Sam Webb Re: Damien Harris and George Campbell Status
Sam Webb updates the status of George Campbell and Damien Harris in the Detroit News. The status is much better for Harris than Campbell but Michigan is not out for either of them. Campbell insists Michigan's record had nothing to do with his decommitment because he feels he'd be part of the difference. The reason was that none of his family had visited Michigan and they felt he made a hasty decision. He's not sure if he will take an official visit to Michigan, but he hasn't ruled it out. He will make the decision when he has talked to more schools.
There have been other stories on Harris so I won't go into the details here. It does say that his mom feels the process will lead right back to Michigan.
January 24th, 2014 at 2:35 PM ^
I'm looking at contributions down the road on returns and possibly offense.
January 24th, 2014 at 7:17 PM ^
January 24th, 2014 at 2:14 PM ^
So we care about recruiting talented players now? In the other thread, it was a bad thing to have all these 4/5 stars looking at Michigan.
January 24th, 2014 at 5:57 PM ^
Not a single person was actually making this argument, including the OP who knowingly posted a satirical article.
Time to let it go.
January 24th, 2014 at 2:15 PM ^
Seeing how early they committed, I wouldn't have been too disappointed if you told me one would actually come.
January 24th, 2014 at 2:21 PM ^
I agree with the premise of this article. I feel good about Harris but not so much so about Campbell. I think he is just giving an excuse for now because he is staying in the south. Odd that his reason for decommittment is that his family did not get to visit yet he does not have plans to make an OV to bring them along.
January 24th, 2014 at 4:49 PM ^
Gotta listen to mom, young man. "Get you behind to Ann Arbor", exclaimed Mrs. Harris.
January 24th, 2014 at 2:21 PM ^
Saying that you decommited because your family never saw Michigan, then saying he may not even take an official visit there, makes no sense to me. I don't think he's coming back to the class, which makes getting guys like Canteen and Harris that much more important this year.
I am fairly confident Harris will come back. It wasn't surprising that he wanted to take some visits. David Dawson did the same thing and wound up back at Michigan. Shoot, David Dawson may even bring hope for Campbell because I remember most on here thought he wasn't going to be back.
January 24th, 2014 at 2:40 PM ^
Other than Dawson who do you recall decommitting and then coming back into the fold? I think it's pretty darn rare for a kid to say yes, then no, then yes again. While I would be very (pleasantly) surprised to see Harris join Dawson in that fairly exclusive club I'm personally counting as gone.
January 24th, 2014 at 3:13 PM ^
Will Campbell
January 24th, 2014 at 2:43 PM ^
January 24th, 2014 at 2:47 PM ^
but it's good to hear it through Sam Webb actually talking to those involved.
Campbell is a pretty longshot now, but if they can convince him to take an official to Michigan that would be huge.
Harris has a good chance to get back in the class, but if not Nuss is at least going after other RBs more aggressively. It would be awesome if he could somehow get Weber and Harris.
January 24th, 2014 at 3:18 PM ^
Honestly, it sounds like they have to convince the Campbell family of an OV, not George himself.
January 24th, 2014 at 3:37 PM ^
`Will Nuss sign more recruits, a la Alabama? Now that would make Brian apopleptic.
January 24th, 2014 at 3:18 PM ^
January 24th, 2014 at 3:51 PM ^
We suck and will never get a top recruit ever again! Thinking this way ensures you will either be right, or happy to be wrong. Thoughts to live by.
January 24th, 2014 at 3:58 PM ^
Nuss needs to DO SOME WORK this year with the offensive line. We must show big progress with the run game. That will be a major factor as I will bet every rival will use it to neg-recruit.
January 24th, 2014 at 5:13 PM ^
He's changing the scheme to zone; this would involve "SOME WORK"...hopefully outcomes too.
January 24th, 2014 at 4:03 PM ^
So, Campbell decommits because his family didn't get a chance to see Michigan and therefore feels he committed too soon. So, how to fix that? Have them visit Michigan with him. But no, he says he's not even sure he'll take an official?!? The fact that he goes from committed to not sure he'll even official, makes me think the reason he gave isn't the real reason.
January 24th, 2014 at 4:27 PM ^
Sounds to me like his family wants to live it up and attend his games each week... they cannot do that if he comes up north.
January 24th, 2014 at 4:46 PM ^
January 24th, 2014 at 4:49 PM ^
It won't be -10F when they head from their hotel to Schembechler Hall.
January 24th, 2014 at 4:50 PM ^
I think either he has soured on Michigan or there are other people in his ear who want him to go elsewhere. Btw- I am no way ripping the kid. He needs to make the right decision for himself and his family. It just sounds like that will not be Michigan for some reason.
January 24th, 2014 at 6:12 PM ^
January 24th, 2014 at 4:48 PM ^
if the problem is that he wants to take other visits and have his family visit also, the solution to that is take an official visit to Michigan, but then he says he is not sure if they will visit Michigan.
Obviously there is more to this story then he is letting on.
January 25th, 2014 at 12:28 AM ^
Why? It's clear that his family wants to be able to see him play in person, and unless they're wealthy they can't do that while living in Florida.
January 25th, 2014 at 2:20 AM ^
January 24th, 2014 at 5:12 PM ^
Did Nuss coach Julio Jones? I feel like that recruiting pitch could help with Campbell.
January 24th, 2014 at 5:45 PM ^
January 25th, 2014 at 9:21 AM ^
No, he did not. Amari Cooper was his best receiver at 'Bama.
January 24th, 2014 at 6:59 PM ^
Harris will be back.
January 25th, 2014 at 2:21 AM ^
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January 25th, 2014 at 4:31 PM ^