareon's probably going to find out that the grass isn't always greener on the other side of the fence.
November 27th, 2012 at 4:39 PM ^
I think Dawson may have found this out too.
November 27th, 2012 at 4:36 PM ^
Just commit to Ohio already...
November 27th, 2012 at 4:32 PM ^
November 27th, 2012 at 4:34 PM ^
Would you consider Conley himself to be a reputable source?
November 27th, 2012 at 4:36 PM ^
November 27th, 2012 at 4:47 PM ^
At this point, I'm not sure if Conley is a reliable source. He was 100% committed yesterday.
November 27th, 2012 at 4:34 PM ^
November 27th, 2012 at 4:35 PM ^
So apparently tall CB's don't like to stick with us. How do you tell Mattison that you are decommiting or decide after seeing him?
FUCK OHIO...
November 27th, 2012 at 4:38 PM ^
They don't stick with us or they go on twitter rampages about dirty subjects...dang Yuri Wright.
November 27th, 2012 at 4:51 PM ^
Maybe he respects Mattison and wanted to tell him to his face, rather than over the phone.
November 27th, 2012 at 4:36 PM ^
I'm guessing Mattison probably explained policy in clear terms during the visit and that led to the decommit.
We'll see if the staff still recruits him, hopefully they do, but I get the feeling this one's trending away from the good guys.
Best of luck to the kid as long as he chooses Oregon and not Urban.
November 27th, 2012 at 4:38 PM ^
Actually he was a 4 star to everyone except rivals. This is a blow.
November 27th, 2012 at 4:38 PM ^
November 27th, 2012 at 4:39 PM ^
I'm having trust issues with football now. DAMMIT 18 YEAR OLD KIDS WHY CAN'T I COUNT ON YOU?
November 27th, 2012 at 4:40 PM ^
And hunch is that after face-to-face discussion, Mattison encouraged him to decommit and take his visits while making it explicitly clear that there was no guarantee of a spot in this class for him.
November 27th, 2012 at 4:58 PM ^
If he's still coming for an official visit to Michigan (as mentioned in the OP), all he's doing is officially decommiting (after discussing with the coaches and understanding the ramifications) and doing his due dilligence regarding other schools who are interested.
He could look around and then decide that Michigan is still the best school for him, and if there is room, recommit. This is different than other recruits, as there were a few discussions with the coaches and a meeting, this wasn't a commit scheduling an official without talking to the coaches and seeing where that puts his spot.
November 27th, 2012 at 4:40 PM ^
And hunch is that after face-to-face discussion, Mattison encouraged him to decommit and take his visits while making it explicitly clear that there was no guarantee of a spot in this class for him.
November 27th, 2012 at 4:52 PM ^
November 27th, 2012 at 4:41 PM ^
It sucks and I wish him well but this opens another spot for the class. Hopefully we can pick up another offensive lineman such as Kenny Lacy or Cameron Hunt. We desperately need depth on the o- line.
November 27th, 2012 at 4:41 PM ^
As long as this doesn't change my wife's plans on making enchilladas tonight, I don't care at all.
November 27th, 2012 at 4:44 PM ^
She just told me she's too upset to make enchilladas tonight.